朱祖谋虽为近代四大词人之一，但其早年生平和交游却多模糊不清。故以新见史料考证朱氏友人狄郁的生平，以及勾勒光绪初年以朱、狄二人为中心的诗文交游圈，对于朱祖谋这一人物及其诗词研究尤具价值。同时以朱、狄二人在晚清数十年的交游经历为例，可以延伸出对于变动时代中士人升阶的常与变，以及这种社会与思潮的变动导致个人与时代命运的屈从和背离、应和与抗拒的思考和议论。

Although ZHU Zu-mou is one of the four most famous poets of ci poetry in the late Qing dynasty, his early life remains vague in many aspects. By studying the newly discovered texts, this paper examines the life of ZHU’s friend DI Yu and gives a brief account of their circle of friends of poem and essay. This is significant for the research of ZHU Zu-mou and his ci poetry. Taking their friendship for decades in the late Qing Dynasty as an example, this paper also discusses the normality and extraordinariness of the promotion of scholar-bureaucrats in turbulent times, as well as the complicated relationship between an individual and his destiny.