<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="1" > the second section of the Wanrong Xue clan after the Tang Dynasty and important figures and strategies! </h1>
Ouyang Xiu mentioned in the article "Table of Xue Mu's Tomb" written in the first year of Zhihe (1054): "The Xue surname Ju Hedong has been the most prosperous since the Tang Dynasty, and the Song Xing has been in the hundred years and the Xue surname is Wuxian. This assertion basically summarizes the development of the Xue clan in Hedong in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty. However, "Xue's residence in Hedong" and "Wanrong Xue's" are obviously not a concept, and their extension is far greater than that of Wanrong Xue's; especially after the Tang Dynasty, Hedong has been used to refer to the whole territory of Shanxi, so "Xue's juhedong" is actually a synonym for Shanxi Xue's surname, and "Xue's surname Wuxian" should also refer to the development of Shanxi's Xue surname. Judging from the "History of Song" and other relevant materials, the "Five Xians of xue surname" in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty should refer to the prominent development of five Shanxi Xue characters, such as Xue Huairang, Xue Chao, Xue Kui, Xue Yan, and Xue Tian. Among them, Xue Huairang was a famous general who was active in the fifth dynasty to the beginning of the Song Dynasty, successively serving as a thorn in the 7 prefectures of Dai, Shen, Yi, and Liao, and during the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he was an official to the general zuo wu wei, a duke of The Duke of Qiguo, and a servant in the Northern Song Dynasty; Xue Chao was a native of Pingcheng, Liaozhou, also known for martial arts, and was a member of the Early Northern Song Dynasty. But these two Xue characters do not seem to have anything to do with the Wanrong Xue clan, and Xue Huairang also clearly came from an ethnic minority in the north. The other three Xue characters, one is Xue Kui of Zhengping in Daizhou, one is Xue Tian of Hedong in Hezhong Province, and the other is Xue Yan of Wanquan in Hezhong Province. Needless to say, Xue Yan as a Wanrong Xue clan, the relationship between Xue Kui, Xue Tian and Wanrong Xue clan is also worth mentioning.
In addition to the above-mentioned "people who live in the east of the river", the well-known Xue characters in the Northern Song Dynasty also include Xue Ying, a direct descendant of Xizu. But on the whole, the situation of this family has gradually declined like a yellow flower of tomorrow. This was the case with xue in the Song Dynasty, and the information of Xue in later generations was also lacking. The Yuan and Ming dynasties each had only one character, one family lineage, and the Qing Dynasty figures were missing. The relevant characters are briefly described below.
The characters and strategies of the Xue clan during the first and fifth dynasties and the two Song dynasties
1. Xue Yiji and Xue Tingjue of the Five Dynasties
Xue Yijue and Xue Tingjue were both late Tang dynasty figures, and after the death of Tang, they switched to Later Liang and continued to develop. Xue Yi was a man of letters and a good strategist, and was deeply appreciated by Zhu Wen, a powerful minister of the late Tang Dynasty, and with his support, he served as an official of the Tang dynasty, Shangshu and Yushi Dafu, so he also repaid Zhu Wen with peach. He was sent by Emperor Zhaozong of Tang to persuade Zhu Wen to enter the Tang Dynasty and was a great contributor to Zhu Wen's ascension to the throne as emperor. After the establishment of Liang in 907, xue Yizhi was given the title of Zhongshu Shilang (中書侍郎), Ping Zhangshi (平章事), and concurrently adjudicating household departments, and in 908 he was transferred to the post of Menxia Shilang (門下侍郎), supervising the revision of the history of the state, judging the Du Zhi, and then moved to hongbunkan University,serving as an envoy of the various salt and iron transfers, and the official position was from servant to Shou Sikong (守司空), and was given the title of Duke of Hedong Commandery( 河東郡公). He died in 912 at the age of 63. In the gift, he was buried in "Renyili, Ganzuo Township, Jishan County, Daizhou". From his appointment as chancellor in May 907 to his death in May 912, Xue Yizhi served as chancellor for six years. A son, Xue Ying, died early and was not passed on in later generations.
