Yue Yuansheng

TimelineCBDB

1. 1588 府教授 萬曆

Office recordsCBDB

FamilyCBDB

AliasesCBDB

• 一 行第
• 之初 字
• 元初 未詳
• 子初 字
• 樂元聲 别名、曾用名
• 石帆 室名、別號
• 石軓 室名、別號

StatusCBDB

• 削籍官員
• [為官者：文]
• 收徒講學

AssociationsCBDB

ExaminationsCBDB

WorksCBDB

Citations

1. [1] Identity and dates Yue Yuansheng is identified as a Ming official and lecturer, with the usual lifespan 1557–1628; the death-date range in one authority extends from 1628 into 1629.
   • CBDBYue Yuansheng (35266)The main record gives the name Yue Yuansheng, the Chinese name 岳元聲, and the dynasty Ming.
   • Souyun岳元聲 (45548)The biographical entries identify him as 岳元聲, place him in the Ming, give 1557–1628 as his lifespan, and describe his late teaching activity.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database岳元聲 (A042794)The authority record gives his name and Ming affiliation, a 1557 birth year, a death range from 1628 into 1629, and his activity as a lecturer.
   • WikidataYue Yuansheng (Q45425834)The linked entity is labelled Yue Yuansheng and described as a Ming-dynasty person.
2. [2] Courtesy name and sobriquets His courtesy name was Zhichu, also written Zichu; his sobriquets and alternate forms include Shifan, Qianchuzi, Yuanchu, the form 石軓, and Le Yuansheng.
   • CBDBYue Yuansheng (35266)The alternate-name fields give the forms Zhichu, Zichu, Shifan, 石軓, Yuanchu, and Le Yuansheng, with their name types.
   • Souyun岳元聲 (45548)The biographical text gives the courtesy names 之初 and 子初 and the sobriquets 石帆 and 潛初子.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database岳元聲 (A042794)The authority aliases include 石帆, 石軓, and 元初.
   • WikidataYue Yuansheng (Q45425834)The alias set preserves 之初, 元初, 子初, 樂元聲, 石帆, and 石軓.
3. [3] Earlier surname The biographical account says that he earlier bore the surname Le, while the alternate-name table preserves Le Yuansheng.
   • Souyun岳元聲 (45548)The biographical account explicitly says that he earlier bore the surname 樂.
   • CBDBYue Yuansheng (35266)The alternate-name record preserves 樂元聲, or Le Yuansheng.
4. [4] Native place Yue Yuansheng was a native of Jiaxing and held household registration in Tongxiang County, Jiaxing Prefecture.
   • CBDBYue Yuansheng (35266)The native-place fields give Jiaxing and Tongxiang.
   • Souyun岳元聲 (45548)The profile gives Jiaxing County, while the biographies call him a native of Zhejiang Jiaxing and assign his household registration to Tongxiang County, Jiaxing Prefecture.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database岳元聲 (A042794)The birthplace field gives Jiaxing.
5. [5] Lineage He was presented as the eighteenth-generation descendant of Yue Fei and a descendant of Yue Ke.
   • Souyun岳元聲 (45548)The biographical entry calls him an eighteenth-generation descendant of Yue Fei and a descendant of Yue Ke.
6. [6] Family The examination record names his great-grandfather, grandfather, parents, five younger brothers, and wife.
   • CBDBYue Yuansheng (35266)The kinship fields name 樂震 as great-grandfather, 樂商 as grandfather, 樂九德 as father, 張氏 as mother, five younger brothers, and 施氏 as wife.
7. [7] Examinations He was an attached student of the Jiaxing County School, ranked forty-ninth in the 1582 Zhejiang provincial examination, forty-sixth in the 1583 metropolitan examination, and ninety-fifth in the third palace-examination rank.
   • Souyun岳元聲 (45548)The examination account gives his attached-student status, the 1582 provincial ranking, the 1583 metropolitan ranking, and the third-rank jinshi result.
   • CBDBYue Yuansheng (35266)The examination fields preserve a jinshi entry, the values 146 and 49, and a page label for third rank, although the category fields do not align perfectly with the narrative ordering.
8. [8] Early offices After the jinshi examination, he served as magistrate of Jingde County, was known for firmness, and later became professor of Daming Prefecture.
   • Souyun岳元聲 (45548)The biographies give the 1583 jinshi degree, the Jingde magistracy, his reputation for firmness, and the transfer to the Daming professorship.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database岳元聲 (A042794)The summary likewise gives the Jingde magistracy and his reputation for firmness.
   • CBDBYue Yuansheng (35266)The office fields give the county magistracy at Jingde and the prefectural professorship at Daming.
9. [9] Imperial Academy and Ministry of Works He took up the Daming professorship in 1588 and then served as assistant instructor and vice director of the Imperial Academy before becoming a langzhong in the Ministry of Works Waterways Office.
   • Souyun岳元聲 (45548)The career narrative gives the Daming professorship, the Imperial Academy assistant-instructor and vice-director posts, and the Waterways Office langzhong post.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database岳元聲 (A042794)The summary confirms his move to vice director of the Imperial Academy and then into the Ministry of Works.
   • CBDBYue Yuansheng (35266)The office data dates the professorship to 1588, the sixteenth year of Wanli, and lists the Ministry of Works Waterways Office langzhong post.
10. [10] Palace remonstrance As vice director of the Imperial Academy, he opposed selecting women from good families for palace service and objected to beating palace attendants with copper instruments; the Wanli emperor accepted the remonstrance.
