Wang Nensun - Wang Nensun

A Chinese scholar in the mid-Qing dynasty. His pen name was Huaizu and his pen name was Shi Zan. He was from Gaoyou Prefecture, Jiangsu Province. His father, An Guo (1694-1757), who was the Minister of Personnel, invited Dai Zhen to their residence in the capital to study with 13-year-old Nian Sun, which laid the foundation for his lifelong academic endeavors. He was a Jinshi in 1775 (the 40th year of the Qianlong era). In addition to serving as the Inspector General of Shaanxi Province and other provinces, he also served in the Ministry of Works and the Censor General's Office, and in 1786, he was again assigned to the Yongding River Road, but was forced to retire due to the flooding of the Yongding River. Even after this, he devoted himself to writing at the residence of his son Yinzhi, who had become a high-ranking official, and passed away on January 24, 12th year of the reign of Daoguang, at the age of 89. The eight volumes of "Guangya Commentary and Records" elucidate the phenomenon of homophonic borrowing in ancient sounds through his theory of two parts of ancient rhymes, which impressed Duan Yu Cai. The 82nd volume of "Reading Journal" (1831) elucidates the meaning of each difficult-to-read passage in "Book of Yi Zhou" and "Strategies of the Warring States" up to "Wen Xuan", and compiles a great deal of material to arrive at an unshakable conclusion. This work shows the highest level of Qing Dynasty textual research. As for classic texts, there is "Classical Writings: A Collection of Classical Writings" by Yinzhi.

[Mitsuo Kondo March 18, 2016]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

中国、清(しん)朝中期の学者。字(あざな)は懐祖(かいそ)、号は石臞(せっく)、江蘇(こうそ)省高郵(こうゆう)州の人。吏部尚書であった父の安国(あんこく)（1694―1757）が京邸に戴震(たいしん)を招いて13歳の念孫に学を受けさせたことで、生涯の学問の根底が築かれた。1775年（乾隆40）の進士。陝西(せんせい)省などの監察御史を歴任したほかは、工部や都察院(とさついん)の官につき、1786年、再度の永定河(えいていが)道の任にいて永定河の氾濫(はんらん)で引責退官ののちも、高官となった子の引之(いんし)の京邸で著述に専念し、道光(どうこう)12年正月24日、89歳で卒(しゅっ)した。『広雅疏証(こうがそしょう)』8巻はその古韻(こいん)二一部説によって上古音の同音仮借の現象を解明し、段玉裁(だんぎょくさい)を感嘆せしめた。『読書雑志』82巻（1831）は、『逸周書(いつしゅうじょ)』『戦国策』以下『文選(もんぜん)』に至るまで、難読箇所の一つ一つにつきその意を解明したもので、おびただしい資料を集積して動かすべからざる帰結を導いている。清朝考証学のもっとも高い水準を示す著述である。経部の書については、子の引之(いんし)による『経義述聞(けいぎじゅつぶん)』がある。

［近藤光男　2016年3月18日］

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