Yao Sui

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1. 1275 王府文學 至元
2. 1301 肅政廉訪司廉訪使 大德
3. 1309 翰林國史院翰林學士承旨 至大

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• 文 諡號
• 牧庵 室名、別號
• 端甫 字

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• [為官者：文]

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1. [1] Name, dates, and status Yao Sui was born in 1238 and died in 1313; he was a Yuan official associated with literary work.
   • CBDBYao Sui (35141)The basic record gives the English name, birth and death years, Yuan affiliation, and a literary civil-service status.
   • Souyun姚燧 (38347)The profile and biographical texts give his name, dates, Yuan identity, official career, and literary activity.
   • WikidataYao Sui (Q5952520)The English label identifies Yao Sui, the description places him in the Yuan period, and the time claims give 1238 and 1313.
2. [2] Courtesy, studio, and posthumous names Yao Sui’s courtesy name was Duanfu, his studio name was Muan, and his posthumous name was Wen.
   • CBDBYao Sui (35141)The alternate-name entries identify Duanfu as the courtesy name, Muan as the studio or sobriquet name, and Wen as the posthumous name.
   • Souyun姚燧 (38347)The profile and biography give the corresponding Chinese forms of all three names and identify their functions.
   • WikidataYao Sui (Q5952520)The name claims and English aliases give Duanfu, Wen, and Muan.
3. [3] Native-place and residence variants The sources associate Yao Sui with Luoyang in Henan, Liucheng, and Wuchang; Wuchang is additionally listed as a former and a subsequent residence.
   • CBDBYao Sui (35141)The address entries list Luoyang as a former residence, Wuchang as both native place and moved-to residence, and Liucheng as another native place.
   • Souyun姚燧 (38347)The profile gives Henan, present-day Luoyang, as the hometown, and the biography calls him a native of Luoyang.
4. [4] Family and early life The family entry names Yao Zhen as his father and gives 1226 as the father’s death year; the biography says that Yao Sui was orphaned young and raised by his paternal uncle Yao Shu. Since 1226 precedes the listed birth year 1238, the chronology is not reconciled in the snapshot.
   • CBDBYao Sui (35141)The family entries identify Yao Zhen as father with a death year of 1226 and identify Yao Shu as a paternal or avuncular relative.
   • Souyun姚燧 (38347)The biographical texts say that he lost his father young, was raised by Yao Shu, and that Yao Shu was his uncle.
   • WikidataYao Sui (Q5952520)A separate family claim links a father entity, although that entity is not expanded to a name in this snapshot.
5. [5] Other relatives The family data names Liang Shouzhong as a nephew and Yao Zhi as a son.
   • CBDBYao Sui (35141)The kinship entries identify Liang Shouzhong as a nephew and Yao Zhi as a son.
6. [6] Study and mentorship Yao Sui studied with Yao Shu at Sumen, later sought Xu Heng’s correction of his writing, received Xu’s praise, and became his disciple.
   • Souyun姚燧 (38347)The biographical texts give the sequence of study with Yao Shu, consultation with Xu Heng, praise for his diction, and discipleship under Xu.
7. [7] Entry into service In Zhiyuan 7, Xu Heng as Director of the National Academy recalled twenty former pupils, and Yao Sui was conveyed to the academy before beginning as Literary Instructor at the Prince of Qin’s palace; another entry dates this appointment to Zhiyuan 12 (1275).
   • Souyun姚燧 (38347)The biography dates the appointment to Zhiyuan 7 and describes Xu Heng’s recall of twenty former pupils and Yao Sui’s conveyance to the academy.
   • CBDBYao Sui (35141)The recruitment and office entries confirm the palace appointment while dating its beginning to Zhiyuan 12 (1275), preserving the discrepancy with Zhiyuan 7.
8. [8] Middle-career offices After entering service, Yao Sui supervised schools in three circuits, held the Shaanxi-Hanzhong vice-commissionership, also styled a judicial vice-commissionership, moved to Shannan-Hubei, and then served as a Hanlin Direct Academician and Assistant Administrator in the Directorate of Agriculture.
