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Zeng Gong was born in Nanfeng, Jianchang (modern Fuzhou, Jiangxi). He is said to have written Liulun 六論 ("Six arguments") when he was only twelve. After the work was praised by Ouyang Xiu, one of the intellectual leaders of the era, Zeng Gong became widely known among literary circles.
In 1037, at the age of eighteen, he moved to Yushan county (玉山縣, in modern Shangrao, Jiangxi) to accompany his father Zeng Yizhan (曾易占), who had been appointed magistrate there. Whilst in Yushan, he travelled extensively in its hinterlands and wrote You Xinzhou Yushan Xiaoyan Ji. The work was divided into five sections. The first describes the geography of Yushan, followed by sections on the caves, rocks etc. Zeng's youthful descriptions show his vivid imagination and literary talent. In his twenties, Zeng Gong travelled widely throughout China, befriending the would be reformer Wang Anshi and later recommending him to Ouyang Xiu.
In 1057, Zeng Gong achieved the degree of jinshi and was appointed to a military post in the provinces. The next year, he was recalled to the capital and served within the department of history - collecting and drafting documents. From 1069, he was appointed successively as the head of Qizhou, Xiangzhou (襄州), Hongzhou, Fuzhou, Mingzhou (明州) and Bozhou.
In 1080, en route to a fresh appointment in Cangzhou, Zeng was granted an audience with Emperor Shenzong. The emperor was suitably impressed and allowed Zeng to stay at the capital to work on a history of the Five Dynasties period. Zeng Gong was promoted to become Aide to the Master of Writings (中書舍人) in 1082. He died the following year in Jiangning. The new monarch Emperor Lizong granted him the posthumous appellation of "Wending" (文定).
Zeng Gong produced some four hundred poems in his lifetime and a number of essays. His style of prose writing is mostly discursive rather than argumentative. In terms of political philosophy, Zeng was a firm follower of Ouyang Xiu. For this reason his reputation as leader of one of the eight great schools of philosophy has largely been overshadowed by that of his mentor. Among Zeng Gong's collected works are fifty chapters of Yuanfeng Leigao (元豐類稿), forty chapters of the Xu Yuanfeng Leigao (續元豐類稿) and thirty chapters of the Longping Ji (隆平集).
In May 2016 a letter by Zeng sold for ¥ 207 million at auction, setting a new record for a Chinese document.
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隆平集 | creator |
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御選歷代詩餘 | 2 |
續資治通鑑 | 2 |
福州府志乾隆本 | 2 |
御定淵鑑類函 | 2 |
萬姓統譜 | 2 |
宋元學案 | 2 |
續資治通鑑長編 | 3 |
宋元詩會 | 2 |
山堂肆考 | 2 |
宋史紀事本末 | 1 |
四庫全書總目提要 | 9 |
郡齋讀書志 | 2 |
文獻通考 | 5 |
古今紀要 | 2 |
書史會要 | 1 |
兩宋名賢小集 | 2 |
直齋書錄解題 | 1 |
御批歷代通鑑輯覽 | 2 |
宋史 | 60 |
陶廬雜錄 | 1 |
四庫全書簡明目錄 | 2 |
氏族大全 | 2 |
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