Chen Jian (1587-1647 AD), a native of Shiping County, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province. In the 45th year of the Ming Dynasty (1617), he was appointed as the prefect of Wuzhou (present-day Wuzhou, Guangxi Autonomous Region), and was promoted to deputy envoy of Guangxi according to the Cha Division, and each term was left with a political voice. Chen Jianshan is a poet and a scholar of fine characters, and is the author of "Poems of Pumice Island".
Floods and droughts occurred in Guangxi over the years, and chen Jian's tenure as prefect of Wuzhou was even more severe, and The drought was even more severe in The year of Liuzhou (present-day Liuzhou, Guangxi Autonomous Region) and Qingyuan [In the first year of the Southern Song Dynasty (1265), emperor Duzong's submerged residence was placed in Qingyuan and his seat of government was in Yishan County (present-day Yizhou City, Hechi City, Guangxi Autonomous Region).] In the 16th year of the Yuan Dynasty (1279), it was changed to Qingyuan Road. In the third year of Ming Hongwu (1370), it was restored to Qingyuan Province, which belonged to the Guangxi Cloth Administration Department. Qing belongs to Guangxi Province. In the second year of the Republic of China (1913), hengzhou (present-day Hengzhou County, Nanning City, Guangxi Autonomous Region), Yongzhou (present-day Yongning District, Nanning City, Guangxi Autonomous Region), Xunzhou (present-day Guiping City, Guigang City, Guangxi Autonomous Region), and Wuzhou (present-day Wuzhou City, Guangxi Autonomous Region) most of the rice grain was withered, and many places had no harvest, and the counties and counties starved to death. The grain stored in Chen Jianfa's Wuzhou fucang was sold at a low price, insufficient supply, and purchased in large quantities from Guangdong, so that most of the people could survive. During his tenure, Chen Jian quickly repaired the city towers destroyed by fire in Wuzhou, repaired the Dragon Causeway (Ring City Hao), dredged the crocodile pond, and restored the Liuyun Pavilion in Longzhou, the city of Wuzhou. Chen Jian also paid attention to the cause of culture and education, and in the forty-sixth year of the Ming Dynasty (1618), he established nineteen social schools in the urban and rural areas of Cangwu County (now Cangwu County, Wuzhou City, Guangxi Autonomous Region). Among them, there are five schools in Cangwu County, such as Inspiration and Yangzheng. In the forty-seventh year of the Ming Dynasty (1619), the prefectural school palace was rebuilt. In the forty-eighth year of the Ming Dynasty (1620), the Tanglan Hall was built in front of the long causeway outside the southeast gate of Wuzhou City, and the Wuyang Academy was built in the west of Wuzhou Chengtang. Chen Jian also donated a large amount of land to Beiliu (北流市, in present-day Yulin City, Guangxi Autonomous Region) and Cen Xi (岑溪市, in present-day Wuzhou City, Guangxi Autonomous Region), and other places. In addition, he donated hundreds of taels of silver to buy a large amount of land and established a righteous field. And the title of the essay: "Yitian Record", expounding its purpose and significance.
Chen Jian also knew Chen Xishao (陳熙韶) (present-day Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province) with Wuzhou, and continued to revise the Chronicle of Wuzhou Prefecture, but his departure was not completed. He served in Wuzhou for four years, made remarkable achievements, left his post at the end of his term, and was promoted to deputy envoy of Guangxi According to the Inspection Division. In the seventh year of the Ming Dynasty (1627), the people of Wuzhou, feeling their political achievements and political voices, renamed the Wuyang Academy "Chen Gong Ancestral Hall" to worship [during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, it was moved to the north of Wuzhou City, and later renamed "Double Sage Ancestral Hall" (no longer exists)], and in the fourth year of Qing Shunzhi (1647), Chen Jian died of illness at the age of 60.
Tomorrow in the fifth year (1625), Shiping (Shiping County) Prefecture in a continuous drought and continuous heavy rain, the earthen city wall collapsed, Chen Jian first proposed to donate 2,000 silver, the gentry have donated money, a total of more than 5,000 donated into Shiping Prefecture to renovate and expand the brick wall. Each piece of pottery bricks is 40.3 cm long, 20.5 cm wide, 10.3 cm thick and weighs 19 kg, and 10 concave characters such as "Apocalypse Bingyin Year Stone Pingcheng Brick" are embossed on the right side. Chen Jian, Good Poetry, Fine Calligraphy. The gentry of Shiping were very grateful to Chen Jian for his pioneering work in building the city and erected a tombstone for Chen Jian. The tomb is located on the Black Dragon Slope 1 km west of Shiping City, sitting north to south, with a height of 2 meters and a diameter of 8 meters. The main stele is bluestone, 180 cm high, 70 cm wide and 20 cm thick. The inscription is in block letters, the zhengzhong straight book "Ming Zhi Jin Shi was born in the Zhongxian Dafu to tell Guangxi according to the deputy envoy of the Inspection Envoy Division, the tomb of Chen Gong", the left side of the stele is directly written "Ming Chongzhen three years (1630) years old Age Geng Noon Noon Winter Moon Five Day Standing Stone", "Qing Guangxu Twenty-four Years (1898) Years of The Fifth Day of the Fifth Day of the Fifth Month of the Fifth Month", "Qing Guangxu Twenty-four Years (1898) Years of the Fifth Year of the Fifth Century of the Fifth Month of the Fifth Month of the Seventh Month". Two couplets are also symmetrically engraved on both sides of the stele, with the inscription "Bamboo Inscription Xun Silk Silk Three Tin, Zi Sang GuaranteeIng The Bean Qianqiu", and the other is "After The Autumn Wutai Fangliu Guiling, Feng Chongma Table Mane Heavy Zi Township". Every year in the spring and autumn, the villagers will go to the tomb sweeping sacrifice.
