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Ye Shi

Type Figure Region Southern Song Time 1150–1223 Also known as Ye Zhengze、Shuixin Jushi、Master Shuixin

Ye Shi (1150–1223), a Southern Song thinker and leading figure of the Yongjia school, courtesy name Zhengze, sobriquet Shuixin, from Yongjia, Wenzhou…

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  1. 1150–1188Yongjia · Yongjia CountyA scholar from Yongjia, he associated in his youth with Chen Liang and others, forming practical and statecraft ideas. Placed second in the 1178 Chunxi fifth-year examination, he served as prefect of Pingjiang and Jiankang, rectifying local administration, attending to border defense, and beginning to construct the theoretical framework of the Yongjia school.
  2. 1189–1194Jiankang · Jiankang PrefectureDuring the Shaoxi era he again served as prefect of Jiankang, focusing on Jiang-Huai defense. In 1191 he submitted memorials including the Essay on Shi Miyuan; after Chen Liang's death in 1194 he wrote the Preface to the Longchuan Collected Works, summarizing the Yongjia school's practical aims in sharp contrast to Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism.
  3. 1195–1223Yongjia · WenzhouDismissed from office by impeachment during the 1196 Qingyuan party ban, he returned to Yongjia to lecture at Shuixin with many disciples. In his later years he wrote the Xixue Jiyan and Shuixin Collected Works, expounding ideas of utility and institutional reform; he died in 1223 and was posthumously named Wending.

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