Wang Xianqian

A scholar from the late Qing Dynasty in China. His pen name was Ekigo and his pen name was Kuiyuan. He was from Changsha, Hunan Province. He was a Jinshi in 1865, and was appointed as the head of the Imperial Academy and then the head of education in Jiangsu. In 1889, he left his post and became a leader in the education world in his hometown, later receiving the title of Cabinet Scholar. Politically, he was a conservative who preached the holy path, and despised the Reform Movement of the Year of the Hundred. He is also said to have made a fortune in Changsha by associating with wealthy merchants. After the Xinhai Revolution, he changed his name to Tong and literally lived in seclusion. He edited large volumes of works, including the chronological histories of the Qing dynasty, "Donghua Lu" and "Donghua Xulu," and the "Continuation of the Commentary on the Classic of Imperial Qing," a collection of research books on the classics. He also left behind famous works of textual research, such as "Supplementary Commentaries on the Book of Han" and "Commentary on the Collection of the Later Han."

[Isamu Ogata March 18, 2016]

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中国、清(しん)朝末期の学者。字(あざな)は益吾(えきご)、号は葵園(きえん)。湖南省長沙(ちょうさ)の人。同治(どうち)4年（1865）の進士(しんし)で、官は国子監祭酒(こくしかんさいしゅ)、ついで江蘇(こうそ)学政となった。1889年に官を辞し、郷里で教育界の指導者となり、のち内閣学士の勲位を受けた。政治的には聖道を説く保守派であり、戊戌(ぼじゅつ)の変法運動を嫌悪した。また長沙では豪商と結んで財をなしたという評もある。辛亥(しんがい)革命後は名を遯(とん)と改め、文字どおり隠遁(いんとん)した。清朝の編年史『東華録(とうかろく)』『東華続録(とうかぞくろく)』、経書の研究書を集めた『皇清経解続編(こうせいけいかいぞくへん)』など大部の書を編集し、また『漢書補注(かんじょほちゅう)』『後漢書集解(ごかんじょしっかい)』など考証学の名著を残した。

［尾形　勇　2016年3月18日］

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