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An important history book for understanding the history of the Qing Dynasty: Donghualu

author:Tongsang-sheng

There are many kinds of "Donghualu" compiled by the Qing Dynasty, although the titles of the books are the same, but the compilers are different, and the content is also different, so the following first one is introduced.

Donghualu, thirty-two volumes, written by Jiang Liangqi in the Qing Dynasty.

Jiang Liangqi (1722-1788), also known as Luochuan, was a native of Quanzhou, Guangxi (present-day Guangxi). In the sixteenth year of Qianlong (1751), he successively served as the editor of the Hanlin Academy, the compilation of the National History Museum, the Hongxu Temple, the Shaoqing of the Taibu Temple, the Department of Tongzheng History, and the Envoy of Tongzheng. He is the author of "Records of the Lower School", "JingmenCao", "Miscellaneous Songs of the Wounded God" and so on. See Qianlongjian's Chronicle of Jeonju, vol. 88.

In October of the 30th year of Qianlong, the National History Museum was reopened slightly north of donghua gate. Jiang Liangqi compiled it here, according to the museum's example, all private writings, but in the Examination Ofjue, it does not adopt facts, but mainly uses the "Records of Reality" and various official revision books, and records them on pieces of paper for forgetting. It was copied from letter and pen, compiled year by year, and accumulated for a long time, and it became a scroll. Because the History Museum is inside the Donghua Gate, the title of the book is "Donghualu". The thirty-two volumes of the book, starting from the first year of the Mandate of Heaven (1583) to the thirteenth year of Yongzheng (1735), record the history of the six dynasties (Mandate of Heaven, Tiancong, Tiancong, Qide, Shunzhi, Kangxi, and Yongzheng) of the five emperors (Taizu, Taizong, Shizu, Shengzu, and Sejong) before and after the Qing Dynasty.

This book is mostly based on the actual records, such as the "Records of the Ancestors of the Qing Dynasty" does not contain the Shunzhi First Year, that is, the First Year of Hongguang (1644) in the September Shi Kefa Answer Dolgun Book, Liang Qi according to the cabinet records of the original Zha full text, at the end of the fourth volume of the "Donghua Record", and borrowed the Qianlong Emperor's "Imperial Book Mingchen Shi Kefa Fu Shu Rui Prince Affair" said: "Fu Kefa, Ming Chen, its indomitable, Zhengye! Don't carry his words, don't you have the heart of a disloyal subject? And if his words are not contained, then the people of the hereafter will not know what it is called, and there will be those who doubt his words and go away. Book markets and bibliophiles who were ordered to be sought by Confucian courtiers were also not available. The reinstatement of the request to the Cabinet Treasury is the beginning. The pawn reads it again and again, regretting the lonely loyalty of the law, lamenting the unwiseness of the king, having such a subject and not being able to trust it, so that the power is treacherous and restrictive, and the death is also lost. Another example is the twenty-seventh year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1688), when Yushi Guoxuan participated in the impeachment of the Chancellor Mingzhu, which was also compiled by Liangqi from Guo Xuan's "Huaye Collection". Sandwiched in the middle of the small notes, it shows the author's care. Another example is the October of the sixth year of the sixth year of the reign of The Sixth Shunzhi (1649) of the sixth volume of the book " Nongchen Shen carved, the second earthquake in the Beijing Division, from the northeast to the southwest" Note: "Before the disasters were recorded at the end, the book earthquake began from here. "Such memories are all supplemented by historical events and are worth referencing."

However, this book is still too brief, and it was later supplemented by Wang Xianqian. However, although Jiang Lu is brief, there are many people outside of Wang Xianqian's "DonghuaLu". For example, if the Officials of the Shunzhi Dynasty were reprimanded for discussing the abuses of land enclosure and fleeing people, Jiang Lu had it and Wang Lu did not. During the Kangxi Dynasty, Lu Qing was reprimanded for his inability to donate money, Li Guangdi was reprimanded for his delinquency, and Yushi Pengpeng was bitterly entangled, making it impossible for Guangdi to stand on its own in the heavens, all recorded by Jiang Lu and not recorded by Wang Lu, so it is known that this book is also inexorable.

The Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House compiled the "Continuation of the Four Libraries of the Whole Book" according to the Qianlongjian engraving of the Qing Dynasty collected by the society, and included in the chronicle category of the History Department, and those who are interested can find a reading.