Compared with Xue Yijue's subservience to Zhu Wen's style, Xue Tingjue was relatively detached from the proud shore, and in his relationship with Zhu Wen, he still maintained the wind and bone of the former dynasty's widow. After the establishment of The Later Liang, he was still reused because of his high talent, and successively served as the Grand Master of the Zhengyi, the Left Division of the Shangshu, the Libu Shangshu, and the Title of the Pillar State. After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, Liang was replaced by Xue Tingjue(薛廷珪) as an envoy to the Imperial Household, and later as a young master of the Crown Prince. Tongguang died in the third year (925) and was given the right servant to shoot.
2. The Xue Yan Family of the Northern Song Dynasty (Xue Yan, Xue Xiang, Xue Shaopeng, Xue Sichang, Xue Chang, Xue Yu, Xue Yan, Xue Xuan, Xue Jing)
Xue Yan, Zi Yan Hui, Wanquan people in the river. In the "Three Rites", Ren Jiazhou Sihu joined the army. During the reign of Emperor Taizong, because the song was proper, it was changed to a supervisor and a liquor tax in Huazhou. He also went to the area around The Gorge and xia as the secretary of the provincial writer Saburō to deal with the issue of prisons. After the imperial court, he was reappointed as the crown prince Zuo Zanshan Dafu, Yun'an Jun, and Yu and Lang Erzhou Zhizhou. He was also promoted to the position of Judge of Salt and Iron of the Third Division, and managed the grain and grass affairs in Hebei. Recommended by Ding Shu, he served as a transport envoy on Xia Lu and moved Shang Shu Yu to Wai Lang. Because of his meritorious efforts in quelling Chen Jin's rebellion, he was promoted to the position of Foreign Lang of the Jin Ministry and changed to Hedong Transit Envoy. During his tenure, he built water conservancy projects on the Yellow River, effectively protected the pontoon bridges on the river, and also received benefits from irrigation, which was praised by the people. He successively served as the governor of Heyang, Hangzhou, and Xuzhou, and was promoted to the post of Guanglu Shaoqing, and then served as the governor of Jiangning as the superintendent of Shaofu, and was transferred to the right counselor and the governor of Henan. During the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, he was promoted to the post of Governor of Yingtianfu and Governor of Yaozhou. Xue Yan was capable and talented, proficient in political affairs, very economic vision, and was a rare member of the early Northern Song Dynasty. In office, he was able to promote the advantages and eliminate the disadvantages, suppress the local magnates, and was also good at judging cases and managing prisons, and had outstanding political achievements, and died of illness while managing Xijing with the position of GuangluQing.
Xue Xiang (薛向), zi shizheng, grandson of Xue Yan. Good at judging cases, good at financial management, early years into the door shade into the world. When Ren Prefecture was in charge of zhizhou, he prevented the army from mutinying, and also suggested to the imperial court to improve the grain storage method in Hebei, and the results were very obvious. When the Daimyo prefecture was in prison, some robbers killed and escaped, officials arrested civilians and beat them into confession, and Xue Xiangxue snowed their grievances, saving several people from unjust death. When he was the judge of Kaifengdu Branch, in charge of salt production, salt transportation, and the sale and purchase of military horses, Xue Xiang boldly reformed the salt law and the horse breeding law, changing the occupation of the field to raise horses for salt for horses, which not only reduced the people's labor and protected the interests of the people, but also greatly increased the income of the government, so that the number of horses surged from 300 to 10,000 per year. During the eight years of serving as a transport envoy in Shaanxi, tens of thousands of salts, horses, blades, and millet were transported, and the people did not increase their burdens, and the income of the government was greatly enhanced. Emperor Shenzong of Song discovered Xue Xiang's talents and made him an envoy for Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jing, and Huai, and the situation of Cao Yun was greatly improved. He was also promoted to Tianzhang pavilion to be established, responsible for the supply of materials for the Western Xia War. At that time, the state spent an incalculable amount of troops against western Xia along the Yellow River and Tao River, and Xue Xiang always guaranteed the supply of materials, and was praised by the emperor and was awarded the title of Longtuge Zhishi. The Liao state demanded land from the Northern Song Dynasty, and Emperor Shenzong of Song appointed Xue Xiang as a privy councillor, giving Shizhong and Dingzhou Zhizhou, so that the northern border defense was stabilized and strengthened. During the Yuan Feng years, Ren Tongzhi was in the Privy Council and helped Wang Anshi to implement the change of law. Xue Xiang's "good business and wealth, exhaustive calculations, and intentions to the point" were able to get further play, and was considered by people at the time to be of great use as "literary and vulgar officials". Later, because of his opposition to the imperial court's horse breeding law, he was demoted to Yingzhou Zhizhou and Suizhou Zhizhou, and died in office at the age of 66. Number "Gong Min".
