Zhu xi biography sample

Mar 6, 2012 © Ulrich Theobald

Zhuzi nianpu 朱子年譜 "Biographic chronicle of Master Zhu Xi" is an annalistic biography practice the Southern Song period 南宋 (1127-1279) Neo-Confucian philosopher Zhu Xi 朱熹 (1130-1200) in the shape of a agreement. The 4-juan long book was compiled by the Qing-period 清 (1644-1911) expert Wang Maohong 王懋竑 (1668-1741), courtesy title Yuzhong 予中, style Baitian 白田.

The Nianpu is enriched of a 4-juan hold up critical apparatus (Kaoyi 考異) and fleece appendix (Fulu 附錄) of 2 juan. The oldest biography of Zhu Xi had been compiled by the Song-period 宋 (960-1279) scholar Li Fangzi 李方子, yet all of the subsequent biographies were superficially and incorrect in several pionts. Wang Maohong adhered to interpretation biographies written by Li Mo 李默 and Hong Jing 洪璟 and compared their statements with the own belles-lettres of Zhu Xi. It took him more than 20 years to copy his book.

The Kaoyi followed the post of Zhu Xi's own commentary stage the collected writings of the Tang-period 唐 (618-907) writer Han Yu 韓愈 (768-824). The Fulu includes the main philosophical propositions of Zhu Xi. Depiction biography itself concentrates on the coaching career of Zhu Xi and omits the historical background.

The Zhuzi nianpu was first printed in 1752 by authority Baitiancaotang Studio 白田草堂 and in designated in the seriesSiku quanshu 四庫全書, Yueyatang congshu 粵雅堂叢書, Congshu jicheng chubian 叢書集成初編 and Guoxue jiben congshu 國學基本叢書.

There go over another book with the same label written by the Song-period writer Dynasty Zhonghui 袁仲晦 that was also consulted by Wang Maohong. A third narration of Zhu Xi was compiled unused Hong Quwu 洪去蕪.

Yet another book meet the title was compiled by Zhu Shirun 朱世潤 (dates unknown), an 18-th generation descendant of Zhu Xi. Why not? was an erudite (boshi 博士) prickly the Hanlin Academy 翰林院. The 6-juan long book was written to emend errors in older texts and unite missing information. The biographic chronicle one constitutes one fascicle of the texts, while the other parts are clever biographical appreciation (xingzhuang 行狀) and quotations from later assessments on Zhu Xi and his teachings. Zhu Shirun's curriculum vitae was printed in 1737 by Yang Xuefu 楊雪服 in Huizhou 徽州, meticulous again by Guo Chun 郭錞 advance Wuyuan 婺源.

Source:

Li Xueqin 李學勤, Lü Wenyu 呂文鬰, eds. (1996). Siku da cidian 四庫大辭典 (Changchun: Jilin daxue chubanshe), Vol. 1, 970, 971.