Song, Liao, and Jin · Eccentric Jin Poet

Wang Yuke 王予可

Died AD 1232

Passages
5
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Yuke as a hermit, poet, soldier, and writer. This record brings together 5 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wang Yuke 王予可 Wang Yuke
Nickname Great Completion General 大成將軍
Religious name Kumarajiva of Truth 諦摩龍什
Nickname Master of the Weijin Hall 威錦堂主人
Courtesy name Nanyun 南雲 Nanyun
Personal name Wang Yuke 王予可 Wang Yuke
Given name Yuke 予可 Yuke
Religious name Zou Tian Xuanjun 騶天玄俊 Zou Tian Xuanjun

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Hermit
  • Poet
  • Soldier
  • Writer

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 壬辰 · Western Year: AD 1232
    Explicit · jinshi:127:s0196

Age

  • Age: 30 · Reckoning: sui · Context: about thirty after grave illness
    Explicit · jinshi:127:s0184

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 南渡後 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1214 · End: AD 1234
    Explicit · jinshi:127:s0185
  • Source Date: Text: 壬辰 · Western Year: AD 1232
    Explicit · jinshi:127:s0194

Family

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Career and standing

Places and affiliations

  • Place: Jizhou in Hedong / 河東吉州
    Explicit · jinshi:127:s0182
  • Place: between Shangcai, Suiping, and Yancheng / 上蔡、遂平、郾城之間 · Relation: resided
    Explicit · jinshi:127:s0185

Learning and skills

  • Skill: poetry and prose; archaic characters / 詩文古文奇字 · Level: prolific-obscure
    Explicit · jinshi:127:s0190

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Kind: illness · Statement: grave illness then sudden madness; later wrote poetry
    Explicit · jinshi:127:s0184
  • Kind: physical-description · Statement: imposing frame; green ramie cap with ox-ear bands; gold ring; green cheek marks; robes not covering shins
    Explicit · jinshi:127:s0186, jinshi:127:s0187

Source notes

  • Field: death · Statement: later again seen on the Huai · Provenance: Mode: textual-variant
    Explicit · jinshi:127:s0197

References in the histories

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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 · 5 passages
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南渡後，居上蔡、遂平、郾城之間，遇文士則稱「大成將軍」，于佛前則稱「諦摩龍什」，於道則稱「騶天玄俊」，于貴遊則稱「威錦堂主人」。 After the southward crossing he lived between Shangcai, Suiping, and Yancheng; meeting literary men he called himself "Great Completion General"; before the Buddha he called himself "Kumarajiva of Truth"; in Daoist settings he called himself "Zou Tian Xuanjun"; among noble travelers he called himself "Master of the Weijin Hall."