Wáng Bódà 王伯大 (d. 1253)
Native of Wúzhōu 婺州 Yìwū 義烏 (modern Yìwū in central Zhèjiāng). Sòng Lǐzōng-period scholar-official; jìnshì of Jiātài 2 (1202). Successively zhōngshū shèrén 中書舍人 and Hànlín xuéshì 翰林學士 in the late Lǐzōng court. Died in 1253.
His principal scholarly contribution is the Biéběn Hán wén kǎoyì KR4c0044 — the consolidated Sòng kǎoyì edition of Hán Yù 韓愈 in 40 juǎn, in which Zhū Xī’s 朱熹 originally separately printed Yuánběn Hán jí kǎoyì (= KR4c0043) is dispersed into the body of Hán Yù’s collection underneath the relevant lines. The 40-juǎn arrangement preserves the original Lǐ Hàn 李漢 李漢 (Tang-period) configuration. Wáng’s editorial consolidation, completed ca. 1234–1244, became the dominant SòngYuánMíng circulation of the HánYù corpus, almost completely displacing Zhū’s separate yuánběn.
CBDB cbdbId 20099 records death year 1253, fl. 1214; no birth year. The catalog meta has no dates.