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"Drunk and looking at the sword, dreaming of blowing the horn and the battalion", "The horse-made Lu is fast, and the bow is like a thunderbolt", "I see how charming Qingshan is, and I expect Qingshan to see me like this"...... Among the lyricists of the Song Dynasty, the number of Xin Qiji's lyrics can be said to be magnificent. There are more than 600 of his lyrics, and his talents, detached opinions, strong emotions, and generosity are "unique to the world". led 50 cavalry daredevils to raid behind enemy lines to arrest traitors, and created hundreds of poems of "Jiaxuan Long and Short Sentences" to express deep affection, and the heroic deeds of Xin Qiji's life and the ups and downs of his life and all kinds of ambitions and hardships have turned into lush and stirring lyrics, infecting countless descendants.
Due to the lack of information
There are not many biographical works about Xin Qiji
For hundreds of years, Xin Qiji and Su Dongpo have been called "Su Xin", which are the two banners of the bold school, and their works are both treasures for lovers of classical literature. However, compared with Su Dongpo, whose life information is vast, Xin Qiji's life deeds and background information are relatively scarce, and because his anthology was lost in the Ming Dynasty, it is mostly obscure. In the course of research on Xin Qi's disease, the first work that was born for him was "Xin Qi's Disease", which was serialized in two issues by Wu Shichang in the monthly magazine "New Moon" in 1931, which was only the scale of a "novel". Later, Mr. Deng Guangming, a well-known researcher of Song history, collected it for many years and published it in 1956 after sorting out and writing, which was only 60,000 words.
On the road of collecting thorns, the scholar Xin Gengru insisted on the research of Xin Qiji, the history of the Song and Jin dynasties, and classical documents for decades. In 2008, Xin Gengru, who had accumulated fruitful results, published the book "Research on Xin Qi's Disease".
Xin Gengru, born in 1944, is a native of Weifang, Shandong. He studied the history of the Song Dynasty under Mr. Deng Guangming. Xin Gengru is an expert in the study of Xin Qi's disease, the history of the Song and Jin dynasties, and the study of classical documents. He is the author of "Research on Xin Qi Disease", "Xin Qi Disease Research Series", "Golden Age: Illustrating the Two Song Dynasty Liaojin", compiling, pointing, collating, and annotating "Xin Qi Disease Selected Words", "Xin Qi Disease Data Collection", "Xin Qi Disease Collection Chronicle Note", "Yang Wanli Collection of Notes", etc.
"Xin Qiji's New Biography" flat cover
With the gradual deepening of the research, Xin Gengru believes that there are still many omissions and deficiencies in the "Research on Xin Qi's Disease" published in 2008 in the description of the deeds of the master and the good stories of the lyrics. Therefore, he constantly supplemented the new information discovered in the course of his research, and finally formed a revised version of "Xin Qi's New Biography". At the end of 2023, it will be planned by Hou Lang and officially published by Beijing United Publishing Company. This is also a high-profile biographical work after Li Yibing's "Su Dongpo's New Biography".
Xin Gengru's efforts in the past 15 years have enriched the original 380,000 words to more than 510,000 words. The book interprets the surviving poetry and literary works based on the historical environment and the background of the current situation, and combines the latest research results. At the beginning of the writing of "The New Biography of Xin Qiji", the author was determined to use sufficient facts and complete reasons as support, hoping to fully reflect the truth of history. This book vividly writes the extraordinary life of Xin Qiji, refutes the untruths of people with ulterior motives who framed Xin Qiji, and once again emphasizes to the world Xin Qiji's tenacious character as a staunch anti-gold faction, and also returns the true face of this scholar who is both civil and military. In this book, we can see that Xin Qiji is not only a bold lyricist comparable to Su Shi, but also a lonely and resolute loyal general.
Xin Qiji is not just a lyricist
Or a warrior
Throughout Xin Qiji's multifaceted life, he can not only be on the battlefield, lead the crowd to resist gold, and the blue blood can soak the background color of mountains and rivers; he can also write about the wind and clouds, discuss current affairs, and pour his heart into "Ten Treatises on Mei Qin"; he can also twist the love silk, write softly, and tactfully outline his thoughts and deeds. Such a colorful life journey is a romantic legend that he has created with a delicate heart.
In order to prevent people who love Xin Qi's disease from falling into a one-sided situation that is only regarded by the lyricist, Xin Gengru made a detailed elaboration based on historical facts. The book mentions that after returning to the south, Xin Qiji repeatedly gave advice to the Southern Song court, helping to solve some thorny administrative and domestic contradictions at that time, and made great achievements in a series of activities such as dealing with armed rebellions, resolving currency crises, setting up salt and wine businesses, coping with flood relief, dealing with smugglers and thieves, and creating local armed forces, which made the city look completely new in a short period of time. All these reflect that his administrative skills, methods of governance, and his management wisdom and strategy are all of the first-class level. ”
Xin Gengru mentioned in the afterword: "I not only saw the creative trajectory of 'the first person in Song Ci', but also saw his life's struggle and life from his lyrics, which is a summary of his entire warrior career." Therefore, I must fully apply this part to the knowledge of his life and deeds. ”
Regarding the statement that "Xin Qiji is a military general and a military general", the author of this book believes that Xin Qiji was born in Confucianism, and the official positions he held in his life were also civilian officials. He threw his pen into Rong and participated in the War of Resistance against Jin, not to change his identity, but just to meet the needs of his position, and to be led by literati. Therefore, it is not possible to reverse the order and say that he is a military general Nengwen.
Literature + fieldwork
Step by step, go deep into the "heart of words" of Xin Qiji's disease
In order to write this book, Xin Gengru not only referred to hundreds of poems, notes, chronicles and other documents for solid research, but also conducted a large number of field investigations along the footprints of Xin Qiji's life, visiting Saibei, Jiangnan, Shangrao Yundong, Boshan Yuyan and other places.
Xin Gengru, who began to study Jiaxuan's words since he was a young man, is stepping deeper into Xin Qiji's "heart of words" - "The cloud cave in Shangrao and the rain rock in Boshan let me listen to the voice left by the poet 800 years ago; The field trip and track the track have given me a deeper understanding of the unusual experiences of the lyricist, and the extraordinary mental journey of his various periods, which has enabled me to read more about Jiaxuan. ”
The three-dimensional cover of "The New Biography of Xin Qiji".
In addition to the clues of graduate students, Xin Gengru also pays special attention to the clues of words. The author's writing adopts the technique of interspersing narration and discussion, commenting on his internal situation while narrating his life deeds, interspersed with a detailed appreciation of Xin Qiji's classic works, and leading readers to understand Xin Qiji's outstanding talent and profound thoughts. In this reprint, the author vigorously updated the new historical materials of Xin Qiji's life and his descendants excavated in recent years, such as: the historical facts of the invasion of the Jin Kingdom and the occupation and ravages of Shandong, the correct cognition and research of the new residence in Daihu, and the details of Xin Qiji's death discussed with Lu You, etc., and expanded the narrative of dozens of previously unknown Xin Qiji's deeds.
In addition, this book also presents the portrait of Xin Qiji, Xin Qiji's handbook "Going to the Country" and "Linghu Xin Clan Genealogy" and other precious documents in the collection of Leadshan County, the important places and features of Xin Qiji's life such as Cloud Cave, Cangbi and Xianrenji, the portraits and handwritings of Xin Qiji's friends Zhu Xi and Lu You, and the special appendices "Xin Qiji's Chronology", "Xin Qiji's Family Re-examination", "Xin Qiji's Children's New Examination" and other contents, further unveiling the mystery of Xin Qiji's life and his descendants.
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