Chen Chun (陳淳) | 24 Histories

Overview

Chen Chun was a scholar and Student.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Anqing	安卿	Anqing

Life and dates

Death

AD 1217 明年（嘉定十年）
Died before reporting to office
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 262

Age

65
Reckoning Sui · At Event death
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 262

Attested activity

AD 1216 嘉定九年
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 430, passage 259
AD 1185 to AD 1190 少習舉子業
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 430, passages 228, 230
AD 1200 後十年…凡三月而熹卒
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passages 233-234
AD 1217 明年（嘉定十年）
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 430, passages 259, 262
AD 1160 to AD 1230 朱氏門人
Strongly inferred · History of Song 430, passage 1
AD 1190 朱熹來守其鄉
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 230

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Mother of Chen Chun
mother 母
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 254

Kinship Role younger brothers and sisters · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 255

Career and standing

probationary merit officer 迪功郎
AD 1217 明年（嘉定十年） · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 262
recorder of Anxi in Quanzhou 泉州安溪主簿
AD 1217 明年（嘉定十年） · Appointed · At Anxi, Quanzhou 泉州安溪
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 262
Noted
Unused by the age
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 258

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passages 227, 230
Polity Southern Song 南宋 · Relation Lived under
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 430, passages 259, 262
At Longxi, Zhangzhou 漳州龍溪
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 227
At his village 鄉 · Relation Resided in
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 257
At Zhangzhou 漳州 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 227

Learning and skills

Studied
Subject examination studies 舉子業
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 228
Studied
Subject Reflections on Things Near at Hand 近思錄
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 229

Works and attributed material

four chapters on the Way's substance, teacher-friend sources, effort nodes, and reading order 吾道之體統、師友之淵源、用功之節目、讀書之次序四章
Relation Author
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 261
Odes 《詩》
Relation Author
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 263
oral exegeses, character meanings, and detailed lectures on the Analects, Mencius, Great Learning, and Doctrine of the Mean 《語孟大學中庸》口義、字義、詳講
Relation Author
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 263
Rites 《禮》
Relation Author
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 263
Women's Learning 《女學》
Relation Author
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 263
What Was Heard at Jun Valley, Lai Mouth, and Jin Mountain 《筠谷瀨口金山所聞》
Relation Spoken source
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 263

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Discourse · Speaker · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Chen Chun (陳淳)
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passages 236-252

Events and relationships

Abandoned examination studies
Scholarly · Student
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 229
Awaited capital examination passed Yanling
AD 1216 嘉定九年 · Travel · Traveler · At Yanling 嚴陵
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 259
Buried clansmen without burial place
Ritual · Actor
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 256
Composed four chapters for learners
AD 1216 嘉定九年 · Scholarly · Author
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 261
Instructed learners
Scholarly · Teacher
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passages 244, 253
Lamented Lu Zhang Wang as Chan influenced
AD 1216 嘉定九年 · Scholarly · Critic
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 260

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Lectured at prefectural school
AD 1216 嘉定九年 · Scholarly · Lecturer · With Zheng Zhitie (鄭之悌) · At Yanling prefectural school 郡庠
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 259
Married off unwed younger siblings
Family · Actor
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 255
Presented learning during Zhu Xi final illness
Scholarly · Student · With Zhu Xi (朱熹)
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passages 233-234
Sought instruction from Zhu Xi
Scholarly · Student · With Zhu Xi (朱熹)
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 230
Visited and consulted by prefects
Social · Host
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 258
Wept to heaven begging to substitute for critically ill mother
Ritual · Actor · With Mother of Chen Chun
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 254
Relation Student of · Person Zhu Xi (朱熹)
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 235

Assessments and attributes

Assessment did not chase fame or follow fashion; calmly withdrew as if unknown · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 257
Assessment filial by nature · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 254
Assessment name spread under heaven; discussions of the times moved people · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 258
Assessment this speech struck learners' deep sickness and showed the target · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 253

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passages 1, 235

References in the histories

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History

10 passages

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 · 10 passages

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黃榦李燔張洽陳淳李方子黃灝 Huang Gan, Li Fan, Zhang Qia, Chen Chun, Li Fangzi, and Huang Hao

陳淳字安卿，漳州龍溪人。 Chen Chun, courtesy name Anqing, was from Longxi in Zhangzhou.

因授以《近思錄》，淳退而讀之，遂盡棄其業焉。 He gave him Reflections on Things Near at Hand; Chun read it and abandoned examination studies.

及朱熹來守其鄉，淳請受教，熹曰：「凡閱義理，必窮其原，如為人父何故止於慈，為人子何故止於孝，其他可類推也。」 When Zhu Xi governed his district Chun sought instruction; Xi said, "In examining principle exhaust its root—why does fatherhood stop at kindness, sonhood at filial piety; infer the rest by kind."

淳聞而為學益力，日求其所未至。 Chun pressed harder and daily sought what he had not reached.

熹數語人以「南來，吾道喜得陳淳」，門人有疑問不合者，則稱淳善問。 Xi often told people, "Coming south, I am glad to have gained Chen Chun"; when students disagreed he called Chun good at questions.

後十年，淳復往見熹，陳其所得，時熹已寢疾，語之曰：「如公所學，已見本原，所闕者下學之功爾。」 Ten years later Chun presented his attainments; Xi was gravely ill and said, "You have seen the root; what lacks is lower learning."

淳追思師訓，前自裁抑，無書不讀，無物不格，日積月累，義理貫通，洞見條緒。 Recalling his teacher he restrained himself, read all books, investigated all things, and month by month principle ran clear.

淳性孝，母疾亟，號泣於天，乞以身代。 Filial by nature, when his mother was critical he wept to heaven and begged to take her place.

淳嘆陸、張、王，學問無源，全用禪家宗旨，認形氣之虛靈知覺為天理之妙，不由窮理格物，而欲徑造上達之境，反托聖門以自標榜。 Chun lamented Lu, Zhang, and Wang: learning without source, using Chan aims, taking void spirit and awareness as heaven's principle, skipping investigation yet claiming the sage's gate.