Gu Xiancheng

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AliasesCBDB

• 三 行第
• 三君 未詳
• 叔子 字
• 叔時 未詳
• 叔時 字
• 東林先生 未詳
• 東林八君子 未詳
• 涇陽 室名、別號
• 涇陽先生 未詳
• 涇陽先生 室名、別號
• 端文 未詳
• 端文 諡號
• 端父 諡號
• 景逸先生 室名、別號

StatusCBDB

• 削籍官員
• [為官者：文]
• 收徒講學
• 拒絕出仕
• 思想家

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1. [1] Life dates and status Gu Xiancheng lived from 1550 to 1612 and is identified as a Ming official and thinker.
   • CBDBGu Xiancheng (34742)The main record supplies Gu Xiancheng’s name, dates, Ming affiliation, official status, and classification as a thinker.
   • Souyun顧憲成 (51314)The biographical entry identifies him as a Ming figure born in 1550 and deceased in 1612, and lists his official career beginning with 戶部主事.
   • WikidataGu Xiancheng (Q6121590)The entity record describes him as a Chinese bureaucrat of 1550–1612 and identifies him in Chinese as a Ming political figure.
2. [2] Names and birthplace His courtesy name was Shushi, his sobriquet was Jingyang, and he came from Wuxi Jingli in present-day Zhangjing Town, Xishan District, Wuxi; he was known as Jingyang xiansheng.
   • CBDBGu Xiancheng (34742)The main record gives Shushi as the courtesy name, Jingyang as the sobriquet, Wuxi as the registered origin, and Jingyang xiansheng as a related name.
   • Souyun顧憲成 (51314)The biographical entry gives the names 叔時, 涇陽, and 涇陽先生 and locates his home in Wuxi’s Xishan District, Zhangjing Town.
   • WikidataGu Xiancheng (Q6121590)The entity record separately lists 叔時 and 涇陽先生 among his names.
3. [3] Posthumous name forms His posthumous name is given as Duanwen, with Duanfu also appearing as a variant; Jingyang xiansheng was another form of address.
   • CBDBGu Xiancheng (34742)The main record labels Duanwen and Duanfu as posthumous names, preserving both forms.
   • Souyun顧憲成 (51314)The biographical entry explicitly gives the posthumous name as 端文 and calls him 涇陽先生.
   • WikidataGu Xiancheng (Q6121590)The entity record lists both 端父 and 端文 among the posthumous-name claims.
4. [4] Paternal family His great-grandfather was 顧緯, his grandfather 顧夔, and his father appears under the forms 顧學, 顧輙, and 顧輒.
   • CBDBGu Xiancheng (34742)The kinship entries name 顧緯 as great-grandfather, 顧夔 as grandfather, and 顧學, 顧輙, and 顧輒 as the father’s recorded names.
5. [5] Immediate family His family entries name two elder brothers, two younger brothers, a wife surnamed Zhu, and two sons.
   • CBDBGu Xiancheng (34742)The kinship entries name 顧性成 and 顧自成 as elder brothers, 顧允成 and 顧玄成 as younger brothers, 朱氏 as wife, and 顧與沐 and 顧與汾 as sons.
6. [6] Examinations The examination record identifies him as a shengyuan, a xianggong juren, and a jinshi; he passed in the eighth Wanli year, 1580, ranking second in the second class.
   • CBDBGu Xiancheng (34742)The examination entries list shengyuan, xianggong juren, and jinshi status, with the jinshi result ranked second in the second class.
   • Souyun顧憲成 (51314)The biographical entry states that he was a jinshi in the eighth Wanli year, while its date link identifies that year as 1580.
7. [7] Early office and demotion After becoming a jinshi, Gu Xiancheng was appointed 戶部主事; in the fifteenth Wanli year, a memorial offending the governing ministers led to his demotion as judge of Guiyang.
   • Souyun顧憲成 (51314)The biographical entry records his appointment as 戶部主事 and his demotion to 桂陽州判官 after the memorial offending the governing ministers in the fifteenth year.
