Lǐ Lǚ 李呂 (1122–1198)
Zì Bīnlǎo 濵老 (or Dōnglǎo 東老). Hào Dànxuān 澹軒. Native of Shàowǔjūn Guāngzé 邵武軍光澤 (modern Fújiàn). Lifedates 1122–1198 per CBDB id 3517 and Zhōu Bìdà’s 周必大 Lǐ Lǚ mùzhì.
A tiántuì lìxué (modestly-retired, vigorously-learning) gentleman. At age 40 (i.e., c. 1162) he abandoned the kējǔ (examination) track and devoted himself to gōngxíng (personal-practice) Lǐxué cultivation. Established a shècāng (community-granary) for which Zhū Xī 朱熹 composed the jì. Zhū Xī also composed an epitaph for Lǐ’s father; Lǐ’s son Lǐ Wénzǐ studied with Zhū Xī. After Lǐ Lǚ’s death (1198 at age 77), his son sought a preface for his father’s collection from Zhū Xī; Zhū praised the work as “yǒu bǔ yú shìjiào” but did not compose the preface (his own illness was advanced and he died in 1200).
Lǐ’s deepest scholarly interests, per Zhōu Bìdà’s epitaph, were the Yì (he composed yìshuō on the 64 guà; lost) and the Zīzhì tōngjiàn (several hundred lùn-pieces; lost). His original collection was 15 juǎn (per Jiāo Hóng’s Jīngjízhì and Zhōu Bìdà’s epitaph).
Surviving in Kanripo:
- KR4d0242 Dànxuān jí (8 juǎn, WYG; reconstructed from Yǒnglè dàdiǎn; Zhōu Bìdà’s mùzhì appended at the volume-end).