王廷表年谱

The Chronology of Wang Tingbiao

作为杨门六学士之一的王廷表,是活跃在明代弘治、正德和嘉靖年间的云南士子。他是开远人,进士出身,为官十二年,在四川按察司佥事官位上致仕;里居三十年中,致力于读书治学,纂成文章数十百卷。杨慎认为其《皇统》《钝庵读史》最有新见。今天仅有少量诗文存于《桃川剩集》(二卷)。王廷表的文章独抒见解,诗歌流丽明快,极具民歌风味,同杨升庵唱和最多。综观王廷表的生平事迹与创作活动,可帮助了解其人其文。

Wang Tingbiao,as one of the Six Scholars of Yang Shen,was a Yunnan scholar lived in the period of Hongzhi,Zhengde and Jiajin of Ming Dynasty. He was born in Kaiyuan county of Yunnan Province,and got the scholarly honor of Jinshi. He had been an officer about twelve years,and retired in the statue of Qianshi of Ancha Si（Provincial Judge） of Sichuan Province. Living hometown for almost thirty years,he worked on reading and studying,and wrote about one hundred volumes. Yang Shen thought that Huangtong and Dunan Dushi were the best. A few of them was compiled into Taochuan ShengJi（only two volumes）,and can be read today. His papers expressed his special thought. His poems were smooth and beautiful,and filled with special style of local civil songs. Most of poems were the responsories to Yan Shen＇s poems. Understanding him and his works is very useful to outline his life and creation activity.