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V. Biographical Dictionaries and Indexes to Biographical Information

V.A. BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARIES


Biographies of Sung figures will be found in historical encyclopedias listed in Section IV. There is one biographical dictionary for the Sung period:
Ref (W) DS751.5.S96
LoC: DS751.5 .S96
Sung Biographies.
Herbert Franke, ed.
Wiesbaden: Steiner, 1976.
4 volumes.

Vols. 1-3 contain 406 biographies, prepared by various scholars; Vol. 4 contains 35 biographies of painters. There is no index; there is a table of contents. Biographies are in alphabetical order.
For painters see, in addition to Volume 4 of Sung Biographies:
R6104/2982Ref
(C) ND1048.C4
LoC: ND1048 .C4 (Orien China)
T'ang Sung hua-chia jen-ming tz'u-tien
唐宋畫家人名辭典
(Personal-name dictionary of T'ang and Sung painters).
Chu Chu-yü 朱鑄禹
Peking: Chung-kuo ku-tien i-shu ch'u-pan-she, 1958. 29 and 491p

as well as
6105/7904
LoC: ND1048 .S84 1984 China
Sung Liao Chin hua‑chia shih‑liao
宋遼金畫家史料
(Historical materials on Sung, Liao, and Chin painters).
Ch'en Kao‑hua 陳高華
Peking: Wen-wu ch'u-pan she, 1983. 13 and 853 p.

For painters note also:
Ref (W) ND1043.3.C3
LoC: ND1043.3 .C3
An Index of Early Chinese Painters and Paintings: T'ang, Sung, Yuan.
James Cahill, with Osvald Sirén and Ellen Johnston Laing.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980. 391 p.

Specifically for the Ch'an Buddhists, see
Ref (J) BQ9259.Z45
LoC: BQ9259 .Z45
Zengaku daijiten.
禪學大辭典
(Great dictionary of Ch'an Buddhism).
Komazawa daigaku nai Zengaku daijiten hensanjo
駒澤大學內禪學大辭典編纂所 comp.
Tokyo: Daishūkan shoten, 1978. 3 volumes.

Biographies will also be found in various historical encyclopedias, in particular the Sung shih volume of the Chung-kuo li-shih ta tz'u-tien, the Ajia rekishi daijiten, and in the work immediately below.

V.B. INDEXES TO COMPREHENSIVE BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION


Various Sung-period biographical collections, later sources with biographies of Sung figures, and various forms of biographical information found in Sung literary collections are indexed by the following work, the most comprehensive and detailed index to documents with biographical information. Entries include brief accounts of the individual's career and reputation.
R2259.5/3820
LoC: DS751.5 .S97 (Orien China )
Sung-jen chuan-chi tzu-liao so-yin
宋人傳記資料索引
(Index to biographical materials on Sung figures).
Ch'ang Pi-te 昌彼得, Wang Te-i 王德毅, Ch'eng Yuan-min 程元敏, and Hou Chün-te 侯俊德 comp.
Taipei: Ting-wen, 1974-1976. 6 volumes.
McMullen #281.

Emendations to the Sung-jen chuan-chi tzu-liao so-yin have also been published:
2451/8297.1
LoC: HN671.S534 Orien China
"Sung-jen chuan-chi tzu-liao so-yin pu-cheng".
宋人傳記資料索引補正
(Supplement to the Index of biographical materials on Sung figures).
P'an Po-ch'eng 潘柏澄
Shih-huo yueh-k'an食貨月刊 4.6 (1974): 254-263.

The Sung-jen chuan-chi tzu-liao so-yin is arranged by stroke count. Volume 6 indexes the entire work according to tzu 字 names, hao 號 names, posthumous names, etc. It is particularly valuable for its references to the various "records," "prefaces," documents of appointment, and so on, in literary collections. However, neither letters nor poems, for example, are indexed.

Of great importance is the three-volume "Supplement" to the Sung-jen chuan-chi tzu-liao so-yin, prepared in conjunction with the Ch'üan Sung wen project:

LoC: DS751 .L47 1994 China Sung-jen chuan-chi tzu-liao so-yin pu-pien
宋人傳記資料索引補編
(Supplement to the Index to biographical materials on Sung figures).
Li Kuo-ling 李國玲 comp.
Ch'eng-tu: Ssu-ch'uan ta-hsueh, 1994.
3 volumes.

