Wang Jiusi

TimelineCBDB

1. 1496 翰林院檢討

Office recordsCBDB

FamilyCBDB

AliasesCBDB

• 一 行第
• 敬夫 字
• 渼陂 室名、別號
• 紫閣山人 室名、別號

StatusCBDB

• 戲曲作家
• 諸宮調與散曲集作家
• 詞人

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ExaminationsCBDB

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1. [1] Name and lifespan Wang Jiusi lived from 1468 to 1551.
   • CBDBWang Jiusi (126440)The main person record gives the name Wang Jiusi and the years 1468 and 1551.
   • Souyun王九思 (50666)The profile and biographical passages give Wang Jiusi’s birth year as 1468 and death year as 1551.
   • WikidataJiusi Wang (Q16077418)The entity record supplies the English name form and time claims for birth in 1468 and death in 1551.
2. [2] Identity Wang Jiusi was a Ming official, writer, and dramatist.
   • CBDBWang Jiusi (126440)The main record places him in the Ming and classifies him as a dramatist, a writer of zhu gong diao and sanqu collections, and a lyric poet.
   • Souyun王九思 (50666)The profile and biographical passage describe him as a Ming official, literary figure, and dramatist.
3. [3] Courtesy name and sobriquet His courtesy name was Jingfu and his sobriquet was Meibei.
   • CBDBWang Jiusi (126440)The alternate-name fields identify Jingfu as the courtesy name and Meibei as a sobriquet or studio name.
   • Souyun王九思 (50666)The profile aliases and biographical passages give the forms Jingfu and Meibei.
   • WikidataJiusi Wang (Q16077418)The entity’s English aliases and name claims list Jingfu and Meibei.
4. [4] Additional name forms He also used the sobriquet Zigeshanren and had the xingdi Yi.
   • CBDBWang Jiusi (126440)The alternate-name fields classify Yi as an xingdi designation and Zigeshanren as a sobriquet or studio name.
5. [5] Native place Wang Jiusi was from Hu County in Shaanxi.
   • CBDBWang Jiusi (126440)The address fields identify Hu County as both his basic native-place address and household-register location.
   • Souyun王九思 (50666)The profile and biographical passages place him in Hu County, Shaanxi.
6. [6] Family His great-grandfather was Wang Yan, his grandfather Wang Xuan, his father Wang Ru, his mother Liu, his three younger brothers were Wang Jiuxu, Wang Jiugao, and Wang Jiufeng, and his wife was Zhao.
   • CBDBWang Jiusi (126440)The kinship fields identify his great-grandfather Wang Yan, grandfather Wang Xuan, father Wang Ru, mother Liu, three younger brothers, and wife Zhao.
7. [7] Early examination status He held the status of shengyuan and also became a xianggong juren.
   • CBDBWang Jiusi (126440)The examination and school entries list him as a xianggong juren and a shengyuan.
8. [8] Hongzhi examination In 1496, Wang Jiusi passed the bingchen examination and ranked thirty-sixth in the third class.
   • CBDBWang Jiusi (126440)The examination entry identifies him as a presented scholar and gives the rank as thirty-sixth in the third class.
   • Souyun王九思 (50666)The biographical passages give the Hongzhi ninth year, the bingchen designation, and the Gregorian year 1496 for his presented-scholar examination.
9. [9] Hanlin appointment After the examination, he was selected as a shujishi and appointed a Compiler in the Hanlin Academy.
   • Souyun王九思 (50666)The profile and biographical passages give the sequence of selection as shujishi and appointment as jian tao.
   • CBDBWang Jiusi (126440)The office entry identifies the post as Hanlin Academy Compiler and gives its starting year as 1496.
10. [10] Ministry of Personnel career He later served as a zhushi in the Ministry of Personnel and as a langzhong.
    • Souyun王九思 (50666)The biographical passages record his transfer to the Ministry of Personnel as zhushi and his subsequent service as langzhong.
    • CBDBWang Jiusi (126440)The office data independently lists the post of langzhong in the Ministry of Personnel.
11. [11] Liu Jin connection At the beginning of the Zhengde era, his affiliation with Liu Jin brought him appointment as langzhong in the Ministry of Personnel.
    • Souyun王九思 (50666)The biographical passages connect the beginning of the Zhengde era and his attachment to Liu Jin with his appointment as langzhong.
    • CBDBWang Jiusi (126440)The office data also lists him as langzhong in the Ministry of Personnel.
12. [12] Demotion to Shouzhou After Liu Jin’s fall, Wang Jiusi was demoted to assistant prefect of Shouzhou.