   • CBDBGu Xiancheng (34742)The office entries list 戶部主事 and 桂陽州判官, with the latter dated to the fifteenth Wanli year.
8. [8] Official career His recorded offices include the personnel, judicial, ritual, and Nanjing posts listed in the paragraph.
   • CBDBGu Xiancheng (34742)The office entries list the posts and identify Guiyang, Chuzhou Prefecture, Quanzhou Prefecture, and Nanjing as locations for some appointments.
   • Souyun顧憲成 (51314)The biographical entry independently confirms service as 戶部主事, 桂陽州判官, 吏部員外郎, and 文選郎中.
9. [9] Return after dismissal In the twenty-second Wanli year, he displeased the throne during a recommendation of grand councillors and was struck from the registers and sent home.
   • Souyun顧憲成 (51314)The biographical entry describes the twenty-second-year conflict over the recommendation of cabinet ministers and the resulting removal from the registers and return home.
   • CBDBGu Xiancheng (34742)The status entry classifies him as an official removed from the registers.
10. [10] Donglin academy After returning home, he and his younger brother 顧允成 advocated restoring Donglin Academy, lectured there with Gao Panlong and other like-minded scholars, and accepted students.
    • Souyun顧憲成 (51314)The biographical entry says that he and his younger brother 顧允成 advocated restoring Donglin Academy and lectured there with 高攀龍 and other like-minded colleagues.
    • CBDBGu Xiancheng (34742)The kinship and association entries confirm 顧允成 as a younger brother and 高攀龍 as a friend, while the status entry records teaching students.
11. [11] Thought and Donglin prominence He rejected Wang Shouren’s formulation, criticized court politics, commented on public figures, and was followed by officials whose response helped make the Donglin name prominent.
    • Souyun顧憲成 (51314)The biographical entry describes his refutation of Wang Shouren’s formulation, his criticism of court politics and appraisal of people, and the resulting prominence of the Donglin name.
12. [12] Friends The association entries identify 薛敷教, 高攀龍, 吳亮, 孫丕揚, and 郭正域 as his friends.
    • CBDBGu Xiancheng (34742)The association entries individually classify 薛敷教, 高攀龍, 吳亮, 孫丕揚, and 郭正域 as friends.
13. [13] Posthumous recognition In the early Chongzhen reign, he was posthumously awarded 吏部右侍郎 and named Duanwen; Duanfu is also attested, and he was known as Jingyang xiansheng.
    • Souyun顧憲成 (51314)The biographical entry states that he was posthumously awarded 吏部右侍郎 in the early Chongzhen reign, given the name 端文, and known as 涇陽先生.
    • CBDBGu Xiancheng (34742)The main record confirms Duanwen and Duanfu as posthumous-name forms.
    • WikidataGu Xiancheng (Q6121590)The entity record lists 端父, 端文, and 涇陽先生 among his names.
14. [14] Works one The listed works include 四書講義, 小心齋劄記, 東林會約, 證性編, and 大學通考; 小心齋劄記 also appears as 小心齋札記, and two juan of 徵信或問 were originally missing from 證性編.
    • CBDBGu Xiancheng (34742)The works entries list 四書講義 in one juan, 小心齋劄記 in eighteen, 東林會約 in one, 證性編 in eight with the stated missing portion, and 大學通考.
    • Souyun顧憲成 (51314)The biographical entry gives the alternate form 小心齋札記 among his works.
15. [15] Works two Additional associated titles include the listed 商語 works, shorter treatises, 涇皋藏稿, 顧端文遺書, and 顧端文公集 in twenty-two juan.
    • CBDBGu Xiancheng (34742)The works entries list 涇皋藏稿, 顧端文公集 in twenty-two juan, the six named 商語 titles, and 當下繹, 還經錄, and 自反錄.
    • Souyun顧憲成 (51314)The biographical entry lists 涇皋藏稿 and 顧端文遺書.