Guo Pu - Guo Haku

A Chinese literati from the Eastern Jin Dynasty. His courtesy name was Jingchun. He was from Wenxi County (Shanxi Province). He was erudite and gifted in poetry and prose, and was highly valued by influential people at the time. He became a military secretary to Wang Dun (266-324), who contributed to the founding of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but was killed for opposing Wang Dun's rebellion. The main biography in the Book of Jin (volume 72) records his outstanding abilities, especially in the five elements, astronomy, and divination. He was also a first-class poet, and his representative work, Poems for Visiting Immortals (14 poems), is highly regarded for its depth as a philosophical poem that seeks immortals from a Taoist perspective. As a scholar, he annotated works such as Erya, Fangyan, Mu Tianzi Zhuan, and Shanhai Jing, many of which are still of use today.

[Akira Takeda January 19, 2016]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

中国、東晋(とうしん)の文人。字(あざな)は景純。聞喜県（山西省）の人。博学で詩文の才に恵まれ、当時の有力者に重用され、東晋建国に寄与した王敦(おうとん)（266―324）の参軍書記となったが、王敦の謀反に反対して殺された。『晋書』（巻72）の本伝には、とくに彼の五行、天文、卜筮(ぼくぜい)に関する優れた能力についての記録がみえる。詩人としても一流で、その代表作『遊仙詩』（14首）は、道家の立場にたって神仙を求める思想詩としての深みがあって高く評価される。学者としては、『爾雅(じが)』『方言』『穆天子伝(ぼくてんしでん)』『山海経(せんがいきょう)』などに注を施し、現在なお益するところが多い。

［竹田　晃　2016年1月19日］

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