The Biography Of Xu Xianzhong

Xu Xianzhong (1493-1569),styled himself Bochen,pen name Changgu, whois a native of Song Jiang prefecture Huating county, is called one of"the four solons ofYunjian", together with He Liangjun, Zhang zhixiang, Dong Yiyang. In JiajingTen-year(1525), Xu was enrolled as a scholar in the provincial examination. Then, heattended the metropolitan examination for six times, and all failed. In JiajingTwentith-year(1541), Xu was elected as official by the Ministry of Rites, and served asthe county magistrate of Fenghua. Three years later, Xu Resigned from Office andreturned home. Later, he moved his home to settle in Wuxing, and lived there till the endof his life. Therefore, Xu is called"the Inquilinism of Wuxing".Neither celebrated chancellor,nor a member of nobility, Xu made friends with manyliterates: with He Liangjun, HeLiangfu and He Liangzuo, who were siblings, Xumaintained intimate relationship, with Mo Ruzhong, Feng En, they were bosom friends.Three years of taking office, Xu have made certain political achievements. After hemoved his family to Wuxing, xu was close with the member of"Xian shan YilaoShe".Of the abundant works during his life-time, the ones on literary theory, the reviewof Tang Poetry inherited the"Si Tang"of Gaobing, and he also made the claim of"San Bian", which exerts great influence on the later generations.In accordance with Xu's poem collection of Chang Gu Ji and other relatedliterature such as the collection of his friends and various local chronicles, thischronicle biography made the textual research of the author. The main researches go asthe following:I. Try to unfold the living environment of the author through the part of currentaffairs.II. Clear the biographical sketch of the authorIII. Show the author's intercourse clearly IV. Put part of the poems in the order of time sequence.The chronicle biography includes the following parts"Explanatory notes: stylistic rules, layout and principlePreceding: The verification and textual research of author's lineage, and a briefintroduction of the main worksThe chronicle biography: use the explanatory notes as the standard, makearrangement of the author's life experience and works in accordance with timesequence.Appendix: the biography of the author, epitaph for retrieval...