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Xie Jin

Type Figure Region Jiangxi Time 1369–1415 Also known as Xie Dashen、Jin

Early-Ming litterateur, calligrapher, and scholar. A jinshi in the 21st year of Hongwu, he served under both the Jianwen and Yongle reigns.…

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  1. 1402–1403Nanjing · NanjingAfter the Jingnan Campaign he submitted to the new Yongle regime, was valued for his learning, entered the Wenyuan Pavilion to serve, participated in state secrets, and was commissioned to plan a grand cultural project.
  2. 1403–1408Wenyuan Pavilion, Nanjing · NanjingIn 1403 he was commissioned, together with Yao Guangxia, Xia Yuanji, and others, to direct the compilation of the Yongle Dadian, organizing hundreds of scholars to gather texts ancient and modern; it was completed in 1408 as the largest leishu in the world at the time.
  3. 1408–1410Nanjing · NanjingAfter the Dadian was completed he was promoted to Grand Secretary of the Wenyuan Pavilion and continued to participate in drafting rescripts on state affairs, but gradually lost imperial favor after intervening in discussions of the succession, and his political position began to deteriorate.

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