Zhōu Fú 周孚 (1135–1177)
Zì Xìndào 信道. Hào Dùzhāi 蠹齋 (“Bookworm Studio”). Native of Jǐnán 濟南; family resettled at Dāntú 丹徒 (modern Zhènjiāng, Jiāngsū). Lifedates 1135–1177, CBDB id 15270.
At age 7 thoroughly versed in the Chūnqiū. Jìnshì of Qiándào 2 (1166); held office to Zhēnzhōu jiàoshòu (Education Officer of Zhēnzhōu); died in office at age 43.
Studied poetry in youth under Chén Shīdào, then advanced into the Jiāngxī school via Huáng Tíngjiān 黃庭堅 — i.e., directly in the Yuányòu poetic genealogy. Friend and frequent correspondent of Xīn Qìjí 辛棄疾, the great cí-poet of the háofàng tradition; the back-and-forth poetry between them is preserved in his collection.
His distinctive scholarly contribution: the Fēi shī biànwàng 非詩辨妄 (Refuting the Shī biànwàng) — a substantive 2-juǎn polemical refutation of Zhèng Qiáo’s 鄭樵 Shī biànwàng — defending the traditional Máo preface tradition against the ZhèngQiáo / WángZhì 王質 / ZhūXī triple-criticism of the late-12th c. The work circulated separately at first; the carver Xiè Bǎiyuè appended it as the final 2 juǎn of the Chúnxī jǐhài (1179) printing of his literary collection.
Surviving in Kanripo:
- KR4d0248 Dùzhāi qiāndāo biān (32 juǎn, WYG; 30 shīwén + 2 Fēi shī biànwàng; carved 1179 by Xiè Bǎiyuè).