[1]Life dates and identityMao Ji lived from 1463 to 1545 and was a political figure of the Ming dynasty.
CBDBMao Ji (68079)The biographical record gives the name Mao Ji, birth year 1463, death year 1545, and the Ming dynasty.
Souyun毛紀 (50624)The biographical entry identifies Mao Ji as a Ming figure and gives the dates 1463–1545.
WikidataMao Ji (Q11127947)The entity is named Mao Ji, described as a Ming-dynasty person, and assigned time values for 1463 and 1545.
[2]Courtesy name and posthumous nameMao Ji’s courtesy name was Weizhi; his sobriquets included Aofeng Yisou, Lian, and Haiweng, and his posthumous name was Wenjian.
CBDBMao Ji (68079)The alternate-name entries classify Weizhi as the courtesy name, Aofeng Yisou, Lian, and Haiweng as sobriquets or studio names, and Wenjian as the posthumous name.
Souyun毛紀 (50624)The biographical texts give the courtesy name Weizhi and sobriquet Aofeng Yisou, and state that he was posthumously named Wenjian.
WikidataMao Ji (Q11127947)The English name entries preserve the romanized aliases Haiweng, Lian, Weizhi, Wenjian, and Aofeng Yisou.
[3]Native placeMao Ji was a native of Yexian in Shandong.
CBDBMao Ji (68079)The address entry identifies Yexian as his native-place address.
Souyun毛紀 (50624)The profile gives Shandong Yexian as his hometown, and the biography calls him a native of that place.
[4]Examination and educational statusMao Ji earned the jinshi degree in the twenty-third year of Chenghua, ranked 136th in the third class, and was also listed as a provincial recommended candidate and a licentiate.
CBDBMao Ji (68079)The examination entries give the jinshi degree and third-class rank, and also list the provincial recommended candidate and licentiate statuses.
Souyun毛紀 (50624)Both biographical passages state that he passed the jinshi examination in the twenty-third year of Chenghua, or the corresponding dingwei year.
[5]Family backgroundMao Ji’s recorded family included his great-grandfather Mao Boquan, grandfather Mao Fuying, father Mao Min, mother Liu, and stepmother Zhao.
CBDBMao Ji (68079)The kinship entries name his great-grandfather Mao Boquan, grandfather Mao Fuying, father Mao Min, mother Liu, and stepmother Zhao.
[6]Siblings and descendantsThe kinship entries name four elder brothers, his wife, his son, and two grandsons.
CBDBMao Ji (68079)The kinship entries name his four elder brothers Mao Jing, Mao Lun, Mao Shou, and Mao Xiu, his wife Lady Guan, his son Mao Gai, and his grandsons Mao Yanzhao and Mao Yankui.
[7]Early Hanlin careerMao Ji was selected as a shujishi in the twenty-third year of Chenghua, appointed as a Hanlin junior compiler, and early in Hongzhi advanced to compiler and became a Classics Mat lecturer.
CBDBMao Ji (68079)The office entries list shujishi, Hanlin junior compiler, compiler, and Classics Mat lecturer.
Souyun毛紀 (50624)The biographies state that he was selected as a shujishi, appointed as an examiner or junior compiler, advanced to compiler, and served as a Classics Mat lecturer early in Hongzhi.
[8]Hanlin and examination appointmentsHe later held reader, expositor, lecturer, and Hanlin academician posts, and twice served as a co-examiner for the metropolitan examination.
CBDBMao Ji (68079)The office entries list the reader, lecturer, expositor, Hanlin academician, and two co-examiner appointments.
Souyun毛紀 (50624)The career passage gives the sequence of reader, expositor, lecturer, and academician appointments.
[9]Ministerial advancementIn 1510 Mao Ji became Vice Minister of Revenue, transferred to Rites, and later became Vice Minister of Personnel; in 1515 he became Minister of Rites and headed the Directorate of the Heir Apparent.
CBDBMao Ji (68079)The office entries date the Vice Minister of Revenue and Rites appointments to Zhengde 5 (1510), the Personnel vice-ministerial appointment to the subsequent promotion, and the Ministry of Rites appointment to Zhengde 10 (1515).
Souyun毛紀 (50624)The career passage describes his transfer from Revenue to Rites and then Personnel, followed by appointment as Minister of Rites, with responsibility for imperial edicts and the Directorate of the Heir Apparent.
