Banned literati of Jiangxi

Who he is

Title

Retired officials and teachers (a group)

Since

not pinned

Born

not known

Confidence

medium

Individuals named in the summary; none holds office on 1 January 1200.

Overlord

None; their power is influence and examination success.

What it holds

• Local prestige and teaching networks
• Family estates

How it was acquired

By office, family and learning.

Allies and rivals

Opposed in principle by Han Tuozhou's court faction (in the sce records); friendly to Zhu Xi's school at Jianyang.

How things stand that morning

The ban is in force. Thinned classes at the academies, no closures that we can date. Zhu Xi is alive at Kaoting in Jianyang, in Fujian (the scs ground).

Wealth

Land and libraries.

Threats

• Further listing or demotion if the ban tightens

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

1. 23 April 1200 (Julian)Zhu Xi dies at Kaoting in Jianyang; disciples across Jiangxi and Hunan mourn him.Depends on: His long illness. Stopped by: Nothing; a natural death.
2. In the 11th lunar month of Qingyuan 6, about 8 December 1200 to 5 January 1201 (Julian); the burial day is not pinned in our sourcesZhu Xi is buried at Jianyang in Fujian; mourners including Xin Qiji attend despite the ban (English Wikipedia on Xin Qiji for his attendance).Depends on: The ban not being enforced against mourners. Stopped by: A sudden crackdown.

Places of note

• Zhou Bida at Luling: Retired chancellor on the 1198 list.
• Yang Wanli at Jishui: Retired poet-official.
• Xin Qiji at Piaoquan: Dismissed commander-poet; estate near Yanshan.
• Lu family of Jinxi: Home of the Lu school of the mind.
• Peng Guinian of Linjiang: On the 1198 list.
• Zhao Ruyu died at Hengzhou, 1196: Dismissed chancellor.
• Cai Yuanding died at Daozhou, 1198: Exiled disciple of Zhu Xi.

Where the sources disagree

• After 1 Jan 1200 and not part of the 1200 state: the ban is lifted in the second month of Jiatai 2 (about March 1202, as the sce records have it). Date: 1202. Depends on Han Tuozhou and the court turning against the prosecutors of the ban. Stopped by a court that keeps the ban, or by a player who changes who rules at Lin'an.
• Zhu Xi's death is 23 April 1200 (Julian), the 9th day of the third month in a year with a leap second month by our own reckoning; the sce records give the same date.

Evidence: The ban, the exiles and the retirements are well attested; the 1198 list as we recall it; places of residence from the biographies, not re-read in this pass. Xin Qiji's attendance at Zhu Xi's funeral in 1200 is from the English Wikipedia article.

On the map: Illustrative; the group has no territory.

Primary sources for Southern Song

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government, Bi Yuan (畢沅), completed by Feng Jiwu after his death (late eighteenth century, finished after 1801, from Song and Yuan sources). A Qing scholar's continuous month-by-month chronicle of the Song and Yuan centuries, compiled from the Song shi, the Liao, Jin and Yuan histories, Li Tao, Li Xinchuan and other Song sources. Read online
• Outline and Details of Two Reigns (thirteenth century, after 1224). A Song outline-and-detail chronicle of exactly the two reigns around 1200, drawn from the court's daily records. Read online
• Annals of the Western Xia, Wu Guangcheng (吳廣成) (1825 to 1827, compiled from Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan sources). A Qing scholar's year-by-year reconstruction of Tangut history from the Chinese histories, since the Xia left no surviving annals of their own in Chinese. Read online
• History of the Song, Toqto'a (脫脫) and the Yuan history office (1343 to 1345, from the Song veritable records, state histories and the Huiyao). The official history of the Southern Song, which ruled from Lin'an (Hangzhou) in 1200. Read online
• History of Song, chapters 488 and 489: Jiaozhi, Dali, Champa, Zhenla, Pagan, Srivijaya, Java, Brunei, Chola and Tambralinga, Toqto'a (Tuotuo) and the Yuan history office, from the Song court records (1343 to 1345, from Song veritable records and court diaries). The Chinese court's record of its southern neighbours, compiled from Song archives. Read online
• History of the Jin, Toqto'a (脫脫) and the Yuan history office, with Ouyang Xuan among the chief compilers (1343 to 1344, from the Jin veritable records and the Jin national history). The official history of the Jurchen empire that ruled north China and Manchuria in 1200. Read online
• History of the Song, the chapters on Xia and on foreign states, Toqto'a (脫脫) and the Yuan history office (1343 to 1345). The Song court's accounts of its neighbours, each arranged as an annal of embassies and wars. Read online
• Record of the Great Jin State, Attributed to Yuwen Maozhao (宇文懋昭); the attribution is doubtful (preface dated 1234; probably assembled in the Southern Song from Song and Jin material, with later accretions). A Song-side history of the Jin, with annals for each emperor and chapters on institutions, customs, the capitals and the Jurchen way of life. Read online

12 more in the sources library for South China.