Shi Shouzhi

Shi Shouzhi

Shi Shouzhi (1166-1224) was a poet, scholar and book collector in the Southern Song Dynasty. Zi Ren is the grandson of Shi Hao, the prime minister, and the son of Shi Mida. He was born in Yinxian county (now Yinzhou District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province).

When he was young, he traveled with scholars Yang Jian and Yuan Xie. Shi Shouzhi hates what Shi Miyuan, his uncle and prime minister, has done, and Shi Miyuan is also afraid of his nephew. The imperial court repeatedly recruited him to become an official, but Shi Shouzhi did not leave. He supervised the material court of Pingjiang mansion with chengshilang. From the lower reaches of Yangjian gate, he was in charge of Qianqiu Douxi Temple of Shaoxing mansion, and became an official with a court official. he lived in seclusion in his hometown of Yuehu, collected books behind closed doors, and lectured with the Duke of Cihu. He was a great book collector at that time. His grandfather, Shi Hao, was a Bachelor of Hanlin in the 32nd year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1162). He built shilufang, which was better than Yiyuan. Song ningzong specially granted the word "Bi Bi" to Shi Shouzhi. Later, Shi Shouzhi's house and library were called "Bi Pavilion". At that time, Emperor Xiaozong of the Song Dynasty granted the imperial script to the old school, and the emperor Zhao Gou also wrote the word "Zhenyin", so his shilufang was named "Zhenyin hall". Later, Emperor Guangzong of Song Dynasty gave the book "Siming cave". At that time, he was repeatedly summoned by imperial edicts, but he refused. Learn ancient Chinese from Lou Yao. Jiafu's collection of books, together with Tongyi's collection of books, was sometimes called "the history of the south tower and the north". Hearing the name of his collection, Emperor ningzong of the Song Dynasty gave it the word "Bi Bi", which means that the Qing Dynasty was a scholar who was good at repairing ancient books. Home has "old school", the collection of books. The book collection is printed with "Bi Ji", "jiuxue books", "jiuxue Shi", "jiuxue Fuyin Book seal", "Shi's family seal of calligraphy and painting collection" and so on. Most of the books in Wuzhong are his posthumous books.

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