Dànzhāi jí 澹齋集
Tranquil-Studio Collection by 李流謙 (撰)
About the work
Dànzhāi jí 澹齋集 in 18 juǎn is the literary collection of Lǐ Liúqiān 李流謙 (1123–1176), Tōngpàn Tóngchuānfǔ under Xiàozōng. Originally 81 juǎn (per Jiāo Hóng’s 焦竑 Guóshǐ jīngjízhì and Huáng Yújì’s 黃虞稷 Qiānqǐngtáng shūmù); the late-Míng edition was lost and the Sìkù editors reconstituted 18 juǎn from the Yǒnglè dàdiǎn. The collection’s most notable single piece is the Fēnshǎn zhì 分陝志 — a memorial composition extolling Zhāng Jùn 張浚 (Lǐ’s father’s patron) and consequently judged by the Sìkù editors as excessively partisan.
Tiyao
Dànzhāi jí in 18 juǎn, by Lǐ Liúqiān of the Sòng. Liúqiān, zì Wúbiàn, of Hànzhōu Déyáng. His father [Lǐ] Liángchén achieved Zhènghé 5 (1115) jìnshì; in Shàoxīng appointed guǎnzhí; was a Shàngshūláng; late, out as Prefect of Jiǎnzhōu and Chízhōu, where he ended. Liúqiān, in his youth, by his father’s yīn received the jiāngshìláng and was appointed Chéngdūfǔ Língquánxiàn wèi. At the term’s-completion transferred to Yázhōu jiàoshòu. When Yú Yǔnwén was Pacification Commissioner of all Sìchuān, he placed-him in his entourage; much zànhuà (advised-and-planned) for him. Soon, by recommendation, appointed Zhūwánggōng dàxiǎoxué jiàoshòu. Forcibly petitioned for outside-posting; reassigned Fèngyìláng, Tōngpàn Tóngchuānfǔ shì. His career not in Sòng shǐ. Only his elder-brother [Lǐ] Yìqiān’s composed xíngzhuàng fully shows beginning-and-end.
His composed wénjí the Sòng shǐ also did-not-record. Only Jiāo Hóng’s Guóshǐ jīngjízhì and Huáng Yújì’s Qiānqǐngtáng shūmù both record Dànzhāi jí in 81 juǎn. So in Míng times still had transmitted-version. Today already yānmò wúwén (lost and unheard-of). Lì È composed Sòng shī jì shì — only from the Chéngdū wénlèi drew-out Méilín fēnyùn one piece. Its prose also rather differs from the original-collection. Further makes Liúqiān a Miánzhú person — does-not-match the xíngzhuàng. Knowing È did-not-see the original-collection; hence transmission heard divergent-words.
Liúqiān was known for wénxué. His father Liángchén once was-out-of Zhāng Jùn’s gate; and was promoted-and-recommended by-him. The collection’s Fēnshǎn zhì was specially composed to praise Jùn’s xūndé; pūzhāng tàishèn — shū bùmiǎn ménhù zhī sī (especially does-not-avoid school-faction’s privacy). His poetry-and-prose’s biānfú (margin-and-frame) somewhat narrow; occasionally shāng qiǎnlǐ (injured by being shallow-and-vulgar); also unable to fully chúncuì (be pure-and-essential). But the brush-strength is qiàojìn (sharp-and-firm); does-not nit-pickingly take diāozhuó (carving-and-polishing) as merit. Compared to the later breaking-up nièruò (powerless-weak) custom — comparatively shèngzhī (better than).
The Sòng-period left-collections most-of-them are scattered-and-lost; like Liúqiān, may-as-well preserve [him] to constitute one-school. Carefully drawing on what is recorded in the Yǒnglè dàdiǎn, copied-and-collected, edited-and-arranged, into 18 juǎn. His brother [Lǐ] Yìqiān’s xíngzhuàng and his son [Lǐ] Liánjǔ 廉榘’s collection-cut original-colophon together appended at the back, to provide collation. Respectfully collated, Qiánlóng 46 (1781), 9th month.
Abstract
The Dànzhāi jí in 18 juǎn is a substantially-reduced Yǒnglè dàdiǎn recovery of an originally massive collection (81 juǎn in late-Míng). Lǐ Liúqiān was a Sìchuān regional official whose career was launched through Yú Yǔnwén 虞允文’s Pacification Commission. The collection’s principal causa célèbre — the Fēnshǎn zhì — is identified by the Sìkù editors as a ménhù sī (factional partisanship) instance: Lǐ honoured Zhāng Jùn (his father’s patron) too one-sidedly, parallel to Lù Yóu’s similarly partisan Nányuán jì for Hán Tuōzhòu (the Sìkù editors made the explicit comparison in the tíyào of the Wèinán wénjí).
The bibliographic case is also noteworthy: Lì È 厲鶚 in his Sòng shī jì shì (early Qīng) had to draw on the Chéngdū wénlèi for Lǐ’s verse, finding only one piece, and misidentified Lǐ’s native place as Miánzhú. The xíngzhuàng by Lǐ’s elder brother Yìqiān is the principal corrective biographical source.
CBDB id 20019 confirms 1123–1176; the catalog meta is silent on dates.
Translations and research
- 李益謙 Liú-qiān xíng-zhuàng — preserved as appendix in WYG.
- 厲鶚 Sòng shī jì shì — the partial early-Qīng record (now superseded).
- 焦竑 Guó-shǐ jīng-jí-zhì — records the original 81 juǎn.
- No dedicated Western-language study located.
Other points of interest
- The Fēnshǎn zhì is read by the Sìkù editors as an instance of factional partisanship in Sòng biéjí; readers should consult it alongside the better-known case of Lù Yóu’s Nányuán jì for Hán Tuōzhòu.