    • Souyun岳元聲 (45548)The biographies describe his remonstrance against selecting women from good families and his argument about copper instruments used against palace attendants, adding that the emperor accepted it.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database岳元聲 (A042794)The summary confirms his remonstrance against selecting women from good families for the palace.
11. [11] Three-princes debate During the debate over enfeoffing the three princes, he memorialized with Gu Yuncheng and Zhang Natie, confronted the chief ministers with Chen Tailai and seven others, and sent a letter comparing them to Linfu and Jingzong.
    • Souyun岳元聲 (45548)The biographical texts describe his participation in the three-princes debate, the joint memorial, the confrontation at court, and the comparison to Linfu and Jingzong.
12. [12] Japanese affair and dismissal Over the Japanese investiture and tributary affair involving Shen Weijing, he submitted three memorials, criticized the Guanbai disturbances, impeached Shi Xing for a disastrous policy, and was dismissed and struck from the registers in the twenty-fourth year of Wanli.
    • Souyun岳元聲 (45548)The biographies give the Guanbai disturbances, Shen Weijing’s Japanese investiture affair, three memorials, the impeachment of Minister of War Shi Xing, and the Wanli twenty-fourth-year dismissal and removal from the registers.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database岳元聲 (A042794)The summary describes his opposition to the Guanbai disturbances and his resulting removal from the registers.
13. [13] Tianqi restoration and promotions At the beginning of Tianqi he was restored, with variant listings for the initial Waterways Office post, and then rose through the Nanjing ritual, stud, and military offices to the left vice-ministership of War.
    • Souyun岳元聲 (45548)The career narrative gives the Tianqi restoration, the month-by-month promotions in the second and third years, the move to Nanjing vice minister of War, and the fifth-year promotion to left vice minister.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database岳元聲 (A042794)The summary confirms the Tianqi restoration, the Court of Imperial Stud post, and the Nanjing vice ministership of War.
    • CBDBYue Yuansheng (35266)The office fields list the Ministry of Works Waterways Office post, the alternative section-chief title, and the Tianqi first- through fifth-year posts in Nanjing, including the Court of Imperial Entertainments, Court of Imperial Sacrifices, Court of Imperial Stud, and the right and left vice-ministerships of War.
14. [14] Second removal from office During Wei Zhongxian’s dominance, Yue Yuansheng joined a public remonstrance and was later removed after the Nanjing troop disturbance and a corruption accusation.
    • Souyun岳元聲 (45548)The biographies recount the twenty-four charges against Wei, the public memorial by Yue Yuansheng and Chen Dao-heng, the sixth-month Nanjing troop disturbance, the ninth-month impeachment by Xu Fuyang, and the renewed removal from office.
    • CBDBYue Yuansheng (35266)The status field identifies him as an official removed from the registers.
15. [15] Restoration and retirement After the Chongzhen emperor’s accession he was restored to his former office, but no longer wished to pursue office and built a residence at Suihan Cliff on Solitary Hill.
    • Souyun岳元聲 (45548)The biographical account says that after the Chongzhen accession he regained his former office, had no further desire for office, and built a residence at Suihan Cliff on Solitary Hill.
16. [16] Teaching Late in life Yue Yuansheng gathered disciples at Tianxin Academy and made “do not deceive oneself” his central principle.
    • Souyun岳元聲 (45548)The biography states that he gathered disciples at Tianxin Academy and took 毋自欺 as his guiding principle.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database岳元聲 (A042794)The summary likewise gives his teaching at Tianxin Academy and the principle 毋自欺.
    • CBDBYue Yuansheng (35266)The status field records that he received disciples and lectured.
17. [17] Students and correspondence Zhou Nianzu and Luo Yuncheng were his students, and he corresponded with Chen Jiru, Gao Panlong, Dong Qichang, Sun Chengzong, and Tang Xianzu.
    • CBDBYue Yuansheng (35266)The association fields identify 周念祖 and 駱雲程 as students and give letter relations with 陳繼儒, 高攀龍, 董其昌, 孫承宗, and 湯顯祖.
18. [18] Donglin commemoration Late in life he commemorated friends of the Donglin movement who had died in its persecutions, engraved their names on stone, composed a record for them, and wrote poems in mourning.
    • Souyun岳元聲 (45548)The biography says that he remembered the Donglin dead, engraved their names on stone, wrote a record for them, and composed mourning poems.
19. [19] Principal works His listed works include 《潛初子集》, 《潛初雜集》, and 《聖學範圍圖》, with alternate title forms 《潛初雜著》 and 《聖學範圍圖說》.
    • Souyun岳元聲 (45548)The biographical texts list 《潛初子集》, 《潛初雜集》, and 《聖學範圍圖》.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database岳元聲 (A042794)The authority note lists 《潛初子集》, 《潛初雜著》, and 《聖學範圍圖》.
    • CBDBYue Yuansheng (35266)The works fields list 《聖學範圍圖說一卷》 with the role of author.
20. [20] Additional works 《聖學範圍圖說》 is listed as a one-volume work, and 《方言據》 is also attributed to him.
    • CBDBYue Yuansheng (35266)The works fields list 《聖學範圍圖說一卷》 and 《方言據》, assigning both the author role.