The Collation And Annotation Of The Poetry Of Qin Xi

Qinxi who was borned around 725 and died around 805 also named Gongxu from Kuaiji of Yuezhou in Tang Dynasty which now belongs to Shaoxing,Zhejiang Province.He called himself Angler in Donghai Sea but was often referred to by the world as Qin Yinjun,Qin Zhengjun,and Qin Jiaoshu,etc.Qinxi studied Confucian culture since he was a child but failed to pass the imperial examinations and suffered Rebellion of An and Shi.Afterwards,he returned to his hometown to hide from wars and once settled in Nanan of Quanzhou and finally “abandoned the official position and became a Taoist”.He refused repeatedly recommendation in his middle age by those in power but accepted the appointment of Xue Jianfeng in his later years and went east to Moling to be an official.However,his official time was very short and all his life was basically known as a hermit.You can find his biography in The New Book of Tang.Qinxi once compiled the poetry he sang with Liu Changqing into a book of poetry which seemed to have been lost in the Tang Dynasty.The earliest record of his poetry collection was in The New Book of Tang and the earliest edition of his poetry seen today is also from the Song Dynasty.Since then,historical records have been written on paper.At present,18 versions of the Ming and Qing dynasties of his poetry collection have been collected.Qinxi only left more than forty poems of which most poems are given to poets and officials of the same age.There are also many narration-and-intoning-style poems about Buddhism and Taoism and a few poems about travel and other themes.As a well-known hermit and poet in the Middle Tang Dynasty,Qinxi left a lot of traces of reclusive in his poetry which coupled with his noble character and stories of dealings with celebrities has left abundant cultural relics in Shaoxing,Quanzhou and Zhenjiang,etc.Especially for the Fujian region where culture was backward at that time,his role was particularly evident.Qin's poems which were once regarded as a prosperous expression of Mid-Tang poetry reflect the characteristics of the poetic style of the Dali and explored the subject of seclusion poetry at the same time.Qin's dual role as a hermit and a poet is complementary because of which he was not only appreciated by his contemporaries such as Wei Yingwu,Dai Shulun,Jiaoran,Quan Deyu,but also by later generations such as Lyu Xiaqing,Jin Shengtan and Mao Qiling.In addition to discussing Qin's life experience,interaction with people,the content and artistry of his poetry,and the value of his life and his poetry,this paper also focuses on the collection and dissemination of his poetry,the records of his poetry edition in different dynasties and the relationship between those versions.The work version selected in this paper is a handwritten poetry collection in the Qing Dynasty which completely copied from the Song Dynasty.The references for collation not only include other versions of his poetry,but also his poems recorded or quoted by other ancient books.Using the form of combining collation and annotation into one,this thesis attempts to carry out a comprehensive and systematic arrangement of Qin's poetry.Besides the section of “Collation and Annotation”,the additional “Review” column brings together predecessors' comments on Qin's poetry which are useful to achieve a further understanding of Qinxi and his poetry.