Yīng Jú jí 應璩集
Collected Works of Ying Ju (Reconstructed) by 應璩 (撰)
About the work
A reconstructed collection (jíyìběn 輯佚本) of the works of Yīng Jú 應璩 (191–252 CE), a Wèi 魏 dynasty poet and official best known for his satirical Bǎiyī shī 百一詩 (Poems of the Hundred and One). Arranged in two juǎn, the collection preserves fragments cited in the Wénxuǎn 文選, Yìwén lèijù 藝文類聚, Chūxué jì 初學記, Lèifǔ shījí 樂府詩集, and Zhāng Pǔ 張溥’s Bǎisān jiā jí 百三家集 as well as in the Hǎilù suìshì 海錄碎事. The most substantial surviving works are the three Bǎiyī shī, social-commentary poems addressed to the power of circumstance over reputation.
Tiyao
No tiyao found in source. This text is an extra-catalog reconstruction not included in the Sìkù quánshū 四庫全書.
Abstract
Yīng Jú 應璩 (191–252; zì Xiūlián 休璉; CBDB id 439041) was a Wèi court official and poet, younger brother of Yīng Chǎng 應瑒 (one of the Jiàn’ān Qīzǐ 建安七子). He served as Zhōngshū shìláng 中書侍郎 and Shàngshū 尚書. The Suíshū Jīngjízhì lists a Yīng Xiūlián jí 應休璉集 in ten juǎn, which was lost by the Sòng 宋; only fragments survive in quotation.
The Bǎiyī shī 百一詩 are his most celebrated works — poems composed in a wry, indirect style to comment on the dangers of high office, the fickleness of fame, and the vulnerability of the talented to slander and ruin. The title refers to a strategy of veiled critique: “one thing among a hundred” that slips past censure. Zhōng Róng 鍾嶸 placed Yīng Jú in the middle (zhōng 中) grade of the Shīpǐn, noting his debt to the Shījīng 詩經 tradition of indirect political remonstrance. Zhāng Pǔ 張溥 (1602–1641) included a Yīng Xiūlián jí 應休璉集 in his Hàn Wèi Liùcháo bǎisān jiā jí 漢魏六朝百三家集. The present reconstruction draws on the same textual sources but may differ in selection and arrangement. Source citations include references to 《百三家集·本集》 and 《百三家集》引《海錄碎事》.
Translations and research
- Knechtges, David R., and Taiping Chang, eds. Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature: A Reference Guide. Leiden: Brill, 2010–2014. Entry on Ying Ju.
Links
- Wikipedia: Ying Ju