Qing Dynasty Confucian Scholar - The Life of Yu Yue

Author: Ma Xiaokun
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Yu Ruyi, a Qing Dynasty scholar. His courtesy name was Yinfu, and his style name was Quyuan. He was from Deqing, Zhejiang. He passed the imperial examination in the Daoguang era and served as a compiler in the Hanlin Academy and as the provincial education official of Henan. In his later years, he taught at the Gujing Jingxue School in Hangzhou. He specialized in classical studies, philosophy, and philology, following the methods of Wang Niansun and his son. His main focus was on correcting textual readings, clarifying word meanings, understanding ancient literary allusions, and analyzing special grammatical structures and rhetorical techniques. He wrote works such as The Collected Commentaries on the Classics, The Collected Commentaries on the Philosophers, and Examples of Doubts in Ancient Texts. He was also skilled in poetry and prose and valued novels and operas. His notebooks contain extensive research, providing valuable references for the history of scholarship and literature. The works he compiled are collectively titled The Complete Works of Chun Zai Tang, comprising 250 volumes.
Zhejiang, a land not too vast but deeply rooted in culture, has nurtured numerous cultural figures: Wang Xizhi, Xie Lingyun, Luo Binwang, Meng Jiao, Han Shan, Zhao Mengfu, Huang Gongwang, Wang Meng, Mao Dun, Xia Yan, Yu Dafu, Zhu Kezhen, Tong Dizhou. They devoted their talents to the inheritance and innovation of culture, achieving remarkable accomplishments.
"The Biographical Series of Zhejiang Cultural Figures" is a cultural project launched by the Zhejiang Academy of Social Sciences in response to the call of the provincial party committee and government, introducing the lives of 100 ancient and modern Zhejiang-born cultural figures. This book is part of the series, introducing the Qing Dynasty scholar—Yu Ruyi.