Yuan Haowen (元好問)

Overview

Yuan Haowen was a scholar and Poet.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Yuzhi	裕之	Yùzhī

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1233 二年正月
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 18, passage 82
AD 1190 to AD 1257 元好問所謂
Directly stated · History of Liao 45, passage 22
AD 1190 to AD 1257 元好問所謂南衙
Directly stated · History of Liao 45, passage 33
AD 1233 天興二年正月
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 115, passages 34, 36
AD 1213 to AD 1217 從學
Uncertain · History of Jin 127, passage 105
AD 1190 to AD 1232 永功薨後交善
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 85, passage 161

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AD 1230 to AD 1257 遺山元好問授業時期
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 174, passage 170

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Career and standing

ministry clerk 尚書省掾
Directly stated · History of Jin 18, passage 82
deputy director of left and right departments 左右司員外郎
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Jin 18, passage 82

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 金 · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 85, passage 161
Polity Jin 金 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Jin 18, passage 82
At Taiyuan 太原
Directly stated · History of Jin 127, passage 105

Learning and skills

studied jinshi under Hao Tianting 從學進士業
Directly stated · History of Jin 127, passage 105

Works and attributed material

Miscellaneous Records of the Renchen Year 壬辰雜編
Relation Author
Directly stated · History of Jin 115, passage 70
北衙不理民
Quotation · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Liao 45, passage 22
南衙不主兵
Quotation · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Liao 45, passage 33
Speech · Speaker · Mode quotation Speaker Yuan Haowen (元好問)
Directly stated · History of Jin 115, passages 38-39, 41-42, 44

Events and relationships

Relation Friend of · Person Shu (璹)
Directly stated · History of Jin 85, passage 161
Relation Teacher of · Person Hao Tianting (郝天挺)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 174, passage 170

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Jin 18, passage 82; History of Liao 45, passage 22

References in the histories

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History

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History of Jin, Chapter 18Volume 18 Annals 18: Aizong 2 · 1 passage

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弟倚平章政事，侃殿前都點檢，其党孛朮魯哥御史中丞，韓鐸副元帥兼知開封府，折希顏、藥安國、張軍奴、完顏合答並元帥，師肅左右司郎中，賈良兵部郎中兼右司都事，又署工部尚書溫蒂罕二十、吏部侍郎劉仲周並為參知政事，宣徽使奧屯舜卿為尚書左丞，戶部侍郎張正倫為尚書右丞，左右司都事張節為左右司郎中，尚書省掾元好問為左右司員外郎，都轉運知事王天祺、懷州同知康瑭並為左右司都事。 His brother Yi became equal-rank minister; Kan became palace front commandant; Bolüluoge, his partisan, vice censor-in-chief; Han Duo vice marshal and Kaifeng prefect; Zhe Xiyan, Yao Anguo, Zhang Junnu, and Wanyan Heda marshals; Shi Su a department director; Jia Liang military affairs director and right department chief; Wendihan Ershi minister of works and Liu Zhongzhou vice minister of personnel participation councillors; Aotun Shunqing left vice minister; Zhang Zhenglun right vice minister; Zhang Jie department director; Yuan Haowen, a ministry clerk, deputy director; Wang Tianqi and Huaizhou vice prefect Kang Tang department chiefs.

History of Jin, Chapter 85Volume 85 Biographies 23: Sons of Shizong: Yong Zhong, Yong Dao, Yong Gong Son: Shu (Former Name Shousun), Yong De, Yong Cheng, Yong Sheng · 1 passage

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永功薨後，稍得出遊，與文士趙秉文、楊雲翼、雷淵、元好問、李汾、王飛伯輩交善。 After Yong Gong died he was able to travel more freely and became close to the literati Zhao Bingwen, Yang Yunyi, Lei Yuan, Yuan Haowen, Li Fen, Wang Feibo, and others of that circle.

History of Jin, Chapter 115Volume 115 Biographies 53: Wanyan Nushen, Cui Li, Li Qi, Nie Tianji, Chizhan Weixin · 6 passages

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左司都事元好問以安國之言白奴申，奴申曰：「此論甚佳，可與副樞議之。」 Left bureau director Yuan Haowen reported Xu Anguo's proposal to Nushen, who said: "That is an excellent idea. Discuss it with the vice commissioner."

好問曰：「自車駕出京，今二十日許，又遣使迎兩宮。 Haowen said: "It has been about twenty days since the imperial carriage left the capital, and now envoys have again been sent to bring back the empresses.

好問曰：「死不難，誠能安社稷、救生靈，死而可也。 Haowen said: "Death is not difficult. If it would truly save the state and the people, death would be acceptable.

好問乃曰：「聞中外人言，欲立二王監國，以全兩宮與皇族耳。」 Haowen then said: "I have heard people inside and outside the city say they wish to install a prince as regent, only to preserve the empresses and the imperial clan."

有父老七人陳詞云云，二相命好問受其詞。 Seven community elders presented their statements, and the two chief ministers ordered Haowen to receive them.

贊曰：劉京叔《歸潛志》與元裕之《壬辰雜編》二書雖微有異同，而金末喪亂之事猶有足征者焉。 The encomium says: Liu Jingshu's Returning to Seclusion and Yuan Yuzhi's Miscellaneous Records of the Renchen Year, though they differ in minor details, still provide valuable testimony on the chaos at the end of the Jin.

History of Jin, Chapter 127Volume 127 Biographies 65: Xiao You, Wendihanwolubu, Chen Yan, Liu Yu, Meng Xing, Wang Zhen, Liu Zheng, Yin Yi, Chu Chengliang, Wang Qufei, Zhao Zhi, Du Shisheng, Hao Tianting, Xue Jiyuan, Gao Zhongzhen, Zhang Qian, Wang Rumei, Song Ke, Xin Yuan, Wang Yuke · 1 passage

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太原元好問嘗從學進士業，天挺曰：「今人賦學以速售為功，六經百家分磔緝綴，或篇章句讀不之知，幸而得之，不免為庸人。」 Yuan Haowen of Taiyuan once studied for the jinshi under him. Tianting said, "People today study composition only to sell themselves quickly; the Six Classics and the hundred schools are torn apart and stitched together — some cannot even punctuate a passage. If by luck they pass, they remain mediocrities all the same."

History of Liao, Chapter 45Volume 45 Treatises 15: Official Posts 1 · 2 passages

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元好問所謂「北衙不理民」是也。 As Yuan Haowen said, "the Northern Office does not govern civilians."

元好問所謂「南衙不主兵」是也。 As Yuan Haowen said, "the Southern Office does not command armies."

History of Yuan, Chapter 174Volume 174 Biographies 61: Yao Sui, Guo Guan, Jia Guzhiqi, Liu Geng, Ye Luyoushang, Hao Tianting, Zhang Kongsun · 1 passage

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天挺英爽剛直，有志略，受業於遺山元好問，以勳臣子，世祖召見，嘉其容止，有旨：宜任以政，俾執文字，備宿衛春宮。 Tianting was brilliant, forthright, and ambitious; he studied under Yuan Haowen of Yishan. As the son of a meritorious minister he was summoned by Kublai, who admired his bearing and ordered that he be trained for government service, handle documents, and serve on night guard at the Eastern Palace.