Xiè Huìlián jí 謝惠連集
Collected Works of Xie Huilian (Reconstructed) by 謝惠連 (撰)
About the work
A reconstructed collection (jíyìběn 輯佚本) of the literary writings of Xiè Huìlián 謝惠連 (407–433 CE), Liú Sòng 劉宋 poet and cousin of Xiè Língyùn 謝靈運. The surviving fragments are gathered in one juǎn. The reconstruction draws on the Wénxuǎn 文選, the Sān Xiè shī 三謝詩 anthology tradition (the “Three Xies” being Xie Lingyun, Xie Huilian, and Xiè Tiào 謝朓 KR4b0012), and citations in the Yuèfǔ shījí 樂府詩集. Several poems are cross-attributed with Xiè Língyùn (KR4b0043) in different sources — a common textual transmission problem within the Xie family corpus — which the compiler notes explicitly with cross-references.
Tiyao
No tiyao found in source. This text is an extra-catalog reconstruction not included in the Sìkù quánshū 四庫全書.
Abstract
Xiè Huìlián 謝惠連 (407–433 CE; zì Xiǎoshān 小山; CBDB: not confirmed) was a Liú Sòng poet from the Chéngjùn Xiè 陳郡謝 clan, a first cousin of the landscape-poetry founder Xiè Língyùn 謝靈運. He died young at age 27. He is celebrated in the Shīpǐn 詩品 by Zhōng Róng 鍾嶸, placed in the upper grade, and praised for his natural gifted style distinct from his cousin’s more elaborate manner.
His most celebrated poem is the 〈祭古冢文〉 (Ritual Mourning for an Ancient Tomb) and the fù 〈雪賦〉 (Rhapsody on Snow, Xuě fù 雪賦), the latter preserved in Wénxuǎn juǎn 13. Xie Lingyun praised him as a literary prodigy and they composed poetry together. The “Three Xies” (Sān Xiè 三謝) anthology tradition grouped Xie Lingyun, Xie Huilian, and Xie Tiao as the three greatest members of the Xie clan’s literary lineage. The present one-juǎn jiyiben draws on citations identified in Lǚ Qīnlì 逯欽立’s modern reconstruction appendix. Zhāng Pǔ 張溥 included a Xiè Xiǎoshān jí 謝小山集 in the Hàn Wèi Liùcháo bǎisān jiā jí 漢魏六朝百三家集.
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 Xie Huilian.
Links
- Wikipedia: Xie Huilian