Yu Shenxing

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• 可遠 字
• 四 行第
• 文定 諡號
• 無垢 字

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• 以疾廢

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1. [1] Name, dates, and identity Yu Shenxing was a Ming official and literary figure, with the principal years 1545–1607.
   • CBDBYu Shenxing (126359)The basic record gives the English name Yu Shenxing, the years 1545 and 1607, and the Ming dynasty.
   • Souyun于慎行 (42223)The biographical entries give 1545–1607 and describe his Ming official career and literary standing.
   • WikidataYu Shenxing (Q45568545)The English label and date claims identify Yu Shenxing and give 1545 and 1607.
2. [2] Courtesy names and sobriquet His names included Keyuan and Wugou, as well as the courtesy name Wuke and the sobriquet Gushan.
   • CBDBYu Shenxing (126359)The alternate-name data give Keyuan and Wugou as courtesy names.
   • Souyun于慎行 (42223)The biographical entries give Keyuan, Wugou, Wuke, and Gushan as his courtesy names and sobriquet.
   • WikidataYu Shenxing (Q45568545)The name records and alias claims confirm Keyuan and Wugou and their Chinese forms.
3. [3] Native and ancestral home He was from Dong'e in Shandong; the fuller place description gives Hongfan Village and an ancestral home in present-day Qiantun Village, Yaozhai Town.
   • CBDBYu Shenxing (126359)The basic address is Dong'e.
   • Souyun于慎行 (42223)The biographical entries identify him as a man of Dong'e in Shandong and give Hongfan Village and the ancestral home at Qiantun Village in Yaozhai Town.
4. [4] Disputed exact dates The principal year range is 1545–1607, while another account gives 3 November 1545 to 9 January 1608 and a different birth date in the Jiajing reign.
   • CBDBYu Shenxing (126359)The basic record gives the years 1545 and 1607.
   • Souyun于慎行 (42223)The biographical entries preserve 1545–1607 but also give 3 November 1545, 9 January 1608, and the twenty-ninth day of the ninth month of 1545 as date formulations.
   • WikidataYu Shenxing (Q45568545)The date claims use 1545 and 1607 as the birth and death years.
5. [5] Family His father was Yu Pin, his mother Liu, his great-grandfather Yu Zhong, and his grandfather Yu Shi; his brothers included Yu Shendong, Yu Shensi, and Yu Shenyan, his younger brother was Yu Shenyou, and his wife was Qin.
   • CBDBYu Shenxing (126359)The kinship data list Yu Zhong, Yu Shi, Yu Pin, Liu, three elder brothers, the younger brother Yu Shenyou, and Qin as wife.
6. [6] Early character and learning He was precociously gifted, mature and honest in character, broadly learned across the hundred schools, and well versed in historical precedents.
   • Souyun于慎行 (42223)The biographical entries describe his precocious talent, mature and honest character, learning across the hundred schools, and command of historical precedents.
7. [7] Early education and provincial examination He was a shengyuan and in 1561 ranked sixth in the Shandong provincial examination, becoming a juren.
   • CBDBYu Shenxing (126359)The examination and school entries give shengyuan, xianggong juren, and the sixth-place ranking.
   • Souyun于慎行 (42223)The biographical entry explicitly gives the 1561 Xinyou Shandong examination and sixth-place juren result.
8. [8] 1568 metropolitan and palace examinations In 1568 he ranked 287th in the metropolitan examination, took second-class 61st place at the palace examination, and became a shujishi.
   • CBDBYu Shenxing (126359)The examination entries give the jinshi and second-class 61st-place result and also preserve the xianggong juren entry with the 287 ranking.
   • Souyun于慎行 (42223)The biographical entries give the 1568 jinshi degree, 287th metropolitan rank, second-class 61st palace rank, and appointment as shujishi.
9. [9] Hanlin appointments In 1570 he entered the Hanlin Academy as a compiler and helped compile three historical works.
   • Souyun于慎行 (42223)The biographical entry gives the 1570 promotion to Hanlin compiler and the compilation of the Veritable Records of Shizong and Muzong and the History of Muzong.
