Huang Jin

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Life

In his youth, Huang Jin was exceptionally gifted: he studied composition and could produce several hundred characters in a moment. At about twenty, he travelled west to Qiantang, where he met elderly survivors, eminent craftsmen, and veteran scholars and learned more about the literary culture of recent times; after returning, he studied with the recluse Fang Shaofu, exchanging songs and poems with him and showing no initial desire for official advancement.[7]

In the second year of the Yanyou era under Emperor Renzong (1315), he passed the jinshi examination and was appointed assistant magistrate of Ninghai in Taizhou.[8] He later served as prefectural judge of Zhuji; wherever he served, his administration earned praise, and he governed local districts with probity.[9]

At the beginning of the Zhishun era, Ma Zuchang recommended him for appointment as a Hanlin writer; he was transferred to a doctorate in the Directorate of Education and sent out as intendant of Confucian studies in Zhejiang.[10] After urgently requesting leave to care for his parents, he retired as Vice Director of the Palace Library.[11]

In the seventh year of the Zhizheng era, he was recalled as a Hanlin Academician, drafter of edicts, and joint compiler of the national history; he concurrently served at the Classics Mat and was promoted to Academician Lecturer and associate director of the Classics Mat.[12] After repeatedly petitioning to retire, he left without waiting for a reply; an envoy was sent after him, and in the summer of the tenth year he was permitted to return south.[13]

He died in 1357 at the age of eighty-one.[14] After his death, he was posthumously granted the rank of Vice Councillor of the Jiangxi Provincial Administration (江西行省參知政事), enfeoffed as Duke of Jiangxia, and given the posthumous title Wenxian; Wen Zhen xiansheng is also recorded as a posthumous title.[15]

Family

His grandfather was 黃堮, his father was 黃鑄, and his mother was Lady Tong, a daughter of 童泊永; his wife was Lady Wang, a daughter of 王桂.[16] He had a son, 黃梓, and a daughter, Lady Huang, who was the wife of 陳克讓; his nephew was 黃橒. His recorded grandchildren were 黃瑄, 黃琛, 黃瑭, and 黃珣.[17] The recorded lineage also includes the eighth-generation ancestor 黃景珪, the seventh-generation ancestor 黃琳, the sixth-generation ancestor 黃中輔, the fifth-generation ancestor 黃紹祖, and the great-grandfather 黃伯信.[18]

Scholarship and literary art

Huang Jin mastered a vast range of books and distilled them into essential precision, analyzing difficult points in the classics and histories and questions of institutional change, systems, and nomenclature from antiquity to his own time; he was regarded as a representative of the Eastern Zhejiang Jinhua school.[19]

His prose was rigorously structured and precisely documented, poised and restrained rather than flamboyant; he was accomplished in regular and cursive script.[20] His conduct was upright: he could remain poor despite rank, and when he encountered fine landscapes he would drink and compose poetry there, forgetting to leave for the entire day.[21]

Contemporary opinion likened his personal aloofness to Chen Lüchang, his warm and measured prose to Ouyang Yongshu, and his elegant brushwork to Xue Sitong.[22] Together with Yu Ji, Jie Xisi, and Liu Guan, he was known as one of the “Four Eminent Scholars of the Confucian Grove”; having served five reigns, he regarded the integrity of literary culture as his responsibility, while contemporary talents such as Wang Yi and Song Lian emerged from the circles of Huang and Liu, contributing to the literary flourishing of the age.[23]

Works and calligraphy

His writings included the thirty-three-volume 《日損齋稿》, also written 《日損齋槀》, and the one-volume 《日損齋筆記》[24], as well as 《金華黃先生文集》, 《黃文獻集》, 《義烏志》 (also titled 《義烏縣誌》), 《義烏黃氏族譜圖》, 《臨池拾遺記》, and 《陸秀夫年譜》.[25]

The title of 《日損齋筆記》 also appears as 《日損齊筆記》, and one catalogue title specifies “one volume, with one volume of appendices.”[26] His calligraphic works include 《與德懋書帖》 and 《免穎帖》[27]。