Xue Xiang's eldest son Xue Shaopeng (薛 Shaopeng), also known as Daozu (道祖), was a resident of Cuiwei , whose year of birth and death is unknown, and who was a secret cabinet of officials and a scholar of the Zhizi Tong Road. A descendant of the self-proclaimed "Three Phoenixes of Hedong", he was a famous calligrapher of the Northern Song Dynasty. At the same time, Xue Shaopeng and Mi Fu had a deep friendship and pushed each other. Mi Fu once joked: "The world says that Mi Xue or Xue Mi is like a brother or a brother." "Xue Shaopeng is good at doing grass, and the book also has high attainments. His cursive calligraphy is taken from the Fa Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi, the calligrapher Fa ZhongXuan, implicitly elegant and upright, the law is strict, the traditional skills are profound, there are more ancient methods, but they are not muddy, and the scribes have always been highly evaluated. Song Gaozong's "Han Mo Zhi" Yun: "Su, Huang, Mi, and Xue's gestures are turned upside down, and each is interesting. Yuan Yu Ji 'Daoyuan Xue Gu Ling' said: "Mi Yuanzhang, Xue Shaopeng, and Huang Changrui know the ancient law, and only Shaopeng is the best." Wei Su of the Ming Dynasty commented more: "Beyond the Tang Dynasty, the only one who has the pen intention of the second king, Mo Shaopengye." "The calligraphy works that have been handed down include the Lanting Lin manuscript, the Yunding Mountain Poetry Scroll, the Qinghe Thesis, and the Da Nian Ti. "The Great Nian Ti" is now in the Palace Museum and is Xue Shaopeng's representative work. At the same time, he is good at poetry, and his poetry is beautiful and calm, with the style of Wei and Jin.
The second son, Xue Sichang (薛嗣昌), was a member of the Imperial Household Bureau. According to the History of Song, during the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song, he successively served as the judge of the transport of the Xi River, the deputy envoy of the transport of Zizhou and Shaanxi, the bachelor of the Zhilong Tuge, and the revision of the Jixian Temple. He entered the dynasty as Zuo Shilangzhong and was promoted to the post of Envoy of the Huiyou Pavilion, the Governor of Shaanxi, and the Prefect of Weizhou and Gyeongju. He was demoted for the crime of "prison self-theft", and was later used, successively serving as the prefect of Xiangzhou, the prefect of Huiyou Pavilion, and the prefect of Taiyuan, and was awarded the title of Xianmu Gezhi For meritorious service, and because of his merits in recruiting Xi Qiang, he was awarded the title of Yankang, Xuanhedian Scholar, Worship Department, and Punishment Department Shangshu. He was appointed as the prefect of Yan'an Province, and the official was finally to be appointed. According to a poem in Xue Sichang's "Youqi Yan Temple", before Xuanhe four years ago (1122), he also held the position of Yin of Hezhong Province, and in September of the same year he was transferred to Jing zhaoyin. Xue Sichang was a controversial figure at the time, especially the use of troops by Emperor Huizong of song to the Liao state, which was ridiculed by posterity. In literature, he is longer than poetry, and has two poems of the Seven Laws; at the same time, he also contributed to calligraphy, and when he was in Shaanxi, he once engraved the stele of "Zhiyong Zhencao Thousand Character Text", which is now in the Forest of Steles in Xi'an.
