Zhongnan Gate every hundred steps, there will always be a memorial arch, mentioned that many people may not be unfamiliar with the archway, Tongren still retains a lot of archways, today we will talk about the story of "Xitai Four Jiefang".
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During the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Mingshenzong, four famous scholars, including Tian Xilu (Tian Qiu), Li Tongye (Li Wei), Xiao Chongwang, and Ao Zongqing, were specially ordered to erect a stone square on the West Street of the capital city, which was called "Four Masters of Xitai" to show their recognition. It is now rebuilt at the Fanjing Academy and the Fanjing Starry Sky Art Museum.
Tashu
Tian Qiu (田秋), courtesy name Ruli (汝力), was born in the seventh year of Ming Hongzhi (1494) and died in the thirty-fifth year of Jiajing (1556). A native of Shuidejiang division of Minsi Nan Province (present-day Chaoli Town, Dejiang County). He once went to Guizhou to open a scientific examination to promote the development of culture and education in Guizhou.
In the fifth year of Ming Zhengde (1510), Tian Qiu went to Yunnan Township to raise a person, and Ming Zhengde entered the army in the ninth year (1514). In the ninth year of Ming Jiajing (1530), Tian Qiusheng Like left to give the matter. At that time, Guizhou Keju Township tried to merge with Yunnan, Guizhou to Yunnan distance of more than 2,000 miles, Sinan, Yongning and other guards to Yunnan have three or four thousand miles, and the mountain road is steep, miasma is soaked, Confucian sheng to the test, very hard. Because of poverty and lack of travel expenses, the frailty cannot be reached on foot, and many people return halfway through the process of intolerance. Tian Qiu saw his suffering and experienced his labor. Shangshu "Opening a Virtuous Branch to Teach Hongwen", please open an examination room and open a township examination in Guizhou.
In the fourteenth year of Ming Jiajing (1535), the Holy Father granted it. In the sixteenth year (1537), the two provinces were relieved of their quotas, 40 in Yunnan and 25 in Guizhou, each of which opened a department. Buy rolls in parallel and collect them for free for candidates. The province of Science and Technology, the cost of labor and cost, to the increasing number of scholars.
In the tenth year of Jiajing (1531), Tian Qiu also went to Shangshu "Please Jianwuchuan, Anshun, and Yinjiang Xueshu", and Shengshang Enzhun successively established schools in the three places. Since then, Guizhou has flourished in culture and education, and talents have emerged.
Tian Qiuneng's poems, xi calligraphy, Ming Jiajing three years (1524) on the Chao ling Wujiang official road on a huge stone engraved "Qianzhong pillar" four words; the official honesty and honesty, outspoken and courageous advice, just and upright, outstanding merit, outstanding political achievements; after returning home from the resignation of the official, in his spare time to repair bridges, make medicines, in order to benefit the villagers.
Tian Qiu was an official for 20 years, and there were many loose performances, and the book "Xilu Song Discussion" was compiled by posterity and circulated to the world. In order to show The Contribution of Tian Qiu to the education of Guizhou, Fujiangdong of Guizhou was petitioned by zhusheng in the fourth year of the Ming Dynasty (1576), and the Shangshu Shenzong was approved to take the Shutian Qiu Tablet in the Mingyuan Building of Guiyang.
Shaw looked forward to it
Xiao Zhongwang, a sword fighter, a native of Ming Sinan Province, whose ancestral home is Dayun Bancun, Xinzhai Township. He was born in the 29th year of Ming Jiajing (1550) and died in the 4th year of Chongzhen (1631).
In the thirteenth year of the Ming Wanli (1585), Xiao looked forward to Zhongwu and entered the army in the fourteenth year of the Ming Wanli (1586). Successive officials were the inspectors of Yunnan Province, and the left governor of the Duchayuan Zuo You Du Yushi and other positions. Xiao is highly regarded for his knowledge and profound calligraphy skills. In the thirty-sixth year of the Ming Dynasty (1608), it was returned to the township.
Qing Daoguang's "Chronicle of Yinjiang County" says: "Xiao Zhongwang's house is in Jiashan, and Changjiashan (Jiashan Village) has two residences", and later moved to Yinjiang City and built a house in the county summer back street. During this period, five major matters were asked to govern the country and an edge: first, the governor of Hunan Biaoyuan, the second was to set up the governor of Guizhou, Yunnan, the third was to set up Sinan Province, the fourth was to set up Anhua County School, and the fifth request was to set up Yinjiang County School, all of which were approved, and Yinjiang began to set up teachings. In the thirty-seventh year of the Ming Dynasty (1609), the imperial court, seeing that the high spirit was still strong and had the ability to govern, was recalled and promoted to the post of the governor of the Capital Bureau.
