Li Tingxiang

Li Tingxiang

Li Tingxiang (1485-1544) was named Mengbi. He was born in Puzhou, Henan Province. In the 15th year of Hongzhi of Ming Dynasty (1502), Kang Haibang was the third person to become a Jinshi. He was given the title of editor of Hanlin Academy. Li tingwen is the number one prime minister of Song Dynasty. During Zhengde period, Liu Jin, the eunuch, was in power. Li Tingxiang was changed to head of the Ministry of war. It was not until Liu Jin was killed that the official returned to his original position and was promoted to Chunfang zhongyun as a preacher of Jingyan. Wuzong praised him as a true bachelor. He was a minister of the Ministry of official affairs in Nanjing, and was an official in the same Dynasty as his father Li Zan. The official was the Minister of the Ministry of household affairs.

Officials and book collectors in Ming Dynasty

Li Ting was born in Kaizhou, Puyang, Ming Dynasty. Hongzhi Jinshi. He was the official Secretary of the Ministry of household in Nanjing. Good book collection, posthumous Wen min. He is the author of Nanquan manuscript.

Life

It is said that Li Tingxiang is the descendant of Li Di, the number one scholar in the Song Dynasty. Li Ting won the 32nd place in the imperial examination, and was awarded the title of exploring flowers. During Zhengde period, Liu Jin, the eunuch, was in power. Li Tingxiang was changed to head of the Ministry of war. It was not until Liu Jin was killed that the official returned to his original position and was promoted to Chunfang zhongyun as a preacher of Jingyan. Wuzong didn't like to read "poetry" and "book". Li Tingxiang talked about "who is the king and what is not enough". Wuzong repeated it three times and praised Li Tingxiang as a true scholar. He was a minister of the Ministry of official affairs in Nanjing. He was an official in the same Dynasty as his father Li Zan (official censor). Everyone was proud of him. Before long, he became the Minister of rites. In March of 1538, he was promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, and he was also a scholar of the Imperial Academy. Jiajing eighteen years (1539) may, due to illness, please return home. Jiajing 23 years (1544) died in July. it is reported that both Li Tingxiang and his son were officials. He collected many ancient books and paintings. Jiancang library has "Shuanghui hall". There are more than 1600 kinds of books and more than 10000 volumes. Among them, Yuan Feng Lei manuscript, Ouyang Wenzhong's collection of official documents, the collection of Tang Changli's new Guxun and Songxue Zhai's collection are all published in Song Dynasty. Later, most of his books were recorded in the current edition of Tianlu Linlang book, the continuation of Tianlu Linlang bibliography, Yingshu Lianglu, qianqingtang bibliography, Shigutang calligraphy and painting research, etc. Li Kaixian has a close relationship with Li Kaixian, a litterateur and bibliophile. Li Kaixian wrote his poem "Ji Ti Li Pu Ting Shang Shu Cang Lou". He has compiled two volumes of "Li Pu Ting's family collection bibliography" and collected more than ten thousand volumes of ancient paintings and calligraphy on the "Lai He Lou". In order to collect the song and Yuan editions, we are willing to spend hundreds of money to buy the authentic works of sun, Liu, Ma and Xia. Each scroll is stamped with "Li's collection in Puyang". After the death of Li Tingxiang, his son Li Xiaoyuan was unfilial and often taught drama in the "Crane Tower". Those actors had heard that there were many precious paintings and calligraphy in the Li family's collection, so they pried open the floor at night and stole a lot of them, resulting in many incomplete paintings and calligraphy. Later, he was forced by a rogue surnamed Yan, and the crane tower would be looted in the future. It is also said that Li Xiaoyuan had no heir, and his children often stole books and sold them in the market. All the books collected by Li's family were sold at a high price. The book collection is printed with "Li Tingxiang's book collection seal", "Puyang Li Tingxiang's calligraphy and painting seal", "Puyang Li Tingxiang's double Huitang calligraphy and painting private seal", "Puyang Li Tingxiang's family seal" and so on.

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