Office recordsCBDB

Year unknown7
OfficeEraPosting
國子學博士Era unknownUnknown
州判官Era unknownUnknown
祕書少監Era unknownUnknown
縣丞Era unknown寧海
翰林國史院直學士Era unknownUnknown
翰林國史院翰林侍講學士Era unknownUnknown
行省儒學提舉Era unknown江浙行中書省

FamilyCBDB

RelationNameLife
八世祖;太高祖黃景珪–
七世祖;太曾祖黃琳–
六世祖;太祖黃中輔–
高祖;四世祖黃伯信–
祖父黃堮1240–1304
父黃鑄1257–1331
岳父王桂1252–1339
母童氏(童泊永女)–
妻子王氏(王桂女)–
女兒黃氏(陳克讓妻)–
從子;姪子黃橒1301–1367
子黃梓–
女婿陳克讓–
孫黃瑄–
孫黃琛–
孫黃瑭–
孫黃珣–
五世祖;高曾祖黃紹祖–

AliasesCBDB

  • 文獻 諡號
  • 晉卿 字
  • 文潛 字
  • 文真先生 諡號

StatusCBDB

  • [為官者：文]

AssociationsCBDB

PersonRelationYears
趙大訥友–
葉謹翁友–
吳天驥友–
馬祖常被馬祖常推薦1331–
賀惟一被賀惟一推薦1347–
朶爾直班被朶爾直班推薦1347–
陳樵欣賞/器重–
石一鰲為石一鰲之學生–
劉應龜為劉應龜之學生1297–
宋濂學生為宋濂–
王褘學生為王褘1345–
戴良學生為戴良1345–
蔣允升學生為蔣允升–
陳基學生為陳基1345–
金涓學生為金涓–
劉涓學生為劉涓–
朱廉學生為朱廉–
傅藻學生為傅藻–
朱濂學生為朱濂–
方逢辰為方逢辰所著書作序–
俞琰為俞琰所著書作序1345–
虞集為虞集所著書作序–
陸秀夫為陸秀夫所著書作序–
方鳳為方鳳所著書作序–
方鳳為方鳳所著書作序–
牟應龍為牟應龍所著書作序–
牟應龍為牟應龍所著書作序–
劉漢弻為劉漢弻所著書作序–
唐震為唐震所著書作序–
吳師道為吳師道所著書作序1345–
張雨為張雨所著書作序1345–
陳鎰為陳鎰所著書作序1345–
朱德潤為朱德潤所著書作序1345–
蒲道源為蒲道源所著書作序1345–
伯顏為伯顏所著書作序1345–
顧瑛為顧瑛所著書作序1345–
徐鈞為徐鈞所著書作序1345–
徐鈞為徐鈞所著書作序1345–
劉應龜為劉應龜所著書作序–
李洧孫為李洧孫所著書作序–
周自強為周自強所著書作序–
唐棣為唐棣所著書作序–
陳堯道為陳堯道所著書作序–
傅野為傅野所著書作序–
葉峴為葉峴所著書作序–
釋本誠為釋本誠所著書作序–
顧德輝為顧德輝所著書作序–
宋濂書序由宋濂所作–
俞琰書序由俞琰所作–
述律傑書序由述律傑所作–
宋濂墓誌銘由宋濂所作1369–
楊維禎墓誌銘由楊維禎所作1345–
危素墓誌銘由危素所作1362–
趙孟賚為趙孟賚作墓誌銘–
王肖翁為王肖翁作墓誌銘–
王炎澤為王炎澤作墓誌銘–
王炎澤為王炎澤作墓誌銘1345–
許謙為許謙作墓誌銘–
黃夢炎為黃夢炎作墓誌銘–
蘇誠為蘇誠作墓誌銘1345–
韓性為韓性作墓誌銘–
謝晟孫為謝晟孫作墓誌銘–
黃叔英為黃叔英作墓誌銘–
黃正孫為黃正孫作墓誌銘–
王昌世為王昌世作墓誌銘–
錢良右為錢良右作墓誌銘–
張樞為張樞作墓誌銘1345–
揭傒斯為揭傒斯作墓誌銘1345–
危素為危素作墓誌銘–
危永吉為危永吉作墓誌銘1345–
黃順翁為黃順翁作墓誌銘1345–
傅進為傅進作墓誌銘1345–
柳貫為柳貫作墓誌銘1345–
鄭欽為鄭欽作墓誌銘–
蔣吉相為蔣吉相作墓誌銘1345–
李謙亨為李謙亨作墓誌銘1345–
楊載為楊載作墓誌銘1345–
釋大訢為釋大訢作墓誌銘1345–
胡助為胡助作墓誌銘–
陳氏(胡助妻)為陳氏(胡助妻)作墓誌銘1345–
干文傳為干文傳作墓誌銘1345–
程端禮為程端禮作墓誌銘1345–
吳景奎為吳景奎作墓誌銘1345–
周應星為周應星作墓誌銘1345–
陳遘為陳遘作墓誌銘1345–
董守簡為董守簡作墓誌銘1345–
董士恭為董士恭作墓誌銘1345–
龔璛為龔璛作墓誌銘1345–
袁易為袁易作墓誌銘–
袁易為袁易作墓誌銘1345–
曾嚴卿為曾嚴卿作墓誌銘1345–
朱明普為朱明普作墓誌銘–
胡渭為胡渭作墓誌銘–
許嗣為許嗣作墓誌銘–
黃中輔為黃中輔作墓誌銘–
葉琛為葉琛作墓誌銘–
孔濤為孔濤作墓誌銘–
孔學詩為孔學詩作墓誌銘–
尹堯道為尹堯道作墓誌銘–
王艮為王艮作墓誌銘–

