| Date | Action | Place | Related
Actors |
| 1483=10=26 | Birth in Huzhou 湖州, Changxing 長興, Chenghua 19, 9th month, 25th day | Changxing 長興 (Zhejiang) | |
| 1483=10=26 | Father of Gu Yingxiang 顧應祥; Tian Jingweng educated his son Gu Yingxiang 顧應祥 personally. | | Gu Yingxiang 顧應祥 |
1505=02=04
to
1506=01=23 | Award of jinshi degree, Hongzhi 18. | Beijing 北京 (China) | |
1505>02>04
to
1565<09<29 | Composition of Ce yuan suan shu 測圜算術 | Beijing 北京 (China) | Ce yuan suan shu 測圜算術 |
1505>02>04
to
1565<09<29 | Composition of Gou gu qiu rong fang yuan lun shuo 句股求容方圓論說 | Beijing 北京 (China) | Gou gu qiu rong fang yuan lun shuo 勾股求容方圓論說 |
1505>02>04
to
1565<09<29 | Composition of Hu shi suan shu 弧矢算術 | Beijing 北京 (China) | Hu shi suan shu 弧矢算術 |
1505>02>04
to
1565<09<29 | Composition of Hu shi lun shuo 弧矢論說 | Beijing 北京 (China) | Hu shi lun shuo 弧矢論說 |
1505>02>04
to
1565<09<29 | Composition of Fang yuan lun shuo 方圓論說 | Beijing 北京 (China) | Fang yuan lun shuo 方圓論說 |
1505>02>04
to
1565<09<29 | Composition of Shou shi li fa cuo yao 授時曆法撮要 | Beijing 北京 (China) | Shou shi li fa cuo yao 授時曆法撮要 |
1505>02>04
to
1565<09<29 | Composition by Gu Yingxiang 顧應祥 in 30 juan. Chronicle of important events in Chinese history. | | Ren dai ji yao 人代紀要 |
1506=01=24
to
1507=01=12 | Appointment as Imperial Commissioner (Youxuan shizhe 輏軒使者), Zhengde 1. | Beijing 北京 (China) | |
1506=01=24
to
1509=01=20 | Compilation of the Veritable Records of Emperor Xiaozong, from Zhengde 1 to Zhengde 3. This work was done in Nanji 南畿 (the Southern capital, Nanjing). | Nanjing 南京 (Jiangsu) | Compilers of Ming Xiaozong shi lu 明孝宗實錄 |
1508=02=01
to
1509=01=20 | Appointment as Prefectural Judge (tuiguan 推官) of Raozhou fu 饒州府 (Jiangxi), Zhengde 3. | Raozhou fu 饒州府 (Jiangxi) | |
1511=01=29
to
1512=01=18 | Appointment to Summoner of the Censors and Remonstrators (Taijian zhengzhao臺諫徵召). But because he was so young, he was first appointed (補) as Registrar of the Imperial Bodyguard (Jinyi weijingli錦衣衛經歷), in Zhengde 6. | Beijing 北京 (China) | |
| 1516=00=00 | Appointment to Guangdong Assistant Surveillance Commissioner and concurrently Acting Director of Bureau of Maritime Commerce. | Guangdong 廣東 (China) | |
| 1517-00-00 | Summons received from Wang Shouren (Wang Yangming) for Gu Yingxiang to help suppress rebellion in Tingzhou 汀州 and Zhangzhou 漳州, Fujian. Later suppressed rebels in Huguang and other regions. | | Gu Yingxiang 顧應祥 |
1517=00=00
to
1518=00=00 | Eyewitness to arrival of Portuguese fleet of Fernão Peres de Andrade; wrote about him and Tomé Pires, and wrote that in 1518 Andrade went to Melaka. Portuguese cannons were used in his army to suppress rebellions, so there was transfer of technology. | | Tomé Pires |
1517=01=22
to
1518=02=09 | Appointment to post of Assistant to Lingdong Circuit, Guangdong (Lingdong dao qianshi 廣東嶺東道僉事) (had been recommended to Chief Minister of the Court of Judicial Review [Daliqing 大理卿], but declined.) | Guangdong 廣東 (China) | |
1519=01=31
to
1520=01=19 | Appointment to Assistant Surveillance Commissioner of Jiangxi (Jiangxi Ancha fushi 江西按察副使), with the responsibility of patrolling the region of Nanchang. Zhengde 14. This was during the rebellion of Zhu Chenhao, Prince of Ning. | Nanchang 南昌 (Jiangxi) | |
1526=02=11
to
1527=01=31 | Promotion to Chief Minister (qing 卿) of the Shaanxi 陜西 Pasturage Office (Yuanmasi苑馬寺), in charge of 6 Directorates (jian監) and 24 parks (yuan 苑) of the horse administration (mazheng馬政), in Jiajing 5. | Shaanxi 陝西 (China) | |
1527=04=30
