[1]Life dates and identityThe evidence places Zhao Shanxiang's birth at approximately 1170 and his death in 1242, and identifies him as a Southern Song official and member of the imperial clan; the biographical texts mark the birth year as uncertain.
Souyun趙善湘 (32521)The profile gives the name, 1170 birth year, 1242 death year, Southern Song dynasty, and imperial-clan status; the three biographical texts provide the corresponding life and official descriptions, with the birth year marked as uncertain.
CBDBZhao Shanxiang (19405)The basic record confirms the name, places the person in the Song period, and classifies him as a civil official; it does not supply usable birth or death years.
WikidataZhao Shanxiang (Q16907324)The item gives the English name, describes him as a Song-dynasty politician who died in 1242, and supplies a 1242 death claim.
[2]Courtesy name, origin, and lineageZhao's courtesy name was Qingchen, with the variant form 淸臣; the evidence places him in 鄞, modern Ningbo, while another formulation describes residence in 鄞縣 and gives his descent from 濮安懿王.
Souyun趙善湘 (32521)The profile gives the courtesy name and 鄞 hometown; one biographical text calls him a man of 鄞 and a fifth-generation descendant of 濮安懿王, while another describes him as an imperial clansman residing in 鄞縣.
CBDBZhao Shanxiang (19405)The alternate-name fields give both 清臣 and 淸臣, and the basic address is 鄞縣.
WikidataZhao Shanxiang (Q16907324)The name records give 清臣, while the relevant character-form claim gives 淸臣.
[3]FamilyThe kinship entries identify his father, a senior kinsman, and four sons; the eldest is recorded simply as 趙, while 趙汝楳 is entered both as fourth son and as youngest son.
CBDBZhao Shanxiang (19405)The kinship entries list the same-clan elder 趙允讓, father 趙不陋, and the eldest, second, third, fourth, and youngest sons; the eldest is named only as 趙, and 趙汝楳 appears under both fourth-son and youngest-son relationships.
[4]Examination and early officesAfter passing the jinshi examination in 1196, Zhao held the early county and circuit appointments at Jintan, Yuyao, Wuzhou, Wuwei, and in the Huainan and Huaisi circuits.
Souyun趙善湘 (32521)The two biographical texts set out the sequence from the 1196 jinshi examination through Jintan, Yuyao, Wuzhou, Wuwei, and the Huainan appointments; the title list supplies the corresponding county, transport, and judicial offices.
CBDBZhao Shanxiang (19405)The examination entry identifies the jinshi status, while the office entries place service as Wuwei administrator, Huainan West judicial commissioner, and Huainan transport-office judge in 1208–1211.
[5]Provincial appointmentsZhao successively governed Changzhou, Huzhou, Hezhou, Luzhou, and Zhenjiang Prefecture, forming the main sequence of his Jiading-period local appointments.
Souyun趙善湘 (32521)The biographical texts summarize his Jiading-period governorships of Changzhou, Huzhou, Hezhou, Luzhou, and Zhenjiang Prefecture, and the title list names each corresponding office.
CBDBZhao Shanxiang (19405)The office entries give titles, years, and places for the listed prefectural appointments, allowing the local sequence and its dates to be checked individually.
[6]Huainan appointmentsIn 1219 Zhao again administered Wuwei, headed the Huainan West regular-grain, tea, and salt administration, and served as pacification commissioner of Huainan West.
Souyun趙善湘 (32521)The title list includes administration of Wuwei, the Huainan West regular-grain, tea, and salt office, and the pacification commission.
CBDBZhao Shanxiang (19405)The office entries date the second Wuwei appointment and the Huainan West regular-grain, tea, and salt office to 1219, and give the Huainan West pacification commission as 1218–1221.
[7]Additional appointmentsThe office list further includes posts at Shengzhou, Qingyuan, Shaoxing, and Chengdu, together with pacification responsibility for Sichuan and military command in Jiangnan.
Souyun趙善湘 (32521)The title list includes the prefectures of Qingyuan and Shaoxing, with repeated formulations for the Qingyuan appointment.
CBDBZhao Shanxiang (19405)The office entries identify Shengzhou, Qingyuan, Shaoxing, and Chengdu, and pair the Sichuan pacification and Jiangnan military-commissioner titles with their respective places.
[8]Jiankang and Jiangdong commandsIn 1226 Zhao received the coastal-defense command with the Jiankang and Jiangdong pacification posts; in 1228 he became Jiangdong deputy transport commissioner and then Huai-Jiang pacification and military commissioner.
