Chen Mi (陳宓) | 24 Histories

Overview

Chen Mi was an official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Shifu	師復	Shifu

Life and dates

Death

AD 1226 卒
Sequence after declining Baoqing-2 Guangdong post and accepting a temple appointment
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 408, passages 211, 213
AD 1234 端平初
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 222

Attested activity

AD 1216 九年
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passages 174, 200-201
AD 1190 to AD 1213 以父任 offices before Jiading 7
Strongly inferred · History of Song 408, passage 166
AD 1214 to AD 1221 入廬山訪其友李燔、陳宓
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 430, passage 107
AD 1214 嘉定七年
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passages 167-168
AD 1194 to AD 1224 宓之在朝
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 215
AD 1226 寶慶二年
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passages 211-213

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AD 1224 to AD 1232 燔乃薦…於朝
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 430, passages 153, 155
AD 1224 聞寧宗崩
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 408, passage 209
AD 1195 to AD 1226 陳宓以宰相子，論諫之直
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 408, passage 294

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Chen Junqing (陳俊卿)
son 之子 · paternal line
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 163
Child of Father of Chen Mi (陳宓父)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 294

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Career and standing

local and court official 官
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 166
in charge of Chongxi Observatory 主管崇禧觀
Accepted · Qualifier temple appointment
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 212
magistrate of Anxi County 知安溪縣
Appointed · At Anxi County 安溪縣
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 166
prefect of Nankang Command 知南康軍
Appointed · At Nankang Command 南康軍
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 201
prefect of Zhangzhou 知漳州
Appointed · At Zhangzhou 漳州 · Qualifier did not depart
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 209
supervisor of the Memorial Transmission Court 監進奏院
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 嘉定七年 · Western Year: AD 1214
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 167

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Hanlin compiler in the Secretariat Pavilion 直秘閣
Declined · Qualifier declined the official title
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 212
judicial intendant of Guangdong 提點廣東刑獄
Declined · From Source Date: Text: 寶慶二年 · Western Year: AD 1226
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 211
Vice Director of the Court of the Imperial Treasury 太府丞
Declined
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 201
salt-tax officer of Nan'an, Quanzhou 泉州南安鹽稅
Held · At Nan'an, Quanzhou 泉州南安
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 166
supervisor of the Southern Outer Muzong Court 主管南外睦宗院
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 166
supervisor of the Western Outer Muzong Court 主管西外
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 166
prefect of Nanjian 知南劍州
Transferred · At Nanjian 南劍州
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 206
registrar of the Directorate of Armaments 軍器監簿
Transferred
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 173
rank advanced one grade for retirement 進職一等致仕
Bestowed
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 213
compiler at the Dragon Diagram Hall 直龍圖閣
AD 1234 端平初 · Posthumously granted
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 408, passages 222-223
Entered
Yin privilege entry
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 166
On leave
Leave
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 201
Requested
Retirement requested
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 210

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Associated
Strongly inferred · History of Song 408, passage 1
Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passages 166-167, 215, 222
Polity Southern Song 南宋 · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · History of Song 430, passage 107
Polity Southern Song 南宋 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Song 408, passage 294; History of Song 430, passage 155
At Anxi County 安溪縣 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 166
At Guangdong 廣東 · Relation Appointed to
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 211

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At Nan'an, Quanzhou 泉州南安 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 166
At Nanjian 南劍州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 206
At Nankang Command 南康軍 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passages 201, 203
At Zhangzhou 漳州 · Relation Appointed to
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 209
Organization White Deer Grotto Academy 白鹿洞 · Relation Restored and taught at
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 205
Organization Yanping Academy 延平書院 · Relation Founded
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 208

Learning and skills

Relation Studied under · Person Zhu Xi (朱熹) · Stage youth
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 164
Relation Studied under · Person Huang Gan (黃幹) · Stage adulthood
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 165
Belief the Way 道 · Relation Adherent of
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 220

Works and attributed material

An Inscription on Vermilion and Ink 朱墨銘
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 220
Questions and Answers on the Meaning of the Analects Commentary 論語注義問答
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 224
An Inscription on Vermilion and Ink 朱墨銘
Relation Author
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 220
Excrescences on Tang History 唐史贅疣
Relation Author
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 224
Extracts of the Three Commentaries on the Spring and Autumn 春秋三傳抄
Relation Author
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 224
Questions and Answers on the Meaning of the Analects Commentary 論語注義問答
Relation Author
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 224