This draws on material not included in the Taiwan index, including recently discovered tomb inscriptions and museum collections. There are more than 14,000 new name entries and supplements to over 6,000 established entries. The arrangement of the contents is similar to that in the Taiwan index. There is an index to secondary names.
The above works supersede:
R2259.5/6240(C)
Z3101.Y446x vol.34
LoC: Z5305.C5 H36 1959 (Orien China)
Ssu-shih-ch'i-chung Sung-tai chuan-chi tsung-ho yin-te
四十七種宋代傳記綜合引得
(Combined indices to forty-seven collections of Sung-dynasty biographies).
Harvard‑Yenching Institute Sinological Index Series, #34.
Peking, 1938; rpt. Tokyo: Tōyō bunko, 1959. 24 and 199 p.
McMullen #208.

The Sung-jen chuan-chi tzu-liao so-yin does not entirely supersede the following:
RJ2259.5/3551
LoC: DS734 .S6 (Orien Japan)
Sōjin denki sakuin
宋人傳記索引
(Index to biographies of Sung figures).
Sōshi teiyō hensan kyōryoku iinkai
宋史提要編纂協力委員會
Tokyo: Tōyōbunko, 1968. 274 and 7 p.
McMullen #209,

which gives, on a single line, name, tzu, native place, the title of the Sung-period biographical document (usually a funerary inscription), its location, and three generations in the patriline (this last is not found in the larger index). Note further that the Sung-jen chuan-chi tzu-liao so-yin indexes biographies in Sung and Yuan local gazetteers, as does the

Ref (C) DS735.C5266
LoC: DS735 .C5266 (Orien China)
Sung-Yuan fang-chih chuan-chi so-yin.
宋元方志傳記索引
(Index to biographies in Sung and Yuan local gazetteers).
Chu Shih-chia 朱士嘉comp.
Peking: Chung-hua shu-chü, 1963. 9 and 192 p,

but does not index Ming- and Ch'ing-period gazetteers, many of which include information from lost Sung-period works. The Ssu-ch'uan ta-hsueh index does do this. Missing from the Sung-jen index also are references to funerary biographical inscriptions for monks that exist only in texts found in the Buddhist canon. These are included in the comprehensive list of biographical inscriptions in:

J1880.7/1523 Sōdai Zenshūshi no kenkyū
LoC: BQ9412.9.C6 I84 1987 Japan 宋代禪宗史の研究
(Studies of the history of the Ch'an sect in the Sung period).
Ishii Shūdō石井修道
Tokyo: Daitō shuppansha, 1987, pp. 555-562.

Finally, a great deal of biographical information can be garnered from the personal-name indexes listed in Section VI below.

For bibliographical information on tomb inscriptions, see Dieter Kuhn and Helga Stahl's Annotated Bibliography to the Shike shiliao xinbianin III.C. In addition note the listing of recently unearthed funerary biographies:
Ref (C) PN6297.C45 J86 1993
LoC: PN6297.C45 J86 1993 China
1949-1989 Ssu-shi nien ch'u-t'u mu-chih mu-lu
1949-1989 四十年出土墓志目錄
(Catalogue of funerary biographies unearthed 1949-89).
Jung Li-hua 榮麗華 comp. Wang Shih-min 王世民 ed.
Peking: Chung-hua, 1993. 548 p.
(Sung figures are in items #587-845)

This also indexes places of publication, authors of inscriptions, and subjects.

