Wang Yuanliang

The latter three and perhaps some of the other poems were included in Wang Yuanliang's collection of poetry called Sketches of Lake and Mountain Types.⁴ To this there was a preface by Liu Chenweng⁵ (1232-1297).

Another poem about Mao perhaps in this collection is his "With Mao Minzhong leaving the lakes and mountains and from the riverside pavilions of Zhe passing by Wansongling".⁶

There were also poems on the occasion of Wen Tianxiang being detained in prison (Rao, Section 7).⁷

The original biography in Qin Shi Xu begins,

Wang Yuanliang (13th/14th c.), style name 大有 Dayou, nickname 水雲子 Shuiyun Zi, was from 錢塘 Hangzhou. During the reign of (Emperor) Duzong (1265 - 75) he used his qin skills to go in and out of the palace.... ⁸

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1. Wang Yuanliang sources
Bio/1136: 汪元量，宋臨安錢塘人，字大有，號水雲子 from Lin'an, style name Dayou, nickname Shui Yunzi; jinshi during 1265 - 75.
Qinshi Xu gives its sources as 宋遺民錄 Song Yimin Lu, 舊宮人詩詞跋 Jiu Gongren Shici Ba, 蒓湖漫錄 Chunhu Manlu.
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2. 10 lines; four sources given
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3. Wang Qinghui 王清惠
Her common nickname seems to have been 王昭儀 Wang Zhaoyi "Wang the Brilliant Companion". Bio/217: A woman of the Song dynasty; during the Duzong reign (1265-75) she was selected to work in the palace sidequarters as a "lady of bright deportment" (Hucker). After 1280, when the Yuan took control of all of China, she was sent north, but eventually became a 女道士 female Daoist. In addition to the poem above, her friendship with Wang Yuanliang is mentioned in Rao, Section 7.
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4. Sketches of lake and mountain types (湖山類稿 Hushanlei Gao)
Hushanlei Gao (湖山類稿 18214.8) is a collection of poetry in five folios by Wang Yuanliang, with an appended folio 水雲 Water and clouds).
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5. Liu Chenweng, Preface to Hushanlei Gao (劉辰翁，湖山類稿序)
For Liu Chenweng (1232-1297) see Bio/678
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6. With Mao Minzhong leaving the lakes and mountains and from the riverside pavilions of Zhe passing by Wansongling
(同毛敏仲出湖山由萬松嶺過浙江亭 Tong Mao Minzhong chu hushan you Wansongling guo Zhe jiangting)
This poem was included in Hushanlei Gao. Lakes and mountains (湖山 18214.4 Hushan: a general term for lakes and mountains; probably not the mountain named Hushan in Jiangsu); Wansongling (萬松嶺 25455.266 a mountain just outside the 南鳳山門 South Phoenix Mountain gate); riverside pavilions of Zhe (Zhe jiangting 浙江亭 17879.xxx but 17496.183 江亭 river pavilions; not "Zhejiang", which is generally modern usage).
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7. Writing Detained in Gloom for Wen Tianxiang in prison 文天祥，拘幽
Rao, Section 7, says Wang Yuanliang 至文文山困囚所，為之作《拘幽》以下十操，文山掖倚歌而和之。
In Qinshi Xu the same story seems to concern 文丞相銀鐺 Grand Councilor Wen Yindang.
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8. See Xu Jian's History 6a3.
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