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ExaminationsCBDB

RecordRank
科舉: 進士(籠統)

WorksCBDB

TitleRoleYearEra
黃文獻集
金華黃先生文集
日損齋筆記撰著者
日損齊筆記撰著者
日損齋稿撰著者
義烏志撰著者
義烏黃氏族譜圖撰著者
臨池拾遺記撰著者
陸秀夫年譜撰著者
日損齋筆記 一卷 附錄 一卷撰著者

Citations

  1. [1] Name and dates Huang Jin was born in 1277 and died in 1357.
    • CBDBHuang Jin (10740)The basic record gives the name 黃溍 and the years 1277 and 1357.
    • Souyun黃溍 (41178)The profile and biographical text identify 黃溍 and give 1277–1357 as his lifespan.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database黃溍 (A007555)The authority record names him 黃溍 and places his birth and death in 1277 and 1357.
    • WikidataHuang Jin (Q11176572)The entity label and date statements identify Huang Jin and assign the years 1277 and 1357 to his birth and death.
  2. [2] Literary and calligraphic identity He was a Yuan-dynasty writer and calligrapher.
    • CBDBHuang Jin (10740)The basic record identifies his dynasty as Yuan.
    • Souyun黃溍 (41178)The profile places him in the Yuan period, while the biographies describe his literary reputation and skill in regular and cursive script.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database黃溍 (A007555)The authority record gives his dynasty as Yuan and describes him as a literary figure and calligrapher.
    • WikidataHuang Jin (Q11176572)The entity descriptions identify him as a Yuan-dynasty writer and a Chinese politician.
  3. [3] Courtesy names His courtesy names were Wenjin and Jinqing, and Wenqian is also recorded as a courtesy name.
    • CBDBHuang Jin (10740)The alternate-name entries classify 晉卿 and 文潛 as courtesy names.
    • Souyun黃溍 (41178)The biographies give the courtesy names 文晉 and 晉卿.
  4. [4] Variant name forms His name also appears in five other recorded forms: 黃文晉, 黃晉卿, 黃縉, 黃文獻, and 王溍.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database黃溍 (A007555)The alternate-name list contains all five forms.
    • WikidataHuang Jin (Q11176572)The name records also preserve the Jinqing and Wenxian aliases in Chinese and English forms.
  5. [5] Hometown He was a native of Yiwu in Wuzhou.
    • CBDBHuang Jin (10740)The address entries identify Yiwu as his native place.
    • Souyun黃溍 (41178)The profile and biographies identify him as a native of Wuzhou Yiwu.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database黃溍 (A007555)The authority record gives Yiwu as his birthplace.
  6. [6] Ancestral home His ancestral home was Chuqiu.
  7. [7] Early education and associations As a young man Huang Jin was precocious, travelled to Qiantang, met learned elders and craftsmen, studied with Fang Shaofu, and initially had no ambition for office.
    • Souyun黃溍 (41178)The biographical passage describes his early literary talent, journey to Qiantang, meetings with elders and scholars, association with Fang Shaofu, and initial lack of interest in office.
  8. [8] Examination and Ninghai appointment In the second year of the Yanyou era he passed the jinshi examination and was appointed assistant magistrate of Ninghai in Taizhou.
    • CBDBHuang Jin (10740)The records list the jinshi qualification and the offices of county assistant magistrate and Ninghai.
    • Souyun黃溍 (41178)The biographies state that he passed in the second Yanyou year and was appointed Ninghai assistant magistrate.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database黃溍 (A007555)The authority note gives the second Yanyou year as 1315 and records the initial Ninghai appointment.
  9. [9] Zhuji service and local administration He later served as prefectural judge of Zhuji, earned praise for his administration, and governed local districts with probity.
