Yúnsōngcháo jí 雲松巢集
Cloud-and-Pine Nest Collection by 朱希晦 (撰)
About the work
A three-juǎn poetry collection by Zhū Xīhuì 朱希晦 of Lèqīng, a late-Yuán Wēnzhōu coastal recluse who was part of the Yànshān sānlǎo “Three Elders of the Yàndàng Mountains” together with Wú Zhǔyī 吳主一 of Sìmíng and Zhào Yànmíng 趙彥銘 of Xiāotái. The collection was compiled by his son Zhū Bīn 朱豳 and prefaced by Bào Yuánhóng 鮑原宏 of Tiāntái in Yǒnglè 5 (1407). It was cut in print in Zhèngtǒng 6 (1441) by Zhū’s fourth-generation grand-nephew Zhū Yuánjiàn 朱元諫, with an added preface by Zhāng Zōu 章陬. The Sìkù compilers note that Bào’s preface characterizes Zhū’s verse as Lǐ Bái-modeled in its piāoyì fàngkuàng register and Dù Fǔ-modeled in its diǎnyǎ xióngzhuàng register, but the compilers themselves judge the actual register as closer to Lù Yóu 陸游 (Jiànnán) — i.e. mid-Sòng qīngjiàn (clear-and-resilient) style.
Tiyao
Yúnsōng cháo jí, 3 juǎn. By Zhū Xīhuì of the Yuán. Xīhuì was a man of Lèqīng. In the late Zhìzhèng era he lived in seclusion at Yáochuān, wandering and chanting with Wú Zhǔyī of Sìmíng and Zhào Yànmíng of Xiāotái in the Yànshān: they were known as the Yànshān sānlǎo. In the early Míng someone recommended him to court; the imperial command had not yet arrived when he died. This collection was edited by his son Bīn; Bào Yuánhóng of Tiāntái wrote the preface. In the Zhèngtǒng era his fourth-generation grandson Yuánjiàn cut the bǎn, and Zhāng Zōu again added a preface. Yuánhóng’s preface calls Zhū piāoyì fàngkuàng zōng yú Lǐ, diǎnyǎ xióngzhuàng zōng yú Dù. Zōu’s preface calls Zhū sīzhì jīngshēn cíyì fēngshàn — tāotāo gǔgǔ rú jīngtāo nùlán jiāotuó chūmò — kěhài kěè. Now examining his verse: the five-character verse is qīng in qìgé but narrow in biānfú; the xìngxiàng (resonance-image) is not deep; beyond a few pieces the cízhǐ is largely the same. The seven-character somewhat more zhènbá (vigorous and outstanding); the old-style is again better than the regulated. Tracing his school: he is bànxiāng (devoted) to Lù Yóu’s Jiànnán jí. The original preface’s claims are not securely grounded. Respectfully collated, Qiánlóng forty-sixth (1781), tenth month. Compilers: Jì Yún, Lù Xīxióng, Sūn Shìyì; head proofreader: Lù Fèichí.
Abstract
Yúnsōngcháo jí is one of the principal records of late-Yuán Wēnzhōu coastal recluse society — the Yànshān sānlǎo cohort. The Sìkù’s register-correction (rejection of the original prefaces’ Lǐ Bái + Dù Fǔ framing in favor of the Jiànnán / Lù Yóu lineage) is a useful documentary anchor for Sìkù-era stylistic typology. Composition window: from c. 1340 (Zhū’s young maturity) through to his death around 1395 (the early Hóngwǔ summons did not reach him; date of death is therefore inferred from the Yǒnglè 5 preface counting from his death’s 50-some-year-old commemoration as five-six decades). The Wēnzhōu coastal yílǎo society of the late Yuán — operating in the Yàndàng mountain network — is much less well documented than the Wúzhōng / Hángzhōu / Sūngjiāng axes; this collection is one of the principal documentary anchors. The Zhèngtǒng (1441) print is one of the earlier Míng recoveries of a small-region Yuán yílǎo corpus, the Yǒnglè / Zhèngtǒng-era pattern.
Translations and research
- Yàn-shān sān-lǎo are treated in regional Wēn-zhōu literary historiography (e.g. Zhū Yǎn-rú 朱彥儒’s work).
- No substantial Western-language treatment located.
Other points of interest
- The Sìkù’s explicit overruling of both the Yǒnglè and Zhèngtǒng prefatorial register-claims (LǐDù → Jiànnán) is a paradigmatic instance of Sìkù-era stylistic re-assessment.
Links
- WYG SKQS V1220.7, p621.