Kǎolǎo shānrén shījí 栲栳山人詩集
The Kǎo-lǎo Mountain-Man Poetry Collection by 岑安卿 (撰)
About the work
A 3-juǎn collection of Cén Ānqīng 岑安卿 (1286–1355), Yúyáo recluse-poet. The title comes from Cén’s Kǎolǎo shānrén hào. Edited by his fellow-townsman Sòng Xǐ 宋禧 (originally Yuánxǐ 元禧; called for the Hóng-wǔ-era Yuánshǐ compilation; also wrote Cén’s portrait-inscription, preserved in the collection). The Sìkù tíyào contains an extended biànzhèng against Gù Sìlì’s reading of the Sànāi shī as Sòng-loyalist nostalgia — careful philological work distinguishing zhuīniàn gùjiāo (remembering old friends) from sīSòng (longing for the Sòng).
Tiyao
Kǎolǎo shānrén shījí, 3 juǎn. By Cén Ānqīng of the Yuán. Ānqīng zì Jìngnéng, a man of Yúyáo. His residence near Kǎolǎofēng — so the hào. Zhìxíng gāojié — life in poverty. His verse: “lǎochéng kuì gǒudé — tóngzhì xiū wúguān”; also “rén guān suǒ wéi zhǔ — jiéjiāo shèn pānyuán” — clearly his jiānkǔ zìlì (firm and self-sustaining) intent. The collection’s Cì Hán Míngshàn tí Tuīpéngtú shī — calls “Pōwēng xiānqù èrbǎi chūn” — counting from Sū Shì’s death (Jiànzhōng Jìngguó 1) — so reaches the mid-Yuán. Came down to see Lì Yuánjí; came up to see Wēi Sù. The collection edited by Cén’s countryman Sòng Xǐ. Xǐ originally yuánxǐ; in Hóngwǔ called for Yuánshǐ compilation. Once made tí xiàng (inscription on portrait) for Cén — recording his life — also appended in the present collection. His verse jiájiá gūwǎng — rú qí wéi rén. Only qīyán gǔshī sometimes mixes Lǐ Hè and Wēn Tíngyún manner — Yuán-era fēngqì rúsī — yet qìgǔ běn qīng — jiù bù tóng xiānmèi nóngyě zhī gé. Gù Sìlì’s Yuánshī xuǎn says: “Ānqīng once wrote Sànāi shī — eulogizing the Sòng yímín in his town — jìtuō shēnyuǎn — yǒu fǔyǎng jīnxī zhī sī.” Case: Sànāi shī — first piece Lì Yuánjí — Sòng-late jìnshì, Wūchéng wèi — entered Yuán not office, died — Cén’s teacher. Second piece Gāo Shīlǔ — name lost — Cén’s family three-generation friend — zǒngjiǎo shí céng dé jiàn. Third piece Lǐ Tiānxī — Cén did not meet him. Examining the wording: front two pieces zhuīniàn gùjiāo; back piece biǎozhāng qiándé. Although has Xīntíng huìlí etc. words — only zhuīxù sānrén zhī yíshì — not Cén’s own such feeling — verse-words very plain. Sìlì jumped to sīSòng — chuānzáo shūshèn. Also the collection’s Chūmén ǒufù shī: “cè wén cháotíng yíyì zhēng — Jíxián zhùzuò kōng yíngtíng — Zhōngshūtáng shàng rì yángfàn — Shìzǔ shānhé rú dǐ píng” — clearly jiàn Yuánzhèng jiànchí — wéntián wǔxī — fāng shēn yǐ guóshì wéi yōu — yú gù wàng yǐ wúwàng zǔzōng zhī chuàngyè. Could he still be quánjuàn yú Sòng (sentimentally bound to Sòng)? Sìlì yǐ cí hài yì, leading Ānqīng to shǒushǔ liǎngduān (two-fingered indecisive sit-on-the-fence). We now correct the error, so the reader has no doubt. Respectfully collated.
Abstract
Kǎolǎo shānrén shījí preserves the principal monument of a virtuous Yúyáo recluse-poet whose interpretation has been controversially handled. The Sìkù tíyào’s carefully reasoned biànzhèng against Gù Sìlì’s sīSòng reading — citing both the careful actual content of the Sànāi shī (eulogy of old friends, not loyalism) and the Chūmén ǒufù line on Shìzǔ shānhé (Yuán Shìzǔ’s mountain-rivers, i.e. positive Yuán-loyalty) — is a model of careful philological correction. Sòng Xǐ’s role as editor (later called for the Hóng-wǔ-era Yuánshǐ compilation) and xiàngzàn author makes the textual transmission unusually well-documented. Composition window: from earliest preserved compositions (c. 1320) to 1355.
Translations and research
- Yáng Lián. 2003. Yuán-shī shǐ.
- Gù Sì-lì 顧嗣立, Yuán-shī xuǎn (problematic Sàn-āi shī reading).
Links
- WYG SKQS V1215.9, p459.