10. [10] Classics Banquet lectures From 1573 to 1579 he held successive Hanlin and lecturing posts, gained the Wanli Emperor's trust through his lectures on Tang history, received the inscription “責難陳善,” and requested leave because of illness.
    • Souyun于慎行 (42223)The biographical entry lists the 1573, 1575, 1576, and 1579 appointments, the Tang-history lectures, the emperor's trust, the four bestowed characters, and his request to return home for treatment.
11. [11] Conflict with Zhang Juzheng He angered Zhang Juzheng by criticizing the “duoqing” issue, withdrew because of illness, and returned to office after Zhang's death.
    • Souyun于慎行 (42223)The biographical entry describes his criticism of Zhang Juzheng over “奪情,” his withdrawal through illness, and his return after Zhang's death.
12. [12] Zhang Juzheng household When Zhang Juzheng's household was confiscated, he urged those handling the case to remember the suffering of Zhang's mother and sons.
    • Souyun于慎行 (42223)The biographical entry recounts his appeal to those handling the confiscation to consider Zhang's mother and sons in their distress.
13. [13] Minister of Rites and retirement After returning to office he rose to Minister of Rites, helped determine major rites, and then left office to live at home for more than ten years after urging the emperor to establish the heir apparent.
    • Souyun于慎行 (42223)The biographical entry gives his repeated promotions to Minister of Rites, expertise in institutions, role in major rites, and more than ten years at home after the petition concerning the heir apparent.
14. [14] Final appointment and posthumous name In 1607 he was appointed Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent and Grand Academician of the Eastern Repository, but illness prevented him from serving; he died soon afterwards and received the posthumous name Wending.
    • CBDBYu Shenxing (126359)The basic data give 1607 as the death year, illness-related removal from office, and Wending as the posthumous name.
    • Souyun于慎行 (42223)The biographical entry gives the Wanli thirty-fifth-year recommendation, the two appointments, inability to serve because of illness, subsequent death, and posthumous name Wending.
    • WikidataYu Shenxing (Q45568545)The claims give Wending as the posthumous name and 1607 as the death year.
15. [15] Literary standing His learning ranged across the hundred schools, he knew historical precedents, and he and Feng Qi were regarded as leading literary figures of their time.
    • Souyun于慎行 (42223)The biographical entries describe his learning and historical knowledge and place him alongside Feng Qi among the leading literary figures of the period.
16. [16] Literary activities His literary activity included prefaces, epitaphs, biographies, sacrificial texts, elegies, tomb inscriptions, spirit-way steles, biographical accounts, poems and prose, and building inscriptions, records, and names.
    • CBDBYu Shenxing (126359)The association data list prefaces, epitaphs, biographies, sacrificial texts, elegies, spirit-way steles, tomb表, biographies, poems and prose, and building inscriptions, records, and naming.
17. [17] Letters and commemorative writing He wrote to Zhang Juzheng, prepared a title, record, and name for a building associated with Pan Jixun, and praised Yang Yikui's achievements.
    • CBDBYu Shenxing (126359)The association data separately record a letter to Zhang Juzheng, building title, record, and naming work for Pan Jixun, and praise for Yang Yikui's achievements.
18. [18] Poem for Zhang Jiye He presented Zhang Jiye with a poem that compared him with Tao Zhu and Lu Zhu and described his pastoral life and local speech.
    • CBDBYu Shenxing (126359)The association entry identifies Zhang Jiye as the recipient of appreciation and preserves Yu Shenxing's poem with its comparisons to Tao Zhu and Lu Zhu and its references to pastoral life and local speech.
19. [19] Collected writings His collected writings are given under two closely related titles, with the second recorded as forty-two juan.
    • Souyun于慎行 (42223)The biographical entry gives the title Gucheng Shanguan shiwen ji.
    • CBDBYu Shenxing (126359)The writings data give Gucheng Shanguan wenji and specify forty-two juan.