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Chen Pengnian

Type Figure Region China Time 961–1017 Also known as Chen Yongnian、Chen Wenxi

Chen Pengnian (961–1017), courtesy name Yongnian, was a Northern Song scholar and vice chancellor who oversaw compilation of the Guangyun, China's fi…

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  1. 1011Eastern Capital, Kaifeng Prefecture · Kaifeng CityIn the fourth year of Dazhong Xiangfu, Chen Pengnian and Qiu Yong and others, by imperial commission, twice revised Lu Fayan's Qieyun, producing the five-volume Great Song Revised Guangyun with over twenty thousand characters, a core document for studying medieval phonology.
  2. 1016–1017Eastern Capital, Kaifeng Prefecture · Kaifeng CityIn the ninth year of Dazhong Xiangfu he was appointed vice chancellor as vice minister of justice, presiding over the Ritual Bureau and serving as commissioner of Huiling Temple; he compiled national histories, edited the Three Offices Statutes, and participated in suburban and ancestral temple and fengshan ritual systems.
  3. 1017Eastern Capital, Kaifeng Prefecture · Kaifeng CityIn the first year of Tianxi, at the grand southern suburban rite, Chen Pengnian served as deputy envoy of the Heavenly Book ceremonial guard and envoy reviewing ritual protocol and bearing the treasure tally, taking part in Zhenzong's first suburban sacrifice after adopting the Tianxi era; he died that February and was posthumously granted the title of Right Vice Director.

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