   • Souyun姚燧 (38347)The biography lists supervision of schools in Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Zhongxing, the Shaanxi-Hanzhong vice-commissionership, transfer to Shannan-Hubei, and the Hanlin and agricultural offices.
   • CBDBYao Sui (35141)The office entries give the Shaanxi Regional Secretariat judicial vice-commissionership, the Hanlin Direct Academician post, and the Directorate of Agriculture assistant post, showing the variant office title.
9. [9] Yuanzhen through Dade Yao Sui served under Shizu, Chengzong, and Wuzong; in Yuanzhen 1 he co-directed the Veritable Records of Shizu with Gao Daoning, and in Dade 5 (1301) he became Surveillance Commissioner for Jiangdong, moved to Taiping because of illness, and was appointed Vice Director of the Jiangxi Provincial Secretariat.
   • Souyun姚燧 (38347)The biographical texts name the three reigns and give the compilation of the Veritable Records of Shizu, the Jiangdong surveillance office, the move to Taiping, and the Jiangxi appointment.
   • CBDBYao Sui (35141)The office entries list a Hanlin Academician, a surveillance commissioner beginning in Dade 5 (1301), and a provincial-secretariat vice director associated with the Jiangxi circuit.
10. [10] Zhida career In Zhida 1 Yao Sui became Guest Attendant to the Heir Apparent and was promoted to a chengzhi academician and Grand Tutor; in the following year he received the higher civil rank, became Hanlin Academician-in-Chief with additional historiographical offices, and reached Grand Academician of the Jixian Academy.
    • Souyun姚燧 (38347)The biographies list the Zhida 1 appointments, the following year’s promotions and historiographical duties, and the rank of Grand Academician of the Jixian Academy.
    • CBDBYao Sui (35141)The office entry dates the Hanlin Academician-in-Chief appointment to the second year of Zhida, 1309.
11. [11] Retirement and posthumous name Yao Sui obtained leave to retire in Zhida 4, died at seventy-six, and received the posthumous name Wen; the date records place his death in 1313.
    • Souyun姚燧 (38347)The biography records retirement with leave in Zhida 4, death at age seventy-six, and the posthumous name Wen.
    • CBDBYao Sui (35141)The basic record gives 1313 as the death year and identifies Wen as the posthumous name.
    • WikidataYao Sui (Q5952520)The time and name claims give a 1313 death date and the posthumous name Wen.
12. [12] Prose and critical assessments Yao Sui’s prose is characterized as expansive, learned, vigorous, firm, and stately, with a Western Han manner; assessments call him the leading prose master before the Yan you era of Renzong and credit him with changing late-Song literary habits. Zhang Yanghao’s preface praises his rhetorical force and compares him with Changli of the Tang and Luling of the Song.
    • Souyun姚燧 (38347)The three biographical texts describe the breadth, force, and Western Han manner of his prose, its place before the Yan you era, the change to late-Song habits, and Zhang Yanghao’s comparison and praise.
13. [13] Works and ci poetry The collection is titled Mu’an Collection or Mu’an Literary Collection in different forms, with the literary collection given as fifty juan; the texts also say that his ci poetry was included in it.
    • Souyun姚燧 (38347)The biographical texts provide the variant collection titles, the fifty-juan extent, and the statement that ci poetry was included.
    • CBDBYao Sui (35141)The works list gives another form of the collection title, Mu’an Collection.
14. [14] Friendship and prefaces Yao Sui was a friend of Zhao Mengfu, wrote a preface to Yang Huan’s collection, and appears with Zhao Mengfu, Wu Yichang, and others in the preface to Tang Poems for Chanting.
    • CBDBYao Sui (35141)The association entries identify Zhao Mengfu as a friend, connect Yao Sui with Yang Huan’s Ziyang Master’s Collected Works through a preface, and place Yao Sui with Zhao Mengfu and Wu Yichang in the preface to Tang Poems for Chanting.