Xue Sichang's descendants are found in the Zhengshi as his son Xue Chang, and the History of the Song records that Xue Sichang gave up the opportunity for personal promotion and moved Xue Chang from a local official to a Beijing official. However, according to the aforementioned poems, Xue Sichang still had three sons, including Xue Yu, Xue Yan, and Xue Xuan, and another nephew, Xue Jing, but none of them were passed on.
3. The Xue Ying Family of the Northern Song Dynasty (Xue Yunzhong, Xue Ying, Xue Yaoqing, Xue Shen)
Xue Ying, the character Jingyang, the eighth grandson of Xue Yuanchao in the Tang Dynasty, moved to Sichuan when his ancestors moved. His father, Xue Yunzhong, served as the official of the Later Shu regime. Northern Song Dynasty Pingshu, into the Song Dynasty Shangshu Du Guan Langzhong. Xue Yingjinshi and di, initially served as the governor of the prefecture, Taichang Cheng, and the inspector of imperial history. During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Song, he also successively served as an envoy to Jiangnan, an envoy to Jingdong, Zuo Zhengyan, a zhaowenguan zhishi, and a right counselor, and successively served as the prefect of several prefectures such as Xiangzhou, Hangzhou, Henan, Shengzhou, Yangzhou, and Hezhou. He entered the dynasty and held the posts of Shi Zhong, Shangshu Gongbu Shilang, Jixian Yuan Scholar, and Sentencing Shangshu Du Province. Jin feng was made a Privy Counsellor, Zhishang Shu Zuo Cheng (知尚書左丞), Gongbu Shangshu (工部尚書) and Yushi Zhongcheng (御史中丞). During the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, he was a scholar of the Jixian Academy, a judge, and a member of the Zhicao Prefecture, and was divided into Nanjing. After his death, he gave the right servant a shot, "Wen Gong". Xue Ying was studious and literate, had a strong memory, and wrote articles "under the pen to stand up", which was praised as "excellent in learning art and official skills". Son Xue Yaoqing, served as the secretary of the cabinet. Sun Xueshen, Ren Longtuge Zhi Bachelor.
4. Song Dynasty Jinshi (Xue Nan) recorded in local chronicles
Wanrong Xue's position in the Song Dynasty jinshi and the first one unknown, Xue Nan. According to the "Chronicle of Ronghe County", in the early years of The Great Zhongxiangfu of Emperor Zhenzong of Song, Xue Nan led more than 1,300 local scholars and people to jointly write a letter asking Song Zhenzong to sacrifice the Fenyin HouTu Ancestral Hall located in wanrong territory. At their appeal, Emperor Shenzong of Song personally worshiped Fenyin Houtu in the fourth year (1011) of The Great Zhongxiangfu and personally wrote the "Fenyin Second Sacred Inscription".
5. Two Xue families and their characters who are closely related to the Wanrong Xue clan (Xue Zhi, Xue Mu, Xue Shu, Xue Zhiru, Xue Changru, Xue Liangru, Xue Zhongru, Xue Zongru, Wang Gongchen, Ouyang Xiu, Li Gefei, Li Qingzhao, Xue Tian, Xue Yi, Xue Li, etc.)
