Liu Guangzu

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1. 1193 直秘閣
2. 1193 知某州軍州事
3. 1208 知某州軍州事
4. 1209 右文殿修撰
5. 1209 寶文閣學士
6. 1209 知某府軍府事
7. 1210 寶謨閣待制
8. 1210 知某府軍府事
9. 1211 知某府軍府事
10. 1214 寶謨閣直學士
11. 1214 知某州軍州事

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• 後溪 室名、別號
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• 史學家
• [財政官員]

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1. [1] Name, style names and dates Liu Guangzu, courtesy name Dexiu, art names Houxi and Shantang, posthumous name Wenjie, was a notable Southern Song official; born 1142, died 1222. He was a native of Yang'an in Jianzhou and later lived in Deqing.
   • CBDBLiu Guangzu (10658)CBDB records his name as Liu Guangzu, his birth and death years as 1142 and 1222, his courtesy name Dexiu, his art names Houxi and Shantang, and his posthumous name Wenjie; it gives Deqing as his basic address and place of registration and Yang'an as his former residence.
   • Souyun劉光祖 (25170)The notices in the Zhongguo lidai renming da cidian, Quan Song shi and Quan Song wen describe him as a Southern Song man, born in 1142 and dead in 1222, courtesy name Dexiu, art names Houxi and Shantang, posthumous name Wenjie, a native of Yang'an in Jianzhou (the modern place being given elsewhere as north Jianyang) who settled in Deqing.
   • WikidataLiu Guangzu (Q45368994)Wikidata gives his label as Liu Guangzu, his birth and death years as 1142 and 1222, and the variant names Dexiu, Wenjie, Houxi and Shantang.
2. [2] Examination and first posts Liu Guangzu took the jinshi degree in 1169, the fifth year of the Qiandao era, was appointed legal officer of the Jiannan Dongchuan commission and served as judicial inspector in Tongchuan.
   • Souyun劉光祖 (25170)The Quan Song shi records that he was a jinshi of the fifth year of Qiandao (1169), served as legal officer of the Jiannan Dongchuan commission and was appointed judicial inspector in Tongchuan; the Quan Song wen says that he took the jinshi degree with honours in the fifth year of Qiandao and was appointed legal officer of the Jiannan Dongchuan commission.
   • CBDBLiu Guangzu (10658)CBDB gives his examination entry as jinshi and includes the office of judicial inspector of the judicial commission among his posts.
3. [3] Advancement under Chunxi In 1178 he was summoned as instructor of the Imperial University and rose to collator of the Palace Library and Right Remonstrance Official before being sent out as prefect of Guozhou.
   • Souyun劉光祖 (25170)The Quan Song shi has him summoned as taixuezheng in 1178 and rising to youzhengyan before being sent out as prefect of Guozhou; the Zhongguo lidai renming da cidian has him appointed youzhengyan from the post of collator and sent out as prefect of Guozhou; the Quan Song wen has him rise to collator during the Chunxi era and become prefect of Guozhou.
   • CBDBLiu Guangzu (10658)CBDB lists the office of instructor of the Imperial University among his posts.
4. [4] Audience on the recovery of the north Summoned to an audience in the Chunxi era, he argued on the recovery of the north, holding that both headlong advance and complacent inaction were equally ruinous to the state.
   • Souyun劉光祖 (25170)The Zhongguo lidai renming da cidian records that he was summoned to an audience during the Chunxi era to discuss the recovery of the north, and said that both precipitate advance and passive acceptance were equally ruinous to the state.
5. [5] Service under Guangzong Under Emperor Guangzong he was made deputy director of the armaments bureau and investigating censor, left the capital as a transport supervisor in Tongchuan and judicial commissioner in Jiangxi, and was transferred to Kuizhou.
   • Souyun劉光祖 (25170)The Zhongguo lidai renming da cidian has him serving as investigating censor under Guangzong and then leaving the capital as judicial commissioner of Jiangxi before being transferred to Kuizhou; the Quan Song shi has him appointed deputy director of the armaments bureau on Guangzong's accession, then investigating censor, and sent out as prefect of Kuizhou; the Quan Song wen has him appointed deputy director of the armaments bureau and acting vice-director of the left bureau of the Ministry of Personnel, then investigating censor, and sent out as transport supervisor of Tongchuan and judicial commissioner of Jiangxi and Kuizhou.