There are indexes to biographical materials for the periods before and after Sung:

Ref (C) Z3108.A3 F8 1982
LoC: Z3108.A3 F8 1982 China
T'ang Wu‑tai jen‑wu chuan‑chi tzu‑liao tsung-ho so‑yin
唐五代人物傳記資料綜合索引
(Comprehensive index to biographical materials on T'ang and Five Dynasties figures).
Fu Hsuan‑tsung 傅璇琮comp.
Peking: Chung‑hua shu-chü, 1982. 731 p.
Ref (C and J) DS751.76.U44 1972x
LoC: DS734 .U46 (Orien Japan)
Ryō Kin Genjin denki sakuin
遼金元人傳記索引
(Index to biographies of Liao, Chin, and Yuan figures).
Umehara Kaoru 梅原郁 comp.
Kyoto: Kyōto daigaku Jinbun kagaku kenkyūjo, 1972. 219, 103, 24 p.
R2259.6/1120(1-5)
LoC: Z3108.A3 W37 China
Yuan-jen chuan-chi tzu-liao so-yin
元人傳記資料索引
(Index to biographical materials on Yuan figures).
Wang Te-i 王德毅, Li Jung-ts'un 李榮村, and P'an Po-ch'eng 潘柏澄 comp.
Taipei: Hsin-wen-feng ch'u-pan-she, 1979-1982.

V.C. DATES OF SUNG FIGURES



Birth and death dates are included in the Sung-jen index discussed above. For the dates alone the most handy reference is:

(W) Ref DS734.W38 Répertoire des dates des hommes célèbres des Song.
Weng T'ung‑wen.
Paris: École Pratique des Hautes Études, 1962. 192 p.

This includes examination degree dates. Names are in the French romanization system (there is a character index); Chinese characters are included.

Corrections have been made to Weng's work in

(W) DS751.S83
LoC: DS751 .S83
"The Dates of Eminent Persons in Sung."
Yi-lo Ma.
Sung Studies Newsletter 11-12 (1975-76): 23-49,

which corrects dates for 255 individuals, including 106 not in the Weng list, based on

9200/2470.1
LoC: DS701 .Y86
"Sung-jen sheng-tsu k'ao shih-li"
宋人生卒考示例
(Verifications of dates for Sung figures).
Cheng Ch'ien 鄭騫
Yu-shih hsueh-chih 幼獅學誌 6.1 (1967), 6.2 (1967), 7.4 (1968), and 10.3 (1972): 1-12.

Cheng Ch'ien's study is available in a single volume:

2259.9/8232
LoC: DS751 .C455
Sung-jen sheng-tsu k'ao shih-li
宋人生卒考示例
(Verifications of dates for Sung figures).
Cheng Ch'ien 鄭騫
Taipei: Hua-shih ch'u-pan-she, 1977. 162p.

V.D. Personal-Name Indexes


Here are included works which index personal names exclusively. For indexes that cover personal names in addition to other kinds of terms see Section VI above, Comprehensive Indexes.

V.D.1. PERSONAL-NAME INDEXES TO HISTORICAL WORKS

All personal names appearing in the Sung History are indexed according to the four corner system in

Ref (C) DS751.Y86 1992x
LoC: DS751.5 .Y8 1992 China
Sung shih jen-ming so-yin
宋史人名索引
(Personal-name index to the Sung history).
Yü Ju-yun 俞如雲 ed.
Shanghai: Shang-hai ku-chi ch'u-pan-she, 1992. 4 vol. 2404 p.

It may still be useful to consult indexes devoted to particular sections of the Sung History. Consult the Saeki indexes noted in Section VI for the various treatises. For the "Basic Annals," see:

Ref (W) DS751.43Z6 1966x
LoC: DS748.5 .M4
Index des noms propres dans les annales principales de l'Histoire des Song.
Ching‑ying Lee Mei comp.
Paris: Presses Univ. de France, 1966. 130 p.
McMullen #63.

Biographies in the important supplement to the Southern Sung portions of the Sung History, Lu Hsin-yuan's 陸心源 Sung shih i, are indexed by the Sung-jen chuan-chi tzu-liao so-yin. The following indexes personal names that appear in those biographies. Arranged according to the four-corner system; with a stroke-count index.

2665 7133b "Sung shih i jen-ming so-yin"
宋史翼人名索引
("Personal name index to the Supplement to the Sung history)
Tseng I-fen 曾貽芬 comp.
In Sung shih i 宋史翼
Peking: Chung-hua shu-chü, 1991, pp. 1-143.

