周邦彦并未“流落十年”考辨

A Criticism on the Assertion of Zhou Bangyan’s “Drifting About for a Decade”

在当代学者中,有些人认为周邦彦是新党代表人物。由于旧党的排挤倾轧,邦彦始出教授庐州,接着又知溧水,“流落十年”。此文则考出周邦彦教授庐州与知溧水,乃宋代官制及时势所使然;刚至庐州教授任即因遭母丧而居家丁忧,外任不足六年。所谓“流落十年”根本不能成立,更与新旧党争无任何关系。

Some people among contemporary scholars considered that Zhou Bangyan was a representative of the “New Clique”, because of being discriminated and abused by the members of “Old Clique”, they said, Zhou Bangyan went away to be a professor in Luzhou (庐州), then engaged in the administration of Lishui (溧水), “drifting about for a decade”. Through a deliberate criticism, this text maintains that the matter above-said is nothing to do with the conflict between the “Old Clique” and the “New Clique”. Besides, Zhou Bangyan was not working outside for more than six years: he returned home for the death of his mother not long after his arriving in Luzhou.