Nán huá zhēn jīng shí yí 南華真經拾遺
Supplementary Materials on the True Scripture of the Southern Florescence
by 王雱 (Wáng Pōu, 1042–1076)
A short supplement to Wáng Pōu’s main Zhuāngzǐ commentary (DZ 743 Nán huá zhēn jīng xīn zhuàn), preserved as DZ 744 / CT 744 (Dòngshén bù, Yù jué lèi 洞神部玉訣類).
About the work
Per Schipper & Verellen (2004, 2:2139–44, DZ 744): “The short Nán huá zhēn jīng shí yí is a supplement that… also preserves a copy of Wáng Pōu’s ‘Zá shuō’ 雜說 (‘Miscellaneous Discourses’).”
The work contains:
- Miscellaneous notes (shí yí 拾遺 = “gleaned remnants”) on passages of the Zhuāngzǐ not covered in depth in DZ 743.
- Wáng Pōu’s Zá shuō 雜說 — a separate collection of his thoughts on the Zhuāngzǐ, found also elsewhere in the Daoist literature.
Relation to DZ 743
The Shí yí functions as an appendix to the main Xīn zhuàn commentary (KR5c0136), supplementing it with material that did not fit into the chapter-by-chapter commentary structure. Together, DZ 743 + DZ 744 constitute Wáng Pōu’s complete surviving Zhuāngzǐ work.
Abstract
The Shí yí is a minor but philologically-valuable supplementary apparatus to Wáng Pōu’s main Zhuāngzǐ commentary. Its preservation of the Zá shuō (“Miscellaneous Discourses”) format represents Wáng Pōu’s more exploratory, less systematic Zhuāngzǐ reflections.
Dating. Contemporary with DZ 743; within Wáng Pōu’s lifetime 1042–1076. Per the project’s dating rule, the frontmatter gives 1070–1076 as a conservative window. Dynasty: 宋.
Translations and research
- Schipper, Kristofer, and Franciscus Verellen, eds. The Taoist Canon: A Historical Companion to the Daozang. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004, 2:2139–44 (DZ 744 entry).
- See KR5c0136 (parent commentary), 王雱 (author).
Links
- Kanseki Repository KR5c0137
- Parent commentary: KR5c0136.
- Author: 王雱.
- ctext.org: 南華真經拾遺