Ding Yan (1794–1875) was a Qing-dynasty Chinese classical scholar. His courtesy name was Jianqing; Zhetang was another courtesy-name form, recorded in two written forms. Liuyitang was his studio name or sobriquet, and Dingyan an alternative form of his name. He was a native of Shanyang, Jiangsu.
Life
In the first year of the Daoguang era (1821), he became a juren, or provincial graduate; his examination status is also given as xianggong juren. His titles included Qianshu panguan ting gongshi and a clerkship in the Grand Secretariat; during the Xianfeng era, while remaining in his native place, he organized local militia and was granted a third-rank title from his Secretariat position. He was a friend of Bao Shichen, Zhu Qi, Liu Wenqi, Gao Junru, Xu Han, Pan Deyu, and Zhou Ji, and a fellow townsman of Lu Yitong.
Scholarship
His approach to classical learning took the transmitted commentaries of Han scholars as its primary authority without excluding the interpretations of Song scholars. His writings concentrated on commentaries, textual correction, and evidential studies of the Odes, Documents, Rites, Changes, Analects, and Classic of Filial Piety.
Works
His collations and writings were extensive, comprising forty-seven works; those already printed were brought together in the Yizhi zhai congshu, a forty-one-juan collection. Among them were Mao Zheng shi shi, Sanli shizhu, Zhouyi shuzhuan, and Yizhi zhai wenji; the last also appears as Yizhi zhai shiwenji, in sixteen juan.
The authored works listed include Yili shizhu, two juan; Zhouyi jiegu, one juan; Zhouyi songgua qianshuo, one juan; Zhouyi shuzhuan, two juan; Zhouli shizhu, two juan; Zuozhuan Du jie jizheng, eight juan; Touhu kaoyuan, one juan; Yijing xianglei, one juan; and Liji shizhu, four juan.
Other authored works were Yugong Cai zhuan zhengwu, one juan; Yugong zhuizhi zhengwu, one juan; Yugong jishi, three juan; Shijizhuan fushi, one juan; Shu Cai zhuan fushi, one juan; Shangshu yulun, one juan; Mao Zheng shi shi, three juan with a one-juan continuation; Zheng shi shipu kaozheng, one juan; and Shi kao buzhu, two juan with an appended supplement.
His work in textual criticism also included Lunyu Kong zhu zhengwei, two juan; Xiaojing shuzhu, one juan; Xiaojing zhengwen, one juan; Du jingshuo, one juan; Beisong Bianxue er ti shijing ji, one juan; Yilin shiwen, two juan; and Rizhi lu jiaozheng, one juan. His compilations included Yili fuwei, five juan; Huainan wanbi shu, one juan; and Zhuzi cuiyan, one juan; he also edited Maoshi caomu niaoshou chongyu shu, two juan.
References
- CBDB Ding Yan (65577)
- 搜韵 丁晏 (57177)
- Wikidata Ding Yan (Q10864304)