Ruan Yuan - Gengen

A scholar and politician from the mid-to-late Qing dynasty in China. His courtesy name was Boyuan, and his pen name was Yundai or Yundai. He was from Yizheng County, Jiangsu Province, and was born in Yangzhou, close to Yizheng. He was a Jinshi in 1789 (the 54th year of the Qianlong era). He was well-liked by Emperor Qianlong, and served as governor of Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and governor of Guangdong and Yungui, achieving great success in government. He was adept at nurturing scholars in various regions, planning and completing compilation projects, and collecting the Qing dynasty classics, which were already in their prime. His works include the "Jingji Sui-Xian," a collection of exegesis from the Han and Tang dynasties, the "Jusankeichu Sokokanki," which was based on the "Seven Classics Mencius Commentary," written by Yamanoi Kanae (Kunlun), a Japanese Confucian scholar from the mid-Edo period, the "Chujinden," a biography of a calendar scientist, the "Huangqing Classic Commentary," which is a compilation of the results of commentaries on classics since the early Qing dynasty, and the "Wenxuanlou Congshu," which includes works by his friends and their children. His collection of poetry and prose is called the "Kenkei Shitsushu." He died in Yangzhou on October 13, 29th year of the reign of Daoguang, and was posthumously named Wenda.

[Mitsuo Kondo March 18, 2016]

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中国、清朝(しんちょう)中葉後期の学者、政治家。字(あざな)は伯元(はくげん)、号は雲臺(うんだい)または芸臺(うんだい)。江蘇(こうそ)省儀徴(ぎちょう)県の人。儀徴に近い揚州(ようしゅう)に生まれる。1789年（乾隆54）の進士。乾隆帝の知遇を受け、浙江(せっこう)・江西の巡撫(じゅんぶ)、両広（広東(カントン)・広西(カンシー)）・雲貴の総督を歴任して政績をあげ、よく各地で学者を育成して編纂(へんさん)事業を企画完成させ、すでに爛熟(らんじゅく)期にあった清朝経学を集成した。漢唐の訓詁(くんこ)の集録『経籍籑詁(けいせきせんこ)』、日本の江戸中期の儒学者山井鼎(やまのいかなえ)（崑崙(こんろん)）の『七経孟子考文(しちけいもうしこうぶん)』をみての『十三経注疏挍勘記(じゅうさんけいちゅうそこうかんき)』、暦算学者の伝記『疇人伝(ちゅうじんでん)』、清初以来の古典注釈の成果を集録した『皇清経解(こうせいけいかい)』、友人子弟の著を収録した『文選樓叢書(もんぜんろうそうしょ)』などがある。その詩文集は『経室集(けんけいしつしゅう)』という。道光29年10月13日揚州で卒(しゅっ)し、文達と諡(おくりな)された。

［近藤光男　2016年3月18日］

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