These days self-driving tour of Xingyi City, the capital of Guizhou Southwest Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. Wanfeng Forest Scenic Area is beautiful, there is a small exhibition hall on the mountain, which briefly introduces the historical and cultural accumulation and local culture of Shaojie Xingyi. The most eye-catching is the historical celebrity Zhang Zhidong. Zhang Zhidong's ancestral home was directly under Nanpi County, but he was born in Xingyi, and his father Zhang Zhao was raised in the early years, and later ordered Guizhou with a big challenge, and was promoted from Zhi County and Zhizhou to the prefect of Xingyi Province. The famous "refueling" story lies in the fact that this Zhang Prefect was in Xingyi.
In 1837, Zhang Zhidong was born in the official residence of Xingyi Province (formerly located in present-day Anlong County), and was the fourth son of Zhang Zhao. School enrolment at the age of 14 and mid-term school at the age of 16. Zhang Zhidong was endowed with intelligence at an early age. Before the age of 13, he had completed the Study of Confucian classics such as the Four Books and Five Classics. In the museum, there are old objects of Zhang Zhidong Hall examination papers, leaving aside the content, just look at the small kai made in one hand, which is not inferior to any calligraphy master today!
In 1863, Zhang Zhidong got his wish, and entered the Hanlin Academy in high school (the third and the first), was awarded the title of Seven Pins, officially entered the Shi, and rose step by step, becoming a famous minister of the late Qing Dynasty and a representative of the Qing Dynasty's Western Affairs School.
In connection with Wei Yuan's proposal that "the master's long skills are used to control the Yi", Zhang Zhidong then had the saying that "middle school is the body, and Western learning is used". "Middle school is the body", the so-called "body" is the fundamental meaning. The first person to explicitly make this claim was Zhang Zhidong. They think that Chinese culture is above the world, and the West only has Jianjia and Li bing, so we should use Chinese etiquette to educate them and arm us in China with Western Jianjia li bing technology. Looking at Zhang Zhidong and his people's historical achievements, they are all remarkable, and the limitations of history go without saying. Japan's Ito Hirobumi traveled to Beijing and once said to the General Administration: "The change of law does not start from a great beginning, internal and external troubles are coming, and the Chinese minister of affairs is only Zhang Xiangshuai." ”
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