田锡年谱

Tian Xi Chronicle

田锡(940—1003),宋初著名的政治家、文学家。他的奏议,在太宗、真宗朝就声震朝野,是一心系国家、关注民瘼的直臣。他的诗,既不似"西昆体"的艰涩难喻,也不像"元白体"的浅俗伤雅,在宋初诗坛独树一帜。而且他还是北宋古文运动的先行者。他殁后,范仲淹撰墓志,司马光作碑阴,苏轼序其奏议,为之操笔者皆一代伟人,其为世重若此。本文从数十种文献中勾稽出田锡的生平资料,予以考订、排比,对其作品作了系年,对其父、祖、曾祖及其子女的事迹亦有所涉及,是一篇资料翔实的编年体传记。

Tian Xi （940-1003） was a famous statesman and litterateur in the early Song Dynasty. His memorials and proposals were influential in the whole court, stating outright the suffering of common people. His poetry showed a unique style, neither coined with the abstruse analogy of Xi Kun style, nor infected by the shallow melancholy of Yuan Bai style. Furthermore, he was the pioneer of Classical Prose Movement in northern Song Dynasty. He was greatly respected by the literature lions at that time. After his death, Fan Zhongyan wrote epitaph for him; Si Maguang composed inscription of his tombstone; Su Shi prefaced his memorials and proposals. This paper is a chronological biography with detailed information. It does comparative research and textual study on his biographical in- formation in dozens of documents, chronicling his literary works and supplementing the account about his ancestors and offspring.