   • CBDBLiu Guangzu (10658)CBDB records him as prefect of the Kuizhou army prefecture.
6. [6] Service under Ningzong On the accession of Emperor Ningzong he became censor, then assistant director of the Court of Agricultural Administration, and was promoted to the posts of imperial diarist.
   • Souyun劉光祖 (25170)The Zhongguo lidai renming da cidian has him made censor on Ningzong's accession and promoted to imperial diarist; the Quan Song wen has him made censor, then assistant director of the Court of Agricultural Administration, and advanced to audience attendant and imperial diarist.
   • CBDBLiu Guangzu (10658)CBDB lists the office of censor among his posts.
7. [7] Dismissal over the Zhu Xi affair He was impeached and driven from office after remonstrating over the dismissal of Zhu Xi.
   • Souyun劉光祖 (25170)The Zhongguo lidai renming da cidian records that he was impeached and left office over his remonstrance on the dismissal of Zhu Xi.
8. [8] Disgrace during the proscription During the Qingyuan proscription of false learning his record for the prefectural school of Fu Zhou was denounced as slander; impeached again, he was stripped of office, given a temple sinecure and afterwards banished to Fangzhou.
   • Souyun劉光祖 (25170)The Zhongguo lidai renming da cidian records that during the Qingyuan proscription he wrote the Record of the Fu Zhou school, was impeached again and stripped of office, and was banished to Fangzhou; the Quan Song shi records that Han Tuozhou proscribed false learning and that his Record of the Fu Zhou school was denounced as slander, so that he lost office and was banished to Fangzhou; the Quan Song wen records that he was pushed aside by the faction of Han Tuozhou, given a temple sinecure and afterwards banished to Fangzhou.
   • CBDBLiu Guangzu (10658)CBDB lists the office of supervisor of a palace temple, that is, the holder of a temple sinecure, among his posts.
9. [9] Recalled to office After the proscription was lifted he was appointed prefect of Meizhou, then judicial commissioner of Tongchuan and acting prefect of Luzhou.
   • Souyun劉光祖 (25170)The Zhongguo lidai renming da cidian records that when the proscription was lifted he was appointed prefect of Meizhou; the Quan Song wen records that after some time he was made prefect of Meizhou and then judicial commissioner of Tongchuan and acting prefect of Luzhou.
   • CBDBLiu Guangzu (10658)CBDB records him as prefect of the Luzhou army prefecture and as judicial commissioner of the Tongchuan circuit.
10. [10] Later prefectures After the execution of Han Tuozhou he governed Xiangyang, Jiangling, Suining and Tongchuan, and was promoted to the rank of Xianmo ge zhixueshi and given a temple commission.
    • Souyun劉光祖 (25170)The Quan Song shi records that after the execution of Han Tuozhou he held Xiangyang, Suining and Tongchuan; the Zhongguo lidai renming da cidian records that he rose to the prefecture of Tongchuan and was promoted to Xianmo ge zhixueshi; the Quan Song wen records that he rose to Xianmo ge zhixueshi and was given a temple commission, and its list of his titles also includes prefect of Xiangyang, prefect of Jiangling with military commissionership, and Xianmo ge zhixueshi.
    • CBDBLiu Guangzu (10658)CBDB records him as prefect of the Xiangyang (1209–1211), Jiangling (1210–1214), Suining (1211–1212) and Tongchuan (1214–1216) prefectures, and lists the offices of Xianmo ge zhixueshi and supervisor of palace temples.
11. [11] Death He died in 1222, the fifteenth year of the Jiading era, at the age of eighty-one.
    • Souyun劉光祖 (25170)The Quan Song shi and the Quan Song wen state that he died in the fifteenth year of Jiading (1222) at the age of eighty-one and received the posthumous name Wenjie.
    • CBDBLiu Guangzu (10658)CBDB gives his year of death as 1222.
    • WikidataLiu Guangzu (Q45368994)Wikidata gives his year of death as 1222.
12. [12] Biography in the Song History A biography of him is included in juan 397 of the Song History.
    • Souyun劉光祖 (25170)Both the Quan Song shi and the Quan Song wen note that juan 397 of the Song shi contains his biography.
