[1]Name, dates, and identityWu Fu was a Song-dynasty official who lived from 1104 to 1183.
CBDBWu Fu (1970)The main person record gives the name Wu Fu, the years 1104 and 1183, and the Song dynasty.
Souyun吳芾 (25062)All three biographical passages identify him as a Song figure and give 1104–1183 as his lifespan.
WikidataWu Fu (Q10919110)The item gives the English name Wu Fu, describes him as a Song-dynasty person, and supplies date statements for 1104 and 1183.
[2]Courtesy, sobriquet, and posthumous nameHis courtesy name was Mingke, his sobriquet Hushan Jushi, and his posthumous name Kangsu.
CBDBWu Fu (1970)The alternative-name data classify Kangsu as the posthumous name, Mingke as the courtesy name, and Hushan jushi as the studio name or sobriquet.
Souyun吳芾 (25062)The three biographical passages give the courtesy name Mingke, the sobriquet Hushan Jushi, and the posthumous name Kangsu.
WikidataWu Fu (Q10919110)The item’s aliases and name statements give the English forms Mingke, Kangsu, and Hushan jushi.
[3]Native placeWu Fu came from Xianju in Taizhou, now in Zhejiang.
CBDBWu Fu (1970)The address data identify Xianju as his basic native-place address.
Souyun吳芾 (25062)The biographical passages call him a native of Taizhou Xianju and identify the place as belonging to present-day Zhejiang.
[4]Parentage and kinHis father was 吳師錫, his father-in-law 郭澠, his agnatic cousins were 吳謙 and 吳詠, and his nephew was 吳渭.
CBDBWu Fu (1970)The kinship data name his father, father-in-law, two agnatic cousins, and nephew.
[5]Children and sons-in-lawHis sons were 吳津, 吳洪, 吳洎, and 吳沃; 吳津 lived from 1133 to 1196, and his sons-in-law were 王鏞 and 陳揚善.
CBDBWu Fu (1970)The kinship data list two sons-in-law, the eldest son 吳津 with dates 1133–1196, and the second, third, and fourth sons.
[6]ExaminationWu Fu passed the Presented Scholar examination in the second year of the Shaoxing era.
CBDBWu Fu (1970)The examination entry identifies him as a Presented Scholar.
Souyun吳芾 (25062)All three biographical passages state that he passed in the second year of Gaozong’s Shaoxing era.
[7]Variant examination yearOne biographical passage gives 1113 in parentheses after the second year of Shaoxing.
Souyun吳芾 (25062)One passage places 1113 in parentheses after the second year of Shaoxing.
[8]Early appointmentHis appointments included service as county lieutenant of Yueqing.
CBDBWu Fu (1970)The appointment data give the office of county lieutenant and the associated place Yueqing.
[9]Early careerAfter passing the examination, he served as a revision official and Palace Secretariat Corrector, then as assistant prefect of Chu, Wu, and Yue, and later as prefect of Chu.
Souyun吳芾 (25062)The biographical passages give the sequence of revision official, Secretariat Corrector, three assistant prefectures, and prefecture of Chu.
CBDBWu Fu (1970)The appointment data list revision official, Corrector, assistant prefect, and prefect of Chu titles.
[10]Dismissal under Qin HuiHe was dismissed because he refused to attach himself to Qin Hui.
Souyun吳芾 (25062)All three biographical passages connect his dismissal with refusing to attach himself to Qin Hui.
[11]Policy during the Jin advanceWhen Jin forces moved south at the end of Shaoxing, he urged Gaozong to lead a personal expedition and proposed halting at Jiankang.
Souyun吳芾 (25062)The biographical passage describes the Jin advance and his proposals for a personal expedition and a court halt at Jiankang.
[12]Promotion to Vice Minister of RevenueIn the thirty-first year of Shaoxing, he became an Investigating Censor, Palace Censor, and Vice Minister of Revenue before being sent out as prefect of Wu.
Souyun吳芾 (25062)The biographical passages give the thirty-first year of Shaoxing and the sequence from Investigating Censor through Palace Censor and Vice Minister of Revenue to prefect of Wu.
CBDBWu Fu (1970)The appointment data list Investigating Censor, Palace Censor, Vice Minister of Revenue, and the prefecture of Wu.
[13]Career under XiaozongAfter Xiaozong’s accession, he governed Wu, Shaoxing, Lin’an, Taiping, and Longxing, served as a jishizhong, and held the vice ministries of Punishments, Personnel, and Rites.
Souyun吳芾 (25062)The biographical passages give the five prefectural appointments after Xiaozong’s accession and the jishizhong and three vice-ministerial offices.
CBDBWu Fu (1970)The place and appointment data give Wu, Shaoxing, Lin’an, Taiping, Longxing, jishizhong, and the Punishments, Personnel, and Rites vice ministries.
