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御定資政要覽

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Text ID
KR3a0101
Date
1655–1655
Dynasty
清

Yù dìng zī zhèng yào lǎn 御定資政要覽

Imperial-Approved Essentials for Aiding Government imperially composed by 世祖 (Shùnzhì 順治, 1638–1661, 清, 撰); compiled by 呂宮 (Lǚ Gōng, zì Jīnmén 金門, fl. 1640s–1660s, 清, 纂)

About the work

A three-juan early-Qīng imperial pedagogical compendium in 30 zhāng covering the universe of relations and virtues: jūn dào, chén dào, fù dào, zǐ dào, fū dào, fù dào, yǒu dào, tǐ rén, hóng yì, dūn lǐ, chá wēi, zhāo xìn, zhī rén, hòu shēng, jiào huà, jiǎn dé, qiān shàn, wù xué, zhòng nóng, mù qīn, jī shàn, ài mín, cí yòu, chéng fèn, zhì yù, lǚ qiān, jǐn yán, shèn xíng, ài wù. Each piān has imperial annotation. The work was completed in Shùnzhì 12 (1655) — Shùnzhì at age 18, in the period after Dorgon’s death (1650) when he had assumed personal control of government. The two-juan main text plus a hòu xù (closing preface) makes the SKQS-base 3-juan structure.

The work follows the form of the zhūzǐ writings (ZhōuQín zǐ-text style) but draws on classical and historical materials in the imperial yǎnyì tradition. Lǚ Gōng’s role as cuàn (compiler-editor) is acknowledged in the catalog meta. Two further compilers — Jiǎng Hèdé 蔣赫德 and Fù Yǐjiàn 傅以漸 — composed the hòu xù (the appended closing preface).

Tiyao

We respectfully submit that the Yù dìng zīzhèng yào lǎn in 3 juan with hòu xù in 1 juan was composed by Shìzǔ Zhānghuángdì in Shùnzhì 12 (1655). 30 zhāng in all: Jūn dào, chén dào, fù dào, zǐ dào, fū dào, fù dào, yǒu dào, tǐ rén, hóng yì, dūn lǐ, chá wēi, zhāo xìn, zhī rén, hòu shēng, jiào huà, jiǎn dé, qiān shàn, wù xué, zhòng nóng, mù qīn, jī shàn, ài mín, cí yòu, chéng fèn, zhì yù, lǚ qiān, jǐn yán, shèn xíng, ài wù. Each piān has jiānzhù (annotation), also imperial. The form imitates ZhōuQín zhūzǐ but takes classical antiquity refigured as imperial maxim, yì lǐ rooted in the canon, fǎ jiè drawing on history. The main bearing illuminates the way of xiū shēn qí jiā; further extensively speaking on behalf of the assembled officers and the hundred surnames.

[Tíyào continues; abbreviated.]

Respectfully revised and submitted, [date].

General Compilers: Jǐ Yún 紀昀, Lù Xīxióng 陸錫熊, Sūn Shìyì 孫士毅.

Abstract

The Yù dìng zīzhèng yào lǎn is the principal early-Qīng imperial pedagogical work, composed by Shùnzhì in 1655 (age 18). The frontmatter brackets to 1655–1655. The work is significant as the first imperial-composed Confucian-pedagogical work after the Qīng conquest and establishes the early-Qīng court’s Lǐxué-orthodox positioning. The work is paired in tradition with the later Sìshū of imperial-composed works: Shèng yù guǎng xùn (KR3a0102), Tíng xùn gé yán (KR3a0103), and Rì zhī huì shuō (KR3a0104).

The bibliographic record: Qīng shǐ gǎo (where extant); SKQS Zǐbù — Rújiā lèi.

Translations and research

  • No substantial English-language secondary literature located.
  • For Shùnzhì’s intellectual life: studies of early-Qīng imperial Lǐxué patronage (Wing-tsit Chan, “The Hsing-li ching-i and the Ch’eng-Chu School”).

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