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Reading the Comprehensive Mirror Outline 讀通鑒綱目
Relation Author
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 224
Rotation audience memorial · Author · Addressed to Emperor Ningzong (寧宗) · Direct quotation · From Source Date: Text: 九年 · Western Year: AD 1216
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passages 174-198
Sealed memorial · Author · Addressed to Emperor Ningzong (寧宗) · Direct quotation · From Source Date: Text: 嘉定七年 · Western Year: AD 1214
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passages 168-171
An Inscription on Vermilion and Ink 朱墨銘
Inscription · Author · Quote Status paraphrased
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 220
Letter · Author · With Ding Yu (丁焴) · Quote Status quoted
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passages 217-218
farewell poem 餞詩
Poem · Author · Quote Status quoted
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 216
Speech · Speaker · Quote Status quoted · With Ding Yu (丁焴)
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 215
Speech · Speaker · Quote Status paraphrased · Mode self-report
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 221

Events and relationships

Accepted temple post but declined Secretariat Pavilion title
Political · Decliner
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 212
Asked to be dismissed and returned home
Political · Petitioner
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 200
Bade farewell to Shi Miyuan
Political · Leave taker · With Shi Miyuan (史彌遠)
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 202
Created Yanping Academy on White Deer Grotto regulations
Scholarly · Founder
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 208
Memorialized remitting nine tenths of tax after crop failure
Administrative · Prefect · At Nankang Command 南康軍
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 203
Objected to cordial envoy to jin
Political · Speaker · With Ding Yu (丁焴)
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 215

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Posthumously honored
AD 1234 端平初 · Ritual · Honoree · With Emperor Lizong (理宗)
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 408, passages 222-223
Put refugees to work building river dikes and fed them
Relief · Prefect · At Nankang Command 南康軍
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 204
Recommended to court
Political · Nominee · With Li Fan (李燔)
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 155
Remitted overdue taxes, reduced new levies, distributed money grain and medicine during drought and plague
Relief · Prefect · At Nanjian 南劍州
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 207
Restored White Deer Grotto and discussed classics with students
Scholarly · Teacher
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 205
Rotation audience criticizing ruler, ministers, and censors
Political · Speaker · From Source Date: Text: 九年 · Western Year: AD 1216
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passages 174, 199
Sobbed for many days on hearing Ningzong had died
Mourning · Mourner · With Emperor Ningzong (寧宗)
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 209
Students of the Three Academies petitioned to recall him a month after death
Posthumous · Subject
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 214
Submitted sealed memorial on palace and court abuses
Political · Memorialist · With Shi Miyuan (史彌遠) · From Source Date: Text: 嘉定七年 · Western Year: AD 1214
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passages 168, 172
Submitted three memorials refusing Guangdong judicial intendancy
Political · Decliner · From Source Date: Text: 寶慶二年 · Western Year: AD 1226
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 211
Wandered Mount Lu with Gan and Li Fan
Scholarly · Companion
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 107
Wrote farewell poem
Literary · Author
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 216
Wrote warning letter
Political · Author · With Ding Yu (丁焴)
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passages 217-219
Relation Official under · Person Shi Miyuan (史彌遠)
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passages 172, 202
Relation Student of · Person Zhu Xi (朱熹)
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 164
Relation Student of · Person Zhu Xi (朱熹)
Strongly inferred · History of Song 430, passage 107
Relation Student of · Person Huang Gan (黃幹)
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 165
Relation Recommended by · Person Li Fan (李燔)
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 155

Assessments and attributes

Assessment firm and resolute by nature, especially devout in the Way · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 220
Assessment regarded as exceptional by Zhu Xi · Mode named-person-judgment Source Person Id Zhu Xi (朱熹)
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 164
Assessment second memorial even more forceful and cutting than the earlier sealed memorial · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 199
Assessment though a chief councilor's son, shone with the directness of his remonstrance · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 294
Assessment took Yan Zhenqing as the model for office, Tao Qian for household life, and deeply admired Zhuge Liang's lack of surplus wealth at death · Mode self-report
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 221
Assessment words forceful and apt · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Shi Miyuan (史彌遠)
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 202

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passages 163, 215

References in the histories

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History

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History of Song, Chapter 408Volume 408 Biographies 167: Wu Changyi, Wang Gang, Chen Mi, Wang Ting · 11 passages

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吳昌裔汪綱陳宓王霆 Wu Changyi, Wang Gang, Chen Mi, and Wang Ting

陳宓，字師復，丞相俊卿之子。 Chen Mi, styled Shifu, was the son of Chief Councilor Chen Junqing.