Xue Kui (966-1034), zi su yi, Zhengping of Daizhou, was a famous minister of the Northern Song Dynasty. In the third year of Chunhua (992), he successively served as a priest of Dali Temple, Dianzhong Cheng, Inspector Yushi, Hubu and Guanbu Langzhong, Hubu and Guanbu Langzhong, Right Counselor Dafu, Yushi Zhongcheng, Xingzhou, Yanzhou, Kaifengfu, Qinzhou, Yizhou and other prefectures. During the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, he served as a squire of the Ministry of Rites, a counselor to the government affairs, a duke of Fenghe Dong, a scholar of the official final senior government hall, a hubu shilang, a courtesy name Jian Su, and a shangshu of the military department. Xue Kui was resolute in nature, good at discernment, and strict and sensitive in his administration, and was deeply respected at that time. Because of his reasons, more than 30 of his brothers and nephews were able to enter the career path and were known as the "Xue Dai Clan". For example, his elder brother Xue Mu was appointed as the Right Ban Dian Zhi, his younger brother Xue Shu guan to the Inner Temple Chongban; his son Xue Yiru official to the Dali Temple; his nephew Xue Changru official to Pengzhou and Zhizhou, Xue Liangru to the final Guozi Doctor, Xue Zhongru to Dali Temple, Lingzhou Tongju, Xue Zongru as Dali Temple, Daizhou Tongju.
However, the most well-known of Xue Kui's descendants were his two sons-in-law. Xue Zhi had five daughters, of whom the third daughter and the fifth daughter were married to Gongchen the Prince of Taiyuan, and the fourth daughter was married to Ouyang Xiu of Luling. Ouyang Xiu was one of the eight great masters of the Tang and Song dynasties, a famous writer and historian, and a literary titan of the Northern Song Dynasty, and was undoubtedly widely known. The preservation of a large number of character deeds of the Xue Kui family is mainly due to the inscription tomb table written by Ouyang Xiu for them. Another son-in-law, Wang Gongchen, also had extraordinary achievements. Wang Gongchen (1012-1085), a native of Xianping(present-day Tongxu County, Henan), was a member of the Same Rank with Ouyang Xiu in the eighth year (1030) of Emperor Renzong of Song,1030, and was ranked first, while Ouyang Xiu was only ranked fourteenth. Wang Gongchen had a strong personality, dared to offend Yan Yiyi, and his poetry and poetry were also called by the times, and he was tired of the official Yushi Zhongcheng, and the official finally showed the german army's moderation. Wang Gongchen is also good at discovering and recommending talents, and Bao Zheng, that is, the "Bao Gong" that everyone is familiar with, is what he found and recommended. However, he was relatively conservative politically, and he was at odds with the reformists of the "New Deal" such as Fan Zhongyan, Fu Bi, and Ouyang Xiu. Therefore, when Wang Gongchen's former wife died of illness and took Xue Kui's young daughter and his and Ouyang Xiu's common aunt as his wife, Ouyang Xiu laughed and said: "The old son-in-law is the new son-in-law, and the eldest uncle is the little uncle." According to relevant information, Teng Zijing mentioned in Fan Zhongyan's "Record of Yueyang Lou" was belittled because of his proposal, and was moved to the left as the prefect of Yuezhou. One of Wang Gongchen's granddaughters married Li Gefei, the author of the "Famous Garden of Luoyang" and known as one of the "Four Scholars of Sumen", and Li Gefei's daughter was Li Qingzhao," a female lyricist with great style in the history of ancient literature (1).
Xue Tian (薛田), also spelled Xi ji (希稷), is recorded in the History of Song as a native of Hedong, Hezhong. Born as a jinshi, he initially served as a middle- and lower-level official such as the Inspector of Imperial History, the Imperial Attendant of the Imperial Household, and the Envoy of Yizhou Road. Later, he successively served as the prefect of Henan, the deputy envoy of Duzhi, the prefect of Longtuge, the prefect of Zhitianxiongjun, the prefect of Kaifeng, the privy councillor and Yizhou Zhizhou, the left shilang zhong, the right counselor Yi Dafu, Yanzhou, Tongzhou Zhizhou. During his tenure, he also sent envoys to the Liao State and Xue Tian's greatest historical contribution, that is, when he served as the envoy of Yizhou Road during the song Renzong period, he proposed to the imperial court to issue China's earliest paper money", "Jiaozi", "Shu people convenient", leaving a brilliant and beautiful mark in the history of ancient economic development. Xue Tian's second son, Xue Yi (997-1048), who entered the shi with the name of Menyin, successively served as Zhi County in Hedong, Yan County, Anyi county, Weizhou and Yanzhou Erzhou Tongju, Shenzhou and Shangzhou Erzhi Prefecture, Zhidian Zhongcheng, and died in office in the eighth year of the Qing calendar (1048). Xue Yi's younger brother Xue Li (薛俅), in the early years of emperor Renzong of Song's reign, served as the governor of Hedong County, and later became the Governor of Zhongshan.
