Qiánshān jí 灊山集
Mount Qián Collection by 朱翌 (撰)
About the work
Qiánshān jí 灊山集 in 3 juǎn is the surviving poetic collection of Zhū Yì 朱翌 (1097–1167), bǐjì author of the Yījuéliáo zájì KR3i0017. The title takes Zhū’s hào Qiánshān jūshì 灊山居士. The original wénjí + shījí of 45 juǎn (per Sòng shǐ Yìwénzhì — 42 prose + 3 poetry) is lost; the present 3-juǎn recension is the Yǒnglè dàdiǎn recovery of the poetry. The poetic style — Yuányòu lineage, gǔtǐ tiēdàng zònghéng, regulated verse wěilì kàngjiàn, characteristic chéngyǔ shǔduì — is unanimously praised by Chén Hú’s Qíjiù xùwén, Liú Kèzhuāng’s Hòucūn shīhuà, Wáng Yìnglín’s Kùnxué jìwén, and Zhōu Bìdà’s collection-preface (the latter comparing Zhū to Dù Mù 杜牧).
Tiyao
Qiánshān jí in 3 juǎn, by Zhū Yì of the Sòng. Yì has the Yījuéliáo zájì — already-recorded. His collection-listings seen in various works: Sòng shǐ Yìwénzhì makes-it 45 juǎn + poetry 3 juǎn; Chénshì Shūlù jiětí makes-it 3 juǎn; Jiāoshì Jīngjízhì makes-it 2 juǎn; further Zhōu Bìdà’s Píngyuán jí says: his son [Zhū] Zhǐ 軧 etc. classified the lord’s surviving-drafts altogether 44 juǎn — the juǎn-count mutually-divergent. Surely what [Zhōu] Bìdà spoke is the Sòngzhì’s 45 juǎn — that-is the wénjí. What Chénshì said as 3 juǎn refers exclusively to the shījí. The Jīngjízhì’s record is also the shījí; further erred 3 juǎn as 2 juǎn.
Today the wénjí is no-longer-visible; the shījí also has-no transmitted-version. Only what is collected in the Yǒnglè dàdiǎn — pieces still many. Carefully gathered-and-collected, edited as 3 juǎn — to restore its original-listing.
Yì’s father [Zhū] Zàishàng once travelled-with Sū Shì and Huáng Tíngjiān. Yì inherited his family-learning. Further, his talent-strength is extremely abundant-and-strong. Hence what he composed has Yuányòu surviving-style. The collection’s five- and seven-character gǔtǐ are all extremely tiēdàng zònghéng (extending-and-unrestrained); regulated verse also wěilì kàngjiàn (vigorous-and-firm); fond-of using chéngyǔ (ready-language) to make-couplets, shuài tuǒtiē zìrán (universally fitting-naturally).
Chén Hú’s Qíjiù xùwén, Liú Kèzhuāng’s Hòucūn shīhuà, Wáng Yìnglín’s Kùnxué jìwén all selected his fine-lines, shèng xiāng tuīyì (together vigorously praising-him). Surely his brush-strength páiào (pushing-bold) really enough to pìnì (look-down upon) his time. Compared to Southern-Sòng-period píngyì chǎnhuǎn (level-and-easy, limp-and-slow) tones, qiānshuài liáodǎo (perfunctory-and-broken) custom — jiǒng hū bùtóng (utterly different). Zhōu Bìdà’s preface compares-him to Dù Mù — not over-praise. Today what Chén Hú and others picked-out, although unable-to-see complete pieces, within the 3 juǎn the jīnghuá jùcún (essence-and-flower fully-preserved) — also enough to glimpse the leopard’s spots. Respectfully collated, Qiánlóng 46 (1781), 9th month.
Abstract
The 3-juǎn WYG version is the Yǒnglè dàdiǎn recovery of Zhū Yì’s poetic corpus. The 42-juǎn wénjí is lost. The bibliographic confusion (3 vs. 2 vs. 45 vs. 44 juǎn) is resolved by the Sìkù editors: the high figures (45 / 44) refer to the prose collection; the low figure (3) to the poetry collection; Jiāo Hóng’s Jīngjízhì erred 3 as 2.
The principal external aesthetic appraisals — Chén Hú’s Qíjiù xùwén, Liú Kèzhuāng’s Hòucūn shīhuà, Wáng Yìnglín’s Kùnxué jìwén — together with Zhōu Bìdà’s collection-preface comparing Zhū to Dù Mù, place Zhū’s surviving poetry at a high rank within early-Southern-Sòng Yuányòu-style verse.
CBDB id 3258 gives 1097–1167; the catalog meta has 1098–1167. CBDB followed.
Translations and research
- 周必大 Píng-yuán jí preface to the Qián-shān jí — preserved.
- 陳鵠 Qí-jiù xù-wén — preserves selected lines.
- 劉克莊 Hòu-cūn shī-huà — preserves selected lines.
- 王應麟 Kùn-xué jì-wén KR3a0036 — preserves selected lines.
- No dedicated Western-language study located.
Other points of interest
- Read together with the Yījuéliáo zájì KR3i0017 for the full Zhū Yì corpus. The Yījuéliáo is one of the more substantial Sòng bǐjì and is independently valuable.