Yuán-period 元 poor-scholar-teacher and poet. Zì Jǐngchū 景初; hào Lánxuān 蘭軒 (“Orchid-Veranda”). Native of Dōngpíng 東平 (modern Shāndōng). CBDB 30357 exists but lacks lifedates; active c. 1285–1310.
Reputation. One of the “SānWáng” 三王 (Three-Wángs) of Yuán literary fame per the Shāndōng tōngzhì: Wáng Xù, Wáng Gòu 王構 (his fellow-Dōng-píng man), and Wáng Pán 王磐 (the Yǒngnián man) — the three together became famous in the world for wénzhāng. Wáng Gòu and Wáng Pán were major Khubilai-era Hàn-Confucian officials (the latter the senior Yuánshǐ j. 160 figure); Wáng Xù alone of the three never reached official rank.
Career. A poor scholar-teacher (jiā pín lì xué; jiàoxí 教習 across the empire) — reconstructed from internal evidence of his collection. Tenures or guest-positions at:
- Dàngshān 碭山 (modern Ānhuī): 1290 onward, invited by magistrate Cuīgōng (per the Sòng Wáng Hóu èr shēng xù)
- Chánglú 長蘆: guest of Gāo Bǎichuān 高百川 (per the Zhōnghé shūyuàn jì)
- Ānyáng 安陽
- Yúchéng 鄃城
- Jīngchuān 鯨川
- Travel south to Hángzhōu and Chángshā 長沙
- “Travelled half the empire but ultimately did not ascend the official-list”
Collection. Lánxuān jí KR4d0472 originally 20 juàn per Jiāo Hóng’s Jīngjí zhì; Yǒnglè dàdiǎn recovery yielded 16 juàn. The Sìkù editors evaluate his verse as transcendent-and-spirited at its best; his prose mostly jiǎngxué (lecture-and-study) discourse, with the heavily-criticized Jǐngtián shuō arguing for restoration of the well-field system.
Within the Kanripo corpus. KR4d0472 Lánxuān jí 蘭軒集 (撰).