Fúshān jí 浮山集
Floating-Mountain Collection by 仲幷 (撰)
About the work
Fúshān jí 浮山集 in 10 juǎn is the surviving collection of Zhòng Bìng 仲幷 (fl. 1132–1170s), Sòng Guānglù chéng and Prefect of Qízhōu under Xiàozōng. The title takes Zhòng’s hào Fúshān 浮山. The original 16 juǎn (per Sòng shǐ Yìwénzhì) reduced to 10 in surviving transmission. Zhòng has no Sòng shǐ biography; the principal biographical source is Zhōu Bìdà’s preface (preserved in the Píngyuán jí). The Sìkù tíyào is unusually elaborate in working out Zhòng’s intellectual stance (anti-Wáng Ānshí, pro-Confucius/Mencius) and his political position (a Mèng-family in-law victim of Qín Guì 秦檜). The collection’s prose is praised as Ōu-Sū-inheriting; the poetry as qīngjùn bású.
Tiyao
Fúshān jí in 10 juǎn, by Zhòng Bìng of the Sòng. Bìng, zì Míxìng, of Jiāngdū. Sòng shǐ Yìwénzhì records Bìng’s Fúshān jí in 16 juǎn — but did-not give-him a biography. His career has-no examination. Only Zhōu Bìdà’s Píngyuán jí has the composed Bìng’s-collection-preface — calling Bìng Shàoxīng rénzǐ (1132) achieved jìnshì jiǎ; jiǎyín (1134) by Prime Minister Zhū Shèngfēi etc. discussed-recommended; changed to current-rank; soon-supplemented to outside; three years later, dīngsì (1137), again with Zhāng Jùn’s recommendation called-to the imperial-gate; by Qín Guì blocked; changed to assistant-prefect at Jīngkǒu. From-this leisured-and-set-aside for 20 years. Xiàozōng acceded — promoted to Guānglù chéng — out as Prefect of Qízhōu. What’s recorded of his career-tracks rather detailed.
But examining the collection’s Xiè zǎixiàng qǐ — “hóngxù chū chú” (school-pavilion at-first appointed) language — then once-was jiàoguān. Further the Yuánbì lù xù — self-called jiānlín wěijú (supervisor at a base-bureau) — then once-was Jiānchǎngguān. Further much with Píngjiāng, Huáixī, Nánān, Jiànkāng, Húzhōu etc. prefects-and-ministers ghost-wrote biǎoqǐ — then once-cumulatively-assisted various prefectures. While [Zhōu] Bìdà’s preface all does-not-reach. Surely because they have-no-relation to advance-and-retire — abbreviated.
[Zhōu] Bìdà further says: Bìng vigorously-refuted Wángshì doctrine; took-only Confucius-Mencius as teachers. His initial-appointment as Jīngzhí — Wáng Jūzhèng’s drafted zhìcí also has xué zhī shìfēi xiézhèng praise. While Chén Zhènsūn’s Shūlù jiětí says-his official-tenure as Húzhōu assistant-prefect — composed a Shēngcháo qīngcí (birthday-Daoist-prayer) for a registered-singer; for-this zhéguān (banished-from-office) — different from his usual-conduct; rather bùkě jiě (incomprehensible).
Examining the collection has Chénqíng qǐ — has the language “pángguān xiàshí, chóujiā bàngshāng” — meaning surely refers to this affair? Further the collection has Huí Mèng jùnwáng yīnlǐ shū — Jùnwáng is Empress-Dowager Lóngyòu’s nephew Mèng Zhōnghòu. Sòng shǐ Wàiqī zhuàn says Zhōnghòu with Qín Guì were-companions-married; while [Qín] Guì secretly jì zhī (jealous-of him). Further says: Guì held-power; in-laws climbing-up to advance; only Zhōnghòu yǔ wǔ (with-him at-odds). Wáng Míngqīng’s Huīzhú lù says: Wú Yù 吳棫 for [Mèng] Zhōnghòu drafted biǎo — for-this offended Qín Guì — banished as assistant-prefect of Quánzhōu.
So Bìng’s being-disliked by Guì — surely because-of the Mèng-family’s in-law-clan reason — finally with wēizuì (small-offence) was set-aside. His ancient-prose rather gāojiǎn yǒu fǎdù (lofty-and-concise, with-rule-and-measure); parallel-prose able-to use sǎnxíng (free-flowing) as páiǒu (parallel-couplet) — especially ŌuSū surviving-style. Poetry also qīngjùn bású (clear-elegant, transcending-vulgarity).
Wáng Yìnglín’s Kùnxué jìwén once-cited [Zhòng’s] composed Yǒng Wéi Zhíyì bù kàn Lǐngnán tú shī — “Zhèngkǒng Yázhōu rú yǒu běi; què yīng wèikěn shòu chánfū” two sentences — taking-it as the zhūjiānyú (executing-flatterers) xiāofǔ (sharp-axe). Yet its words qiǎnlù (shallow-and-exposed) — quite-not exhausting Bìng’s-strength. [Wáng] Yìnglín surely accidentally-picked-it; taking-it as Bìng’s poetry stops-at-this — really not-correct. According-to Zhōu [Bìdà’s preface] […]. Respectfully collated, Qiánlóng (year not specified in source).
Abstract
The Fúshān jí in 10 juǎn is the surviving recension of Zhòng Bìng’s collection. The original 16 juǎn (per Sòng shǐ Yìwénzhì) is reduced. Zhòng’s life — without a Sòng shǐ biography — is reconstructed by the Sìkù editors from Zhōu Bìdà’s preface and from internal evidence in the collection itself.
The collection’s principal historical interest: Zhòng’s intellectual-political position as anti-Wáng Ānshí / pro-Confucius-Mencius classicist; his career-pattern as a Zhū Shèngfēi protégé blocked by Qín Guì; the documentary connection to Mèng Zhōnghòu (Empress-Dowager Lóngyòu’s nephew, Qín Guì’s competitor). The Húzhōu Shēngcháo qīngcí affair recorded by Chén Zhènsūn KR3h0011 — apparently inconsistent with Zhòng’s overall character — the Sìkù editors hypothesise was a frame-up motivated by the Mèng-family connection; the collection’s Chénqíng qǐ with its pángguān xiàshí language is taken as supporting evidence.
The Wáng Yìnglín Kùnxué jìwén citation of the Yǒng Wéi Zhíyì poem — “Zhèngkǒng Yázhōu rú yǒu běi; què yīng wèikěn shòu chánfū” — is one of the few traditionally-anthologised ZhòngBìng pieces; the Sìkù editors think it not representative of Zhòng’s full strength.
CBDB has no clearly-matching entry; catalog meta has no dates. Internal date-bracket: 1132 (jìnshì) – c. 1170s.
Translations and research
- 周必大 Píng-yuán jí — preface (the principal biographical source).
- 陳振孫 Zhí-zhāi shū-lù jiě-tí KR3h0011 — preserves the Hú-zhōu qīng-cí affair.
- 王應麟 Kùn-xué jì-wén — preserves the Yǒng Wéi Zhí-yì couplet.
- 王明清 Huī-zhú lù — preserves the Mèng Zhōng-hòu / Wú Yù episode.
- No dedicated Western-language study located.
Other points of interest
- The Sìkù editors’ interpretive reconstruction — connecting Zhòng’s punishment to the Mèng-family marriage rather than to a singer’s birthday-prayer — illustrates Qián-lóng-period methodological care in disentangling Sòng-period bibliographic gossip from political reality.