[14]Additional appointmentsOther appointments included military prefect of Nanping, governor of Lin’an Military Prefecture, Direct Academician of the Huiyou Pavilion, and Compiler of the Jiying Hall.
CBDBWu Fu (1970)The appointment data also list military prefect of Nanping, governor of Lin’an Military Prefecture, Direct Academician of the Huiyou Pavilion, and Compiler of the Jiying Hall.
[15]Retirement request and Fuwen appointmentBecause his forthrightness made him a target of hostility, he sought to leave office; he later governed Lin’an with the Fuwen Pavilion title and was placed in charge of the Taiping Xingguo Palace.
Souyun吳芾 (25062)The biographical passages connect his forthrightness with seeking departure and then give the Fuwen Pavilion title, the prefecture of Lin’an, and the Taiping Xingguo Palace appointment.
CBDBWu Fu (1970)The appointment and residence data include Direct Academician of the Fuwen Pavilion and Lin’an Prefecture.
[16]Qiandao appointmentsIn the third year of Qiandao (1167) he became prefect of Taiping, moved to Longxing in the fifth year, and retired from active service because of age in the sixth.
Souyun吳芾 (25062)The biographical passage gives the Qiandao third year as 1167, followed by the fifth-year transfer to Longxing and sixth-year retirement on account of age.
CBDBWu Fu (1970)The appointment data list the prefectures of Taiping and Longxing.
[17]Retirement and deathIn the first year of Chunxi (1174) he retired as Academician or Direct Academician of the Longtu Pavilion; he died in the tenth year of Chunxi at the age of eighty.
Souyun吳芾 (25062)The three biographical passages give both forms of the Longtu Pavilion title and state that he died in the tenth year of Chunxi at eighty.
CBDBWu Fu (1970)The appointment, main, and alternative-name data give Direct Academician of the Longtu Pavilion, death in 1183, and the posthumous name Kangsu.
WikidataWu Fu (Q10919110)The date statement gives 1183 as the year of death.
[18]Jiang JinWu Fu praised Jiang Jin for serving without compromising himself, leaving office without forgetting his place, and possessing exceptional loyalty and intelligence.
CBDBWu Fu (1970)The association entry names Jiang Jin, classifies the relationship as esteem, and preserves Wu Fu’s praise of his service, withdrawal, loyalty, and intelligence.
[19]Relationship with Qin HuiThe relationship with Qin Hui is presented in two contrasting forms: friendship and being pushed aside by Qin Hui.
CBDBWu Fu (1970)Two association entries name Qin Hui, one classifying him as a friend and the other describing Wu Fu as pushed aside by him.
[20]Preface exchangeWu Fu and Li Zhiyi exchanged prefaces, and Zhou Bida wrote the preface to Lake and Mountain Collection.
CBDBWu Fu (1970)The association data show reciprocal preface relationships with Li Zhiyi and a preface by Zhou Bida.
Souyun吳芾 (25062)The poetry passage states that the collection included a preface by Zhou Bida.
[21]Poetry society and commemorative writingsWu Fu belonged to a poetry society with Bao Changchao, Zuo Dagong, and Zhu Shitong, exchanged poems with Lin Huizhi, and was commemorated by Zhu Xi’s spirit-way inscription; Wang Zhouyao and Wang Weisheng later supplied postscripts to Lake and Mountain Collection.
CBDBWu Fu (1970)The association data name the three poetry-society members, the poetic exchange with Lin Huizhi, Zhu Xi’s spirit-way inscription, and the postscripts by Wang Zhouyao and Wang Weisheng.
[22]Lake and Mountain CollectionWu Fu wrote Lake and Mountain Collection.
CBDBWu Fu (1970)The works data list Lake and Mountain Collection and identify Wu Fu as its author.
Souyun吳芾 (25062)All three biographical passages state that Wu Fu wrote Lake and Mountain Collection.
[23]Transmission of Lake and Mountain CollectionLake and Mountain Collection comprised twenty-five juan, with three juan of ci lyrics, one of a separate collection, and eight of memorials; these materials were lost, and Qing editors reconstructed a ten-juan edition from the Yongle Encyclopedia with a preface by Zhou Bida.
Souyun吳芾 (25062)The poetry passage gives the original divisions and their loss, the Qing reconstruction from the Yongle Encyclopedia in ten juan, and the attached preface by Zhou Bida.
[24]Other catalogued worksThe works data also give a thirty-juan Poetry and Prose Collection of Wu Fu and a five-juan Collection of Memorials by Wu Fu.
CBDBWu Fu (1970)The works data list a thirty-juan poetry-and-prose collection and a five-juan collection of memorials as works authored by Wu Fu.