The Sung hui-yao, an extensive collection of Sung memorials and edicts recovered from the Yung-le ta-tien 永樂大典, is arranged in chronological order within institutional categories. It includes documents from 960 to 1220. A detailed table of contents is available separately (see Section XII below). The following personal-name index, arranged by stroke count, is based on the Hsin-wen-feng reprint; for the Shih-chieh shu-chü reprint add 14 to the page number given in the index.

4684/381
LoC: DS751.H732 W36
Sung hui‑yao chi‑kao jen‑ming so‑yin
宋會要輯稿人名索引
(Index of personal names in the Sung hui‑yao chi-kao).
Wang Te‑i 王德毅 comp.
Taipei: Hsin-wen-feng, 1978. 990 p.

There is also an index to the section on economic matters in the Sung hui-yao that includes personal names.

J4353/3810 Sō kaiyō shūkō shokka sakuin, jinmei shomei-hen
宋會要輯稿食貨索引人名書名篇
(Index to Sung hui‑yao chi‑kao shih‑huo: names of persons and books).
Sōshi teiyōhensan kyōryoku iinkai
宋史提要編纂協力委員會 cmp.
Tokyo: Tōyōbunko, 1982. 150 p.

An index to names appearing in the chronological listings of chief and assisting councillors, Hsu Tzu-ming's 徐自明 Sung tsai-fu pien-nien lu 宋宰輔編年錄 and Lü Pang-yao's 呂邦耀 Hsu Sung tsai-fu pien-nien lu 續宋宰輔編年錄, is appended to the punctuated, critical edition:

4695.5/2926.1
LoC: DS751.H743 W36 1986 China
"Sung tsai-fu pien-nien lu chiao-pu, jen-ming so-yin
宋宰輔編年錄 校補‧人名索引
(Personal-name index to Sung tsai-fu pien-nien lu chiao-pu).
Wang Jui-lai 王瑞來
In Sung tsai-fu pien-nien lu chiao-pu
宋宰輔編年錄 校補
Peking: Chung-hua shu-chü, 1986. Vol. 4, 28 p.

The chronological histories written in Sung cover the period 960-1163. For personal names in Li T'ao's 李燾(1115-1184) 520-chüan chronicle of Northern Sung (960-1126), the Long Draft of the Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government, see:

J2665/4444
LoC: DS751.U43
Zoku Shiji tsugan chōhen jinmei sakuin
續資治通鑑長編人名索引
[hsu Tsu-chih t'ung-chien ch'ang-pien jen-ming so-yin]
(Personal-name index to the Hsu Tzu‑chih t'ung‑chien ch'ang‑pien
Umehara Kaoru 梅原郁 comp.
Kyoto: Dōhōsha, 1978. 697 p.

Hsu Meng-hsin's 徐夢莘(1124-1205) Collection of Treaties with the North during Three Reigns (San-ch'ao pei-meng hui-pien), in 250 chüan, covers the period 1117-1161 and focuses on the fall of Northern Sung and relations with the Chin dynasty. Less than half of this is indexed for names in:

J4301/1203.1
LoC: HB9 .H57
"Sanchō hokumei kaipen jinmei sakuin"
三朝北盟會編人名索引
[San-ch'ao pei-meng hui-pien jen-ming so-yin]
(Personal-name index to the San-ch'ao pei-meng hui-pien).
Aso Mikio 安蘇幹夫 comp.
Hiroshima daigaku keizai ronsō 廣島大學經濟論叢
1.4 (1979): 55-83, for chüan 1-40;
2.1-2-3 (1979.12): 55-88, for chüan 41-100.

For Li Hsin-ch'uan's 李心傳(1166-1243) Record of Important Events in Chronological Order since the Chien-yen Reign Period (Chien-yen i-lai hsi-nien yao-lu), in 200 chüan, covering the period 1126-1163, with attention to both foreign relations and domestic appointments and policy, see:

J2676/4432
Ken'en irai kinen yōroku jinmei sakuin
建炎以來繫年要錄人名索引
[Chien-yen i-lai hsi-nien yao-lu jen-ming so-yinjen-ming so-yin]
(Personal-name index to the Chien-yen i-lai hsi-nien yao-lu).
Umehara Kaoru 梅原郁 comp.
Kyoto: Dōhōsha, 1983. 663 p.

