'''Chen Wenzhu''' (
He was a friend of Xu Zhongxing and Wu Cheng'en, and wrote the preface for two books of the latter. Government official and writer Fu Yi (Ming Dynasty)|Fu Yi was his cousin.
==Biography==
He was a native of Mianyang Prefecture (present-day Honghu, Hubei), where he was born in the fourth year of the Jiajing era (1525). 陈文烛之生卒年，众说纷纭。叶德均《戏曲小说丛考·西游记研究的资料》谓陈文烛生于嘉靖十四年。他的依据是陈文烛《廷中诗》卷一《遣儿归省大人书怀》八首之三: “嘉靖庚戌时，我生十有六。”又同卷《己已除夕拟杜七歌》之七: “吁嗟我年三十五”，以此推得陈氏当生于嘉靖十四年。王学范主编《王世贞抚郧诗文集》中，将陈文烛生年标注为1525年。此据《先君行状》载： “丙申，历齐鲁泛江淮而归登太山梅子，至家得奇梦，而不肖生，小字武当，盖四月八日，先君又喜得子也。”又《游太和山记》(二西园文集》卷九) : “岁丙申三月，按察公再登，祷绝顶，得奇梦。四月八日，甫归，而不杀生。小字武当。人以为异云。” He was born into a prominent family who had produced ''jinshi'' for three generations. He passed the provincial examination of Huguang in the 37th year of the Jiajing era (1558) and became a ''juren''. In the 44th year of the Jiajing era (1565), he became a ''jinshi'' in the third class.
In the fourth year of the Longqing Emperor|Longqing era (1570), he became the prefect of Huai'an Prefecture.
He then served in a number of official posts including as prefect of Yingtian Prefecture and Minister of the Court of Judicial Review in Nanjing. Eight months after being appointed as such, Wu Zhipeng, a Supervising Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing, impeached hin for accepting bribes from Xu Shengxun and for leniently letting his adopted son Yang Feng kill his master Xu Yaonian. He was then ordered to return to his hometown to hear the investigation. He then retired and died in the twenty-third year of the Wanli era (1595), at the age of sixty.陈文烛卒年见龙腾《给隐文集》卷十二《祭陈岳翁文》。《嘉靖四十四年乙丑科进士履历便览》：陈文烛，五岳，书三房，丙申四月初八日生，严侍，沔阳州人，乡试七名，会试三百四十二名，三甲一百一名。吏部政，乙丑八月授大理寺评事，丙寅九月升寺副，己巳二月升寺正，庚午四月升淮安知府，甲戌二月升四川提学副使，丁丑十一月升参政，丁忧。癸未二月复除四川，十二月升福建按察使，甲申九月升右布政，丙戌九月升江西左，己丑六月升应天府尹，庚寅正月升大理寺卿，辛卯十月回籍听用，丙申正月卒。曾祖瓒。祖泮，赠兵部主事。父柏，按察司副使进阶奉议大夫。
==Works==
His works include the ''Eryouyuan Poetry Collection'' (二酉园诗集) in twelve volumes and the ''Wuyue Zhi'' (五岳志) in twelve volumes, a Qing Dynasty manuscript of which is still extant.郭明芳撰国立台湾师范大学图书馆藏古籍考述--以明版图书为中心 He also wrote the preface for two books of Wu Cheng'en,
People from Honghu
Ming dynasty people
1525 births
1595 deaths
[h4] '''Chen Wenzhu''' ( He was a friend of Xu Zhongxing and Wu Cheng'en, and wrote the preface for two books of the latter. Government official and writer Fu Yi (Ming Dynasty)|Fu Yi was his cousin.
==Biography== He was a native of Mianyang Prefecture (present-day Honghu, Hubei), where he was born in the fourth year of the Jiajing era (1525). 陈文烛之生卒年，众说纷纭。叶德均《戏曲小说丛考·西游记研究的资料》谓陈文烛生于嘉靖十四年。他的依据是陈文烛《廷中诗》卷一《遣儿归省大人书怀》八首之三: “嘉靖庚戌时，我生十有六。”又同卷《己已除夕拟杜七歌》之七: “吁嗟我年三十五”，以此推得陈氏当生于嘉靖十四年。王学范主编《王世贞抚郧诗文集》中，将陈文烛生年标注为1525年。此据《先君行状》载： “丙申，历齐鲁泛江淮而归登太山梅子，至家得奇梦，而不肖生，小字武当，盖四月八日，先君又喜得子也。”又《游太和山记》(二西园文集》卷九) : “岁丙申三月，按察公再登，祷绝顶，得奇梦。四月八日，甫归，而不杀生。小字武当。人以为异云。” He was born into a prominent family who had produced ''jinshi'' for three generations. He passed the provincial examination of Huguang in the 37th year of the Jiajing era (1558) and became a ''juren''. In the 44th year of the Jiajing era (1565), he became a ''jinshi'' in the third class.
In the fourth year of the Longqing Emperor|Longqing era (1570), he became the prefect of Huai'an Prefecture. He then served in a number of official posts including as prefect of Yingtian Prefecture and Minister of the Court of Judicial Review in Nanjing. Eight months after being appointed as such, Wu Zhipeng, a Supervising Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing, impeached hin for accepting bribes from Xu Shengxun and for leniently letting his adopted son Yang Feng kill his master Xu Yaonian. He was then ordered to return to his hometown to hear the investigation. He then retired and died in the twenty-third year of the Wanli era (1595), at the age of sixty.陈文烛卒年见龙腾《给隐文集》卷十二《祭陈岳翁文》。《嘉靖四十四年乙丑科进士履历便览》：陈文烛，五岳，书三房，丙申四月初八日生，严侍，沔阳州人，乡试七名，会试三百四十二名，三甲一百一名。吏部政，乙丑八月授大理寺评事，丙寅九月升寺副，己巳二月升寺正，庚午四月升淮安知府，甲戌二月升四川提学副使，丁丑十一月升参政，丁忧。癸未二月复除四川，十二月升福建按察使，甲申九月升右布政，丙戌九月升江西左，己丑六月升应天府尹，庚寅正月升大理寺卿，辛卯十月回籍听用，丙申正月卒。曾祖瓒。祖泮，赠兵部主事。父柏，按察司副使进阶奉议大夫。
==Works== His works include the ''Eryouyuan Poetry Collection'' (二酉园诗集) in twelve volumes and the ''Wuyue Zhi'' (五岳志) in twelve volumes, a Qing Dynasty manuscript of which is still extant.郭明芳撰国立台湾师范大学图书馆藏古籍考述--以明版图书为中心 He also wrote the preface for two books of Wu Cheng'en,
People from Honghu Ming dynasty people 1525 births 1595 deaths [/h4]
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