"Li Xu's Recital" is a historical work compiled by the Ming and Qing Archives Department of the Palace Museum. Li Xu was a close confidant of Kangxi, a native of Suzhou, who served as a weaver in Suzhou for thirty years. According to red studies experts, Li Xu's father, Li Shizhen, was the father of Cao Xueqin's grandmother. Li Shizhen married his daughter to Cao Yin (Cao Xueqin's grandfather), who was then a weaver in Jiangning, and both the Li and Cao families were close associates of the Kangxi nobles, and although they were exiled by the raiders and went into ruin, this family history that flourished and declined, that is, Cao Xueqin translated into the world famous book "Dream of the Red Chamber". Because Cao Yin, Li Xu and "Dream of the Red Chamber" are very related, Li Xu has also become the focus of everyone's attention and research.
"Li Xu's Folding" This book contains a recital of "Merchant Pei Yongxi and Others Please Play the Copper and Lead Fold in Jiangning and Other Mountains", which attracted the attention of the editor, Li Xu's recital was mainly to report to the Kangxi Emperor about the mining of mines, of which the mining places in the Nanjing area were "Shangyuan County Yujian Mountain, Jiangning County Jiwang Mountain", these two places are rich in copper and lead mines. So, where is this "Jiangning County King Mountain" now? Checking the relevant information, it turned out that it was in the northwest of Jiuhua Mountain in the current Jurong territory. )
According to the 1983 "Gazetteer of Jurong County, Jiangsu Province", the original Guanwang Village was originally a mountain, and the masses mistakenly called it The mountain, and the name of the village was therefore the king of The King. It was also the station of the production brigade of the King of Gui at that time. (Qing) Jin Ao wrote in the "Records of Jinling to be Conquered", which records: "Its branch peak is called The Mountain of Gui, in the name of the image, it is falsely used as a temple, and the temple of Dai Ji is erected, and the obscenity is despised." The Southern Song Dynasty "Jingding Jiankangzhi" volume 17 Shan Chuan Zhi Shan Fu: "Shan Shan, in jurong County north thirty-five miles, Zhou Hui twelve miles, high sixteen zhang." It is also recorded in the Baohua Mountain Chronicle. Geologically, it belongs to the surrounding ore points of the Funiu Mountain medium-sized copper mine in the Ningzhen Mountains.
It is recorded in the "Jingding Jiankangzhi" and the more recent "Jinling To be Requisitioned", it belongs to "Jurong County", since it belongs to "Jurong County", why does Li Xu say "Jiangning County" in this recital?
Consulting relevant materials, it is learned that the area around The Mountain of The King of The King is unknown in the past, and the administrative jurisdiction changes frequently. There are two main reasons for this situation: first, "all are remote and barren mountains, not obstructing the feng shui of the people's fields", indicating that there is no one living here or very few people living here, so there is no effective jurisdiction and the ownership confusion is caused, only from the current regional evolution, it can be seen that some belong to the Jiangning County period, and now belong to the jurisdiction of Jurong County; the second is that Li Xu is a Suzhou native, and in such a place, he can only listen to others and cannot make accurate judgments.
There are many legends around the Mountain of The King, such as the folk legend that "a tomb of the King of The King of the People of Jiangnan can be sent to the people of Jiangnan." To obtain this tomb, you only need to use the treasure mirror." In this way, this is not only a funerary object of a tomb, but a variety of mineral resources in it. "If it is adopted, it will benefit the country and the people, and it will be very beneficial", so Li Xu of Suzhou Weaving actively played a fold to the Kangxi Emperor to "plead for divine grace" to mine, "to benefit the country, down to benefit the poor".