Another index to this text is included with the reproduction of the Ssu-k'u ch'üan-shu edition.
(C) DS751.L5 1992x
"Chien-yen i-lai hsi-nien yao-lu jen-ming so-yin"
建炎以來繫年要錄人名索引
(Personal-name index to the Chien-yen i-lai hsi-nien yao-lu
P'ei Ju-ch'eng 裴汝誠 ed.
In Chien-yen i-lai hsi-nien yao-lu.
Shanghai: Shang-hai ku-chi, 1992.
Vol. 4, pp. 17-508.

Recall the author indexes for various bibliographies of Sung texts cited in Section III above.

For authors' names in the Li-tai ming-ch'en tsou-i, not exclusive to Sung, see:
4664/4244
LoC: DS703 .L5 1964 (Orien China)
"Li-tai ming-ch'en tsou-i tso-che so-yin"
歷代名臣奏議作者索引
(Index to the authors in the Li-tai ming-ch'en tsou-i).
Chang Hsi-ch'ing 張希清 et al. comp.
In Li-tai ming-ch'en tsou-i
Shanghai: Shang-hai ku-chi ch'u-pan-she, 1989. Vol. 5. 174p.

Appended to the Li-tai ming-ch'en tsou-i. Arranged by the four-corner system.

V.D.2. PERSONAL-NAME INDEXES TO OTHER WORKS


For personal names mentioned in the memorials of Ssu-ma Kuang (1019-1086), see:

4662.5/1791
LoC: DS751.6.S78 A25 1986 China
"Ssu-ma Kuang tsou-i jen-ming so-yin"
司馬光奏議人名索引
(Personal-name index to the Memorials of Ssu-ma Kuang).
Wang Ken-lin 王根琳 comp.
In Ssu-ma Kuang tsou-i 司馬光奏議(Memorials of Ssu-ma Kuang).
T'ai-yuan: Shan-hsi jen-min ch'u-pan-she, 1986, pp. 447-474.

For personal names in the collected writings of Chang Shih(1122-1180), see:

J1234/0992
LoC: PL2687.C359 N329
Chō Nanken shū jinmei sakuin
張南軒集人名索引
(Personal-name index to Chang Nan-hsuan chi).
Takahata Tsunenobu 高常信 comp.
Nagoya: Saika shorin, 1976. 128, 123 p.

For the literary collection (Ssu-pu ts'ung-k'an 四部叢刊 edition) of Chu Hsi朱熹 (1130-1200), see:

LoC: PL2679 .H829 1977
Kai'an sensei Shu Bunkō bunshū jinmei sakuin
晦庵先生朱文公文集人名索引
(Personal-name index to the Literary Collection of Mr. Hui-an Chu Wen-kung [Hui-an hsien-sheng Chu Wen-kung wen-chi]).
Satō Hitoshi 佐藤仁 comp.
Kyoto: Chūbun shuppansha, 1977.

For personal names appearing in Wang Hsiang-chih's early-13th-century cultural geography, see the four-corner index appended to:

3025/1173b
Yü-ti chi-sheng
輿地紀勝
(Records of famous places).
Wang Hsiang-chih 王象之 comp.
Peking: Chung-hua shu-chü, 1992. 8 volumes.

For personal names appearing in Chu Mu's 祝穆early 13th century cultural geography, see the four-corner index appended to:
  "Fang-yü sheng-lan jen-ming so-yin"
方輿勝覽人名索引
(Personal-name index to the Fang-yü sheng-lan).
In Sung-pen宋本Fang-yü sheng-lan.
Shanghai: Shanghai ku-chi, 1991. Vol. 4, pp. 1-258.

The following indexes personal names in eleven Sung Ch'an-Buddhist miscellanies.
J1801/7347
"Jūichi shu Sōdai Zenmon zuihitsushū jinmei sakuin"
十一種宋代禪門隨筆集人名索引
(Personal-name index to eleven Sung-period Ch'an-sect miscellanies).
Ishii Shūdō 石井修道 comp.
Komazawa daigaku Bukkyōgakubu kenkyū kiyō
駒澤大學佛教學部研究紀要
42 (1984): 175-126; 43 (1985): 292-253.

