Yuan · Ancestral Temple Director and History Officer

Chen Zuren 陳祖仁

Chén Zǔrén

Attested AD 1343 - AD 1363

Passages
5
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Chen Zuren as an editor, historian, and official. This record brings together 5 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

PeriodYuan

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Chen Zuren 陳祖仁 Chén Zǔrén
Surname Chen 陳 Chén
Personal name Chen Zuren 陳祖仁 Chén Zǔrén
Personal Chen Zuren 陳祖仁 Chen Zuren
Given name Zuren 祖仁 Zǔrén
Given Zuren 祖仁 Zuren

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Editor
  • Historian
  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 至正二十三年 · Western Year: AD 1363
    Explicit · yuanshi:204:s0061
  • Source Date: Text: 領史事…彙粹為書 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1343 · End: AD 1345
    Explicit event contextual date · songshi:497:s0021

Career and standing

  • Label: Director of the Imperial Ancestral Temple Office / 太廟署令 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 領史事…彙粹為書 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1343 · End: AD 1345
    Explicit · songshi:497:s0021
  • Label: Supervising Secretary Censor / 治書侍御史 · Action: held
    Explicit · yuanshi:204:s0061

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: scholarly · Role: compiler · Action: compiled-history-of-song · Work: History of Song / 宋史 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 領史事…彙粹為書 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1343 · End: AD 1345
    Explicit · songshi:497:s0021

Source notes

References in the histories

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History of Song, Chapter 497Volume 497: Appendix: History of Song Table Revision of Official Titles · 1 passage
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命臣阿魯圖、左丞相臣別兒怯不花領史事，前右丞相臣脫脫為都總裁，平章政事臣帖穆爾達世、御史大夫臣惟一、翰林學士承旨臣起巖、臣玄、治書御史臣好文、禮部尚書臣沂、崇文大監臣宗瑞為總裁官，平章政事臣納麟、臣顏、前中書右丞 臣達世睦邇、左丞 臣守簡、參議 臣岳柱、臣住、臣思謙、郎中 臣斡欒、臣思立等協恭董治，史官工部侍郎 臣斡玉倫徒，秘書卿 臣泰不華、太常僉院 臣杜秉彝、翰林直學士 臣宋褧，國子司業 臣王思誠、臣澤民、集賢待制 臣干文傳、翰林待制 臣張瑾、臣師道、宣文閣鑒書博士 臣麥文貴、監察御史 臣余闕、太常博士 臣李齊、翰林修撰 臣劉聞、太醫院都事 臣賈魯、國子助教 臣馮福可、太廟署令 臣陳祖仁、西臺御史 臣趙中、翰林應奉 臣王儀、臣貞、秘書著作左郎 臣譚慥、翰林編修 臣張翥、國子助教 臣吳當、經筵檢討 臣危素編劘分局，彙粹為書。 Your Majesty appointed Aruqtai and Left Chancellor Bayan Qutlugh to direct the history project, with former Right Chancellor Toqto'a as chief director-in-chief, and Chief Directors including Chief Councillors Temür Dash, Censor-in-Chief Weiyi, Hanlin Academicians Expositor Qiyan and Xuan, Investigating Censor Haowen, Minister of Rites Yi, and Director of the Directorate of Education Zongrui; together with Chief Councillors Nalin and Yan, former Right Vice Director of the Central Secretariat Dashimur, Left Vice Director Shoujian, Counsellors Yuezhu, Zhu, and Siqian, Bureau Directors Olon and Sili, and others to assist in reverent supervision; and history officers including Vice Minister of Works Oluntur, Secretary Director Taibuhua, Vice Director of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices Du Bingyi, Hanlin Academician Song Jiong, Rectors of the Directorate of Education Wang Sicheng and Zemin, Awaiting Editor-in-Chief of the Hall of Gathered Worthies Gan Wenchuan, Hanlin Awaiting Editors Zhang Jin and Shidao, Doctor of the Xuanwen Pavilion Mai Wengui, Investigating Censor Yu Que, Doctor of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices Li Qi, Hanlin Compiler Liu Wen, Chief Administrator of the Imperial Medical Institute Jia Lu, Instructors of the Directorate of Education Feng Fuke, Director of the Imperial Ancestral Temple Office Chen Zuren, Western Censor Zhao Zhong, Hanlin Attendants Wang Yi and Zhen, Left Secretary Compiler Tan Zao, Hanlin Compiler Zhang Zhu, Instructor of the Directorate of Education Wu Dang, and Classics Lectures Reviewer Wei Su to edit in separate bureaus and gather the whole into a book.
History of Yuan, Chapter 204Volume 204 Biographies 91: Eunuchs · 4 passages
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