Liú Zǐhuī 劉子翬 (1101–1147), zì Yànchōng 彥沖, hào Píngshān 屏山, native of Chóngān 崇安 (Fújiàn). Youngest son of Liú Gé 劉韐 (the Jìngkāng-loyalist who died for the Sòng cause). Once Tōngpàn Xīnghuàjūn; resigned through illness and returned to Chóngān, building a residence at Mount Píngshān 屏山 where he ended his days.
Most consequential as Zhū Xī’s 朱熹 youthful teacher. Zhū’s father Zhū Sōng 朱松 朱松 entrusted Zhū Xī to Liú Zǐhuī’s instruction at age 14 (after Zhū Sōng’s death in 1143). Zhū Xī wrote the preface to the present collection KR4d0177, signing as ménrén Zhū mǒu (your pupil Zhū So-and-so) — reflecting his early discipleship.
Liú’s xuéshù combined Dàoxué with early Buddhist-Daoist study — the famous self-account preserved by Wáng Shìzhēn’s Chíběi ǒután: “wú shǎo guān Pútián, yǐ jíbìng shí jiē FóLǎo zhī tú; wén qí suǒwèi qīngjìng jìmiè zhě ér xīn yuè zhī. Bǐ guī dú rúshū, nǎi jiàn wúdào zhī dà” (in my youth I was an official at Pútián; due to illness I associated with Buddho-Daoist disciples and was pleased by their qīngjìng jìmiè; on returning to read the Confucian books, I saw the greatness of our Way). The Sìkù tíyào of KR4d0177 takes this as evidence that Liú’s early Dàoxué came-through Chán (Zen). His poetry similarly contains Chányǔ (Zen-language) — the Mùniú sòng and Jìngshān jì dàofú shī are quoted as examples. Zhū Xī’s preface accordingly does not draw too tight a line.
CBDB id 11827 confirms 1101–1147.
His collection survives as Píngshān jí 屏山集 KR4d0177 in 20 juǎn, edited by his son Liú Píng 劉玶 劉玶 (1138–1185, CBDB id 11833) — Liú Píng’s birth was after Zǐhuī’s death, so the editing was based on family papers.