Abstract：Abstract： Xuezhai Yuefu has been handed down by Zhao Yifu, one member of Jiang Kui School of South Song Dynasty, only 68 of whose writings are collected and kept in The Complete Song Ci Poems. There leaves no biography about the poet in The Official History of the Song Dynasty, hence none of textual research about his life deeds. The author in this essay probes into his life activities, and put his works in chronological sequence. The research results show: Zhao was a decedent of the imperial family, whose ancestor, named Zhao Tian first escaped from war to Changle. In the early period of Jiading Years, he entered political stratum on the benefit of the merits of his forefathers. In the tenth year of Jiading Period, Zhao secured the Jingshi title through the imperial official-selecting examination, and was appointed as the chief executive of Jianli County, Jiangling Fu, then as the Head of Nanfeng County, later as the assistant executive of Nanjianzhou Fu, and then as the head of Shaowu Fu and Zhangzhou Fu. In the 2nd year of Duanping Period, Zhao was raised to be the official manager of Tea-salt affairs of Changping County, Jiangnan Xilu District, and one year later, he was again granted the official position of Zuocao Langguan, concurrently in charge of examining documents from different departments. In the 1st year of Jiaxi Period, he was conferred the position of Zuosi Langzhong, later transferred as Shumi Fu Douchengzhi, again in the following year, as the Head of Qingyuanfu. In the fourth year of Chunyou Period, he was promoted to vice director in charge of the Ministry of Punishments, then of the Ministry of Rites, later of the Ministry of Official Affairs. In February of the 4th year of Baoyou Period, he died in his hometown at the age of 68. As one celebrity in literary circle at that time, he had created a number of Ci poems responding to the famous literary men such as Sun Weixin, Wang Mai, Dai Fugu, Fang Yu, Liu Kezhuang, and etc. The style of his Ci poems were quite similar to Jiang Kui’s, characterized in leisure and elegance, and he was good at composing Ci poems more than 90 words, which usually portray and eulogize natural objects and things.
王可喜 王兆鹏. 南宋词人赵以夫生平及词作编年考[J]. 词学, 2013, 0(30): 139-160.
Wang Kexi Wang Zhaopeng. A Textual Research on the Life Deeds and the Chronological Order of the Ci Poems of Zhao Yifu, a Ci Composer of the South Song Dynasty. Ci Xue, 2013, 0(30): 139-160.
