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Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First Chart of the He Lineage IIIF Item Metadata UUID 09f6f30f-30ab-4132-b180-4afc60bcf2ad Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Guodong text IIIF Collection Metadata UUID 8509166a-9f2a-40bc-bc9e-9634de31ebe6 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="isiresearchsoft-com/cwyw" name="citation"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"></o:smarttagtype> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"></o:smarttagtype> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place" downloadurl="http://www.5iantlavalamp.com/">  <style>  </style>  </o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype> <div class="Section1"> Biography of Gentleman He Xueyun<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The surname of the gentleman was He, first name Yuanqi, and courtesy name Youren. In his later years, he used Xueyun [Plowing in the Snow] as his style name. He was from Guodong Hamlet in <st1:place><st1:placename>South</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>Township</st1:placetype></st1:place> in our county [<st1:place><st1:placename>Wuyi</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>County</st1:placetype></st1:place>]. The He lineage is a famous lineage in our county. There have been famous figures in every generation since the Song (960-1276) and Yuan (1276-1368) ontothe Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The Gentleman was able to maintain the values of his lineage. Among those in our hamletknown for  knowledge of the Classics and refinement of conduct, all agreed that Gentleman was the best. <o:p></o:p> The Gentleman’s father, the Gentleman [He] Fanghan, passed away when he was only three years old. If it were not for his mother the Lady Tang’s sedulous rearing, he would not have been able to establish himself. As soon as he could speak, she taught him to read books by lamplight. During moments of  leisure, she would discuss ancient principles and politics with him; he could understand it all, and followed her instructions carefully. He was brilliant, and was diligent in study. Once he went to school his learning became ever more refined  and his accomplishment more profound. His writings often surprised the elders. He went to the county school when he was young, and soon became a Government Student.<a style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title="">[1]</a>  When the education officials examined the students, he always ranked in the top group. When he participated in the Provincial Examination, as soon as his examination essay became public, his friends were surprised and admiring. The discerning said that his essays were in the style of the Jiajing (1522-1566) and Longqing (1567-1572) reign periods of the former Ming dynasty<a style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" href="#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title="">[2]</a>  and could serve as the model for the literati. <o:p></o:p> His ability did not match his fate. He participated in the civil service examinations ten times, but no matter how many times he participated in he failed. After [the county] nominated him to the <st1:place><st1:placename>National</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>University</st1:placetype></st1:place><a style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" href="#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title="">[3]</a>. he gave up taking examinations. His mother had already died by this time. He thought that since he no longer needed to “support [his mother] by holding the summons,”<a style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" href="#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title="">[4]</a>  passing the examinations was not worth the honor. <o:p></o:p> His ancestors had already acquired a rich collection of books. The Gentleman kept on buying books that the collection lacked, so that it continued to grow. Day and night, eating and sleeping, he was in the library,  a book always in his hand. He read through them all, from the Classics and histories, to the hundred philosophers and unofficial records, to the modern collections of poetry and prose, and he could remember all he read. When young students had questions, re responded without any difficulty, analyzing the issue from beginning to end in detail. Besides composition in the examination format,<a style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" href="#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" title="">[5]</a> he was especially fond of ancient-style prose. However, he never composed anythin perfunctorily. When composed a piece, it achieved superiority. His writings were like unadorned jade and undecorated gold, one would know they were precious treasures at the first glance. <o:p></o:p>             At home he was famous of his filial piety and fraternality. He loved doing good deeds. He administered the affairs of the ancestral hall and established a community school; he built forts, and renovated bridges. He did not begrudge the enormous expense, he was only concerned with getting it done.  When among the neighbors and relatives there those who were poor and suffering, he would help them without being stingy. His family was wealthy but gradually it ran short of money. Yet whenever there was good to be done, he supported it without hesitation even if it bankrupted him. It must have been his nature. <o:p></o:p>             He lost several wives. His first wife was [surnamed] Zhu, the second Xu, and the third Tang. All were virtuous and pure. He  was past forty years old before he had his two sons. The first, Yingmeng, was a National University Student.