Ming · Scholar and Hermit

Wu Yubi 吳與弼

Attested AD 1450 - AD 1470

Passages
3
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Wu Yubi as a hermit and scholar. This record brings together 3 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

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Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wu Yubi 吳與弼 Wu Yubi
Personal name Wu Yubi 吳與弼 Wu Yubi

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Hermit
  • Scholar

Life and dates

Attested activity

Career and standing

  • Label: Left Lecturing Reader / 左諭德 · Action: offered but declined · Negated: true · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順二年五月壬寅 · Western Year: AD 1458
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0077
  • Status: scholar-recluse holding no office · Source Term: 處士

Places and affiliations

  • Polity: Ming / 明 · Relation: served
    Strongly inferred · mingshi:012:s0061, mingshi:012:s0077
  • Place: Jiangxi / 江西 · Relation: native-of · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年冬十月壬寅 · Western Year: AD 1457
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0061

Events and relationships

  • Kind: personal · Role: subject · Action: sent home after declining the appointment · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順二年五月壬寅 · Western Year: AD 1458
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0077
  • Kind: political · Role: summoned scholar · Action: summoned to court from Jiangxi · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年冬十月壬寅 · Western Year: AD 1457
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0061

References in the histories

Open any source group to read the Chinese and English passage in context.

History of Ming, Chapter 12Volume 12 Annals 12: Yingzong Later Records · 2 passages
History of Ming, Chapter 298Volume 298 Biographies 186: Recluses · 1 passage