Deng Zhongyue of liaocheng dynasty titles: poor and unburied titles one two three

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Deng Zhongyue (登钟岳字東長), courtesy name Qilu , was a native of Liaocheng County (present-day Dongchangfu District).

Deng Zhongyue was forty-seven years old when he became the head of the Kangxi Dynasty in 1721.

When he was young, his family was still relatively well-off. His grandfather Deng Bingheng had a meritorious name and an official position, and built a garden four miles south of Liaocheng City. In addition, he also has a large collection of books, and built a Library building of Hanxiang Pavilion. His father, Deng Ki-cheol, was also very cultured. In such an environment, Deng Zhongyue was able to read a lot of books. For more than forty years of angry study, Deng Zhongyue learned to be rich in five cars, and his articles and calligraphy were both good.

Due to the early death of his father, Deng Zhongyue's examination was affected. As the eldest son, Deng Zhongyue took the initiative to share his mother's worries, and after taking the examination at the age of thirty-four, he decisively gave up the opportunity to take the examination for the fourth subject (twelve years). He took care of the housework, sincerely raised his three younger brothers, and guided them to learn the Art of Eight Strands. For his five younger sisters, he was even more protective.

For his parents, Deng Zhongyue did his job of waiting when he was sick, and after his death, he mourned and was buried. When he was waiting for his father, he did not smoke again for the rest of his life because he smelled tobacco.

To his mother, Deng Zhongyue did his utmost filial piety. After the death of his mother, he wrote the inscription "Monument to the Sacrifice of the Mother", which was full of affection between the lines.

At home, Deng Zhongyue walked without squinting, and spoke slowly and softly. He easily did not criticize his younger siblings. If someone in the family goes out at night and doesn't come back very late, he will stand at the gate and wait. After three or two such times, his brothers never dared to return late.

Although there are many housework, Deng Zhongyue has not forgotten to study. He studied the Four Books and Five Classics, especially the I Ching, over and over again. As soon as I have an idea, I write it down. He did not relax for a moment in the copying of the calligraphy of his predecessors.

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Deng Zhongyue became a champion and was hand-picked by the Kangxi Emperor. It is said that it is not because of how good Deng Zhongyue's article is, but because his calligraphy is very beautiful. Therefore, the emperor wrote eight words on his examination paper: "The article is flat, and the words are overwhelming." In fact, Deng Zhongyue's article is still very deeply rooted.

Deng Zhongyue's earliest position was that of the Hanlin Academy. After twelve years of struggle, he became the Right Attendant of the Rebbe. After that, because of a small matter, I was demoted to be made up and idle for a while. In the first year of Qianlong (1736), he was reused and went to Zhejiang to serve as a scholar. After that, he served as a counselor in Guangdong's academic and political envoys, until he was the right attendant of the Rebbe.

In his post of studying politics in Zhejiang, he advocated "knowing honesty and shame, valuing honor and honor, and neglecting selfish interests", and he instructed all students: "Shame is the basis of shame, and it is a matter of praise and praise, or for reasons of detail, the flesh and bones are rifted, and shame is in the place." ”

Whatever students are asked to do, Deng Zhongyue himself can do. In a prosperous place like Zhejiang, he was spotlessly clean. He wrote down Zhou Dunyi's essay "The Saying of Eileen" of the Song Dynasty, framed it into a banner, and hung it in the hall to clarify his heart. Six years have passed, and not only has his educational practice been remarkable, but he has also won a reputation for incorruptibility. People's evaluation of him is that "there is no one who is unsurpassed in the six years of Qingcao in Zhejiang Province."

During his tenure as a scholar in Guangdong, he experimented with the Cheng's Annual Reading Method. After the student has finished reading a sutra, the test is conducted in the form of a scientific examination. The effect of this is very good, and students can quickly grasp the essence of the Confucian classics.

In the term of the ceremonial attendant, he was honest and honest for the officials, and he put an end to all requests. He was bent on recommending talents to the imperial court, such as Zuo Du Yushi Meigucheng, the envoy of the General Administration, Lei Hong, and others, who were recognized as upright and capable figures at that time.

At the age of sixty-nine, he applied for retirement because of his poor health. After living in his hometown in Liaocheng for five years, he died.

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In the last five years, Deng Zhongyue should have spent his time in poverty and illness.

Illness, spent all the savings over the years. After his death, his family put him in a coffin and buried him shallowly in a corner of the courtyard. Because there was no extra silver left in the house, a decent burial ceremony could not be performed.

Deng Zhongyue's eldest son, Ru Gong, although he passed the examination, he was never appointed by the imperial court. He was depressed and died young shortly after his father's death. His body was also buried in the shallow courtyard after the coffin. Later, Deng Zhongyue's second son, Ru Min, served as Sima in Wenzhou. Because he did not know anything about relational science, he was listed as the last class when he examined. After losing his official position, he wanted to return to his hometown, but he did not have enough entanglement. After selling the furniture, I was able to return to my hometown. Soon, Ru Min also died; the family was still unable to bury it. The number of coffins in the courtyard gradually increased, reaching five more.

In the above process, although Deng Zhongyue's family was extremely poor, they did not think of selling the treasure purchased by their ancestors, Yan Zhenqing's "Manuscript of sending nephews", nor did they think of selling the books in the "Hanxiang Pavilion". Even if the dead relatives cannot be buried, they will not do anything to insult their ancestors.

This incident made Zhang Guanwu, the prefect of Dongchang, know about it and funded the burial of the five coffins. The article "Wu Ren Ji County Shou Zhang Gong Funeral Deng Zong Bo Bao" wrote: "Stealing did not expect that he was cold to this point, until the five coffins were in the home, accumulating for a long time and not being buried." Zongbo's Qingde. Ru Gong and Ru Minzhi do not fall into their families, and even if they are poor and cannot be buried, they have no heirs, and the vast Heavenly Dao does not know themselves! ”

Ru Gong and Ru Min did not have children. An incense stick under Deng Zhongyue's name was cut off; the Tang family's door style could only be passed on by the descendants of Deng Zhongyue's three younger brothers. However, Deng Zhongyue's high wind can travel through time and space and move future generations.

Deng Zhongyue is the author of one volume of Zhifeilu, one volume of Shifan, four volumes of Hanxiangge Poetry Collection, and four volumes of Collected Writings. Peng Qifeng, the head of the fifteenth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1676), spoke highly of him: "Taishan Qiao Yue's appearance, Ji Yue's degree of wind, Gong Gong Zhuangzhuang, firm in learning, and ancient Confucian style." ”

Liaocheng Wujunling