[1]Name, dates, style names, and originThe person’s name, Ming identity, style names, and places of origin are supplied by the biographical records and name data. The dates conflict: one account gives 1531–1590, another gives 1531–1592; the origin is given as Xinyang Guard in Henan and also as Dezhou in Shandong.
CBDBWang Zudi (126631)The main person record gives the name Wang Zudi, identifies the dynasty as Ming, and supplies the romanized and Chinese forms of Yinchang, Shizhu, Xinyang Guard, and Dezhou.
Souyun王祖嫡 (51195)The profile gives the name, birth year 1531, death year 1590, and Xinyang Guard; the two biographical texts provide the conflicting life spans and identify him as a Ming political figure and jinshi.
WikidataWang Zudi (Q30940876)The entity record supplies the English name Wang Zudi, the aliases Shizhu and Yinchang, and a 1531 birth-time value.
[2]Family background and fatherThe biographical text describes a military-service family and says that Wang Zudi’s father lost his title and died after a wrongful case, after which Wang Zudi sought redress; the kinship record identifies the father as Wang Zhao.
Souyun王祖嫡 (51195)The biographical entry describes the family as military-service household and gives the account of the father’s wrongful loss of title, death, and Wang Zudi’s effort to clear him.
CBDBWang Zudi (126631)The kinship record identifies Wang Zhao as Wang Zudi’s father.
[3]Direct familyThe kinship record identifies Wang Duan as the great-grandfather, Wang Yu as the grandfather, Wang Zhao as the father, and Yuan Yu’s daughter as the mother.
CBDBWang Zudi (126631)The kinship fields give the four relationships and their names or family designation.
[4]Collateral and marital familyThe kinship record identifies Geng as Wang Yu’s wife and Wang Zudi’s grandmother, and identifies Wang Zuyi as his younger brother.
CBDBWang Zudi (126631)The kinship fields identify Wang Zuyi as the younger brother and Geng as the grandmother and wife of Wang Yu.
[5]Wives, descendants, and clan relativesThe kinship record lists Meng as the wife, Gao as the second wife, Wang Yanshi as the son, Wang Xingkui and Wang Xingbi as grandsons, and Wang Buzhi and Wang Lin as younger members of the same clan.
CBDBWang Zudi (126631)The kinship fields separately identify Meng and Gao as the two wives, Wang Yanshi as the son, Wang Xingkui and Wang Xingbi as grandsons, and Wang Buzhi and Wang Lin as younger clan relatives.
[6]Examinations and entry into the Hanlin AcademyThe biographical text gives the eleventh-place Henan provincial examination result, the 1571 Xinwei metropolitan rank of 87, the 210th position in the third class of the jinshi, and selection as a Hanlin shujishi; the examination record independently gives the third-class position.
Souyun王祖嫡 (51195)The biographical entries give the provincial examination result, the Longqing fifth-year examination ranks, the jinshi result, and selection as a shujishi.
CBDBWang Zudi (126631)The examination field gives the 210th position in the third class, and the office field lists the Hanlin shujishi appointment.
[7]Early Wanli careerThe detailed biography records the 1573 jiantao appointment, the Da Ming Huidian compilation, administration of imperial edicts and patents, mourning for his mother, and completion of the mourning period; the office record also lists the Hanlin jiantao post.
Souyun王祖嫡 (51195)The detailed biography gives the Wanli-year sequence of the jiantao appointment, Da Ming Huidian compilation, administration of imperial edicts and patents, mourning, and return from mourning.
CBDBWang Zudi (126631)The office record lists the Hanlin Academy jiantao post.
[8]Guozijian and Directorate of the Classics officesThe detailed biography records the promotion to Guozijian siye, the petitions concerning the Jianwen reign title and the Veritable Records of the Jing Emperor, and the later xima, xiuzhuan, and imperial-genealogy compilation appointments; the office record also lists the siye and xima posts.
Souyun王祖嫡 (51195)The detailed biography gives the fifteenth- and sixteenth-year promotions and the petitions and compilation duties associated with them.
CBDBWang Zudi (126631)The office record lists the Guozijian siye and Crown Prince’s xima posts.
[9]Late career and disputed death dateThe detailed biography records the military-examination appointment with Lu Kejiao, promotion to Right Vice Director of the Right Spring Office with concurrent readership, leave to return home, and the 1592 death date and age; the profile and summary give 1590 as the death year.
Souyun王祖嫡 (51195)The two biographical texts give the conflicting death years; the detailed text specifies the seventeenth-year examination and promotions, the leave to return home, and death on 21 October 1592 at age 62.
[10]WritingsThe works record lists 《書疏叢鈔》 in one juan and 《家庭庸言》 in two juan as authored works; the biographical texts name 《家庭庸言》 and 《師竹堂集》, while an associated title gives 《師竹堂集》 as thirty-seven juan.
CBDBWang Zudi (126631)The works fields identify 《書疏叢鈔》 and 《家庭庸言》 as authored works with their juan counts, and the associated title gives 《師竹堂集》 as thirty-seven juan.
Souyun王祖嫡 (51195)The biographical texts explicitly name 《家庭庸言》 and 《師竹堂集》 among his works.
[11]Correspondence oneThe association fields mark the relationship as letters sent by Wang Zudi and name the nineteen correspondents from Qi Jiguang through Zhou Yong.
CBDBWang Zudi (126631)The 《師竹堂集》 association entries use the letter-sent relation and list the nineteen correspondents named in the paragraph.
[12]Correspondence twoThe association fields use the same letter-sent relation for Zhong Zhenji, Zhang Jiuyi, Zhang Mi, Zhang Fengyi, Zhao Nanxing, Zhao Yao, Deng Yizan, and Jian Da.
CBDBWang Zudi (126631)The association fields mark these eight people as recipients of letters from Wang Zudi.
[13]Biographical and commemorative writingsThe association fields specify Wang Shizhen’s farewell inscription, including a farewell poem and preface, Lu Kejiao’s elegy and biography, and Wang Zudi’s biography of Liu Rong.
CBDBWang Zudi (126631)The four association entries specify Wang Shizhen’s farewell text, Lu Kejiao’s elegy and biography, and Wang Zudi’s biography of Liu Rong.
[14]Replies and recordThe association fields identify replies sent to Wang Shixing, Wang Xijue, Zhang Jiayin, Li Weizhen, and Zhao Yongxian, replies received from Tu Long and Zhao Yongxian, and a record written for Zhao Zhigao in 1582.
CBDBWang Zudi (126631)The association fields distinguish five reply letters sent, two reply letters received, and the 1582 record written for Zhao Zhigao.
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