Dàoyuán yígǎo 道園遺稿
The Dào-yuán Surviving Drafts by 虞集 (撰), 虞堪 (編)
About the work
A six-juàn supplementary collection of Yú Jí 虞集 (1272–1348) compiled by his grand-nephew Yú Kān 虞堪 — gathering 741 gǔlǜ shī (ancient-and-regulated verse) + appended yuèfǔ not contained in Yú Jí’s principal collection KR4d0493 Dàoyuán xuégǔ lù nor in the later Dàoyuán lèigǎo compilation. Yú Jí composed over 10,000 pieces in his lifetime; his disciple Lǐ Běn 李本 edited the Dàoyuán xuégǔ lù in 50 juàn from these. Later editors added the Dàoyuán lèigǎo (showing partial overlap with the Xuégǔ lù). The present Dàoyuán yígǎo was edited by Yú Jí’s grand-nephew Yú Kān 虞堪 (zì Kèyòng 克用 or Shèngbó 勝伯), an early-Míng Chángzhōu (Sūzhōu) recluse-scholar who became Yúnnánfǔ xuéjiàoshòu in Hóngwǔ. Yú Kān gathered 741 gǔlǜ shī pieces — of which c. 100+ overlap with the Lèigǎo — plus 500+ new pieces. Cut at Zhìzhèng 14 (1354), prefaced by Yáng Chūn 楊椿 of Méishān (Yú Jí’s maternal relative).
The Sìkù editors note that Huáng Jìn 黃溍’s preface to the Dàoyuán xuégǔ lù claims that Yú Jí personally edited the Xuégǔ lù. But the Yígǎo’s Zhìzhèng jǐhài (1359) Yáng Chūn preface explicitly states it was Yú Jí’s youngest son Yú Wēngguī 翁歸 and his disciples who edited the Xuégǔ lù — consistent with Lǐ Běn’s own preface. The Sìkù editors take Yáng Chūn’s testimony (a Yú-family member, his words “naturally without error”) as authoritative — proving that Huáng Jìn’s attribution to Yú Jí’s personal editing is mistaken.
Tiyao
The Dàoyuán yígǎo, 6 juàn, by Yú Jí of the Yuán. [Yú] Jí[‘s] lifelong composed prose [reaches] over 10,000 pieces; [his] disciple Lǐ Běn compiled [them] as the Dàoyuán xuégǔ lù 50 juàn — having Liú Jī’s cut large-character base; further having Wūkèzhāng’s [cut] Jiànníng base. Later persons further edited his poetry-and-prose called Dàoyuán lèigǎo — with the Xuégǔ lù mutually-having outgoings-and-comings. This Yígǎo one volume — is what his grand-nephew [Yú] Kān supplementarily-compiled. Altogether gǔlǜ shī 741 pieces, appended-with yuèfǔ; cut [at] Zhìzhèng 14 (1354). Within them, [those] which the Lèigǎo already-contained [number] over a hundred pieces; but those which the Lèigǎo did not-have [number] still over 500 pieces.
[Yú] Jí’s poetry-and-prose [are] the crown-and-mantle of the Yuán [literary] one-era — yet the manuscripts mostly [are] scattered-and-lost. When Lǐ Běn edited the Xuégǔ lù, [he] already had [the lament of] Tàishān yī háománg (Mt. Tài’s [worth] one downy-hair) sigh; [Yú] Kān continued-and-applied gathering-investigation, [his] mind-application very-diligent. Although [we] cannot exhaustively sōukuò (search-and-encompass) without-omission, yet his guàlòu (omissions) are also few.
Also examining Huáng Jìn’s preface to the Xuégǔ lù: [Huáng] takes [it that the Xuégǔ lù was] what [Yú] Jí himself hand-edited; while this book preceded by [the] Zhìzhèng jǐhài (1359) Méishān [man] Yáng Chūn preface — takes [it that the Xuégǔ lù was] what [Yú] Jí’s youngest son [Yú] Wēngguī and his disciples compiled — [this is] in-accord with Lǐ Běn’s preface. Likely [Yú] Jí’s mother Yángshì was the Héngyáng zhīfǔ Yáng Wénzhòng’s daughter; Yáng Chūn precisely [is from Yú Jí’s] maternal-family’s later-descendants. His words naturally must [be] without error — also can be evidence of what Huáng Jìn said [being] insufficient by-which to-rely-on.
[Yú] Kān, zì Kèyòng, one zì Shèngbó. [He] retired-in-recluse at Chángzhōu. [In] Míng Hóng-wǔ-mid once held office [as] Yúnnánfǔ xué jiàoshòu. Loved learning, possessed literary [skill]. What he composed [includes] the Gǔyè gǎo — already separately catalogued.
Respectfully collated, ninth month of Qiánlóng 46 (1781). Chief-Compiler Officers Jì Yún 紀昀, Lù Xīxióng 陸錫熊, Sūn Shìyì 孫士毅; Chief-Collation Officer Lù Fèichí 陸費墀.
Abstract
The supplementary 6-juàn collection to Yú Jí’s monumental KR4d0493 Dàoyuán xuégǔ lù — gathering 741 gǔlǜ shī and additional yuèfǔ not contained in the principal collection or in the supplementary Dàoyuán lèigǎo. Compiled by Yú Jí’s grand-nephew Yú Kān 虞堪 (early-Míng Chángzhōu recluse and Hóng-wǔ-era Yúnnánfǔ xué jiàoshòu) and cut at Zhìzhèng 14 (1354), prefaced by Yáng Chūn 楊椿 of Méishān (Yú Jí’s maternal-family great-great-grandson).
The Sìkù editors specifically use the Yígǎo’s Yáng Chūn preface to correct Huáng Jìn’s mistaken attribution of the Xuégǔ lù editorial work to Yú Jí himself — the actual editor was Lǐ Běn 李本 (per Lǐ’s own preface) working with Yú Jí’s youngest son Yú Wēngguī 翁歸 and other disciples. Yáng Chūn’s testimony from within Yú Jí’s maternal family is taken as authoritative.
The Sìkù editors evaluate Yú Kān’s compilation as careful — yòngxīn shèn qín (mind-application very-diligent) — with few omissions remaining. The collection is a major Yuán-era recovery of Yú Jí’s poetry. Composition window: matches Yú Jí’s literary career (1300–1348).
Translations and research
- See KR4d0493 for Yú Jí-specific scholarship.
- Yú Kān’s separate work Gǔ-yè gǎo 鼓枻稿 is separately catalogued in the Sìkù.
Other points of interest
The Sìkù-editor philological correction (using Yáng Chūn’s preface to overturn Huáng Jìn’s attribution) is a model case of Sìkù-era preface-comparison-based attribution analysis. The fact that the Yígǎo preserves over 500 pieces not in the main Xuégǔ lù nor in the Lèigǎo makes it essential for any complete Yú Jí poetic corpus.
Links
- WYG SKQS V1207.2, p707.
- See KR4d0493 for related references.