[1]Name, dates, and identityDing Yan lived from 1794 to 1875 and is identified as a Qing-dynasty Chinese classical scholar.
CBDBDing Yan (65577)The record supplies Ding Yan’s name, birth and death years, Qing affiliation, and the scholarly designation 小學家.
Souyun丁晏 (57177)The biographical entry gives his name, life dates, Qing affiliation, and treatment of the Confucian classics.
WikidataDing Yan (Q10864304)The English label is Ding Yan, the description calls him a Chinese classical scholar, and the date claims give 1794 and 1875.
[2]Courtesy namesHis courtesy name was Jianqing, and Zhetang was another courtesy-name form, recorded in two written forms.
CBDBDing Yan (65577)The alternate-name entries give Jianqing and two forms of Zhetang, classifying these entries as courtesy names.
Souyun丁晏 (57177)The biographical entry identifies 儉卿 and 柘堂 as his courtesy names.
WikidataDing Yan (Q10864304)The name list includes Jianqing and Zhetang among his aliases and gives the corresponding Chinese forms.
[3]Studio name and alternative formLiuyitang was his studio name or sobriquet, while Dingyan was an alternative form of his personal name.
CBDBDing Yan (65577)The alternate-name entries list Dingyan and Liuyitang, classifying Liuyitang as a studio name or sobriquet and leaving the type of Dingyan unspecified.
WikidataDing Yan (Q10864304)The name list includes Dingyan and Liuyitang together with their Chinese forms.
[4]Native placeDing Yan was a native of Shanyang in Jiangsu.
CBDBDing Yan (65577)The address entry identifies Shanyang as his basic native-place address.
Souyun丁晏 (57177)The profile, biography, and regional annotation all identify Jiangsu Shanyang as his native place.
[5]Examination dateHe became a juren in the first year of the Daoguang era, 1821.
Souyun丁晏 (57177)The biography gives the first year of the Daoguang era, while the date annotation identifies it as 1821.
[6]Examination statusDing Yan attained the juren degree, also described as xianggong juren.
CBDBDing Yan (65577)The examination entry identifies him as 鄉貢舉人.
Souyun丁晏 (57177)The profile and biography identify him as a 舉人.
[7]Official titlesHis listed titles included 簽書判官廳公事 and a clerkship in the Grand Secretariat.
Souyun丁晏 (57177)The title list includes 簽書判官廳公事 and 內閣中書, rendered here as the named office and a Grand Secretariat clerkship.
[8]Militia service and rankDuring the Xianfeng era, he organized militia while remaining in his native place and received a third-rank title through his Secretariat position.
Souyun丁晏 (57177)The biography states that he organized local militia in the Xianfeng era while in his native place and was granted a third-rank title from the Grand Secretariat clerkship; the annotations list the associated terms.
[9]Friends and fellow townsmanHe was a friend of Bao Shichen, Zhu Qi, Liu Wenqi, Gao Junru, Xu Han, Pan Deyu, and Zhou Ji, and a fellow townsman of Lu Yitong.
CBDBDing Yan (65577)The relationship entries classify the first seven named men as friends and Lu Yitong as a fellow townsman.
[10]Approach to classical learningDing Yan based his classical learning primarily on Han scholarly commentaries while retaining the interpretations of Song scholars.
Souyun丁晏 (57177)The biographical entry directly states his preference for Han commentaries and his refusal to discard Song interpretations.
[11]Range of scholarshipHis writings treated the Odes, Documents, Rites, Changes, Analects, and Classic of Filial Piety through commentary, correction, and textual criticism.
CBDBDing Yan (65577)The work titles span the Odes, Documents, Rites, Changes, Analects, and Classic of Filial Piety and show commentarial, corrective, and evidential approaches.
Souyun丁晏 (57177)The biography lists his classical works, corroborating this range of study.
[12]Extent of writings and collectionHis collations and writings comprised forty-seven works, and the printed works were collected in a forty-one-juan edition of the Yizhi zhai congshu.
Souyun丁晏 (57177)The biography describes his many collations and writings, gives the total as forty-seven, and names the collection of printed works.
CBDBDing Yan (65577)The bibliography gives 頤志齋叢書 as forty-one juan.
[13]Principal works and title variantThe works include Mao Zheng shi shi, Sanli shizhu, Zhouyi shuzhuan, and Yizhi zhai wenji; the last also appears as Yizhi zhai shiwenji in sixteen juan.
Souyun丁晏 (57177)The biography names 毛鄭詩釋, 三禮釋注, 周易述傳, and 頤志齋文集 among his works.
CBDBDing Yan (65577)The bibliography lists 毛鄭詩釋, the three Rites commentaries through their component titles, 周易述傳, and 頤志齋詩文集 in sixteen juan.
[14]Authored works IThe listed authored works include the nine titles and juan counts given in the paragraph.
CBDBDing Yan (65577)The bibliography marks all nine titles in this sentence as 撰著者 and supplies their juan counts.
[15]Authored works IIThe paragraph lists nine further authored works, with the recorded volume or continuation forms.
CBDBDing Yan (65577)The bibliography marks the nine named works as 撰著者 and gives the recorded volume or continuation details.
[16]Textual-critical worksThe seven works in this sentence are marked as authored works and are given the listed juan counts.
CBDBDing Yan (65577)The bibliography marks all seven titles as 撰著者 and supplies their juan counts.
[17]Compilations and edited workHe compiled the three named works and edited 毛詩草木鳥獸蟲魚疏, with the recorded juan counts.
CBDBDing Yan (65577)The bibliography marks the first three works as 編纂者 and 毛詩草木鳥獸蟲魚疏 as 編輯者, and gives their juan counts.