Xiao Zhongwang died of illness at the Imperial History Bureau, and Emperor Shenzong gave him a thick coffin and buried him. Therefore, he ordered him to go to the ground: "Chayuan Dam". His calligraphy handwriting includes a pair of stone-carved couplets in the seam of the Chengdong River, which was written and written in the twenty-fifth year of the Wanli Calendar (1597), Lianyun: "Sharp Axe Splitting Hazel, Sunshine moon approaching, hundreds of millions of surnames praise Zhang Zhijie; Qiyan Chengtan Road, mountains and rivers far away, hundreds of thousands of miles through Yu Gongche Book" The handwriting is round and smooth, and the pen is vigorous.
Ao Zongqing
Ao Zongqing (1502-1566) was a native of Yinjiang County, Ming Sinan Province. In the thirteenth year of Ming Jiajing (1534), Ao Zongqing was raised, and in the seventeenth year of Jiajing (1538), he was a jinshi.
Ao Zongqing served in Zunhua, Wuyue, Henan, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places, and later the official visited Yunnan. During his tenure in Zunhua, Zunhua was drought-stricken, and Ao Zongqing ordered the villagers to plant more pear trees to quench their thirst, and after a few years they became forests. When guarding Henan, he advocated frugality and opposed extravagance. He also ordered the soldiers to reclaim more barren fields, dig rivers to divert water to irrigate the farmland, and the priests and people ploughed the fields and hoeed the grass, so that the soldiers could have enough food and clothing, and because of their merits, they were promoted to be envoys in Guangxi. From time to time, local soldiers fought with each other, causing riots. Ao Zongqing mediated many times, and finally calmed down the situation, and the case was not reported: "I do not do it for the matter of killing people and asking for merit!" "During the period of the official visit to Yunnan, there were bandits who caused disturbances and disturbed the localities. Ao Zongqing led an army to encircle and suppress, repeatedly built up miracles, and achieved outstanding political achievements.
Ao Mu Dong was eighty years old and had many diseases. Ao Zongqing resigned from the government and went home, serving day and night, and entertaining his mother from time to time in the form of a child. Ao Zongqing wrote the Meipo Collection, which has been lost. The "Qianshi Jiluo" says: "Tongye is famous for lecturing, while Meipo is equally famous for the article economy."
Li Wei
Li Wei ,字湜之,号同野。 The year of birth and death is unknown. A native of Minsinan Province, he is a famous theologian.
In the thirteenth year of Ming Jiajing (1534), Li Weizhongju. He held the posts of Zhi County of Huayang County (Chengdu, Sichuan), ZhiZhou of Hezhou (Anhui He County), Tongzhi of Gaozhou Prefecture (Maoming County, Guangdong), Prefect of Shaozhou Prefecture (Qujiang County, Guangdong), and Left Suffragette of Yunnan.
Li Wei is a clean and honest official, and often says, "The king is the king of Yao Shun, and the people are the people of Yao Shun, and the responsibility is mine, so I want to restore the rule of Yao Shun." During Li Wei's tenure in Guangdong, he often studied science with the theorist Chen Ruoshui, studied Wang Shouren's words and deeds, and met Geng Xiangxiang, Luo Rufang and others. In addition to handling government affairs, Li Wei set up a museum to give lectures, and the followers were like clouds. In Longqingzhong, Li Weiguan went to Yunnan to participate in politics, was honest and honest, and lectured as before.
During the Zhengde period, Li Wei became acquainted with Jiang Xin, a disciple of the famous theorist Wang Shouren, and the two became very close, and Li Wei concentrated on the study of science from then on. After resigning from his official position, he returned to his hometown and told the "I Ching" in the "Weiren Academy" and the "Dian Yi Cave" in the Zhenwu Temple of the city of Sinan Province, and gathered from scholars.
After Li Wei's death, in the Wanli Dynasty, the imperial court allowed the county office to build a township ancestral hall for Li Wei, and the Ming Shen Sect gave lian: "A gentleman of the southern kingdom, a scholar of the Chinese dynasty." Geng Dingli, a servant of the Guizhou Military Department of the Ming Dynasty, wrote an "Epitaph" for him, calling it "the tomb of a ming scholarly gentleman".
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