Jìnguāng jí 近光集
The Near-the-Light Collection by 周伯琦 (撰)
About the work
A 3-juǎn + 1 juǎn Hùcóngshī combined collection by Zhōu Bóqí 周伯琦 (1298–1369), assembled in two parts: (1) Jìnguāng jí — five years of court compositions from late Hòu Zhìyuán 8 (= 1340 gēngchén) when Zhōu was promoted from Guóshǐyuàn biānxiū to Hànlín xiūzhuàn, tóngzhī zhìgào, through Zhìzhèng 1–5 as shòujīng láng, jīngyán yìwénguān, liánnèiguān, jiānshū bóshì, Chóngwénjiān chéng, to his Zhìzhèng 6 (1346) departure as Hǎiběi Guǎngdōngdào sùzhèng liánfǎng shǐ. (2) Hùcóngshī — Zhìzhèng 12 (1352) compositions on imperial procession to Shàngdū as Hànlín zhíxuéshì jiānbù shìláng bài jiānchá yùshǐ. The two collections together preserve a unique double-corpus of late-Yuán court ceremonial poetry — cháotíng diǎnzhì documentation in the Jìnguāng jí, frontier-and-procession observation in the Hùcóngshī.
Tiyao
Jìnguāng jí, 3 juǎn; Hùcóngshī, 1 juǎn. By Zhōu Bóqí of the Yuán. Bóqí has Liùshū zhèngé already in the catalog. Under Shùndì, Bóqí was wénzhāng zhīyù; circulated in-and-out of the jìntíng (palace). So he separately collected his compositions into these two. The Jìnguāng jí covers from late HòuZhìyuán gēngchén (1340), when by Guóshǐyuàn biānxiū he was promoted to Hànlín xiūzhuàn, tóngzhī zhìgào; Zhìzhèng 1 xīnsì (1341) as shòujīngláng, jīngyán yìwénguān; Zhìzhèng 2 rénwǔ as liánnèiguān; 4 jiǎshēn promoted jiānshū bóshì; 5 yǐyǒu re-appointed Chóngwén jiān chéng; through to going out as Hǎiběi Guǎngdōngdào sùzhèng liánfǎng shǐ — covering 5 years of verse. Hùcóngshī is Zhìzhèng 12 rénchén (1352) compositions when by Hànlín zhíxuéshì bīngbù shìláng appointed jiānchá yùshǐ on imperial procession to Shàngdū. Jìnguāng jí mostly describes cháotíng diǎnzhì — usable as zhǎnggù sources. Hùcóng shī records the biānsài jiànwén in detail — usable to examine fēngtǔ. And Bóqí’s wénzhāng is yānyǎ (decorous), also enough to móxiě xùshù (depict and narrate). For looking at the yíwén of late-Yuán, these two with Yáng Yǔnfú’s 楊允孚 Luánjīng bǎiyǒng both broadly supply the gěnggài (outline). Respectfully collated.
Abstract
The Jìnguāng jí and the Hùcóngshī together form one of the two principal late-Yuán court-and-procession poetic-document collections (the other being Yáng Yǔnfú’s Luánjīng bǎiyǒng). The Jìnguāng jí (1340-46) covers the late Hànlín and Chóngwénjiān period; the Hùcóngshī (1352) covers a single biānsài expedition to Shàngdū. Together they provide unusually detailed zhǎnggù and fēngtǔ documentation. Composition window: 1340 to 1352, with the Hùcóngshī concentrated in the single 1352 procession.
Translations and research
- Yáng Lián. 2003. Yuán-shī shǐ.
- Comparative reference: Yáng Yǔn-fú 楊允孚, Luán-jīng bǎi-yǒng 灤京百詠.
Links
- WYG SKQS V1214.5, p505.