Wen Tong

TimelineCBDB

1. 1072 知某府軍府事

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AliasesCBDB

• 安靜文同 室名、別號
• 文湖州 未詳
• 石室先生 室名、別號
• 笑笑先生 室名、別號
• 與可 字
• 錦江道人 室名、別號

StatusCBDB

• 畫家
• 史學家
• [為官者：文]

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1. [1] Identity and dates Wen Tong lived from 1018 to 1079 and is classified as a Northern Song official, painter, and historian; the biographical account also describes his poetry and calligraphy.
   • CBDBWen Tong (10173)The principal record gives Wen Tong's name and dates and classifies him as a painter, historian, and officeholder.
   • Souyun文同 (26313)The profile identifies him with the Northern Song and gives his dates; the biographical text describes his poetry and command of several scripts.
   • WikidataWen Tong (Q1288620)The entity record names Wen Tong as a Song-dynasty painter and supplies the 1018–1079 date span.
2. [2] Names and sobriquets His style name was Yuke; he used Xiaoxiao xiansheng as a self-designation and was known by Shishi xiansheng and Jinjiang daoren, with Wen Huzhou and Anjing Wen Tong also appearing as names.
   • CBDBWen Tong (10173)The alternate-name fields list Anjing Wen Tong, Wen Huzhou, Shishi xiansheng, Xiaoxiao xiansheng, Yuke, and Jinjiang daoren.
   • Souyun文同 (26313)The biographical texts give the Chinese forms of Yuke, Xiaoxiao xiansheng, Shishi xiansheng, and Jinjiang daoren.
   • WikidataWen Tong (Q1288620)The name records contain the English forms of these style names and sobriquets, including Anjing Wen Tong, Wen Huzhou, Shishi xiansheng, Xiaoxiao xiansheng, Jinjiang daoren, and Yuke.
3. [3] Native place His native place is given both as Yongtai in Zizhou and as Yanting; the modern location of Yongtai is variously placed east or northeast of Yanting.
   • CBDBWen Tong (10173)The address entry gives Yanting as the basic native-place address.
   • Souyun文同 (26313)The profile and biographies identify Yongtai in Zizhou and give the modern location as eastern or northeastern Yanting.
4. [4] Examination and first office Wen Tong passed the jinshi examination in 1049 and began his official career as military judge of Qiongzhou.
   • CBDBWen Tong (10173)The examination entry records that he passed the jinshi examination.
   • Souyun文同 (26313)The biographies date the jinshi success to the first year of Huangyou and name his initial post as military judge of Qiongzhou.
5. [5] Zhihe chronology He held the Jingnan Commandery military-judge post during the Zhihe era, but the two biographical accounts differ over whether the appointment belongs to the second year or followed a return from office in the first year.
   • Souyun文同 (26313)The two career accounts agree on the Jingnan Commandery military-judge post but give different Zhihe chronology: the second year in one account and a return and renewed transfer in the first year in the other.
6. [6] Jiayou appointment In 1059 he was summoned for a court appointment, judged the Office of State Functions, and helped collate books in the Historiographical Institute.
   • Souyun文同 (26313)The career accounts record the Jiayou fourth-year summons and, in the fuller account, the Office of State Functions and Historiographical Institute assignments.
   • CBDBWen Tong (10173)The office entries list Office of State Functions and Historiographical Institute book-collation duties, together with the related judging post.
7. [7] Provincial career He served in Qiongzhou, Hanzhou, Puzhou, Lingzhou, Xingyuanfu, and Yangzhou, and his appointment to the Court of Imperial Sacrifices and removal over the new policies are both recorded.
   • Souyun文同 (26313)The biographies provide the dates, offices, places, and disagreement over the new policies in this sequence of appointments.
   • CBDBWen Tong (10173)The office entries corroborate the prefectural postings at Puzhou, Lingzhou, Hanzhou, Qiongzhou, and Xingyuanfu and list the Court of Imperial Sacrifices office.
