Chushushu - Chushushu

A collection of poems from the Jin dynasty of China. 10 volumes in total. Compiled and written by Yuan Haowen. Completed in 1233 and published in 1249. Contains about 2000 poems by 249 people (not including those who survived in the final days of the Jin dynasty), and each person is accompanied by a short, well-rounded biography. Zhongzhou means China, and the book expresses the idea that the Jin dynasty is the rightful successor to Chinese civilization, in opposition to the Southern Song dynasty, and aims to praise that culture and pass it on to future generations. At the same time, the poems and short biographies are intermingled, making it possible to carry out a historical endeavor by revealing the deeds of the Jin dynasty that were being lost in the midst of war and the fall of the country, and leaving them for future generations. This method gave rise to several successor works in later generations. In the Qing dynasty, it was extensively revised by Guo Yuan and reborn as the Complete Jin Poems in 72 volumes.

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中国金(きん)朝一代の詞華集。全10巻。元好問の編著。成書は1233年、出版は1249年。計249人（金末の生存者は含まない）の2000首ほどの詩を収め、また各人にはある膨らみをもつ小伝が付せられる。中州とは中国ということであり、南宋(なんそう)と対抗して金朝こそ中国文明の正当な継承保持者であるとの意識が込められ、その文化を称揚し後世に伝えることを企図する。同時にそれらの詩と小伝とがない交ぜあって、戦乱亡国のうちに失われゆく金朝の事跡を明らかにし後世に残すという、ある史的営為を可能にした。このような方法は後代数種の後継著作を生む。清(しん)朝に至って郭元(かくげんう)により大補訂され『全金詩』72巻に生まれ変わった。

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