Zheng Yu (鄭玉) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Zheng Yu as a scholar, teacher, and writer. This record brings together 7 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zheng Yu	鄭玉	Zhèng Yù
Personal	Yu	玉	Yu
Personal	Zheng Yu	鄭玉	Zheng Yu
Courtesy	Zimei	子美	Zimei

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · yuanshi:196:s0070

Roles

Scholar
Teacher
Writer

Life and dates

Death

Manner: suicide by hanging · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至正十七年 · Western Year: AD 1357
Explicit · yuanshi:196:s0085, yuanshi:196:s0080

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 至正十七年 · Western Year: AD 1357
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Source Date: Text: 至正十四年 · Western Year: AD 1354
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Family

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Spouse of Wife of Zheng Yu
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage

Career and standing

Label: Hanlin attendant compiler / 翰林待制 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至正十四年 · Western Year: AD 1354
Explicit · yuanshi:196:s0075
Status: refused appointment · Negated: true · Label: did not take office / 不仕
Explicit · yuanshi:196:s0076, yuanshi:196:s0079
Status: imprisonment · Action: suffered
Explicit · yuanshi:196:s0081

Places and affiliations

Label: Yuan / 元 · Relation: served
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Place: She County in Huizhou / 徽州歙縣
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Organization: Shishan Academy / 師山書院 · Relation: teacher-at
Explicit · yuanshi:196:s0073

Works and attributed material

Work: Collected Commentary on the Book of Changes / 周易纂注 · Relation: author
Explicit · yuanshi:196:s0079
Kind: memorial · Role: author · Quote: true
Explicit · yuanshi:196:s0076, yuanshi:196:s0077, yuanshi:196:s0078
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quote: true
Explicit · yuanshi:196:s0080

References in the histories

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History of Yuan, Chapter 196Volume 196 Biographies 83: Loyal and Righteous Acts 4 · 7 passages

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鄭玉，字子美，徽州歙縣人。 Zheng Yu, whose style name was Zimei, was from She County in Huizhou.

玉為文章，不事雕刻煅煉，流傳京師，揭徯斯、歐陽玄咸加稱賞。 Yu's essays avoided elaborate polish. When they circulated in the capital, Jie Xisi and Ouyang Xuan both praised them highly.

至正十四年，朝廷除玉翰林待制、奉議大夫，遣使者賜以御酒名幣，浮海征之。 In 1354 the court appointed Yu as Hanlin attendant compiler and Gentleman for Discussion, sent envoys bearing imperial wine and famous silks, and summoned him by sea.

玉辭疾不起，而為表以進曰：「名爵者，祖宗之所以遺陛下，使與天下賢者共之者，陛下不得私予人。 Yu pleaded illness and did not go, but submitted a memorial saying, "Titles and offices are what the ancestors bequeathed to Your Majesty to share with worthy men throughout the realm. Your Majesty may not bestow them privately.

玉既不仕，則家居，日以著書為事，所著有《周易纂注》。 Since Yu would not take office, he remained at home and devoted his days to writing. Among his works was the 《Collected Commentary on the Book of Changes》.

十七年，大明兵入徽州，守將將要致之，玉曰：「吾豈事二姓者耶！」 In 1357, when Ming forces entered Huizhou, the defending commander was about to bring him over. Yu said, "Would I serve two dynasties!"

玉使謂之曰：「若果從吾死，吾其無憾矣。」 Yu sent back word: "If you truly follow me in death, I shall have no regret."