Hú Quán 胡銓 (1102–1180), zì Bānghéng 邦衡, hào Dànān 澹菴, native of Lúlíng 廬陵 (modern Jíān, Jiāngxī). Jiànyán 2 (1128) jiǎkē jìnshì. Recommended in Shàoxīng 5 (1135) for Shūmìyuàn biānxiūguān.
The most consequential single act of his career: in Shàoxīng 8 (1138) submitted the Wùwǔ shàng gāozōng fēngshì 戊午上高宗封事 against the proposed héyì (peace) with the Jīn — demanding the execution of Qín Guì 秦檜, Sūn Jìn 孫近, and Wáng Lún 王倫. The memorial caused the Jīn to seek out and ransom the document for 1000 liǎng of gold, finding it within three days; Sòng and Jīn both knew that “Zhōngguó yǒu rén” (China has men). Hú was demoted and eventually banished to Jíyángjūn (Hǎinán). Wáng Tíngguī 王庭珪 王庭珪’s farewell-poem (and Zhāng Yuángàn 張元幹’s Hè xīnláng cí) became the principal poetic responses, costing both poets their offices.
Under Xiàozōng (1162) recalled and promoted; cumulatively held Quán Zhōngshū shèrén, Quán Bīngbù shìláng, Guózǐ jìjiǔ. Retired with Zīzhèngdiàn xuéshì. Posthumous canonisation Zhōngjiǎn 忠簡.
Hú’s master was Xiāo Chǔ 蕭楚, a Chūnqiū specialist; the Sìkù tíyào of KR4d0196 notes that Hú’s memorials and jiāyán dǎnglùn (excellent words and forthright discussions) much-and-much draw on Chūnqiū yìlì (the Chūnqiū’s exegetical principles). The collection preserves the second great memorial — the demand for execution of Tāng Sītuì 湯思退, made under Xiàozōng on the occasion of the Lóngxīng (1163) Jīn renewal-of-demands episode. The Yùyīn wèndá preserved in the collection establishes that Xiàozōng had agreed to Hú’s draft-reply on Lóngxīng 1 (1163) 5th month 3rd day — Tāng Sītuì delayed dispatch — Hú’s collection enables historiographic correction of the Sòng shǐ Xiàozōng běnjì.
CBDB id 10565 confirms 1102–1180.
His collection is Dànān wénjí 澹菴文集 KR4d0196 in 6 juǎn (Sìkù version: 5 prose + 1 poetry; original 100 juǎn per běnzhuàn; 78 juǎn per Shūlù jiětí; 70 juǎn per Sòng shǐ Yìwénzhì).