The Chronicle Biography Of Song Luo

Song Luo(1634-1713),alias Muzhong with poetic names Mantang and Xibei.His other alternative names were Person of Mianjin Mountain, Canglang Pavilion,Master of duck-raising and xibeijushi (a kind of assumed name).He was born in Shangqiu,Henan province in 1634. When he was 14 years old, he served as shiwei(a kind of official title).He was granted as tongpan(a kind of official title) in Huangzhou in the third year of the KangXi Emperor(the second emperor of the Qing Dynasty, 1664) and then as xunfu in Jiangxi and Jiangning(an official who was in charge of the two provinces)and then as libushangshu( an official who took charge of the staff personnel department) until He resigned from his official post.He died at the age of 80 in the fifty-second year of the KangXi Emperor( 1713) . He was adept at poem, handwriting and drawing and was well-known for his poems in the literary world in the early Qing Dynasty. Many scholars and poets traveled and made friends with him at that time.The chronicle biography tries to widely collect the data of Song Luo's life experiences in order to sort out,verify and finally make a textual research on them .The main studies are as follows:I. Basically sorting the chronology of Song Luo's life experiences, and having made some explanations and proofreading about some non-detailed and ambivalent issues.II. Making some collection and verification on the intercourse of Song Luo's, and others related experience of his mentor and friends as well.III. Attaching to collecting and sorting out the related data so as to play a fundamental and data-availed role in Song Luo's research.The chronicle biography was divided into the following two parts:The common examples: Making some explanations towards examplications and principles of listing.The chronicle biography: Making the chronicle by listing Song Luo's life and experiences .And writing the items beneath the outlines to make detailed comments.