Wáng Yún jí 王筠集
Collected Works of Wang Yun (Reconstructed) by 王筠 (撰)
About the work
A reconstructed collection (jíyìběn 輯佚本) of the literary writings of Wáng Yún 王筠 (472–549 CE), Liáng 梁 official, calligrapher, and poet. Organized in three juǎn, the fragments carry eight first-person signatures including “王筠頓首頓首”, “弟子孤子王筠頓首稽首和南”, and “王筠和南” — both secular and Buddhist epistolary closings — and are documented through two citations in the Liángshū biography (juǎn 33). The collection includes the 〈昭明太子哀冊文〉 (Elegiac Proclamation for the Deceased Crown Prince Xiao Tong) and the 〈摘安石榴贈劉孝威〉 (Presenting Pomegranate Seeds to Liu Xiaowei), representative occasional verse. Buddhist letters preserved in the Guǎng hóng míng jí 廣弘明集 juǎn 24 and 28 form another important source.
Tiyao
No tiyao found in source. This text is an extra-catalog reconstruction not included in the Sìkù quánshū 四庫全書.
Abstract
Wáng Yún 王筠 (472–549 CE; zì Yuánlǐ 元禮; CBDB: multiple entries; Liang dynasty person not uniquely confirmed) was a Liáng dynasty official and calligrapher from Pénchéng 彭城 (ancestral home), resident of Jiānkāng 建康. He held various court positions including Shàngshū lìng 尚書令 (Director of the Imperial Secretariat) near the end of his life. He was respected as a calligrapher particularly admired for his cursive script. His biography is in Liángshū juǎn 33 and Nán shǐ juǎn 22.
Wang Yun moved in the highest literary circles of the Liang court: he corresponded with Liú Xiàochuò 劉孝綽 (KR4b0059), Liú Xiàowēi 劉孝威, and other Palace Style poets. His Buddhist devotion is attested by the Buddhist epistolary closings in his letters. The Suíshū Jīngjízhì records a Wáng Yún jí in twenty juǎn. Zhāng Pǔ 張溥 included a Wáng Yuánlǐ jí 王元禮集 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 Wang Yun.
Links
- Wikipedia: Wang Yun (Liang dynasty)