Huang Tingjian (1045–1105) was a famous calligrapher, poet and writer of the Northern Song Dynasty. Zi Lu Zhi (字鲁直), also known as Mr. Yuzhang Huang (豫章黄), a native of Fenning (present-day Xiushui, Jiangxi), Song Zhiping (1067 AD) ascended to the throne, and successively served as a county lieutenant in YeXian County, a professor of Guozijian, a school secretary, a writer, a secretary of Shulang, a secretary of Fuzhou, a driver of Fuzhou, and a resettlement of Qianzhou.
Huang Tingjian is good at writing, poetry, and calligraphy. The calligraphy is exquisite and unique. The poetic style is strange and thin, and it strives to shake the habits of light and vulgarity, open up a generation of customs, and open up the ancestor of the "Jiangxi Poetry School". Together with Zhang Qi, Chao Shuzhi and Qin Guan, they all studied under Su Shimen and were collectively known as the "Four Bachelors of Sumen". His works include "The Collected Writings of Mr. Yuzhang Huang" and "Valley Words".
Huang Tingjian Memorial Hall - Statue of Huang Tingjian and Su Dongpo talking
Huang Tingjian Memorial Hall - Nine-Curve Corridor
Huang Tingjian Memorial Hall - "Songfeng Pavilion" calligraphy
Huang Tingjian Memorial Hall
Huang Tingjian Memorial Hall is located in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, Xiushui County, the county town of Nanshan Cliff, close to the Xiuhe River, dangerous cliffs wuli river, the mountain peaks high and far-reaching, flat land view, ancient trees towering, green in all seasons. The museum has gate towers, Xishan ZiLou, Valley Ancestral Hall, Jiuqu Corridor, Chengqiu Pavilion, Shunji Pavilion, Guanyun Pavilion, Yicui Pavilion and many other buildings with unique local characteristics, including Stone Gate, Hidden Dragon Cave, Lychee Cliff, Diaoji, Moya inscription "Buddha" and other famous sites, displaying "Songfeng Pavilion", "Jingfubo Shrine", "Gift Qiu XIV", "Mozhu Fu", "Tea Feast Fu" and other calligraphy inscriptions, the museum has 427 cultural relics, more than 10,000 specimens, including Huang Tingjian's "Wang Chunzhong Epitaph" and "Song Dynasty Xu Chunzhong Epitaph" All were excavated from Song tombs, and the works made are rare in huang Tingjian's calligraphy works.
Huang Tingjian's handwritten "Jie Shi Ming"
Huang Tingjian Shuangjing Huang family rules
Huang Tingjian's great-grandfather Huang Zhongli presided over the formulation of the "Huang Family Rules", a total of 20 articles, which made detailed provisions on filial piety, friendship, employment, and study. Emphasize the treatment of ancestors, like the source of water and wood, and must not be forgotten; treat parents, as the heavens and the earth are great, it is advisable to be filial piety; treat brothers, like people with branches, must help each other; treat neighbors, like lips and teeth, and will respect each other. And emphasized that reading is the basis of the commandment, the important task of the ancestors, the future students must be proficient in the classics, the articles are well-versed, etc., not only the ancestral precepts of the local people, but also the local people as a model, known as the "golden family rules".
In addition, Huang Tingjian also left a "Family Ring" in his later years, summarizing the reasons for the rise and fall of some families, and admonishing his descendants to "not fight for small wealth, no small things as revenge" and "no suspicion as the heart, nothing to have or nothing to do", to be humble to each other, to take care of each other, to get along harmoniously, and to work together to maintain the inheritance and development of the family.
●Excerpt from Huang Tingjian Shuangjing Huang's family rules
Heavy filial piety
Man has ancestors, and Judea has a source, and must not be forgotten.
The grace of the parents (1) is the same as that of heaven and earth. Whoever has the surname of My Son is a pro-existent, it is advisable to raise them according to the division (2).
——Excerpt from Shuangjing's "Huang Family Rules"
【Notes】
(1) Reckless: Endless.
(2) With the score: according to the nature; according to the duty.
【Translation】
People have ancestors, just like flowing water has a source and trees have roots, which must not be forgotten.
The nurturing grace of parents has no boundaries like heaven and earth. All those members of our clan whose parents are alive must be supported according to their duties.
harmony
He who is the Son of Man tells his mother: There is no quarrel with small wealth, and no small things as revenge, so that the sum of my brothers and uncles is also; and those who are husbands, tell their wives: There is no suspicion as a heart, and there is no such thing as a heart, so that my brother and nephew can also be the sum.
——Excerpt from Huang Tingjian's "Family Ring"
Those who are sons tell their mothers: Do not fight over small wealth, do not have hatred for small things, and let our brothers and uncles and nephews maintain harmony; the husband of man warns his wife: Do not be suspicious, do not worry about whether there is or not, let our brothers and uncles and nephews maintain harmony.
All mothers are like one mother, all children are like one child, there is no distinction between me and me, there is no suspicion of widowhood, there is no selfish greed, there is no money for recklessness, the warehouse is looked at together, and the gold is collected by the common force.
