Liú Jùn jí 劉峻集
Collected Works of Liu Jun (Liu Xiaobiao) (Reconstructed) by 劉峻 (撰)
About the work
A reconstructed collection (jíyìběn 輯佚本) of the literary writings of Liú Jùn 劉峻 (462–521 CE), also known by his courtesy name Xiàobiāo 孝標, Liáng 梁 scholar and commentator. Organized in two juǎn, the fragments are documented through four citations of the Liángshū 梁書 biography (juǎn 50) and include his famous 〈廣絕交論〉 (Expanded Essay on Severing Friendships) — a response to Ruǎn Jí’s 阮籍 essay — along with miscellaneous verse and the opening poem 〈登郁洲山望海〉 (Ascending Mount Yuzhou to Gaze at the Sea), composed during his exile in the north. The file’s editorial apparatus explicitly refers to “《劉孝標集校注》附錄二劉孝標佚句輯存” (the appendix of Liu Xiaobiao’s fragmentary sentences in the modern annotated edition of his collected works), confirming this reconstruction’s relationship to modern scholarship.
Tiyao
No tiyao found in source. This text is an extra-catalog reconstruction not included in the Sìkù quánshū 四庫全書.
Abstract
Liú Jùn 劉峻 (462–521 CE; zì Xiàobiāo 孝標; CBDB id 161107) was a Liáng dynasty scholar from Píngcāng 平昌. He was captured by the Northern Wei as a child and spent his youth in the north; upon returning south he devoted himself to scholarship. He is best known as the compiler of the authoritative commentary on the Shìshuō xīnyǔ 世說新語, the Shìshuō xīnyǔ zhù 世說新語注, which provides some 400 supplementary citations from otherwise lost sources and remains the standard reference. His biography is in Liángshū juǎn 50 and Nán shǐ juǎn 49.
Beyond the Shìshuō commentary, Liu Jun wrote several literary essays including the 〈廣絕交論〉, which expands on Ruǎn Jí’s 阮籍 famous essay on friendship with a more pessimistic, disillusioned view of human relationships. He was repeatedly passed over for official posts despite his enormous learning, and his writings reflect this frustration. The present jiyiben draws on fragments from modern scholarly editions and lèishū citations. Zhāng Pǔ 張溥 included a Liú Xiàobiāo jí 劉孝標集 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 Liu Jun.
Links
- Wikipedia: Liu Jun (Liang dynasty)