According to the epitaphs of Xue Kui, Xue Tian and their family figures, both have a certain relationship with the Wanrong Xue clan. For example, Xue Kui's epitaph written by Ouyang Xiu said: "Xue Xia's seal takes the country as a surname. Later, In Hedong, the Sui and Tang Dynasties were the most prosperous. Gongshi Zaide, a native of Shihedong. Another example is Sima Guang's "Epitaph of Xue Fujun (Yi) in the Palace" also said: "Between Wei and Jin, the Xue clan began from Shu to Hedong, and there were thousands of families. During the Yongjia Rebellion, Bao Hedong was self-consolidated, and Liu, Shi, and Zhi clans could not be bent. Since Yao Qin yuan wei, he has been out of power, and has been shoulder to shoulder with the dukes and princes. Into the Tang Yousheng, the number is A clan. However, the rate was out of the countryside because of the eunuchs, but the first of the fujun remained in Hedong. "Ouyang Xiu and Sima Guang were both famous historians at that time, and their arguments should be well-founded, so their family lineage is undoubtedly due to the Wanrong Xue clan. In particular, Xue Tian, although the History of Song records him as a native of Hedong County (present-day Yongji, Shanxi), Sima Guang titled his poetry collection "Hefen Collection" and left a comment in the preface to his poems that "it is not hefen shengqi that is unique to one door". We know that Yongji and Fenhe can be said to be incompatible, so the birthplace of Xue Tian in the historical biography is questionable, and the Ronghe County Chronicle (Republic of China Edition) also has records that Xue Tian's son Xue Yi was a Wanrong person. The author cha suo relevant information, Xue Yi died and was buried in "Zhao Xing Village of this County", which is a place name that does not currently exist in Wanrong and Yongji, but Yongji City has a similar "Zhao Xing Village", whether it is the former site of "Zhao Xing Village" in that year, it still needs to be examined. However, judging from Sima Guang's account, there should be no doubt that Xue Tian was born of the Wanrong Xue clan.
Although Xue Kui, Xue Tian's family lineage and wanrong Xue family have a deep relationship, the author only introduces them here and does not include the wanrong Xue family figure statistics.
Second, the Characters and Strategies of xue at the time of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties
1. Xue Jingshi of the Yuan Dynasty (薛景石)
Xue Jingshi, zi shu zhi, a native of Wanquan County in the early Yuan Dynasty, is a summary of the design and manufacturing process of ancient woodworking machinery in China. "Ziren Relic System" is Xue Jingshi's representative work, and it is also an academic treatise with a prominent position in mechanical research at that time. The book was written in the second year of the Yuan Dynasty (1261), the original book is very rich, a total of 110 kinds of standard special machinery and utensils, the only existing in the "Yongle Canon" of which "car system" and "weaving tools" two parts of a total of 14 kinds of machinery, the rest have been dead. When Xue Jingshi wrote, his attitude was very rigorous, not only carefully examining the relevant materials, but also carefully comparing the physical objects still in use at that time, clarifying the structural changes and the specifications and sizes of each part, truly reflecting the original appearance and characteristics of those machines at that time. The book preserves many important materials, such as the shape origin, production method, part size and man-hour estimation of the four major types of looms, namely Hua Jizi (i.e., Jacquard machine), Vertical Machine Zi (i.e., Vertical Loom), Horizontal Machine Zi (i.e., flat machine of weaving linen and cotton cloth) and Luo Jizi (wooden machine specializing in weaving stranded warp fabrics), and is accompanied by 110 design drawings. At the same time, because the book includes the shape of the royal special vehicle at that time, it also has important reference value for the study of ancient etiquette. Xue Jingshi not only immersed himself in the shape and structure of many machines in the private handicraft industry transmission atlas of successive officials, but also combined the old law and his own design ideas to design wooden utensils with special purposes and complex wooden machinery specifically for manual production in the social life at that time. Therefore, the introduction of the structure of textile machinery in the "Ziren Testament" is much more detailed and specific than the relevant parts of the "Agricultural Book", "Nongsang Jijiao", "Tiangong Kaiwu", "Agricultural Politics Complete Book" and other books of the same period and later. For his outstanding contributions, the contemporary Jinshi Duan Chengji once made a proper summary in the "Order of the Ziren Legacy": "Those who have jingshi, the habit is karma, and there is wisdom, and the system does not lose the ancient law, and the new ideas are made, and the spare time is broken, and the instrument map starts from the place, refers to the time system, and for the map." "Because of Xue Jingshi's outstanding contributions to ancient woodworking theory, he was rated by authoritative figures as one of the 100 outstanding scientists in ancient China."
