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ZHOU Dunyi, 1017–1073 (aged 56 years)

Zhou Dunyi
Name
/ZHOU/ Dunyi
Type
pinyin
Given names
Dunyi
Surname
ZHOU
Name
/周/敦頤
Type
traditional
Given names
敦頤
Surname
周
Name
/周/敦颐
Type
simplified
Given names
敦颐
Surname
周
Name
/周/敦實
Type
birth name
Given names
敦實
Surname
周
Romanized
/Zhōu/ Dūnshí
Name
/周/濂溪
Type
posthumous
Given names
濂溪
Surname
周
Romanized
/Zhōu/ Liánxī
Birth 1017

Occupation
Philosopher in the Han Dynasty

China Government/Dynasties
Liao Dynasty
from 916 to 1125 (52 years after death)

Source:

Wikipedia

China Government/Dynasties
Song or Sung Dynasty
from 960 to 1279 (206 years after death)

Source:

Wikipedia

Note: Period of great social and intellectual change: Neo-Confucianism attains supremacy over Taoism and B…

Period of great social and intellectual change: Neo-Confucianism attains supremacy over Taoism and Buddhism; central bureaucracy reestablished. Widespread cultivation of tea and cotton; gunpowder first used militarily. This was also the golden age of Chinese painting. Militarily however, the Song empire remained weak, preferring diplomacy to warfare. In 1125, the empire was overrun by the Jin, forcing the emperor to flee south. In 1275, China fell to the Mongols. source

Death of a father周懷正

Death of a mother鄭 氏

Death 1073 (aged 56 years)

Research task
unsure if he is brother of Zhou DunShen I435 or same person
September 7, 2014

Research task
check lineage from John Jue
July 18, 2019

Note: Top-Down Historical Trace of 週郭頤

Top-Down Historical Trace of 週郭頤 周郭頤 had two sons: 周壽，週虞仲。 周壽 has several sons: 週興继 (#2) and 週季仲 (#5)。 週郭頤 = 5th generation descedant： 任吏 周郭頤 5th generation descendant: 周任吏 12th generation descendant: 周冕
Family with parents
father
Guangdong 1-5
Marriage:
Death:
Ancestral file number: 45世
Unique identifier: 3921B1147BB946B9849738EAA2BCED381216
Unique identifier: 5F9ACD75F1ED4D829559367D0144DF05B28B
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Descendants chart Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse 鄭 氏 ZHOU Dunyi Family with spouse 周礪
周懷正
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Death:
mother
Marriage:
Death:
Unique identifier: 3921B1147BB946B9849738EAA2BCED381216
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Descendants chart Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse 周懷正 ZHOU Dunyi
鄭 氏
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Death:
Marriage Marriage — —
himself
Zhou Dunyi
Birth: 1017
Occupation: Philosopher in the Han Dynasty
Death: 1073
Ancestral file number: 46世
Unique identifier: EC7197DB9AD44288AA134278FBF3206CF89A
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Descendants chart Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse 周燾
ZHOU Dunyi
周敦頤
1017–1073
Birth: 1017
Death: 1073
Father’s family with an unknown individual
father
Guangdong 1-5
Marriage:
Death:
Ancestral file number: 45世
Unique identifier: 3921B1147BB946B9849738EAA2BCED381216
Unique identifier: 5F9ACD75F1ED4D829559367D0144DF05B28B
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Descendants chart Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse 鄭 氏 ZHOU Dunyi Family with spouse 周礪
周懷正
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Death:
half-brother
Death:
Unique identifier: 117923C6AE894CF58FDE8BBEB1B69AF59750
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Descendants chart Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse 周仲華 周仲章
周礪
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Death:
ZHOU Dunyi + … …
himself
Zhou Dunyi
Birth: 1017
Occupation: Philosopher in the Han Dynasty
Death: 1073
Ancestral file number: 46世
Unique identifier: EC7197DB9AD44288AA134278FBF3206CF89A
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Descendants chart Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse 周燾
ZHOU Dunyi
周敦頤
1017–1073
Birth: 1017
Death: 1073
son
Death:
Unique identifier: 83693F68D254406D8581C003105EB3E939C1
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Descendants chart Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse 周絪
周燾
–
Death:
Research task

Top-Down Historical Trace of 週郭頤 周郭頤 had two sons: 周壽，週虞仲。 周壽 has several sons: 週興继 (#2) and 週季仲 (#5)。 週郭頤 = 5th generation descedant： 任吏 周郭頤 5th generation descendant: 周任吏 12th generation descendant: 周冕

Media object
Zhou Dunyi
The  Chinese characters You labeled I435 about the Zhou progenitor for Guangdong is Zhou Dun Yi( 敦颐)other name濂溪. The other 3 names or title was given to him by the Emperor: 汝南伯,道國公, posthumous先儒公.The information came from:
四十六世敦頤公原名敦實避英宗諱改為敦頤茂叔號濂溪妣陸氏續蒲氏生二子壽、（陸出）燾（蒲出）生一女適程門。公生於天禧已未年真宗二十二年年號八月十二日卯時( He was born 09/13/1019AD)登熙寧神宗年號庚戍科( In 1070AD)進士(He attainedthe Scholar degree -Jinshi)初仕分寧主簿次遷桂陽令( He was the Magistrate of Gui Yang 累遷虔州道即今贛州present Ganzhou Jiangxi province)，造有濂溪書院(濂溪School)並四賢坊公名在焉，後遷朝即任尚書初封汝南伯後封道國公所任治績特著因性愛山水邑有蓮花數峰用結廬其下佈蓮滿池名曰愛蓮亭著愛蓮說以自況併著大極圖說及性理精義行世熙寧四年辛亥歲六月初七日( On 07/06/1071AD)歿(he passed away)葬於德化縣城清泉社鄧母墓左穴後入理學封先儒公又封先賢配陸氏封縉雲縣君合葬公墳續蒲氏左丞宗孟胞妹葬於德化縣城清泉社公墳右穴.