Wu Yi (1745–1799) was a Qing-dynasty official and epigraphist. His courtesy names were Xugu and Xiaoshi, and he styled himself Banshishanren; he is also known by Shoutang, Shoujingtang, Xiaoshishanfang, Dushushanfang, and Dushulou. He was from Yanshi, Henan.
Career
He passed the jinshi examination in the forty-fifth year of the Qianlong reign (1780), placing tenth in the third class; he was later appointed magistrate of Boshan. During his tenure, he was dismissed after arresting and prosecuting the unlawful runners sent by Heshen; after his dismissal, he remained in Boshan to teach and served as chief lecturer at Qingyuan Academy.
Family and associations
His father was Wu Shaozhou (1688–1761); his great-grandfather was Wu Weihan, and his direct ancestors included Wu Xun. His brothers were Wu Xiu and Wu Zhuo, and his younger brother was Wu Ru. His sons included Wu Muchun (1772–1832), Wu Jingchun, and Wu Shengchun; the same names also appear in an alternative written form. His grandson was Wu Lei.
His friends included Zhu Yun, Ji Yun, Hong Liangji, Jiang Fan, Cheng Jinfang, Cui Shu, and Huang Jingren; he also studied under Zhu Yun.
Zhu Gui and Yao Nai wrote his epitaph; Wu Yi wrote Wu Xiuji’s epitaph, and Sun Xingyan wrote his biography.
Scholarship and works
He was learned in the Classics and history and excelled at textual criticism.
His principal works include Jingdu kaoyi, Qunjing yizheng, Sanli yizheng, Jinshi sanba, and Dushi jinshi jimu; related titles include Yanshi jinshi ji, Yanshi jinshi yiwen, Yanshi jinshi yiwen bulu, and Jingdu kaoyi bu. These titles appear with variant volume counts: Sanli yizheng is given as ten or twelve juan, while Qunjing yizheng appears in seven- and eight-juan forms.
Titles associated with local gazetteers, epigraphy, and historical criticism include Anyang xianzhi, Anyang jinshi lu, Baofeng xianzhi, Baofeng jinshi zhi, Jiabo xianzhi, Jia xian jinshi zhi, Lushan xianzhi, Lushan jinshi zhi, Yanshi xianzhi, Qianpu, Bo yi yi buyi, Xintang shu suoyin, Zhushu jinian buzhu, and Liuguo lun.
Other titles include Zheng zhi, Zheng zhi buyi, Judu xushu, Judu xushu bu, Sishu kaoyi judu, Shoutang zhaji, Shoutang jinshi wenzi xubai, and Nianpu (Wu Yi). His poetry and prose collections include Shoutang shichao (also written with a variant character), Shoutang wenchao, Shoutang wenchao xuji, Shoutang shiwen ji (also Shoujingtang shiwen ji), and Shoutang yishu; Famoshou, Zhen gaohuang, and Qi feiji are listed as works he edited.
References
- CBDB Wu Yi (35085)
- 搜韵 武億 (65593)
- Wikidata Wu Yi (Q11123792)