Deng Zhongyue (1674-1748), also known as Dongchang (東長), was a native of Deng Lou, Dongchangfu District, and a left attendant of the Official Zhili Department. In the sixtieth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1721), Deng Zhongyue took the examination for the temple examination, because his calligraphy was very beautiful, and his temple examination volume was approved by the Kangxi Emperor as "characters suppressing the world", and won the title in one fell swoop. Deng Zhongyue has extensively read a wide range of books, especially the "Yi" and "Li", and has authored one volume of "ZhifeiLu", four volumes of "Han Xiangge Poetry Collection", and four volumes of "Anthology". The Deng family is a Liaocheng Wang clan, and Deng Zhongyue's three younger brothers are also selected.
Liaocheng has produced many titles since the ancient artifact Hua Tianbao, the spirit of the people, but with a good hand to impress the emperor, and then in the Golden Ruan Hall on the Toad Palace to fold the gui, was handpicked by the imperial pen, in ancient times there has only been Deng Zhongyue alone.
In the sixty years of the Kangxi Dynasty (1721), Deng Zhongyue entered Beijing to take the examination, and the temple examination ended, ranking among the best. The main examiner submitted the answer sheets of the top ten to the emperor, and asked the emperor to approve the titles, the list of eyes, and the exploration of flowers.
Kangxi had read Deng Zhongyue's examination papers and felt that his article was not particularly outstanding, but the handwriting was particularly outstanding. The more the emperor looked at it, the more he loved it, lifted the imperial pen, and approved eight words on Deng Zhongyue's scroll: "The article is flat, and the word suppresses the world", and nodded his first name.
Deng Zhongyue's calligraphy and inkblots are all over the sea, and most of them are written in the world. The words "dragon" and "tiger" written on the two walls of the Wanshouguan Pavilion in Dongchangfu District are breathtaking.
Three times the canonical examination of the township examination, four times to supervise the study of politics
After Deng Zhongyue won the ZhongzhuangYuan, he was appointed as a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and successively served as a bachelor of lectures, Jiangsu Xuezheng, Shao zhan shi, Guangdong Guangshao Xuezheng, cabinet bachelor, Zhejiang Xuezheng, etc., and served three times in Jiangnan Township Examination (Yongzheng Zhen Zhen Enke, Qianlong Jiazi Branch, Qianlong Ding Ding Branch).
In the first year of Yongzheng (1723), Deng Zhongyue was appointed as the deputy chief examiner of the Enke Jiangnan Township Examination. For four years (1726), he served as a squire to jiangsu xuezheng. In the seventh year (1729), he served as a scholar in Guangdong province as a shaozhan bachelor, and soon became a cabinet bachelor and a ceremonial attendant. Deng was honest and honest in government, cautious and respectful, and the most important thing he played was to correct customs and discourage evil, which was praised and adopted by the Yongzheng Emperor. In the eleventh year of Yongzheng (1733), he was promoted to the position of Right Attendant of the Rebbe. The editor-in-chief of the "Yi Tong Zhi" soon changed to the left shilang, and later demoted to Taichang Temple Secretary.
During the Qianlong period, Deng Zhongyue successively served as a senator of the Zhejiang Xuezheng and The Department of Communications and Politics, and then the Right Attendant and the Left Attendant of the Ministry of Ceremonies, and served as the Examiner of Jiangnan in the ninth year of Qianlong (1744) and the twelfth year (1747). When he was in Zhejiang, he once instructed all the students: "Shame is the basis of shame, and there are many praises and praises, or for small reasons, the flesh and bones are in the gaps, and the shame is in the place." "Serious examination style, rigorous study, and vigorous advocacy of the style of discussion, deeply praised by the academic community." Thirteen years (1748), he accompanied the Qianlong Emperor on his tour of the east.
Deng Zhongyue has been an official for decades, and his main power is in charge of Wenheng, which is very meritorious. He took the township examination three times and the viceroy of the school administration four times. Everywhere I went, I engraved classics and famous articles, and I was very successful in education. When he was serving as the viceroy of Guangdong Xuezheng, he changed his old habits and taught and studied the scriptures according to the "Cheng Clan Annual Reading Method". Encourage students to have a record book of learning experiences in their hands and give lectures on schedule. For each study of a book, it is tested according to the requirements of the scientific examination. This method changed the old pedagogy, led to the improvement of the quality of education at that time, and promoted the academic performance of students. When he was adjudicating zhejiang to study politics, he advocated "knowing honesty and shame, valuing honor and honor, and neglecting selfish interests", and did it to be able to live in the world and treat others optimistically. He pays attention to talent training and selection, and those recommended by him are Mei Gucheng and Lei Feng, who are not only of good character, but also outstanding.
