[1]Identity, dates, names, and originDu Xunhe is identified as a late-Tang poet, man of letters, and calligrapher, born in 846 and usually dated to 904, with 907 as an alternative. His courtesy name, sobriquet, birth order, and places of origin are also supplied.
CBDBDu Xunhe (34916)The basic record gives his name, dates, Tang affiliation, aliases, birth order, Qiupu and Shidai place data, and the classifications poet, man of letters, and calligrapher.
Souyun杜荀鶴 (17287)The profile and biographical entries identify him as a late-Tang figure born in 846 and usually dying in 904, give his names and Shidai origin, and preserve the 907 alternative.
WikidataDu Xunhe (Q712788)The item supplies the English name, the description poet, English aliases, and date statements corresponding to 846 and 904.
[2]Family traditionsThe article preserves the tradition involving Du Mu's concubine Zhou and Du Jun, the simpler claim that Xunhe was Du Mu's son by a concubine, the later rejection of that story, and the structured kinship entry naming Du Mu as father.
Souyun杜荀鶴 (17287)The biographical entries preserve the Zhou-Du Jun account, the claim that Xunhe was Du Mu's son by a concubine, and the view that the story was spurious.
CBDBDu Xunhe (34916)The kinship data names Du Mu as father, creating the explicit contrast with the disputed biographical tradition.
[3]Early life and examinationsThe biographical entries describe his early talent and poverty, study and friendships at Mount Jiuhua, repeated examination failures, travels, fifteen-year retreat, and his 891 success as the eighth candidate at age forty-six before returning to the mountains.
Souyun杜荀鶴 (17287)The biographical entries provide the early talent and poverty, Mount Jiuhua study, friendships, failed examinations, travels, fifteen-year retreat, 891 examination success, ranking, age, and return to the mountains.
CBDBDu Xunhe (34916)The examination entry confirms his jinshi examination career, without supplying the year or ranking.
[4]Career and deathThe sources describe Tian Jun's recruitment of Xunhe, the jiedushi pan'guan office, the 903 mission to Daliang, his stay after Tian's defeat, later appointments under Zhu Wen, and the competing accounts of his illness and death.
Souyun杜荀鶴 (17287)The biographies and profile cover Tian Jun's recruitment, the mission in 903, the stay in Liang, Zhu Wen's three appointments, the fatal illness, and the alternative death dates.
CBDBDu Xunhe (34916)The career data lists the staff and jiedushi pan'guan posts, the 903 start for the latter, the three late appointments, and a 904 death date.
WikidataDu Xunhe (Q712788)The date statement gives 904 as the death year.
[5]Poetic styleThe entries describe his recent-style poetry, regulated verse, quatrains, accessible language, concise and vigorous form, plain depiction of social suffering, criticism of late-Tang realities, and the later designation Du Xunhe style.
Souyun杜荀鶴 (17287)The literary entries describe his regulated verse and quatrains, accessible style, concise forms, plain depiction, concern with social suffering, criticism of reality, and distinct poetic style.
[6]ReceptionThe literary materials attribute about three hundred poems to him, praise their moral force, and preserve both admiring and critical assessments of his diction, style, colloquial quality, late-Tang habits, and distance from Li Bai and Du Fu.
Souyun杜荀鶴 (17287)The preface provides the count and moral praise, while the collected evaluations supply the admiring and critical judgments summarized here.
[7]Political admonitionThe political episode records his presentation of ten Shishi xing poems to urge lighter corvée and taxes, the failure of that appeal during wartime, and his later composition of thirty eulogies to seek advancement.
Souyun杜荀鶴 (17287)The political anecdote records the ten poems, the appeal for reduced corvée and taxes, the wartime rejection, the thirty eulogies, and the criticism of his compromise.
[8]Works and textual transmissionThe collected works are associated with Tangfeng ji, Du Xunhe wenji, and the variant Tangcheng ji; the poetic corpus is counted differently in the Complete Tang Poems and includes additions in its supplement.
CBDBDu Xunhe (34916)The works data lists Tangfeng ji and Du Xunhe wenji.
Souyun杜荀鶴 (17287)The biographies give the three-juan collection, its alternate title, the Tangcheng ji variant, the three- or four-juan discrepancy for the Complete Tang Poems, and the four poems and six fragments in the supplement.
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Souyun杜荀鶴 (17287)The profile and biographical entries identify him as a late-Tang figure born in 846 and usually dying in 904, give his names and Shidai origin, and preserve the 907 alternative.
WikidataDu Xunhe (Q712788)The item supplies the English name, the description poet, English aliases, and date statements corresponding to 846 and 904.