    • Souyun王九思 (50666)The biographical passages say that after Liu Jin’s defeat he was demoted or banished to the post of Shouzhou tongzhi.
    • CBDBWang Jiusi (126440)The office data identifies the post as zhou tongzhi and locates it in Shouzhou.
13. [13] Zhengde fifth year The Shouzhou appointment was dated to the fifth year of the Zhengde era.
    • CBDBWang Jiusi (126440)The office entry dates the Shouzhou zhou tongzhi appointment to Zhengde year five.
14. [14] Compelled retirement He was soon subjected to further censure and compelled to retire.
    • Souyun王九思 (50666)The biographical passages describe his being censured or pursued and then compelled to retire.
15. [15] Pipa and song composition In his prime, after being cast aside, he paid musicians handsomely to teach him the pipa and became skilled in composing lyrics and songs.
    • Souyun王九思 (50666)The biographical passage says that, after being cast aside in his prime, he hired musicians at great expense to learn the pipa and was skilled at composing lyrics and songs.
16. [16] Genres and literary affiliation His work included ci, zhu gong diao, and sanqu, and he is also counted among the Former Seven Masters of Ming literature.
    • CBDBWang Jiusi (126440)The status classifications cover dramatist, zhu gong diao and sanqu writer, and lyric poet.
    • Souyun王九思 (50666)The biographical passages mention his lyric and song composition and identify him with the Former Seven Masters.
17. [17] Kang Hai and literary reputation He and Kang Hai were leading masters of the qu tradition for several decades, and his works conveyed indignation at injustice.
    • Souyun王九思 (50666)The biographical passage calls him and Kang Hai masters of the qu tradition for decades and says that his works expressed indignation and a sense of injustice.
    • CBDBWang Jiusi (126440)The association entry links him with Kang Hai through a literary preface relationship.
18. [18] Poetic style His poetry was rich in talent and inclined toward ornate beauty, although one assessment found its texture rough and not wholly free of Qin-style sound.
    • Souyun王九思 (50666)The poetic assessments praise his talent and ornate style while also criticizing the roughness of his poetic texture and its incomplete departure from Qin sound.
19. [19] Youchun ji episode After returning home, he planned the chuanqi play Youchun ji; criticism from friends and its submission to the academies caused a disturbance that fortunately subsided.
    • Souyun王九思 (50666)The biographical passage says that after returning home he planned a chuanqi, that friends criticized and submitted it to the academies, and that the resulting trouble subsided; it identifies the episode with 游春记.
20. [20] Mawei Feimiao The poem Mawei Feimiao depicts temple construction at Mawei during the Zhengde era, the seizure of farmland and expenditure of public funds, and the destruction of the stele after Liu Jin’s downfall.
    • Souyun王九思 (50666)The long poetic discussion quotes Mawei Feimiao, which describes Zhengde-era temple construction, the seizure of agricultural land, public expenditure, and the concealment of the stele after Liu Jin became a prisoner.
21. [21] Friendship with Li Kaixian Wang Jiusi was a friend of Li Kaixian.
    • CBDBWang Jiusi (126440)The association entry identifies Li Kaixian as his friend.
22. [22] Prefaces for Wang Shu and Peng Ze Wang Jiusi wrote prefaces for works by Wang Shu and Peng Ze.
    • CBDBWang Jiusi (126440)The association entries identify Wang Shu and Peng Ze and state that he wrote prefaces for their books.
23. [23] Epitaph for Wang Jiufeng Wang Jiusi wrote an epitaph for his younger brother Wang Jiufeng; the associated record uses the variant form Wang Jiufeng with feng written as 峯.
    • CBDBWang Jiusi (126440)The kinship entry identifies Wang Jiufeng as a younger brother, while the association entry says that an epitaph was written for Wang Jiufeng, using the variant Chinese form 王九峯.
24. [24] Works His listed works include 渼陂集 in sixteen juan, 渼陂集續集 in three juan, 碧山樂府, 碧山續稿, 碧山新稿, and 王翰林集注黃帝八十一難經 in five juan.
    • CBDBWang Jiusi (126440)The works entries list 渼陂集 in sixteen juan, 渼陂集續集 in three juan, and 王翰林集注黃帝八十一難經 in five juan, with Wang Jiusi as author.
    • Souyun王九思 (50666)The biographical passages list 碧山樂府, 碧山續稿, 碧山新稿, 渼陂集, and its continuation, including the sixteen- and three-juan counts.