<a style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" href="#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" title="">[6]</a> The second, Yinghao, was a Tribute Student.<a style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" href="#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" title="">[7]</a> When [Yinghao]was a Prefectural Graduate, he participated in the provincial examinations in the same year as I, and we associated with each other through writing. In his youth he was scholarly and gained literary fame. At the time he was expected to go far, but he died in the middle age, and ended up only as a Classicist.<a style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" href="#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" title="">[8]</a> People felt sorry for him and sad for his father. <o:p></o:p> Today, because they are recompiling the genealogy, his grandson has asked me to write his biography for the family history, in accord with his father’s will. Now those who do not receive just reward in their own lifetimes will certainly see it received by their descendants. Since the Gentleman had accumulated so muchvirtue and in addition to the richness of his book collection, we sincerely that his descendants to study and cultivate themselves, and thus to achieve fame and succeed in their work.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> On the auspicious shangwan day of the tenth month, in the winter of the twenty-first year of Daoguang reign period, the xinchou year (1841),<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Respectfully written by <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Gu Zhuomao, his junior, who bears the title of Metropolitan Graduate, with the rank of Gentleman-litterateur, formerly Magistrate of Fuliang County in <st1:place><st1:placename>Jiangxi</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>Province</st1:placetype></st1:place>, having served as the Deputy of Magistrate of Boyang County in Yongfeng, Vice Magistrate of the Jingde Defense Command in <st1:place><st1:placename>Rao</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>Prefecture</st1:placetype></st1:place>, and Assistant Magistrate of Wucheng in <st1:place><st1:placename>Nanchang</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>Prefecture</st1:placetype></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p> </div> <div style="mso-element: footnote-list;"> <hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /><a style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title="">[1]</a> Government Students were those students in government schools who received stipends and were eligible to to participate in the Provincial Examinations.  <o:p></o:p> <div style="mso-element: footnote;" id="ftn2"> <a style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" href="#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" title="">[2]</a> During the Jiajing and Longqing reign periods (1522-1572)  some literati advocated for returning to ancient style in literature to redress what they what they saw as the decline in contemporary literature They took as their model the succinct, undecorative, and powerful prose from Qin and Han (221 BC-220 AD) times. <o:p></o:p> </div> <div style="mso-element: footnote;" id="ftn3"> <a style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" href="#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" title="">[3]</a> He thus gained formal status as a “Tribute Student” this made him eligible to participate in the Metropolitan Examination and, in principle, eligible for a low ranking post. <o:p></o:p> </div> <div style="mso-element: footnote;" id="ftn4"> <a style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" href="#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" title="">[4]</a> An allusion to Mao Yi of the Eastern Han (25-220) who was famous for his filial piety. One day, when his friend Zhang Feng was visiting, a summons arrived appointing Mao to a governmental position. Mao was delighted but Liu <st2:citation>{dor you mean Zhang}</st2:citation> despised him for what he took to be his delight in leaving home to advance himself. Later, when Mao’s mother died, he quit government service. Only then did Liu/Zhang understand that Mao had only served in government to support his mother. <o:p></o:p> </div> <div style="mso-element: footnote;" id="ftn5"> <a style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" href="#_ftnref5" name="_ftn5" title="">[5]</a> The required format at the time was known as the “eight-legged essay.”Here “leg” refers to the creation of parallelisms in writing. The typical examination essay discussed the core idea in an assigned passage from the Four Books. In addition to  creating an elaborate parallel structure and the writer was expected to write from the perspective of the sage or worthy who had authored the passage. For a discussion of this form see Ching-I Tu, “The Chinese Examination Essay: Some Literary Considerations,” in Monumenta Serica, 31 (1974-74).<o:p></o:p> </div> <div style="mso-element: footnote;" id="ftn6"> <a style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" href="#_ftnref6" name="_ftn6" title="">[6]</a> There were various kinds of National University Students including both Tribute Students, recommended by the county school (such as He Yuanqi himself and his second son), and students who had purchased this status. Perhaps the lack of clarity in He Yingmeng’s case means hehad the status by purchase. </div> <div style="mso-element: footnote;" id="ftn7"> <a style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" href="#_ftnref7" name="_ftn7" title="">[7]</a>Tribute students were the students annually promoted into the <st1:place><st1:placename>National</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>University</st1:placetype></st1:place> at the dynastic capital from local schools through out the empire.