Lin Botong

Lin Botong

Lin Botong (1778-1847 A.D.) was born in Panyu, Guangdong Province. He was born in the 43rd year of Qianlong reign of Emperor Gaozong of Qing Dynasty and died in the 27th year of Daoguang reign of Emperor Xuanzong at the age of 70.

Lin Botong (1775-1844), with the name of Tongjun and the name of Yueting, lived in Gaodi street of Guangzhou. Since childhood, I studied literature and history with my father and browsed hundreds of books. Jiaqing six years (1801) in the election. Later, because of his father's death, he lived in mourning and vegetarianism for three years. From then on, I served my mother at home and never went to the imperial capital for exams. He studied and studied at home. He taught and taught people tirelessly. He would give lectures to those who hold classics and ask questions. He was very popular with the people of the time. When Ruan Yuan was in charge of Guangdong Province, he was employed as a senior in order to cultivate talents and build xuehaitang. Later, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Deng Tingzhen, also asked Lin Botong to be a family school teacher for his son. At that time, the officials and scholars in Guangzhou did not disrespect Lin Botong. He studied Confucianism in Song Dynasty and studied Classics in Han Dynasty. He not only advocated respecting the teacher and respecting the way like Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi, the Neo Confucianists of the Northern Song Dynasty, but also advocated following Gu Yanwu's "self use of Tongjing" and simple style of study. He combined the advantages of Song Dynasty and Han Dynasty, and had a certain return. He opposed the empty talk of Confucianism in Song Dynasty, and advocated the scientific attitude of seeking self use by learning from the book of songs. He studied Confucian classics, phonology, maps and local customs. During the reign of Jiaqing and Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty, scholars in eastern Guangdong respected Lin Botong. Lin Botong, together with Zhang Weiping, Huang qiaosong, Tan Jingzhao, Duan Peilan, Huang Peifang and Kong Jixun, built the Yunquan mountain Museum in Baiyun Mountain, which is known as the "seven poets world". His five character poems are quite simple, and the seven rhythms are light and peaceful. Tianzhu beach is a five character poem. It is far-reaching to write about the difficulty and ease of going to the beach and about people's travel. He loves the local scenery very much, for example, in his poem "autumn", there is a saying that "at the bean shed, the rice flowers are thick, and the green fields and green mountains are in autumn. The poetry is remote, the man is independent, and the cattle are ploughed outside the woods at sunset. " Write a school of pastoral scenery, write very cordial and natural. But he did not forget current events, and his poems often showed compassion. For example, in the poem "manxing", there are "three dreams linked by beacon fire" and "when you see Yuanxiang Road, there are many displaced people; when you have lost your family's heart, how about food and clothing?" And so on. Lin Botong wrote quite a lot of books, including xiubentang series. At that time, there were 30 volumes of Mao Shi tongkao, 30 volumes of Mao Shi Zhixiao, 1 volume of historical records Liqi, 2 volumes of Gongji Xiaoyan, 11 volumes of ancient proverbs, 12 volumes of Guan marriage and funeral sacrifice, 4 volumes of Gongche Jianwen, 4 volumes of xiubentang manuscript, 2 volumes of Yueting Shichao. There are still more than 20 kinds of inscriptions, such as notes to the water classics of Guangdong and Guangdong, but most of them have been lost, with only bibliography and ordinances left. In the 24th year of Daoguang (1844), Lin Botong was awarded the title of Xuezheng in Deqing County. He died soon. in the sixth year of Jiaqing (1801 AD), there were many people. In the sixth year of Daoguang (1826 A.D.), his father died, so he didn't get on the bus. He devoted himself to his mother and taught more than 100 students. Ruan Yuan and Deng Tingzhen, the governors of Guangdong Province, saluted him. Yuan Yan was the head of Juhai school, and Ting Zhen was the second son of Ke. In the 24th year, Deqing Prefecture was elected as the official. Read three years, died in the official. Botonggong's poems are good for textual research. He has four volumes of xiubentang manuscript, twenty-four volumes of poetry anthology, four volumes of Yuefeng, four volumes of liangyueshuijingzhu, eleven volumes of guyanjian, two volumes of Gongji Xiaoyan, thirty volumes of Shiju Liqi, thirty volumes of maoshitongkao, and twenty volumes of Zuozhuan custom All of them were handed down to the world.

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