Part I of the above work indexes monks' religious names, while Part II contains indexes for monks' other names, names of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, names of secular figures, and titles of sutras and other writings.

There is a personal-name index for Hung Mai's I-chien chih appended to the 1981 punctuated edition. By four-corner system and stroke-count.

5745/3833.02
LoC: PL2687.H887 I2 1981 China
"I-chien chih jen-ming so-yin"
夷堅志人名索引
(Personal-name index to the I-chien chih).
Wang Hsiu-mei 王秀梅 comp.
In I-chien chih.
Peking: Chung-hua shu-chü, 1981. Vol. 4. 140 p.

References in the following indexes to personal names are also found in the Sung-jen chuan-chi tzu-liao so-yin.

(C) Z3101.Y446x vol.19
LoC: AI19.C5 Y55 vol. 19 (Orien China)
Sung-shih chi-shih chu-che yin-te
宋詩紀事著者引得
(Index to the authors in Notes on Sung poetry [Sung-shih chi-shih]).
Harvard-Yenching Institute Sinological Index Series, #19.
Peking, 1938; rpt. Taipei, 1966. 127 p.
McMullen #212.
1022/4838.5b
Sung Yuan hsueh-an jen‑ming so-yin, fu i-ming so-yin
宋元學案人名索引附異名索引
(Index to personal names in the Records of Sung and Yuan learning [Sung Yuan hsueh-an) with an appended index to alternative names].
Teng Yuan-ting 鄧元鼎 and Wang Mo-chün 王默君 comp.
Shanghai: Shang-wu, 1936. 156 p.
McMullen #214.
Ref (C) DS735.C5266
LoC: DS735 .C5266 (Orien China)
Sung Yuan fang-chih chuan-chi so-yin
宋元方志傳紀索引
(Index to biographies in Sung and Yuan local gazetteers).
Chu Shih-chia 朱士嘉 comp.
Peking: Chung-hua shu-chü, 1963. 9 and 182 p.
McMullen #213.

The following is a detailed personal-name index to the Sung Yuan hsueh-an and its much longer continuation, the Sung Yuan hsueh-an pu-i. Arranged by Japanese pronunciation; there is a stroke-count index and an alternative-name index. It indexes both biographical entries and passing references.

J1022/4838
Sō Gen gakuan, Sō Gen gakuan hoi jinmei jigō betsumei sakuin
宋元學案、宋元學案補遺人名字號別名索引
[Sung Yuan hsueh-an Sung Yuan hsueh-an pu-i, jen-ming, tzu-hao, pieh-ming so-yin]
(Index to personal names, tzu, and other names in the Records of Sung and Yuan Learning and its continuation).
Kinugawa Tsuyoshi 衣川強 comp.
Kyoto: Kyōto daigaku Jinbun kagaku kenkyūjo, 1974. 408 p.

Note also the following:
 
"Sung Yuan hsueh-an li-mu jen-wu so-yin"
宋元學案立目人物索引
(Index to the persons appearing in the section titles of Sung-Yuan hsueh an).
Chao Ch'i 兆奇 comp.
Sung-shih yen-chiu t'ung-hsun 宋史研究通訊 9 (1987): 15-55.

This indexes the Ssu-pu pei-yao edition of the Sung-Yuan hsueh-an. Names are ordered by the four-corner system.

For the names of blockcarvers of Sung and Yuan imprints, see:
9432/1130
R9432/1130
Ku-chi Sung Yuan k'an-kung hsing-ming so-yin
古籍宋元刊工姓名索引
(Index to the carvers' names in Sung Yuan editions).
Wang Chao-wen 王肇文 comp.
Shanghai: Shang-hai ku-chi ch'u-pan-she, 1990. 408 p.

For Buddhist writings see the fifth index in Part II of the following:
J1801/7347
"Jūichi shu Sōdai Zenmon zuihitsushū jinmei sakuin"
十一種宋代禪門隨筆集人名索引
(Personal-name index to eleven Sung-period Ch'an-sect miscellanies).
Ishii Shūdō 石井修道 comp.
Komazawa daigaku Bukkyōgakubu kenkyū kiyō
駒澤大學佛教學部研究紀要
42 (1984): 175-126; 43 (1985): 292-253
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