2. Xue Xuan of the Ming Dynasty (Xue Zhen, Xue Xuan, Xue Shu, Xue Kui, Xue Hua, Xue Weijie, Xue Yinglin, Xue Shihong, Xue Shican, Xue Jiyan, Xue Changyin)
Xue Xuan (1389-1464), also spelled Dewen, was a native of Pingyuan Village, Liwang Township, Wanrong County, and a famous Confucian master of the Ming Dynasty. His father, Xue Zhen, was born in Hebei and Xingyang in Henan. Xue Xuan was intelligent and studious, and laid a solid foundation for learning at an early age. In the nineteenth year of Yongle (1421), he was a zhongjinshi at the age of 33. In the third year of Xuande (1428), he was appointed as the inspector of Guangdong Province, and supervised the Guangdong Silver Field. During his term of office, he banned corruption and rectified the atmosphere, and was known as "Xue Qingtian". In the seventh year of Xuande (1432), he was transferred to the history of the Inspector of Yunnan Province, and in the first year of orthodoxy (1436), he was transferred to the inspector of Shandong. He takes pleasure in teaching and is able to teach according to his aptitude, and during his five years at Lu, students are very grateful to him. In the sixth year of orthodoxy (1441), he entered the capital and served as the secretary of The Dali Temple. He was persecuted for not attaching himself to the eunuch Wang Zhen. It was planned to carry out a major breakthrough, but because Wang Wei, Yang Pu, and Wang Ji risked their lives to ask for help, they were dismissed from office and released. Xue Xuan stayed at home for six years, stayed in psychology, and at the same time taught scholars, and Qin Chuwu became more and more than 100 scholars. After the "Change of Tumu Fort", Xue Xuan was reinstated as the Minister of Dali Temple. Ping Miaomin rebelled and was transferred to the secretary of the Dali Temple in Nanjing, when it was said that "the only good official in Nanjing is Xue Qing". After the "Change of The Gate" in the first year of Tianshun (1457), Emperor Yingzong re-ascended the throne and appointed Xue Xuan as the Left Attendant of the Rebbe and a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and entered the cabinet to participate in the maintenance of the aircraft. Emperor Yingzong framed the famous minister Yu Qian and others on the charge of plotting danger, but Xue Xuan tried unsuccessfully, so he went to the letter to ask for his illness. After that, Xue Xuan's home for eight years, set up a teaching hefen, the four parties from the scholars day and day, to the city hall can not tolerate. Xue Xuan's outstanding contribution to the science of science was to straighten out the relationship between reason and qi, advocating the materialist concept of "reason is only in the qi, reason and qi are temporary, and there is no distinction between them", and corrected Zhu Xi's idealistic error of "reason and qi are two things" and "first there is reason" between reason and qi. This directly enlightened the formation and development of the theoretical materialist trend represented by Wang Tingxiang in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, Xue Xuan also advocated integrity and advocated "practical learning". In particular, he put forward the viewpoints of "unity of knowledge and action" and "proof of knowledge by deeds", advocated seeking truth, pragmatic use, and practicing all his life, and was known as "the Confucianism of practice". Xue Xuan was also a famous educator at that time, and his disciples spread all over Qin, Jin, Yu, Hubei