Jīntái jí 金臺集
The Jīn-tái (Golden-Terrace) Collection by 納延 (撰)
About the work
A 2-juǎn combined poetic collection by Nàyán 納延 (Qiánlóng-era sinicization; Yuán original Nǎixián 迺賢), zì Yìzhī 易之, Sèmù literatus. Compiled by Wēi Sù 危素 in two stages — a qiángǎo (front-draft) and a hòugǎo (back-draft) — combined as 2 juǎn. The collection’s preface-roster is unusually distinguished — Ōuyáng Xuán 歐陽玄, Lǐ Hǎowén 李好文, Gōng Shītài 貢師泰 (all Zhìzhèng rénchén = 1352); Huáng Jìn 黃溍 title-word 1350; Jiē Xīsī 揭傒斯 bá 1345; Chéng Wén 1351; Yáng Yí 1355; Tàihābùhā (Yuán Tàibùhuá) title 1348; Zhāng Qǐyán tíshī 1349; Yú Jí 1 shī; Wēi Sù 1 bá — eleven contemporaries placing Nàyán squarely in the late-Yuán guǎngé network. The Sìkù tíyào observes that within the collection Jiē Xīsī is referred to by his posthumous name 揭文安 — so Jiē’s bá (1345, before Jiē’s death) actually precedes the assembly. The judgment: “tiāncái hóngxiù — close to Yuán Hǎowèn — though late entering Hànlín and wài cān róngmù — jìnshēn fēi suǒ jíjí — only with travel-and-correspondence as his work — so qìgé xuānxuàng — no shìsú wěisuǒ zhī tài.”
Tiyao
Jīntái jí, 2 juǎn. By Nàyán of the Yuán. (Original [name] Nǎixián; here corrected.) Nàyán has Héshuò fǎnggǔ jì in the catalog. This collection is edited by Wēi Sù; at front are Ōuyáng Xuán, Lǐ Hǎowén, Gōng Shītài 3 xù — written Zhìzhèng rénchén (1352); also Huáng Jìn tící — written Zhìzhèng gēngyín (1350); at end Zhìzhèng yǐyǒu (1345) Jiē Xīsī bá; Zhìzhèng xīnmǎo (1351) Chéng Wén bá; Zhìzhèng yǐwèi (1355) Yáng Yí bá; Zhìzhèng wùzǐ (1348) Tàihābùhā (Yuán Tàibùhuá; here corrected) tízì; Zhìzhèng wùzǐ (1348) Zhāng Qǐyán tíshī; plus Yú Jí shī 1, Wēi Sù 1 bá — no year. Sù’s bá says “Yìzhī’s Jīntái qiángǎo — I prefaced before — re-arriving at the capital, again got the hòugǎo 1 juǎn.” So the present 2 juǎn combines the two gǎo. Hence within the collection Jiē Xīsī is given the Wénān posthumous name — and at end Xīsī bá. Nàyán’s tiāncái hóngxiù is close to Yuán Hǎowèn — though late he entered Hànlín, wài cān róngmù — jìnshēn fēi suǒ jíjí — only with travel-and-correspondence as his work — so qìgé xuānxuàng (style elevated) — no shìsú wěisuǒ zhī tài (worldly-vulgar shrunken manner). His fame is slightly below Sàdūlā 薩都拉; examining his work — shì Sàdūlā wú bùjí (compared to Sà, no inferior). Respectfully collated.
Abstract
The Jīntái jí preserves the principal monument of a second major late-Yuán Sèmù literatus (after Sàdūlā). Nàyán’s poetic-style — “close to Yuán Hǎowèn” by the Sìkù tíyào’s judgment — places him with the high-Northern-Sòng / Jīn poetic tradition; Wēi Sù’s two-stage compilation (Wēi was himself a major late-Yuán prose figure who would survive to teach the early-Míng) yields a stratified text. The 11-name preface/postface roster is one of the densest preserved for any Yuán biéjí. The Qiánlóng-era name-substitution (迺賢 → 納延; 泰不華 → 泰哈布哈) is again noted. Composition window: from earliest preserved compositions (c. 1330) to 1355 (latest preface).
Translations and research
- Yáng Lián. 2003. Yuán-shī shǐ.
- Yáng Lián 楊鐮. Nǎi-xián yán-jiū 迺賢研究 (and related studies on the Sè-mù literary corpus).
Other points of interest
The intersection of Sèmù literary activity, Hànlín guǎngé social network, and (via the Héshuò fǎnggǔ jì) antiquarian travel-writing makes Nàyán a distinctive figure in the demographic study of Yuán literary production.
Links
- WYG SKQS V1215.5, p261.
- Wikipedia, 迺賢