    • CBDBHuang Jin (10740)The office list includes the post of prefectural judge.
    • Souyun黃溍 (41178)The biography specifically names Zhuji, praises his administration, and describes his rule as upright and clean.
  10. [10] Hanlin and educational offices At the beginning of the Zhishun era Ma Zuchang recommended Huang Jin for a Hanlin writing post; he later became a doctorate in the Directorate of Education and an intendant of Confucian studies in Zhejiang.
    • CBDBHuang Jin (10740)The office list contains the Directorate doctorate and the provincial Confucian-studies intendancy associated with Jiangzhe.
    • Souyun黃溍 (41178)The biographies give the recommendation by Ma Zuchang, the Hanlin writing appointment, the Directorate doctorate, and the Zhejiang educational intendancy.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database黃溍 (A007555)The authority note records the Hanlin writing and Jiangzhe Confucian-studies appointments.
  11. [11] Retirement to care for parents After requesting leave to attend to his parents, he retired as Vice Director of the Palace Library.
    • CBDBHuang Jin (10740)The office list includes the post of Vice Director of the Palace Library.
    • Souyun黃溍 (41178)The biography says that he requested leave to attend his parents and then retired through the Palace Library post.
  12. [12] Zhizheng offices In the seventh Zhizheng year he returned to office as a Hanlin Academician, drafter of edicts, and joint compiler of the national history, then held posts connected with the Classics Mat.
    • CBDBHuang Jin (10740)The office list records the Hanlin direct academician and Hanlin lecturer-academician posts.
    • Souyun黃溍 (41178)The biographies detail his seventh Zhizheng-year return, edict drafting, joint history compilation, Classics Mat service, and promotion to lecturer-academician and associate director.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database黃溍 (A007555)The authority note also records his promotion to lecturer-academician and his edict-drafting office.
  13. [13] Final retirement and return south He petitioned repeatedly to retire, left without waiting for a reply, was pursued by an envoy, and was permitted to return south in the summer of the tenth year.
    • Souyun黃溍 (41178)The biography records the repeated petitions, departure without awaiting a reply, pursuit by an envoy, and permission to return south in the tenth year.
  14. [14] Death and age Huang Jin died in 1357 at the age of eighty-one.
  15. [15] Posthumous honors After his death he received a Jiangxi provincial honor, the Jiangxia enfeoffment, and the posthumous title Wenxian; Wen Zhen xiansheng is also recorded as a posthumous title.
    • CBDBHuang Jin (10740)The alternate-name entries classify 文獻 and 文真先生 as posthumous titles.
    • Souyun黃溍 (41178)The biography records the Jiangxi provincial honor, the Jiangxia enfeoffment, and the posthumous title 文獻.
  16. [16] Immediate family His grandfather was 黃堮, his father 黃鑄, his mother was a daughter of 童泊永, and his wife was a daughter of 王桂.
    • CBDBHuang Jin (10740)The kinship entries list grandfather 黃堮, father 黃鑄, mother 童氏 as a daughter of 童泊永, wife 王氏 as a daughter of 王桂, and father-in-law 王桂.
  17. [17] Children and descendants He had a son 黃梓, a daughter who was the wife of 陳克讓, a nephew 黃橒, and four recorded grandchildren.
    • CBDBHuang Jin (10740)The kinship entries list son 黃梓, daughter 黃氏 and her husband 陳克讓, nephew 黃橒, and grandchildren 黃瑄, 黃琛, 黃瑭, and 黃珣.
  18. [18] Extended lineage The recorded lineage also includes 黃景珪 as eighth-generation ancestor, 黃琳 as seventh, 黃中輔 as sixth, 黃紹祖 as fifth, and 黃伯信 as great-grandfather.