and other places north of the Yangtze River, and was respected by his disciples as "Xue Fuzi". Through long-term educational practice, he cultivated and cultivated a group of scholars, forming the Hedong School, which is famous in history, and the Yaojiang School represented by Wang Shouren is on a par with the Yaojiang School, which is known as the "Southern King and Northern Xue". Xue Xuan's major academic works include "Reading Records", "Reading Records II", "Pure Words of Science", "Famous Sayings of Politics" and so on. Xue Xuan is also known for literature, and his works include more than 260 essays and essays, and 1570 poems, which has achieved great achievements. The poems he composed are either beautiful or majestic, quite close to the Tang Dynasty. The prose works are fresh, sincere and touching, and there is no shortage of excellent works. In the eighth year of Tianshun (1464), he died at home, and posthumously presented the Libu Shangshu with the Temple of Confucius and the title of "Wenqing".
Xue Xuan was the last of the Wanrong Xue clan figures recorded in the Imperial History (Twenty-Five Histories), but according to his family genealogy, some of his immediate descendants are also worth mentioning. Xue Xuan (薛瑄) was the third Xue Xuan (薛樭), a jinshi in the eighth year of Tianshun (1464), and an official who served as a foreign lang. The fourth Xue Kui, the official Residence ShangbaoSi Shaoqing; Xue Hua, Jiajing Second Year (1523) Jinshi, Ye County Zhi County, there are prose passed down. The fifth Xue Weijie, the official juju Yezhou Zhizhou, was the reviser of Xue Xuan's family tree. The sixth Xue Yinglin, a juren and Tongzhi of Hejian Province, participated in the revision of the family tree. The seventh Xue Shihong, Zhizhou of Yingzhou, Lefeng Fengzhi Dafu, engraved the "Xue Wenqing Gong quanshu", which still exists in woodblocks; Xue Shican, a university scholar, served as a divine strategy guard and experienced the experience of the division. In the eighth generation, there was Xue Jiyan, a juren, who served as the tongzhi of Yan'an Province, Shaanxi; Xue Changyin, Chongzhen sixteen years (1643) jinshi, long in poetry, and had the "Collection of Worms" in the world.
III. Summary of Xue's characters from the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty
From the death of the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, there were 27 people in the Wanrong Xue clan. Among them, it is clearly recorded that there are 7 people who lift up the jinshi (excluding Xue Yijue and Xue Tingjue of the Five Dynasties), namely Xue Yan, Xue Ying, Xue Nan, Xue Xuan, Xue Shu, Xue Hua, and Xue Changyin. In addition to Xue Nan, Xue Jingshi, Xue Yu, Xue Yan, Xue Xuan, and Xue Jing, there were 22 ministers. Among them, 1 person is a xiang, Xue Yijue; 3 ren shangshu people, xue tingjue, Xue Ying, Xue Sichang; 2 ren waiters, Xue Ying, Xue Xuan; 7 bachelors, namely Xue Yijue, Xue Xiang, Xue Sichang, Xue Ying, Xue Sheng, Xue Xuan, Xue Shican. There are 15 people with five official residences or above (excluding Xue Yijue and Xue Tingjue of the Five Dynasties), namely Xue Yan, Xue Xiang, Xue Shaopeng, Xue Sichang, Xue Yunzhong, Xue Ying, Xue Sheng, Xue Xuan, Xue Shu, Xue Kui, Xue Weijie, Xue Yinglin, Xue Shihong, Xue Shican, and Xue Jiyan. In addition, Xue Yijue and Xue Tingjue were also awarded the title of Duke of Hedong Commandery and the rank of Shangzhu Guo respectively.
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