Souyun趙善湘 (32521)The biographical texts give the Baoqing and Shaoding appointments in sequence, while the title list provides the Jiankang, Jiangdong, coastal-defense, and Huai-Jiang posts.
CBDBZhao Shanxiang (19405)The office record lists a coastal-defense commission in 1238–1239, consistent with Zhao's later coastal-defense appointments.
[9]Campaign against Li QuanDuring the Shaoding-era conflict with Li Quan, Zhao commanded as a Huai-Jiang military commissioner, defeated the incursion, gained repeated merit in suppressing the rebellion, was promoted to Minister of War, and received the title Duke of Tianshui.
Souyun趙善湘 (32521)The biographical introduction says that Zhao rose to the Huai-Jiang military command, defeated Li Quan's incursion into Huai East, and was promoted to Minister of War; the title list also gives Minister of War.
CBDBZhao Shanxiang (19405)The association entry identifies Li Quan as the rebel opponent, states that Zhao repeatedly distinguished himself as Huai-Jiang military commissioner and was enfeoffed as Duke of Tianshui, and the office list includes the military-commissioner title.
[10]Late appointments and ranksIn 1238 Zhao again held the coastal-defense and Qingyuan appointments before moving to Shaoxing; his other titles include imperial-clan administration, revenue, judicial, palace-academy, and rank titles.
Souyun趙善湘 (32521)The biographical text gives the 1238 Qingyuan and Shaoxing appointments with Zhejiang East pacification, while the title list includes the imperial-clan, revenue, judicial, palace-academy, Minister of War, court-scholar, and rank titles named in the paragraph.
CBDBZhao Shanxiang (19405)The office entries give the 1238–1239 coastal-defense and Zhejiang East pacification posts, and list 朝散郎, 觀文殿學士, 端明殿學士, 銀青光祿大夫, 中奉大夫, and 資政殿大學士.
[11]Retirement and deathZhao retired with the title 觀文殿學士 and died in the second year of the Chunyou era, corresponding to 1242; the biographical and date evidence agree on the death year.
Souyun趙善湘 (32521)The introduction explicitly says that Zhao retired with the title 觀文殿學士, another biographical text gives death in the second Chunyou year, and the profile supplies 1242 as the death year.
WikidataZhao Shanxiang (Q16907324)The item describes him as dying in 1242 and its death claim gives a 1242 date.
[12]Huainan military staffWhen Zhao commanded Huainan West, he recruited 劉虎, a subordinate with an early military affiliation, into his headquarters; 徐霆 served on Zhao's staff during the Li Quan disturbances in Huai-Chu.
CBDBZhao Shanxiang (19405)The association entries identify 劉虎 as a subordinate, state that he had been in military registration and was retained in Zhao's headquarters after Zhao saw his ability, and state that 徐霆 served on Zhao's military staff during the Li Quan disturbances in Huai-Chu.
[13]Literary and social connectionsSun Yingshi is associated with prefaces for Zhao's book and village rite and with inscriptions or naming of buildings; Wei Jing, Zhao Fan, and Peng Yibin wrote to Zhao, who also wrote a shrine record for Zong Ze.
CBDBZhao Shanxiang (19405)The association entries connect 孫應時 with the book preface, the village-rite preface, and building inscriptions or naming; they identify 衛涇, 趙范, and 彭義斌 as correspondents, and identify 趙善湘 as the author of a shrine record for 宗澤.
[14]WorksThe associated titles cover the Zhongyong, Zhouyi, Daxue, Mengzi, Hongfan, Lunyu, and poetry writings; 春秋三傳通義 and 春秋三傳通議 are variant forms of the title.
CBDBZhao Shanxiang (19405)The works list contains the titles 《中庸約說》, 《周易或問》, 《周易約說》, 《大學解》, 《孟子解》, 《春秋三傳通義》, 《洪範統論》, 《詩詞雜著》, and 《論語大義》.
Souyun趙善湘 (32521)The biographical introduction gives 《洪範統論》 and the variant title 《春秋三傳通議》, while another text names 《周易約說》 among several works.
[15]Survival of the works《詩詞雜著》 was a thirty-five-juan work that is lost, while only one juan of 《洪範統一》 survives; the works entry explicitly assigns authorship of the latter to Zhao.
Souyun趙善湘 (32521)The works text states that 《詩詞雜著》 had thirty-five juan and was lost, and that only one juan of 《洪範統一》 survives.
CBDBZhao Shanxiang (19405)The works entries include 《詩詞雜著》 and 《洪範統一一卷》, assigning the latter the role of author.
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