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div style="mso-element: footnote;" id="ftn8"> <a style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" href="#_ftnref8" name="_ftn8" title="">[8]</a> Referring to those <st1:place><st1:placename>National</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>University</st1:placetype></st1:place> students with formal status as Tribute Students. <o:p></o:p> </div> </div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Biography of Gentleman He Xueyun (1841) IIIF Item Metadata UUID e08be937-4339-4129-995a-a84d7e16441c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Guodong text IIIF Collection Metadata UUID 8509166a-9f2a-40bc-bc9e-9634de31ebe6 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document  <div class="Section1"> Biography of the Gentleman He Zhenqian<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> My friend the Gentleman He Yinyu brought the Record of Conduct of his second oldest uncle to me, and asked me to write a biography for him. Thus I have collected his important deeds and recorded them here. <o:p></o:p> The name of the Gentleman was Zhonglei, and his courtesy name was Zhenqian. He was his second son of the Gentleman Zhongzhi. Early on his elder brother set up a separate household, thus the Gentleman shared meals –i.e. lived together] with his three younger brothers. Together the four of them had only three mou of farmland. Therefore Gentleman gave up studying, and devoted himself to household affairs, working hard to earn a living. Although he could barely make ends meet he still stood firm and erect. He suffered economic difficulties several times yet he was never frustrated. As a result, the family finances gradually became more than sufficient. Later, with the help of the third and fourth brothers, their family property became plentiful. The fifth brother studied Confucian learning, and became well known as a Government Student.<a style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title="">[1]</a> He was Yinyu’s father. Were it not for the Gentleman’s efforts, he could not have achieved this.  This is worthy of being transmitted [to later generations]! <o:p></o:p> I have heard that in ancient times there were officials who gave all their salaries to their brothers and there who those who gave away properties worth tens of millions. Of course, given their huge wealth, it is not so surprising that they were not stingy. However, that history admires them is because it is a rare achievementto put fraternal duty before profit. devoted to The Gentleman, despite shortages in clothes and food and the calluses on his hands and feet, raised his younger brothers under difficult conditions and continued in his deep affection for them. He enriched their livelihood and arranged fitting marriages for them, so that neither parents nor children  felt they lacked support.  His sympathy and empathy were more difficult for him than for the ancients [who did not have to suffer such hardship].Therefore I make this known, thus to admonish those who love profit and ignore the heaven-ordained duties of family, for they do not deserve to be called human. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> On the fifteenth day of the intercalary fifth month in the xinchou year (1781),<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Written by<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Chen Songling of Pujiang<o:p></o:p> </div> <div style="mso-element: footnote-list;"> <hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /><a style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title="">[1]</a> It is referred to fully subsidized students in Confucian schools at prefectural and lower levels of territorial administration, Therefore it is also a common variant of those who were eligible to participate in the Provincial Examinations, i.e., a Prefectural Graduate. <o:p></o:p></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Biography of Gentleman He Zhenqian (1781) IIIF Item Metadata UUID 5dc7eb1f-7a34-469d-90c6-b08e84b2b507 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Guodong text IIIF Collection Metadata UUID 8509166a-9f2a-40bc-bc9e-9634de31ebe6 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document  <div class="Section1" style="layout-grid: 15.6pt;"> Biography of the He Lineage’s Chaste Widow Wang<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The chaste widow née Wang of the He was from Wuyi [County] of Wu [Jinhua Prefecture], was the elder sister born of different mothers of the student Wang Weisun.. She lost her mother when she was young. She was a moral person by nature and understood the cardinal principles of the righteousness. <o:p></o:p> She married He Yongzhi of the same county when she was eighteen. The Hes are a respected lineage. Her father-in-law was county level Government Student.<a style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">[1]</a> Her mother-in-law née Xu was the sister of the Chaste Widow’s mother. <o:p></o:p> Yongzhi’s elder brother Yongfang and his wife née Jin passed away early, and left a son Zhaobin. The energy Yongzhi put into his studies made him feeble and constantly ill. He had a daughter, but she died when she was one. Then Yongzhi died because of illness when he was twenty two--the Chaste Widow was twenty one at the time. In his will  he asked to adopt Zhaozhen, the second son of his male cousin Yongqin who was then six years old, to continue his family line.,. The Chaste Widow vowed to [follow the example of] Bozhou<a style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" href="#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">[2]</a> and raised the adopted son with great love and diligence.  