Fù Xián jí 傅咸集
Collected Works of Fu Xian (Reconstructed) by 傅咸 (撰)
About the work
A reconstructed collection (jíyìběn 輯佚本) of the writings of Fù Xián 傅咸 (239–294 CE), a Western Jìn 西晉 court official, moralist, and poet. Organized in three juǎn, the fragments survive primarily through citations in the Tàipíng yùlǎn 太平御覽, with the source consistently identified as 《傅咸集》. The collection contains poems on social and ethical themes, official memorials (zòu 奏), and miscellanea, including 《孝經詩二章》 (Two Poems on the Classic of Filial Piety), 《論語詩二章》, and other didactic verse, as well as administrative memorials on issues of governance.
Tiyao
No tiyao found in source. This text is an extra-catalog reconstruction not included in the Sìkù quánshū 四庫全書.
Abstract
Fù Xián 傅咸 (239–294; zì Chángyú 長虞; CBDB id 11159) was the son of the prominent classicist and poet Fù Xuán 傅玄 (217–278). He served in court positions under Jìn Wǔdì 晉武帝 and Jìn Huìdì 晉惠帝, rising to the rank of Shàngshū yòupú shè 尚書右仆射 (Right Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs). His public career was marked by outspoken moral criticism of the political corruption and luxury of the early Jìn court; his Zòu 奏 memorials on topics ranging from official misconduct to food policy are among the most candid surviving political documents of the period. He died in 294, before the full onset of the Disturbance of the Eight Princes (Bāwáng zhī luàn). His biography is in Jìnshū 晉書 47. See 傅咸.
The Suíshū Jīngjízhì lists a Fù Xián jí 傅咸集 in thirteen juǎn; it was already incomplete by the Táng. The present reconstruction draws primarily on the Tàipíng yùlǎn 太平御覽 citations. Zhāng Pǔ 張溥 included a Fù Chángyú jí 傅長虞集 in his Hàn Wèi Liùcháo bǎisān jiā jí 漢魏六朝百三家集. The didactic poem cycle 《孝經詩》 and 《論語詩》 reflect Fù Xián’s Confucian moralism; several of his memorials on administrative reform survive in substantial fragments and are important primary sources for Western Jìn political history.
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 Fu Xian.
Links
- Wikipedia: Fu Xian (Jin dynasty)