Yin Shu

Yin Shu (Zhu) ( Chinese 尹 洙 ; * 1001 ; † 1046 ), alias Shi-Lu ( Chinese 师 鲁 ), studio name Henan Xiansheng ( Chinese 河南 先生 ), was a politician, man of letters , administrative officer and Confucian scholar in the Song- Dynasty ( Chinese 宋 ). He particularly distinguished himself through his work as a Chunqiu scholar ( Chinese 春秋 文学家 ).

Professional background

Originated from Henan ( Chinese 河南 ) (administrative seat in today's Luoyang in Henan ( Chinese 河南 )). With his older brother Yin Yuan ( Chinese 尹 源 ), he gained a reputation as a Confucian scholar early on. After obtaining the (academic) Jinshi degree ( Chinese 进士 ), he served as an archivist in Zhengping ( Chinese 正 平 ) in Shanxi ( Chinese 山西 ), as a finance inspector in Henan ( Chinese 河南 ), as a judge in Anguojun ( Chinese 安国军 ) and as administrator of Guangze ( Chinese 广 泽 ) in Fujian ( Chinese 福建 ) as well as general secretary of Shannan Dongdao ( Chinese 山南 东 道 ). Proposed for promotion, he went to the capital to serve first as editor of the institutes and archives and then as undersecretary of the heir to the throne in the secretariat on the left. When Fan Zhongyan was transferred for alleged faction activities, Yin Shu submitted a memorandum in his defense declaring himself a friend and disciple of Fan Zhongyan ( Chinese 范仲淹 ) and asking to be transferred with him. That is why he was transferred from the capital as general secretary and inspector of the alcohol tax to Tangzhou ( Chinese kret kret ) in Henan ( Chinese 河南 ). He made it to the Zhi Longtuge ( Chinese 直 龙图阁 ) (auxiliary / archivist in the dragon archive pavilion Hucker 933, 3878) of the Qijusheren ( Chinese 起居 舍人 ) ( Imperial Diarist / Kaiserlicher Tagebuchschreiber) (Rank 6b Hucker 621). Took part in the defense effort in the northwest. His writings often deal with military policy in the Northwest and advocate armament under the motto: “Don't let up with military armament”. Demanded "to reward and punish impartially" and "strengthen the military force" in order to repel the attacks and looting of the Xixia ( Chinese 西夏 ) (Western Xia) regime .

Works

Yin Shu wrote the spring and autumn of the Five Dynasties , the Wudai Chunqiu ( Chinese 五代 春秋 ), in 2 chapters. This work is on the one hand in the tradition of Chunqiu scholarship, on the other hand it is counted under the brush notes , the Biji ( Chinese 笔记 ). It was included in the large collection of brush notes from all dynasties , the Lidai biji xiaoshuo jicheng ( Chinese 历代 笔记 小说 集成 ), and can be found there in Volume 7 of the complete works or in Volume 4 of the Songdai biji xiao shuo ( Chinese 宋代 笔记 小说 ) , the brush notes of the Song Dynasty . His style is simple and antique. In his work Wudai Chunqiu ( Chinese 五代 春秋 ) he uses z. B. not the contemporary country names, but those used during the Zhanguo period ( Chinese 战国 ) of the Warring States . He broke away from the literary Huami style ( Chinese 华 靡 ) at the beginning of the Song Dynasty ( Chinese 宋 ). Also wrote poetry. The Henan Xiansheng Wenji ( Chinese 河南 先生 文集 ) ( Collected Works of the Lord of Henan ) are available as a compilation of works .

literature

• Herbert Franke: Sung Biographies, Munich East Asian Studies Volume 16.3 ISBN 3-515-02412-3
• Zhou Guangpei: Lidai biji xiaoshuo jicheng 历代 笔记 小说 集成, Hebei Jiaoyu Chubanshe Publishing House, Shijiazhuang 1994, ISBN 7-5434-2092-9
• Joachim Gentz: The Gongyang zhuan. Interpretation and canonization of the spring and autumn annals (Chunqiu), opera sinologica 12, Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2001 ISBN 3-447-04449-7
• Donald D. Leslie, Colin Mackerras & Wang Gungwu: Essays on the Sources for Chinese History, Canberra 1973
• Wang Gungwu: The Structure of Power in North China during the Five Dynasties, Kuala Lumpur 1963
• William H. Nienhauser Jr., The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature Volume 2, Bloomington & Indianapolis 1998
• Cihai, Shanghai Cishu Chubanshe, Shanghai 1979
• Charles O. Hucker, A Dictionary of Official Titles in Imperial China, Beijing Daxue Chubanshe, Beijing, 2008