After passing his seventh birthday, the son suddenly died. <o:p></o:p> At that time, her father-in-law had already died and only her mother-in-law was still alive. She then asked her mother-in-law’s permission and then adopted Zhaohu, the younger brother of Zhaozhen, to continue the family line. More than ten years later, when Zhaohu was eighteen, she arranged a marriage with the Xu lineage for him. Within two years, however, he took ill and died. The Chaste Widow cried to his wife: “I am not protected by the Heaven! I have repeatedly met with familial disaster and now have gotten you into this trouble as well! What shall I do?” Her daughter-in-law had learned the Chaste Widow’s teachings well. A moral person by nature as well, she was deeply inspired. So she too committer herself to moral principle and vowed never remarry again. Then they took Rongpan, the second son of Zhaobin, to continue Zhaohu’s family line. The Chaste Widow is fifty-five this year. Her adopted grandson is sixteen. He is very filial and careful, and is able to respectfully comfort the moral commitment [of the two women].<o:p></o:p> The Chaste Widow’s home is poor. When there is a poor harvest they do not have enough food. Having to melt ice for water and eat bark, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law face each in solitude at their spinning wheels of sewing machines. The relatives and neighbors who see their situation think them to be in great distress. However, they remain undisturbed; they do not think it difficult. They only concerned with teaching and raising the adopted grandson, so that he will grow up and continue the offerings to their husbands. <o:p></o:p> When I supervised education in Zhejiang Province [Wang] Weisun was one of those I selected [to participate in the Metropolitan Examinations]. After he arrived at the capital, he came to tell me the righteous deeds of the Chaste Widow, and asked me to write a biography of her. I think the cardinal virtues and core human relationships are Heaven’s constants. The reason why chastity is as important as loyalty and filial piety is that they are all rooted in the mind and arise from the nature; they do not depend on instruction to be realized, they do not depend on learning to be apprehended. That one can experience a multitude of hardships and difficulties yet in the end stay true to one’s original commitment is due to the nature Heaven endows in us. The Chaste Widow’s commitment and behavior are magnificent yet she has encountered many difficulties. The He family did not have son but got a son, it did not have grandson but got a grandson. Not only did she stay true to her commitment but she also gained the trust of her daughter-in-law and continued the family line. What she has established is of the greatest importance. Therefore I have recorded her deeds and composed her biography, so that people will understand that it is not by chance that chastity is regarded highly. When she is honored by a banner on a black column and she enters the sections of the histories that cover exemplary women, , let this serve as the evidence.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> On the first one third of the tenth month, in the gengxu year of the Qianlong reign period (1790),<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Written by<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Zhu Gui of Daxing, bearing the title of Metropolitan Graduate, Grand Master for Glorious Happiness bestowed by imperial order, Participant in the Classics Colloquium, Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel concurrently serving in the Upper Study with a rank one degree higher, newly appointed as Vice Minister of the Ministry of Military concurrently appointed as Right Vice Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, Governor of Anhui and other Provinces, Military Superintendent concurrently in charge of provisions.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <div style="mso-element: footnote-list;"> <hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /><a style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">[1]</a> It is referred to fully subsidized students in Confucian schools at prefectural and lower levels of territorial administration, Therefore it is also a common variant of those who were eligible to participate in the Provincial Exmainations, i.e., Prefectural Graduate.<o:p></o:p> <div style="mso-element: footnote;" id="ftn2"> <a style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" href="#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" title=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">[2]</a> “Bozhou<ins cite="mailto:peter%20k%20bol" datetime="2005-06-05T10:56">,</ins>” a poem in The Book of Odes, tells of Gong Jiang<ins cite="mailto:peter%20k%20bol" datetime="2005-06-05T10:56">, </ins>the wife of Count Gong, the crown prince of Wei. After Count Gong died, her parents wanted her to remarry. She vowed that she would never remarry, and composed this poem to express her intention. The title of the poem thus became a symbol of the chaste widow.<o:p></o:p> </div> </div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Biography of the He Lineage’s Chaste Widow Wang IIIF Item Metadata UUID 9ce76b30-5a76-4f64-860b-c7a92f05f959