13. [13] Zhao Ruyu's judgement Zhao Ruyu said that his remonstrances were as vehement as those of Su Shi and as earnest as those of Fan Zuyu, a saying his contemporaries thought well made.
    • Souyun劉光祖 (25170)The Quan Song wen describes him as a notable minister of his day and records that Zhao Ruyu said his remonstrances were as vehement as Su Shi's and as earnest as Fan Zuyu's, a remark that became a well-known saying.
14. [14] Literary style His prose was vigorous and upright like the man himself, and his poetry was especially clear and graceful.
    • Souyun劉光祖 (25170)The Quan Song wen says that his prose was vigorous and upright like the man himself and that his poetry was especially clear and graceful.
15. [15] Collected works His collected works, the Houxi ji, are recorded as ten juan or as more than a hundred juan, while the collections Xianshan, Helin, Jinquan and Meishan and his lectures on the classics are all lost.
    • Souyun劉光祖 (25170)The Quan Song shi records a Houxi ji in ten juan, now lost; the Zhongguo lidai renming da cidian records a Houxi ji; the Quan Song wen records a Houxi ji in more than a hundred juan, alongside the collections Xianshan, Helin, Jinquan and Meishan and lectures on the classics, all of which are lost.
    • CBDBLiu Guangzu (10658)CBDB lists a Houxi ji in ten juan.
16. [16] Later compilations A later compilation, the Helin ci, runs to one juan, and the bibliographic record also lists a Shantang yiwen in one juan.
    • Souyun劉光祖 (25170)The Zhongguo lidai renming da cidian and the Quan Song shi both record that later hands compiled a Helin ci, the latter giving it as one juan.
    • CBDBLiu Guangzu (10658)CBDB lists a Shantang yiwen in one juan.
17. [17] Correspondence He exchanged letters with Zhu Xi, who wrote to him recommending his fellow-townsman Jiang Tai, while Liu himself recommended Lü Shu and wrote to Zhao Ruyu on public affairs.
    • CBDBLiu Guangzu (10658)CBDB's association records note that he recommended Lü Shu and Jiang Tai and wrote to Zhao Ruyu, and that Zhu Xi exchanged letters with him; a note records Zhu Xi writing to Liu Guangzu to recommend his fellow-townsman Jiang Tai.
18. [18] Learning and writings for others He expounded the orthodox teaching of the Way with Zhang Lai to the approval of Emperor Guangzong, wrote a preface for a work by Chao Gongwu and composed tomb inscriptions for Shi Sisun and Cheng Gongshuo.
    • CBDBLiu Guangzu (10658)CBDB's association records note that he discussed the correct teaching of the Way with Zhang Lai and won Guangzong's approval, that he wrote a preface for a work by Chao Gongwu, and that he composed tomb inscriptions for Shi Sisun and Cheng Gongshuo.
19. [19] Writings after his death After his death Wei Liaoweng wrote colophons, a sacrificial address and a lament for him, Ye Shi and Du Zheng composed sacrificial addresses, and Zhen Dexiu wrote his tomb inscription, preserved in juan 43 of the Zhen Wenzhong gong wenji.
    • CBDBLiu Guangzu (10658)CBDB's association records note that his tomb inscription was written by Zhen Dexiu and that Wei Liaoweng wrote colophons, a sacrificial address and a lament for him, while Ye Shi and Du Zheng also composed sacrificial addresses.
    • Souyun劉光祖 (25170)The Quan Song shi notes that his affairs are recorded in the tomb inscription written by Zhen Dexiu in juan 43 of the Zhen Wenzhong gong wenji, and the Quan Song wen likewise cites Zhen Dexiu's inscription in juan 43 of that collection.
20. [20] Family His father was Liu Shi and his maternal grandfather Jia Hui, and he had four sons: Liu Duanzhi, Liu Jingzhi, Liu Yizhi and Liu Hongzhi.
    • CBDBLiu Guangzu (10658)CBDB's kinship records give his maternal grandfather as Jia Hui and his father as Liu Shi, and list four sons in order: Liu Duanzhi, Liu Jingzhi, Liu Yizhi and Liu Hongzhi.
    • WikidataLiu Guangzu (Q45368994)Wikidata gives his father as Liu Shi (Q45368991) and records four children, among them Liu Jingzhi (Q45368998), who corresponds to the second son in the kinship records.Taken from the source record as captured