Wang Xianqian

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Wang Xianqian
( Qingdai xuezhe xiangzhuan )
Wang Xianqian

Wang Xianqian ( Chinese  王先謙  /  王先谦 , W.-G. Wang Hsien-ch'ien ; 1842 - 1917 ), also Yuwu益吾(zi) or Kuiyuan (葵園), was a versatile Confucian scholar and philologist of the late Qing Dynasty .

Life

Wang Xianqian is from Changsha , Hunan . He was a member of the Hanlin Academy and was well versed in the Confucian classics and in classical prose and poetry. He taught at the Yuelu Academy (of which he was also director) and the Chengnan Academy (Chengnan shuyuan 城南 书院), both in Changsha. His works include his sequel to Huang Qing jingjie , known under the titles Xu Huang Qing jingjie续 皇 清 经 解 and Huang Qing jingjie xubian皇 清 经 解 续编, written in 1430 juan, which contains 209 writings on Confucian classics in the Jiaqing and Guangxu periods and first printed in the Nanjing Academy (Nanjing shuyuan 南 菁 書院) of Jiangyin . This was followed by the compilation of the Xu gu wen ci lei zuan 续古文 辞 类 纂 / 續 古文 辭 類 纂. He is the author of a number of works valued by Chinese scholars, including the Collected Commentaries on Xunzi ( Xunzi jijie荀子 集解) and Zhuangzi ( Zhuangzi jijie庄子 集解), his supplementary commentary on Hanshu (Hanshu buzhu 汉书 补 注), and others .

In Jiangyin he also published books such as Nanjing shuyuan congshu南 菁 书院 丛书, Qingjia ji清 嘉 集, and Jiangzuo zhiyi jicun 江左 制 义 辑 存.

At the time of the Hundred Day Reform (1898), he opposed the radical ideas of Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao . He recommended studying Western scientific knowledge. He was also involved in mine development and the railroad business.

Yuelu Academy ( Yuelu shuyuan )
Site of the Chengnan Academy in Changsha

Publications (selection)

See "Wang Xianqian's writings" in Wang Weijiang's dissertation (p. 235 ff.). - Studies on the following ancient texts are listed in the bibliography of the Hanyu da zidian (abbreviation HYDZD ) (with details of the respective bibliography number, description of the works, author, title , Congshu, etc.):

  • 81 Ban Gu班固: Hanshu汉书: Hanshu buzhu 汉书 补 注 (Qing Guangxu ershiliu nian [1900] Xushoutang kanben, photographic reproduction of the Zhonghua shuju清 光绪 二十 六年 虚 受 堂 刊本, 中华书局 1983 年 影印)
  • 106 Liu Xi刘 熙: Shiming释 名: Shiming shuzheng bu 释 名 疏 证 补 (Qing Guangxu ershi nian [1894] ben, photographic reproduction of the Shanghai guji chubanshe清 光绪 二 十年 本, 上海 古籍 出版社 1984 年 影印)
  • 227 Li Daoyuan郦 道 元: Shuijing zhu水经注: Hejiao Shuijing zhu 合 校 水经注 (Guangxu ershisan nian [1897] Xinhua sanwei shuwu ben, photographic reproduction of the Bashu shushe光绪 二十 三年 新化 三味 书屋 本, 巴蜀书社 1985 年 影印)
  • 246 Wei Shou魏 收: Weishu魏书: Weishu jiaokan ji 魏书 校勘 记 (Guangya shuju congshu 广 雅 书局 丛书)

See also

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ On the Nanjing Academy and Nanjing Printing Works (shuju), cf. Wang Weijiang, p. 159 and a.
  2. ↑ Jiāngzuǒ 江左 is the name for Jiangsu or the lower Yangtze region.
  3. ↑ Wang Xianqian - baike.baidu.com
  4. ↑ Wang Weijiang: Wang Xianqian and the "Pure Current": Politics and Scholarship in the Late Qing Period. Hamburg 2002, p. 235 ff. ( Online )

literature

  • Wang Weijiang: Wang Xianqian and the "Pure Current": Politics and Scholarship in the Late Qing Period. Dissertation University of Hamburg, Hamburg 2002 Online
  • 汉英 中国 哲学 辞典. 开封 2002
  • Arthur Hummel (Ed.) Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period . Digitized
  • Gong Kangyun 龚 抗 云: Wang Xianqian de jingxue chengjiu yu jingxue sixiang王先谦 的 经 学 成就 与 经 学 思想. Hunan daxue chubanshe 湖南 大学 出版社 2013 ( partial online view )

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personal data
SURNAME Wang, Xianqian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wang, Hsien-ch'ien; Wang, Yiwu; Wang, Kuiyuan; Wang, Son-gyom Wang; I-Wu; 王先谦 王, 先 谦 王, 先 謙 王先謙 王先谦
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Confucian scholar and philologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1842
DATE OF DEATH 1917