Born into a prestigious family, he left a wide range of anecdotes
Liaocheng Seven Sages Shrine
The Deng family is a famous and prestigious family in Liaocheng, and Deng Zhongyue's three younger brothers are all in the middle and are rumored to be beautiful talks. Deng Zhongyue is deeply loved by his fathers and elders in his hometown, known as one of the "Seven Sages of Liaocheng", and is enshrined in the Seven Sages Ancestral Hall of Liaocheng and is admired by people. Therefore, there are many legends and anecdotes about Deng Zhongyue, which have been passed down from generation to generation, and some of them have been mythologized by later generations.
During the Qianlong period, because Liaocheng was a famous commodity distribution center, many people came to do business. One year, a group of merchants surnamed Deng who sold mung beans sold mung beans to a grain store in Liaocheng, but the grain store just didn't give money. In the blink of an eye, a few days have passed, the mung bean money has not been recovered, the merchant's entanglement will also be exhausted, and the money for the hotel cannot be paid, and it has fallen into distress. Later, after being pointed out by the shopkeeper, he said: "Since your surname is Deng, you can't write two Deng characters in the world, you may as well go to Deng Zhuangyuan of the current dynasty and ask him to help you." ”
The merchant followed the shopkeeper's instructions, found the Zhuangyuan Mansion, and tentatively pleaded with Deng Zhongyue to help him get back the arrears. Because Deng Zhongyue was out of town at that time, he was not at home. The housekeeper received them, asked them why, and let them go back to the hotel to rest and listen to the echo.
That night, after Deng Zhongyue returned, the housekeeper reported the matter to him. After listening, Deng Zhongyue pondered for a moment, and then ordered the housekeeper to take the big red lantern of the Yuanfu to the hotel, indicating that the people who came to see the Tang family caused a sensation in the hotel. The store immediately told the grain store treasurer about the matter, and the next day, the grain store manager returned the amount owed for the mung beans. In order to repay Deng Zhongyue's kindness, these merchants surnamed Deng in Teng County erected a flagpole for Deng Zhongyue in their hometown in Teng County, which has been preserved to this day. Since then, Deng Zhongyue's help to people to ask for grain has become a good story in the Tengzhou area.
A lifetime of ups and downs, just straight and thick
Deng Zhongyue's calligraphy
Deng Zhongyue experienced many twists and turns in his life, but he was upright and thick in his life, cautious and respectful, and was willing to support the backwards, persuade him to learn from the encouraged products, and not draw on the dispute between fame and fortune.
When Deng Zhongyue was in charge of jiangsu studies, he published books such as "Recent Thoughts" and "White Deer Cave Rules" to teach scholars who studied. When he was a waiter in the ceremonial department, he was honest and self-assured, and got rid of all unnecessary stereotypes. He taught the students to study the scriptures according to the annual reading method, interviewed him personally, and carefully supervised them. On the first point of the way of government, we must correct customs and prevent evil. His suggestion was approved and adopted by the emperor.
Deng Zhongyue was a man of good conduct, neither a power attached to the power nor a concurrence of the public, and was a well-known virtuous and upright person at that time. When he was in Zhejiang, he often admonished Zhusheng: "The word 'shame' is the key to discerning the heart of shame, such as attaching oneself to the powerful, flaunting the powerful, and making relatives and flesh and blood hate because of small things. Be calm, so that you will not do unruly things. He greatly admired the character of the lotus flower out of the mud and not stained, so he hand-wrote the northern Song Dynasty philosopher Zhou Dunyi's essay "The Saying of Loving The Lotus" hanging in the hall to clarify the heart.
Deng Zhongyue served his parents with courtesy. Because his father was ill and hated the smell of tobacco, he did not suffer from smoking habits for the rest of his life. His filial piety is sincere and praised by the township. At the age of 74, he wrote one volume of Zhifeilu, four volumes of Hanxiangge Poetry Collection, and four volumes of Collected Writings.
Reporter Zhang Yingdong