[1]IdentityLin Zhiqi lived from 1112 to 1176 and is identified as a Southern Song scholar and thinker. The two Wikidata death-date values both fall in 1176, although one leaves the month unspecified and the other gives 1 January.
CBDBLin Zhiqi (1156)The main record gives the name, life dates, Song-dynasty affiliation, and status as a thinker.
Souyun林之奇 (28584)The profile identifies him as a Southern Song figure and gives his life dates; the biographical entry presents him as a scholar known as Sanshan xiansheng.
WikidataLin Zhiqi (Q11105428)The English label and description identify Lin Zhiqi as a Song-dynasty person, while the birth and death claims give 1112 and two alternative 1176 date values.
[2]Names and originHis courtesy name was Shaoying, his studio name was Zhuozhai, and he was known as Sanshan xiansheng; he came from Houguan in Fuzhou, now Fuzhou in Fujian.
CBDBLin Zhiqi (1156)The name records identify Shaoying as the courtesy name and Zhuozhai as a studio name or sobriquet, and give Houguan as his native place.
Souyun林之奇 (28584)The profile and biography provide his courtesy name, studio name, scholarly appellation, and the location Houguan in Fuzhou, present-day Fuzhou.
WikidataLin Zhiqi (Q11105428)The English alias entries give Sanshan xiansheng, Shaoying, and Zhuozhai.
[3]Teachers and pupilsLin Zhiqi studied under Lü Benzhong after Lü entered Fujian; his reputation grew and he attracted the respect of fellow scholars, while Lü Zuqian later studied under him.
Souyun林之奇 (28584)The biographical text says that when Lü Benzhong entered Fujian, Lin had just come of age and studied with him; it also records Lin's growing reputation and Lü Zuqian's study under him.
CBDBLin Zhiqi (1156)The relationship entries identify Lü Benzhong as his teacher and Lü Zuqian as his pupil.
[4]Examination and officesLin passed the jinshi examination in Shaoxing 21, held successive local and Palace Library posts, and later served in the Imperial Clan Court and the Fujian Maritime Trade Office. The title of the Imperial Clan Court post appears in two forms, Zongzheng cheng and Dazongzheng cheng; the office data place his Fujian maritime appointment in 1161–1163 and also list Shang Qingche duwei.
Souyun林之奇 (28584)The profile lists his examination status and offices; the biographical texts detail the Shaoxing 21, 26, and 29 milestones, the local and Palace Library posts, the Imperial Clan Court appointment, the Fujian maritime post, service on a commander's staff, and residence on a cilu appointment.
CBDBLin Zhiqi (1156)The examination entry confirms the jinshi status; an associated note adds the Shaoxing 21 and Palace Library information, while the office entries give the 1161–1163 Fujian maritime appointment and Shang Qingche duwei.
[5]Death and posthumous nameHe died in the third year of Chunxi, 1176, at the age of sixty-five, and was posthumously named Wenzhao. The year is consistent across the records, while Wikidata preserves two different date precisions within 1176.
Souyun林之奇 (28584)The profile and biographical texts place his death in Chunxi 3, or 1176, and give his age as sixty-five.
CBDBLin Zhiqi (1156)The main record gives 1176, the name record identifies Wenzhao as a posthumous name, and the associated note also gives Chunxi 3 as the year of death.
WikidataLin Zhiqi (Q11105428)The two death claims give alternative date values, one with an unspecified month and one on 1 January, but both belong to 1176.
[6]Position on Wang AnshiWhen the court promoted the use of Wang Anshi's Three Classics commentaries, Lin called them heterodox and regarded Wang's Three Classics as a basis for the New Policies; he is classified as an opponent of Wang Anshi's reforms.
Souyun林之奇 (28584)The biographical entry says that the court wanted scholars to use Wang Anshi's Three Classics theory and that Lin called the work heterodox.
CBDBLin Zhiqi (1156)The associated note says Wang's Three Classics served as a basis for the New Policies, and the status entry classifies Lin as an opponent of Wang Anshi's reforms.
[7]WorksHis attributed works include the Shangshu jijie, Zhouli, Lunyu, Mengzi, Yangzi jiangyi, Tongjian lunduan, Dui zhai lu, and Zhuozhai wenji; he also compiled Guanlan wenji and wrote Shangshu quanjie, Tongjian jiyi, and Shiping.
Souyun林之奇 (28584)The biographical texts list the classical commentaries, essays, Zhuozhai wenji, and the compilation Guanlan wenji among his writings.
CBDBLin Zhiqi (1156)The book-title entries include Zhuozhai wenji, Shangshu quanjie, Guanlan wenji, and Shangshu jijie, and explicitly mark Shangshu quanjie, Tongjian jiyi, and Shiping as authored works.
[8]Collection and poetryThe Zhuozhai wenji is transmitted in versions of twenty and twenty-two juan. Lin's poetry was based on the Wenyuange Siku quanshu edition of Zhuozhai wenji and combined with poems gathered from other books into a one-juan supplementary collection.
Souyun林之奇 (28584)The poetry entry gives the two reported lengths of Zhuozhai wenji and describes the Wenyuange Siku quanshu base text and the one-juan compilation of poems from other works.
CBDBLin Zhiqi (1156)The book-title entries also include Zhuozhai wenji.
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Souyun林之奇 (28584)The profile identifies him as a Southern Song figure and gives his life dates; the biographical entry presents him as a scholar known as Sanshan xiansheng.
WikidataLin Zhiqi (Q11105428)The English label and description identify Lin Zhiqi as a Song-dynasty person, while the birth and death claims give 1112 and two alternative 1176 date values.