[10]Eastern and Wenyuan hallsIn 1517 Mao Ji entered the Grand Secretariat through the Eastern Hall, participated in policy deliberations, and was given the title Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent; another account gives Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent, after which he became a Grand Secretary of the Wenyuan Hall.
CBDBMao Ji (68079)The office entries give the Eastern Hall, Wenyuan Hall, and Junior Guardian appointments in Zhengde 12 (1517).
Souyun毛紀 (50624)The career passage says that he held the Eastern Hall grand-secretary post, participated in policy, received the Grand Guardian title, and moved to the Wenyuan Hall; its title is Grand Guardian rather than Junior Guardian.
[11]Late-career officesBy 1520 Mao Ji had become Junior Guardian, Minister of Revenue, and Grand Secretary of the Wuying Hall; he served as chief compiler in 1522 and became Minister of Personnel and Grand Secretary of the Jingshen Hall in 1524 before requesting retirement.
CBDBMao Ji (68079)The office entries date the Junior Guardian and Wuying Hall posts to 1520, chief compiler to 1522, and the Personnel ministerial and Jingshen Hall posts to 1524.
Souyun毛紀 (50624)The career passage gives the sequence of Junior Guardian, Minister of Revenue, Wuying Hall grand secretary, Minister of Personnel, Jingshen Hall grand secretary, and the request for retirement.
[12]Great Rites controversy and deathAt the beginning of the Jiajing reign Mao Ji returned home after offending the emperor over the Great Rites controversy; he was later deprived of office and restored by imperial favor, then died in 1545 and received the posthumous title Grand Guardian and name Wenjian.
Souyun毛紀 (50624)The two career passages describe his departure after the Great Rites controversy, the later loss and restoration of office, and the posthumous grant of Grand Guardian and Wenjian.
CBDBMao Ji (68079)The biographical record gives the death year 1545, the posthumous name Wenjian, and the Grand Guardian title.
WikidataMao Ji (Q11127947)The entity data gives the death year 1545 and preserves Wenjian as an alias.
[13]Principal works and variant volume countsHis principal works include Miwu gao, Guitian zashi, and Aofeng leigao; Miwu gao has three juan, Guitian zashi two, while Aofeng leigao is variously assigned twenty-four or twenty-six juan.
CBDBMao Ji (68079)The associated text titles give Miwu gao in three juan, Guitian zashi in two juan, and Mao Aofeng leigao in twenty-six juan.
Souyun毛紀 (50624)The biographies list Miwu gao, Guitian zashi, and Aofeng leigao, with the latter given as twenty-four juan in one passage.
[14]Additional manuscript titlesAdditional titles associated with Mao Ji include Cirong lu, Lianju sichao, the memorial Qi ting qian shi xiyu shu, and Aotou leigao.
CBDBMao Ji (68079)The associated text titles include Cirong lu in one juan, Lianju sichao in four juan, Qi ting qian shi xiyu shu, and Aotou leigao.
[15]Poetry and the memorial on precedenceMao Ji’s short poems were described as clear and refined; in the memorial on precedence he argued that honors should not be judged solely by rank and contrasted his standing with Fei Hong’s.
Souyun毛紀 (50624)The literary passage calls his short poems clear and refined and preserves the memorial’s comparison of Fei Hong’s rank, earlier entry into the Grand Secretariat, superior learning and talent, and the warning against judging solely by rank.
[16]Prefaces and epitaphsFei Hong wrote a preface for Mao Ji, Fei Cai wrote his epitaph, and Mao Ji wrote an epitaph for Li Xunxue and a tomb inscription for Li Kun.
CBDBMao Ji (68079)The association entries identify Fei Hong’s preface, Fei Cai’s epitaph, and Mao Ji’s epitaph for Li Xunxue and tomb inscription for Li Kun.
[17]Farewell, congratulatory, and stele exchangesWang Ao and Liu Chun gave farewell poems or prefaces, Zhan Ruoshui sent congratulations, Yan Song composed a spirit-way stele, and Jiang Mian and Luo Qi wrote prefaces to poetry and prose.
CBDBMao Ji (68079)The association entries record farewell gifts from Wang Ao and Liu Chun, congratulations from Zhan Ruoshui, Yan Song’s spirit-way stele, and prefaces by Jiang Mian and Luo Qi.
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