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1527=05=29 | Promotion to Vice Commissioner of the Provincial Administration Commission of Shandong (Shandong buzhengshisi zuocanzhang 山東布政使司左參政 in the 4th month of Jiajiang 6, and following this he was again promoted to be Surveillance Commissioner (Anchashi 按察使). | Shaanxi 陝西 (China) | |
1530=04=27
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1530=05=26 | Appointment to Right Provincial Administration Commissioner (You bu zheng shi 右布政使) in Shandong in 4th month of Jiajing 9. | Shandong (China) | |
1530=11=20
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1530=12=19 | Promotion to Right Vice Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate of Yunnan (Yunnan Duchayuan youfuduyushi 都察院右副都御史, Grand Coordinator (xunfu巡撫) of Yunnan, in the 11th month of Jiajing 9. | Yunnan 雲南 (China) | |
1532=02=06
to
1533=01=24 | Appointment as Grand Coordinator (xunfu 巡撫) of Yunnan in Jiajing 11. | Yunnan 雲南 (China) | |
1533=01=25
to
1533=02=23 | Death of mother caused him to leave office. Failed to obtain permission properly, and was punished later. First month of Jiajing 12. | Yunnan 雲南 (China) | |
1533=04=24
to
1533=05=23 | Composition of Ju gu suan shu 句股算術 | Beijing 北京 (China) | Gou gu suan shu 勾股算術 |
1538=00=00
to
1549=00=00 | Composition by Gu Yingxiang. It is an historical work on the Nan-chao written while Gu was serving in Yunnan. | | Nan zhao shi lue 南詔事略 |
1548=02=10
to
1549=01=28 | Reappointment of Gu Yingxiang 顧應祥 as Ducha yuan youfu duyushi to Grand Coordinator (xunfu) of Yunnan 都察院右副都御史巡撫雲南. In Jiajing 27
| Yunnan 雲南 (China) | |
1549=07=24
to
1549=08=22 | Appointment as Vice Minister (Youshilang 右侍郎) in the Ministry of War (Bing bu 兵部) in Nanjing, in the 7th month of Jiajing 28.
| Nanjing 南京 (Jiangsu) | |
1550=01=18
to
1551=02=04 | Appointment as Minister of Punishments (Xingbu shangshu 刑部尚書), Jiajing 29 (嘉靖庚戌) ; DMB calls it Ministry of Justice. | Beijing 北京 (China) | |
1550=01=18
to
1551=02=04 | Composition of Ce yuan hai jing fen lei shi shu 測圜海鏡分纇釋術, a work in 10 juan | Beijing 北京 (China) | Ce yuan hai jing fen lei shi shu 測圜海鏡分纇釋術 |
1550=01=18
to
1551=02=04 | Composition by Gu Yingxiang 顧應祥 | | Preface to Ce yuan hai jing fen lei shi shu 測圜海鏡分纇釋術 |
1550>04>18
to
1551=02=04 | Demotion to Minister of Punishments (Xingbu shangshu 刑部尚書) in Nanjing, Jiajing 29 (嘉靖庚戌), three months after his appointment to this post in Beijing. | Nanjing 南京 (Jiangsu) | |
1553=01=14
to
1554=02=01 | Retirement in Jiajing guichou (= Jiajing 32) | Changxing 長興 (Zhejiang) | |
| 1561=00=00 | Composition of Changxing xianzhi 長興縣志 during his retirement, when he was 79. It is a gazetteer for his home district. | Changxing 長興 (Zhejiang) | Chang xing xian zhi 長興縣志 |
| 1564=00=00 | Composition of Xiyin lu 惜陰錄 in 12 juan, by Gu Yingxiang 顧應祥 the year before he died, during his retirement. | Changxing 長興 (Zhejiang) | Xi yin lu 惜陰錄 |
| 1565=09=29 | Death in 1565, twelve years after his retirement according to http://math.ntnu.edu.tw/. He was 83 sui. The DMB says he was buried at Lingshan 靈山 | Changxing 長興 (Zhejiang) | |
| 1565>00>00 | Posthumous title of Junior Guardian of the heir apparent was granted to him. | | |
| 1799<00<00 | Inclusion of Gu Yingxiang's 顧應祥 Gou gu suan shu 句股算術 in a list of Ming astronomical writers taken from Cheng Dawei's 成大位 chapter entitled Suan jing yuan liu 算經源流 of his work Suan fa tong zong 算法統宗
| | Gu Yingxiang 顧應祥 |
| 1799<00<00 | Inclusion of Gu Yingxiang's 顧應祥 Hu shi suan shu 弧矢算術 in a list of Ming astronomical writers taken from Cheng Dawei's 成大位 chapter entitled Suan jing yuan liu 算經源流 of his work Suan fa tong zong 算法統宗
| | Gu Yingxiang 顧應祥 |