    • CBDBHuang Jin (10740)The kinship entries provide the generational relationships for 黃景珪, 黃琳, 黃中輔, 黃紹祖, and 黃伯信.
  19. [19] Scholarship and Jinhua school He mastered a wide range of books, distilled them to essential precision, analyzed problems in the classics and histories and in institutions and nomenclature, and represented the Eastern Zhejiang Jinhua school.
    • Souyun黃溍 (41178)The biography describes his broad learning and analysis of classics, histories, institutions, and nomenclature.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database黃溍 (A007555)The authority note identifies him as a representative of the Eastern Zhejiang Jinhua school.
  20. [20] Style and calligraphy His prose was carefully structured and precisely documented, restrained in tone, and he was skilled in regular and cursive script.
    • Souyun黃溍 (41178)The biographies praise the structure, precision, restraint, and calligraphic skill of his writing.
  21. [21] Conduct and leisure He was upright, remained poor despite rank, and enjoyed drinking and composing poetry amid fine landscapes.
    • Souyun黃溍 (41178)The biography praises his upright conduct, ability to remain poor despite rank, and delight in drinking and composing poetry among beautiful landscapes.
  22. [22] Critical comparisons Contemporary opinion compared his aloof character with Chen Lüchang, his warm prose with Ouyang Yongshu, and his brushwork with Xue Sitong.
    • Souyun黃溍 (41178)The biography preserves the comparisons of his character, prose, and brushwork with those three figures.
  23. [23] Four Eminent Scholars and influence He was ranked with Yu Ji, Jie Xisi, and Liu Guan as one of the Four Eminent Scholars of the Confucian Grove; he served five reigns, regarded literary culture as his responsibility, and was associated with the literary flourishing that included talents such as Wang Yi and Song Lian.
    • Souyun黃溍 (41178)The biography names the four scholars, says he served five reigns and took literary culture as his responsibility, and places Wang Yi and Song Lian among talents from the circles of Huang and Liu who contributed to the literary flourishing of the age.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database黃溍 (A007555)The authority note independently identifies the association with Yu Ji, Jie Xisi, and Liu Guan as the Four Eminent Scholars of the Confucian Grove.
  24. [24] Principal works His principal works included the thirty-three-volume 《日損齋稿》, also written 《日損齋槀》, and the one-volume 《日損齋筆記》.
    • CBDBHuang Jin (10740)The works list includes 《日損齋筆記》 and 《日損齋稿》.
    • Souyun黃溍 (41178)The biographies give 《日損齋稿》 as thirty-three volumes and 《日損齋筆記》 as one volume, with one passage using the 槀 form.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database黃溍 (A007555)The authority note lists 《日損齋稿》 and 《日損齋筆記》 among his works.
  25. [25] Additional works Other works include 《金華黃先生文集》, 《黃文獻集》, 《義烏志》 or 《義烏縣誌》, 《義烏黃氏族譜圖》, 《臨池拾遺記》, and 《陸秀夫年譜》.
    • CBDBHuang Jin (10740)The works list contains all six of these titles.
    • Souyun黃溍 (41178)The biography lists 《金華黃先生文集》.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database黃溍 (A007555)The authority note lists 《義烏縣誌》 and 《黃文獻集》.
  26. [26] Title variants and volume note The title 《日損齋筆記》 also appears as 《日損齊筆記》, and one title specifies one volume with one volume of appendices.
    • CBDBHuang Jin (10740)The works list preserves both title forms and the title specifying one volume with one volume of appendices.
  27. [27] Calligraphic works His calligraphic works include 《與德懋書帖》 and 《免穎帖》.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database黃溍 (A007555)The authority note names 《與德懋書帖》 and 《免穎帖》 as calligraphic works.