時無敢慷慨盡言者，宓上封事言：“宮中宴飲或至無節，非時賜予為數浩穰，一人蔬食而嬪禦不廢於擊鮮，邊事方殷而樁積反資於妄用，此宮闈儀刑有未正也。 At the time no one dared speak boldly. Mi submitted a sealed memorial: "Palace feasting sometimes knows no limit. Untimely gifts are lavished in vast numbers. The emperor eats frugally while consorts still demand fresh delicacies. The frontier is in crisis yet stored supplies are squandered. Palace discipline has not been set right.

宓遂請罷，歸。 Mi then asked to be dismissed and returned home.

會流民群集，宓就役之，築江堤，而給其食。 When refugees gathered in crowds, he put them to work building river dikes and provided them with food.

直秘閣，主管崇禧觀，宓拜祠命而辭職名。 He was appointed Hanlin compiler in the Secretariat Pavilion and placed in charge of Chongxi Observatory. He accepted the temple appointment but declined the official title.

三學諸生以起宓為請，而沒已閱月矣。 Students of the Three Academies petitioned to recall Mi to office, but he had already been dead for a month.

初，宓之在朝也，寺丞丁焴往使金，宓歎曰：“世仇未復，何以好為？” Earlier, when Mi was at court, Vice Director Ding Yu was sent as envoy to the Jin. Mi sighed and said, "Our hereditary enemy is not yet avenged. How can we act cordially?"

宓天性剛毅，信道尤篤，嚐為《朱墨銘》，謂朱屬陽，墨屬陰，以驗理欲分寸之多寡。 Mi was by nature firm and resolute and especially devout in his faith. He once wrote An Inscription on Vermilion and Ink, saying that vermilion belongs to yang and ink to yin, using them to measure the balance between principle and desire.

庶乎能蹈其語者，端平初，殿中侍御史王遂首言：“宓事先帝有論諫之直，而不及俟聖化之更，宜褒其身後，以勸天下之為臣者。” Whether he truly lived up to his words, at the beginning of the Duanping reign Palace Attendant Censor Wang Sui was the first to speak: "Mi served the former emperor with forthright remonstrance but did not live to see the renewal of sage rule. He should be honored after death to encourage all who serve as subjects under heaven."

陳宓以宰相子，論諫之直，於今有光。 Chen Mi, though a chief councilor's son, shone with the directness of his remonstrance, and that light endures today.

History of Song, Chapter 430Volume 430 Biographies 189: Taoist Scholars 4: Zhu Shimenren, Huang Gan, Li Fan, Zhang Qia, Chen Chun, Li Fangzi, Huang Hao · 2 passages

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俄再命知安慶，不就，入廬山訪其友李燔、陳宓，相與盤旋玉淵、三峽間，俯仰其師舊跡，講《乾》、《坤》二卦於白鹿書院，山南北之士皆來集。 Soon he was ordered again to Anqing but declined; he went to Mount Lu to visit Li Fan and Chen Mi, wandered Jade Abyss and the Three Gorges, traced their teacher's footsteps, lectured on Qian and Kun at White Deer Academy, and scholars from north and south of the mountain gathered.

燔自惟居閒無以報國，乃薦崔與之、魏了翁、真德秀、陳宓、鄭寅、楊長孺、丁黼、棄宰、龔維藩、徐僑、劉宰、洪咨夔於朝。 Thinking he could not repay the state in retirement, Fan recommended Cui Yuzhi, Wei Liaoweng, Zhen Dexiu, Chen Mi, Zheng Yin, Yang Changru, Ding Fu, Qi Zai, Gong Weifan, Xu Qiao, Liu Zai, and Hong Zikui.