All the mothers in the family are everyone's mothers, all the children in the family are everyone's children, there is no distinction between you and me, there is no more and less suspicion, there is no greedy selfishness, there is no unprovoked money expenditure, everyone is staring at increasing savings in the granary cash cabinet, and working together to earn gold and goods at home.
comity
Whoever sits in and out of the house must be followed by the elderly; that is, in the temple, when there is a matter that should be said, it must be calmly said; nor must its elders be humbled by respect, nor shall they be inferior by the elders, nor shall they be taught in the Dhamma (1) and in the Dhamma (1).
The walker gives way, the cultivator gives way (2), and the king of Wen behaves in a vulgar and beautiful way. In recent times, there have been people of the same clan who cannot give in to each other, and they have been called despicable husbands. Relying on the rich to bully the poor, bullying the weak, setting up clever organs, encroaching on the competition, heavenly conscience, Guo'an cares? If the Wu people have this generation, they will sue the court and the parents will jointly testify their sins in order to curb the wind (3).
(1) Dharma-yanxun (xùn) language: words that conform to etiquette and are obedient.
(2) The walker gives way, the cultivator gives way: the farmer gives way to the field boundary, and the person who walks lets the road open for others to go first. Describe courtesy as a social ethos.
(3) Pouring wind: floating social atmosphere.
Juniors who sit idly in and out of the road must be behind the elders. Even in places such as ancestral halls in public places, when encountering official matters that should be said, you must talk calmly. The elderly must not use their position of honor to suppress the inferior or bully the young by virtue of their status as the elder, but must reason with the young with good words and teach the young in an appropriate way.
Giving way to others when walking, and giving up the field boundary to others when ploughing the field, this is the virtue of King Wen of Zhou in educating all the people to form customs. Recently, even among the same clan, there are people who cannot give up any land and have been evaluated as despicable and shallow people, let alone those who bully the poor by virtue of their wealth, rely on the strong to bully the weak, set up clever organs, and encroach on other people's things, where is the natural conscience they should have? If there are such people in our family, we must expose and expose this behavior to everyone, and everyone will jointly testify their sins and mistakes in order to curb this pompous social atmosphere.
Chong wen
Reading is the basis of the commandments, and the most important task of the ancestors is also the manifestation of the ancestors. He must be a famous student, an educated post-student, proficient in the classics of the period, and a scholar of the article; and more than a tun li xingyi (1), to become a great instrument, Si Zhen read books. Its supply of instruments is indispensable. If it is easy for Feng Fei to be light, Lang Yan village learning, only to read, cause contempt, and regurgitate the precursor. For those who are fathers and brothers, they still have their thoughts.
(1) Friendship: character and morality
Reading is the foundation of cultivating the body and mind, and it is also the most important way for the Guangzong to honor the ancestors. We must invite famous teachers to educate the younger generations, and we must make the younger generations proficient in Confucian classics and write articles clearly; we should cultivate sentiments and improve our conduct in order to become useful talents. The etiquette of providing teachers cannot be arbitrary. If, just for the sake of convenience, the low salary given to teachers leads to the delay in village schooling, and parents only hope that their children will know a few words, causing their children to breed vulgar and shallow habits, but ruining the prestige of their ancestors. The elders of the family must attach great importance to this issue.
My son asked for advice, held books to see the testament of the ancients, looked at the interests of the time, and did not wait for the words of the old man.
My sons should devote themselves to the study of learning, holding a book in their hands to read the admonitions left by the ancients, observing the changes in interests from time to time, and not waiting for me to know what to do.
Mutual aid
The multiplicity of the clans, the unevenness of the rich and the poor, is inevitable. If our people have an embarrassed home, those who cannot be married in life, those who cannot be buried in death, and those who are spared at home, when they look up to the ancestors' intentions, they can help them. This thick road also. The one who spares the family is not allowed to sit back and watch the lost place, so as to honor the ancestors.
The bridges and roads near the Wu ethnic group should be repaired in late autumn and early winter every year. The cover is not particularly convenient for pedestrians, or convenient for oneself. It is not particularly convenient for others to do so, building bridges and straightening, widening and leveling roads, increasing the number of praises for pedestrians, and increasing the local weather.
The family population is large, the rich and the poor are uneven, which is an unavoidable thing. If there are economically poor families in our family, those who cannot marry a wife in life, who have no money to bury when they die, and whose families are rich, should be aware of the relationship with the same lineage and help according to their own ability. This is the character of generosity and benevolence. The well-off must not sit idly by while the poor are displaced, so as to dishonor their ancestors.
The bridges and roads near our family are repaired on time every year in late autumn and early winter. The reason is that it is not only convenient for pedestrians, but also convenient for themselves. More importantly, it is not only convenient for yourself and others, if the bridge is stable and the road is wide and flat, how much praise can you win from pedestrians coming and going, and how much brilliance and new atmosphere can you add to the place!