The Master of the Five Patriarchs Hiroshi first saw Huineng, and the drama of the beast, that is, the barbaric place, has not yet been civilized. It turned out that this was not the case, otherwise Master Hirohito would not have passed on the mantle of the ancestor to him. This shows that the people of Lingnan are remarkable.
Guangxu died, and some people rejoiced and some people were sad. It is the revolutionaries who are happy, and the people who are sad about those who are left behind and the young, and some people still like to add the word "foolish loyalty" in front of the names of these old and young.
I wonder, they all say that people go to tea and cool, is it really necessary between people and people? There are not many qing dynasty widows, I will not talk about others, just talk about Liang Dingfen of Panyu, Guangdong
Liang Dingfen, who has endured hardships and persevered
Liang Dingfen died from his father and mother since he was a child, which can be described as shameless, but fate did not treat him badly, because he was fostered in his aunt's house, so he was fortunate to be listed under Chen Feng's door. Who is Chen Feng? It is the famous Jupo Jingshe Mountain Chief, such as astronomy, geography, music, arithmetic, ancient texts, chinese texts, fillers, calligraphy are all involved, and there are many unique points. He was the second person second only to Zeng Guofan in terms of academics, and the imperial court rewarded him with the title of Wupinqing, and among his students, in addition to Liang Dingfen, Gui Wencan, Liao Tingxiang, and Chen Botao, there were also the famous Wen Tingshi, Tao Fuxiang, Wen Zhonghe, and Huang Shaochang, and Wang Zhaoyong was also listed on the door wall, and he was Wang Zhaoming, that is, Wang Jingwei's brother. You think, with such a teacher, it is impossible for a disciple to think that he has no achievements.
Liang Dingfen was born as a jinshi, and served as a governor, a prefect, a Taoist, and also a messenger and a political envoy. When the Sino-French War broke out, he did not know that he had touched his string, and he actually impeached Li Hongzhang, and as a result, he was demoted to Wupin by Empress Dowager Cixi.
Liang Dingfen and students of Guangya College
It is gold that will shine everywhere, and Zhang Zhidong, who is also a talent and loves talent, likes Liang Dingfen, so he invited him to be the dean of Guangya Academy. Zhang Zhidong was the governor of Liangguang at the time, and his influence was also great. Therefore, Liang Dingfen's academy flourished and cultivated a large number of materials that could be made for the selection of the country.
Zhang Zhidong, the leader of the Qing school
Liang Dingfen's "loyalty" was first manifested in the body of Zhang Zhidong. Zhang Zhidong was transferred to the governorship of Liangjiang, and Liang Dingfen also went with him to host Zhongshan Academy; Zhang was appointed governor of Huguang, and Liang also followed suit. All in all, Liang Dingfen has always been a military aircraft counselor for the Zhangzhidong shogunate.
Kang Liang held the Qiang Society, And Liang Dingfen worked hard to participate in the formulation of its charter; Wang Kangnian founded the Changyan Newspaper, and Liang Dingfen was hired as the main writer. Puyi abdicated, and Liang Dingfen walked for Yuqing Palace.
After Guangxu's death, the Chongling Tomb was built, because there was no provision for planting trees in the contract for the construction of the tomb, so it was bare, which was both an obstacle to viewing and was not conducive to feng shui. So Liang Dingfen repeatedly asked for replanting, but the newly established Republic of China was also full of holes and could not make ends meet, so Liang Dingfen's initiative was also a mud cow into the sea.
Liang Dingfen decided to find his own way, he sent someone to order hundreds of ceramic wine bottles, transported to Xiling, and when the snow was flying, he led more than a dozen people to Chongling Treasure City, filled all the wine bottles with white snow, sealed the bottle mouth, and also posted a red paper note, personally waving the inscription "Chongling Snow Water".
Liang Dingfen then transported hundreds of ceramic bottles back to his apartment in Beijing and wrote a revelation stating why Chongling must plant trees. Then every day Liang Dingfen took his followers and used a rickshaw to carry wine bottles filled with snow water to various magnates and Qing Dynasty widows to visit.
Liang Dingfen's way of "changing the relationship" is: every time he goes to a mansion, he first hands over a business card and sends snow and water as a gift, and then opens the door to hope that the other party will "support" the planting of trees in Chongling. He handed over the "Book of Transformations" and wrote down the number of "Suixi" corresponding to the other party's official position. If the other party "expressed" that he was very generous, and the amount of money that "Sui Xi" had coincided with the influence of his official position, Liang Dingfen would smile and resign and sing "praises"; if the other party was an "iron rooster" or the amount of money donated did not match his identity, Liang Dingfen would sneer and even speak ill of each other, making the other party feel embarrassed if he could not come to Taiwan; if "the seeker did not meet", he would leave a message to visit the mansion another day.
Liang Dingfen's "perseverance" finally made Chongling green and lush, and with his persistence, in addition to letting the mountains outside Chongling be filled with green pines and cypresses, he also planted hundreds of silver pines in the mausoleum, and planted eighteen luohan pines on the left and right of the altar in front of the Ming Tower, which means that the eighteen arhats guard Guangxu. Liang Dingfen personally participated in the planting of the tree, and also took a picture next to the tree with an iron shovel. Chen Baochen's inscription poem reads:
Make up the day and wave your hands to idle, crown belt to support the hoe between the earth and stones. Do not see the yin heart does not die, long left behind the bridge mountain.
Liang Dingfen's ink treasure
For the sake of Chongling, in order to repay the favor of the "former emperor", Liang Dingfen can be said to spare no effort and bow down to the best of his ability. He often took a truck to the construction site, Liang Dingfen was approachable, quick-witted, and ordinary soldiers asked him for ink treasures, and he never refused with a wave.
On November 16, 1913, the coffin of the Guangxu Emperor was enshrined in An, and Liang Dingfen personally held it for it, and the Zi Palace was seated, and after everything was properly arranged, it was ready to close the stone gate. Liang Dingfen was paralyzed on the ground, and without uttering a word, his two relatives suddenly remembered that Lord Liang had said that he would be martyred after Emperor Feng'an, so the chief staff hurriedly let Liang's relatives carry him out of the underground palace.
From then on, Liang Dingfen's health deteriorated, and when he learned that there was a piece of land under the mountain behind Liang Gezhuang that was privately owned, he entrusted others to buy it, and told his relatives and people from all walks of life that after a hundred years, he would be buried here for a long time, hoping to serve the "former emperor" forever.
In 1919, Liang Dingfen died of illness. Before his death, he burned all his poems, saying that "my heart is desolate, and the words cannot be transmitted" The family followed his will and buried them in the land they had purchased in the old days, and finally fulfilled their dream of "serving" the previous emperor.
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