许浑生卒年新考

A New Probe into Years of Birth and Death of XU Hun

关于许浑的生年,有贞元七年、贞元四年和十六年的不同结论。通过解读许浑寄给殷尧藩的两首诗、北游天井关所作诗歌及《郊园秋日寄洛中友人诗》,结合相关史料考证得出浑生于贞元九年的新论。关于许浑卒年,经考证认为浑卒于大中十三年后。并根据史料考证,咸通中有另一侍御史许浑,非诗人许浑,故罗时进先生"许浑卒于咸通二年"说不可信。

There exist disagreements concerning the birth year of XU Hun. Some scholars hold that he was born in the 7th year of Zhenyuan, while others argue that he was born in the 4th or 16th year of Zhenyuan. Through interpreting the two poems he sent to YIN Yao-fan, the poetry he composed when he traveled to Tianjingguan in the North and A Poem for My Friend in Luozhong in Autumn, and combining the relevant historical documents, the author of this paper has come to a new conclusion that XU was born in the 9th year of Zhenyuan. As for his death year, the author thinks that he died after the 13th year of Dazhong. According to the historical document, there was another person named XU Hun who was an official Yushi in the period of Xiantong. But he was not the poet XU Hun. Accordingly, Mr. LUO Shi-jin^s view that XU Hun died in the 2nd year of Xiantong is not correct.