8. [8] Additional offices The office data also lists posts corresponding to Secretary Assistant in Qiongzhou, Doctor of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, Academician, and Compiler, and dates one Xingyuanfu prefecture term to 1072–1075.
   • Souyun文同 (26313)The fuller career account confirms his senior appointment as an official of the Ministry of Personnel and an academical institution.
   • CBDBWen Tong (10173)The office entries list Secretary Assistant in Qiongzhou, Doctor of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, Academician, Compiler, the Xingyuanfu prefecture post, and the Ministry of Personnel office.
9. [9] Final appointment and death He was transferred to Huzhou in 1078 and died at Chenzhou the following year on the journey to take up the post, aged sixty-two.
   • Souyun文同 (26313)The biographies state that he was made prefect of Huzhou in 1078 and died at Chenzhou the next year while traveling to office, aged sixty-two.
   • CBDBWen Tong (10173)The principal record gives the 1079 death year and the office entry gives Huzhou as a posting.
10. [10] Lineage and family The biographies connect Wen Tong with Wen Weng; the kinship entries identify his father, sons, son-in-law, marital relation, and cousin.
    • Souyun文同 (26313)The fuller biography says that Wen Tong was descended from Wen Weng.
    • CBDBWen Tong (10173)The kinship entries identify father Wen Changhan, marital relation Guo Youzhi, sons Wen Wuguang, Wen Chaoguang and Wen Baoguang, son-in-law Zhang Yuanbi, and cousin Su Shi.
11. [11] Associates Wen Tong was close to Sima Guang and Su Shi and was recorded as a friend of Qian Gun, Shi Kangbo, and Yuan Anyu.
    • Souyun文同 (26313)The biographical overview explicitly says that Wen Tong was close to Sima Guang and Su Shi.
    • CBDBWen Tong (10173)The association entries classify Sima Guang, Qian Gun, Shi Kangbo, and Yuan Anyu as friends; the Shi Kangbo note also describes his friendship with Wen Tong.
12. [12] Calligraphy and bamboo painting He mastered several script styles, excelled at bamboo painting, and became especially known for ink bamboo; the bamboo tradition associated with him was called the Wen Huzhou school.
    • Souyun文同 (26313)The biographies list his script skills, excellence in bamboo painting, renown for ink bamboo, and the Wen Huzhou bamboo tradition.
    • CBDBWen Tong (10173)The status and alternate-name entries identify him as a painter and include Wen Huzhou.
    • WikidataWen Tong (Q1288620)The entity description identifies him as a painter of the Song dynasty.
13. [13] Bamboo-painting transmission and appraisal Wu Huang learned bamboo painting from Wen Tong; Zhou Yaomin and Zhao Lingbi followed his style, Zhao was skilled in ink bamboo, and Huang Yi was skilled in bamboo painting while Wen Tong considered himself inferior.
    • CBDBWen Tong (10173)The association and painting-history entries give the links to Wu Huang, Zhou Yaomin, Zhao Lingbi, and Huang Yi, including the notes on bamboo painting and Wen Tong's self-assessment.
14. [14] Dan Yuan ji Wen Tong's works include 《丹淵集》.
    • CBDBWen Tong (10173)The works entry lists 《丹淵集》 in forty juan.
    • Souyun文同 (26313)All three biographical texts name 《丹淵集》.
15. [15] Work volumes Later compilations give 《丹淵集》 forty juan, 《拾遺》 two juan, and another fifty-juan collection of Wen Tong's works.
    • CBDBWen Tong (10173)The works entries list 《丹淵集》 in forty juan, 《拾遺》 in two juan, and a fifty-juan Wen Tong collection.
    • Souyun文同 (26313)The editorial text gives the forty-juan collection and two-juan supplement.
16. [16] Poetry compilation and appendices A later arrangement contains twenty juan of Wen Tong's poetry and poems outside the collection, and the forty-juan 《丹淵集》 includes a tomb inscription by Fan Bailu and a chronology by Jia Chengzhi.
    • Souyun文同 (26313)The editorial text specifies twenty juan of Wen Tong's poetry, poems outside the collection, and the tomb inscription and chronology appended to the forty-juan collection.