"Ice Well Temple Rhymes" (Ming Chen Jian)
The resort is a self-defeating tour, and there is no need to yinghai sun three hills. Wanting is between the clouds, and the fireworks are stacked outside.
Resist the desire to burn the field tin grass, and the inscription poem is even higher on the Zhongxuan Building. Linfeng how many songs to help, Linyu also expected Fu Zuozhou.
Further reading: Longzhou, Guanlan College (Wuyang College)
Zhilongzhou: In the heart of the Xijiang River, 3.5 kilometers east of Wuzhou City, Guangxi Autonomous Region, there is a magical island - Zhilongzhou. There was a Liuyun Pavilion built on Longzhou, which was founded by Liu Jiwen, the Ming capital (present-day Lingbi County, Suzhou, Anhui Province), and in the forty-sixth year of the Ming Dynasty (1618), the prefect Chen Jian repaired it and later collapsed. In the twenty-fourth year of the Qing Kangxi Dynasty (1685), Wang Yuxian of Zuojiang Province (present-day Qaraqin Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region) and the prefect Chen Tianzhi (present-day Yongjia County, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province) donated funds to build the Liuyun Pavilion; in the thirty-sixth year of the Qing Kangxi Dynasty (1697), the prefect Sun Tieding (place of origin unknown) was rebuilt; in the fifty-eighth year of the Qing Kangxi Dynasty (1719), the prefect Fan Dashi (whose place of origin is unknown) was rebuilt; in the sixty-first year of the Qing Kangxi Dynasty (1722), Li Shirui (a native of Cangwu County, Wuzhou City, Guangxi Autonomous Region) was rebuilt. It was rebuilt in the thirteenth year of The Qing Dynasty (1833) and renamed Qingyun Pavilion. Xianfeng was burned down by thieves in 4 years, and in the tenth year of Qing Tongzhi (1872), the Jian pavilion was built in the form of a family (Mr. Feng Shui) that it was not conducive to the gentry, and the Pavilion was rebuilt. To this day, the pavilion does not exist, the pavilion is not there, but there are still the remains of Li Shirui's additions on Longzhou.
Guanlan College (Wuyang Academy): Guanlan College is located outside the South Smoke Gate of Wuzhou City, Guangxi Autonomous Region. In the forty-eighth year of the Ming Dynasty (1620), the prefect Chen Jian was founded and named Wuyang Academy. The 10 counties of the elected province are apprenticed and taught in person. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was changed to Chen Gong Ancestral Hall to commemorate Chen Jian. In the Qing Dynasty, Wuyang Academy was occupied as a private residence for camp officials. In the 25th year of the Qing Kangxi Dynasty (1686), the prefect Chen Tianzhi donated money to redeem the Chen Gong Ancestral Hall and rebuild the academy. Because it is located on the riverside, Mencius "has the art of watching the water, and will look at its lan", "the flow of water is also a thing, not a yingke can not do; the gentleman's ambition is in the Tao, not a chapter is not reached", renamed "Guanlan Academy", still dedicated to Chen Gong in the academy. Later, Guanlan Academy was borrowed as a study booth, and soon the examination shed was demolished, and the Chen Gong Ancestral Hall was moved to the north of Wuzhou City. In the fifty-ninth year of the Qing Kangxi Dynasty (1720), the prefect Fan Dashi also died in Wuzhou, so the Chen Gong Ancestral Hall was rebuilt, and the two prefects of Wuzhou, Chen Jian and Chen Fan Dashi, were jointly enshrined, and renamed "Double Sage Ancestral Hall". For the sake of an official, for the benefit of one party, there are political achievements, after death, the people build a shrine to worship, this is the Chinese lineage of the name culture, corrupt officials, mediocre officials are not worthy, the people's hearts naturally have a pole.
From the 45th year of the Ming Dynasty (1617) to the first year of the Ming Dynasty (1621), Chen Jian repaired the Dragon Causeway (Ring City Hao) and dredged the crocodile pond during his tenure as the prefect of Wuzhou
The "Chronicle of Cangwu County" records that the crocodile pond (crocodile pond) Yangyue, one of the eight scenic spots in Wuzhou, was buried in the 1820s, and Chen Jianren, the prefect of Wuzhou, dredged the crocodile pond
The former site of the "Crocodile Pond" is located in the compound of the Public Security Bureau of Wuzhou City, Guangxi Autonomous Region
It is located in the middle of the Xijiang River, 3.5 kilometers east of Wuzhou City, Guangxi Autonomous Region
It is Dragon Island
Wuzhou Zhongshan Park is located at No. 1 Wenhua Road, Wanxiu District, Wuzhou City, Guangxi Autonomous Region (Beishan Park, which is commonly known to locals as Beishan Park in the old town of Wuzhou City).
Wuzhou Zhongshan Park
Monument to the "Joint Construction of the Double Sages Ancestral Hall" in Zhongshan Park, Wuzhou (left) [61st year of the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty (1722)]
Monument to the "Joint Construction of the Ancestral Hall of the Two Sages"
The ancient city of Shiping before the 30th year of Qing Daoguang (1850).
Aerial view of Shiping Ancient City and New City