薛昂夫(1267—1359) ，元代散曲家。回鹘（今维吾尔族），原名薛超吾，以第一字为姓。先世内迁，孟路（今河南沁阳）人。祖、父皆封覃国公。汉姓为马，又字九皋，故亦称马昂夫、马九皋。据赵孟頫《薛昂夫诗集序》（《松雪斋文集》），他曾执弟子礼于刘辰翁(1234～1297)门下，约可推知他生年约在元初至元年间。历官江西省令史，佥典瑞院事、太平路总管、衢州路总管等职。薛昂夫善篆书，有诗名，诗集已佚。诗作存于《皇元风雅后集》、《元诗选》等集中。
Xue Angfu (1267-1359) was a prose composer of the Yuan Dynasty. Uyghur (now Uyghur), originally named Xue Chaowu, took the first character as his surname. The ancestors migrated internally and were from Menglu (now Qinyang, Henan). Both ancestors and fathers were granted the title of Duke of Qin. The Han surname is Ma, also known as Jiugao, hence it is also referred to as Ma Angfu or Ma Jiugao. According to Zhao Mengfu’s “Preface to Xue Angfu’s Poetry Collection” (“Collected Works of Song Xuezhai”), he once held the ceremony of being a disciple under Liu Chenweng (1234-1297), which can be inferred that he was born around the early Yuan Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty. He served as the magistrate of Jiangxi Province, and held various positions such as the official of Ruiyuan, the general manager of Taiping Road, and the general manager of Quzhou Road. Xue Angfu is skilled in seal script and has poetry titles, but his collection of poems has been lost. The poems are stored in collections such as “Huangyuan Fengya Hou Ji” and “Yuan Shi Xuan”.
Xue Angfu’s “Joy in front of the Palace: Winter” depicts the scenery of a lonely mountain in winter and the emotional fluctuations in the poet’s heart, showcasing the poet’s reclusive feelings of transcendence and leisure.
薛昂夫·《殿前欢·冬》
浪淘淘，
看渔翁举网趁春潮，
林间又见樵夫闹。
伐木声高，
比功名客更劳。
虽然道，
他终是心中乐。
知他是渔樵笑我，
我笑渔樵。
Winter
To the Tune of Pleasure in Front of Palace
Xue Angfu
Forward are waves surging,
Fishermen cast nets while spring tide is coming,
In the woods woodmen are busy working.
So loud is the sound of cutting,
Harder than politicians of vanity fair they’re toiling,
Even so strenuous,
Enjoying their life they are vigorous.
Whether fishermen and woodmen are laughing at me I wonder,
Or I’m laughing at them as they are ridiculous.
（周方珠 译）
