Feng Yu

Feng Yu

Feng Yu (August 2, 1479 to August 1, 1545),

Boshun, named Lushan, was originally from Renshou township of Linqu County (today's Panyang area). His distant ancestors moved to Guangning (today's Beizhen County of Liaoning Province) because of guarding the border. After Yu became famous, he returned to Linqu. In 1508 (the third year of Zhengde in Ming Dynasty), he was admitted as a Jinshi and moved to Guizhou Province as a deputy envoy of chasi.

According to the old records, he was "an official who resisted straightforwardly and made decisions", and he did not seek wealth or please others. After returning home from his official career, he formed a "Haidai Poetry Society" with eight close friends, and his poems were compiled as "Haidai meeting". His great grandson Feng Qi compiled Feng Yu's poems into the collection of five doctors and the collection of Beihai respectively. His poems are different from the praise of "Taige style" and the imitation plagiarism of "the first seven sons". Instead, he inherits the realistic tradition and goes his own way. In the preface of Haidai Huiji, Wei Yunzhen called it "different from today's gentleman's Poems". Feng Yu's poetic style is the pioneer of Feng's literature in Linqu

(source: Portrait of Feng Yu painted by Ming Dynasty)

Personage introduction

He was born in Guangning, Eastern Liaoning Province (now Beizhen County, Liaoning Province) on July 15, the 15th year of Chenghua, Ming Dynasty (August 2, 1479). Feng's ancestral home is Panyang village, Linqu County, Qingzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province. According to Feng's genealogy? The theory of giving surnames: "at the beginning of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty, three families of Shandong people moved to Liao Dynasty. There was a taboo about loyalty in southern Qu Pan Yang, so he lived in WUJIATUN, Zuowei 13 station, Guangning. It has been handed down to the Deputy Lu shanzu of the constitution Feng Sizhong, the great ancestor of Feng Yu, moved to Liaodong and settled in Guangning. After five generations, Feng Yu became an official in the north and south, so he wanted to move back to his hometown. In 1527, he returned to the tomb of Linqu province and ordered his eldest son Wei Jian, his fifth son Wei Na and his mother to settle down in Qingzhou. He still took his second son Wei Zhong and his fourth son Wei Min to work in Pingliang, Gansu Province. Jiajing 13 years (1534) from Guizhou according to chasi Deputy envoy Zhishi returned home, living in Qingzhou, so far, the Feng family back home.

Life story

Feng Yu's life can be roughly divided into three stages: studying as an official, being an official and living in his hometown. Before the age of 30, Feng Yu's main activities were reading and seeking official posts. His father Feng Zhenguan to Fengzhi doctor and Nanjing Hubu doctor. At this time, the Feng family in Guangning was already an official family, but Feng Yu's parents died early and were raised by his great aunt Chi. In the 17th year of Hongzhi (1504) and the 3rd year of Zhengde (1508), he began to realize his ambition. During this period of time, Feng Yu studied hard and was active in his thought and behavior, which had an important influence on his later official integrity, political integrity, thrift and love for the people, teaching his son to study, and being upright. At the same time, his family became a literary family of "Qi Lu, Qi Lu, and other Confucians". Feng Yu, 30-57 years old, was an official in the north and south of China, and changed his position in seven places. After Feng Yuzhong passed the imperial examinations, he first served as a county magistrate in Huating (now Songjiang County, Shanghai), and later transferred to Anhui and Xiaoxian. In 1511, Zhengde was promoted to the magistrate of Jinzhou (now Jinxian County, Hebei Province). In 1515, Zhengde moved to wailang, a member of the Ministry of household in Nanjing. In 1527, he was transferred to Pingjing Prefecture of Gansu Province. In 1528, he was transferred to Shikuan Prefecture of Guizhou Province. In 1533, he was promoted to Deputy envoy of yinchasi of Guizhou Province. One year later, he returned to Li in 1534. Feng Yu has been an official for 28 years in the South and north of China. First, be diligent and love the people. He first learned that in Huating, the people suffered from the rain disaster, and Feng Yu ordered the Fengshou district to pay one tenth of the tax on behalf of the disaster area. Although this move angered the rich, it was welcomed by the people. When he learned about Jinzhou, the Hutuo River moved southward, and the land in the north of the city lost the benefit of irrigation and suffered from drought, so he adjusted the tax and grain reasonably. As a result of its location in the southwest border, ethnic conflicts are complex and there are often fights. However, Feng Yu was impartial and did not have any protection. He used to appease the two sides instead of fighting. When the two sides were at the critical moment, he went alone to persuade them, which made the two sides in the fight obedient. The second characteristic of Feng Yu as an official is that he is upright, resolute and unyielding. "Guangxu Linqu County annals" said that "when he was an official, he resisted the uprising and made a judgment, but if he was not able to do so, he would not be able to do so. It is said that those who wish to favor the emperor, those who flatter others, and those who plan for themselves will bear the burden of others "Three no negative" is his life principle. After the age of 58, Feng Yu returned to Li and settled in Qingzhou, mainly for reading and lecturing and singing with poetry friends. The poems of singing harmony were compiled by Feng Qi, the fourth grandson of Feng Yu, into 12 volumes of Hai Dai Hui Ji. This collection will be included in Si Ku Quan Shu. "Summary of the general catalogue of Siku Quanshu" highly praised it: "eight people are elegant and elegant, without the habit of sanyangtai Pavilion, and without the disadvantage of seven sons' imitation." In his later years, Feng Yu mainly studied and lectured at home besides singing poems and Fu with his friends. Because he was an honest official, he had no money left in his pocket. "Guangxu Lin county annals" said that he: "the official bag is bleak, can not be self-sufficient." Fortunately, the eldest son had to be healthy, well-organized and good at management, which enabled Feng Yu to have enough food and clothing. In addition, his three sons, Weizhong, Weimin and weine, were elected successively. Weizhong and weine were promoted to the imperial examination in 1538. He was greatly gratified by the achievements of future generations. Unfortunately, in 1539, the second son died in Luzhou (today's Hefei City), and the youngest son died at home the following year. The loss of his two sons in his old age made Feng Yu extremely sad. The glory of being an official for half of his life and the leisure of living in seclusion in the countryside are often intertwined with the troubles of poor life and the grief of losing his son. In this complex state of mind, spent the rest of his life. On June 24, 1545 (August 1, 1545), when he was 67 years old, he died in Qingzhou. Buried at the foot of Yaowang mountain in the northwest of Qingzhou City. Feng Yu is the originator of the Feng family in Linqu. His literary name and political voice have a great influence on his descendants. Before his death, in addition to the four sons of Wei Jian, Wei Zhong, Wei Min and Wei Na, there were many grandchildren. Later, he became the only son of Jin Shi. At this time, Lu has grown up, and the core of the Feng family has been formed. Feng Yu not only paid attention to cultural education, but also paid more attention to personal education. He also paid attention to the inspiration and edification of his own model and personality strength, which made the Feng family form a family style of diligence, integrity and integrity. The Feng family developed in this patriarchal inheritance. Feng Yu's fourth son was well known in the village at that time. He was known as "Linqu Sifeng" at that time. Since the fourth generation of Feng Qi, he was called "Beihai aristocratic family". The sixth generation of Feng Pu, the official of the Ministry of punishment, was awarded the Bachelor of culture hall and the crown prince. Feng's family is gaining popularity, becoming a well-known Qilu, and influencing the literary family in China. In this family, Feng Yu was the founder of the family. Now, the genealogy of Feng in Linqu area of Qingzhou regards Feng Yu as the first ancestor, which shows his position in the family of Feng literature.

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