Fang Dengyi

Fang Dengyi

Fang Dengyi (1659-1725), a native of Tongcheng, Anhui Province, was named Fuzong and pingzhe. Nephew Fang xiaobiao. Zhu Sheng. He was in charge of the Ministry of government and industry during the reign of Kangxi. In 1711, he was implicated in the case of Dai Mingshi's collection of Nanshan mountains and stationed in Heilongjiang Province. He planted flowers and wrote poems in the garrison. After the imperial edict amnesty, he died outside the Great Wall. There is a collection of poems in shubentang.

Life story

Fang Dengyi is the grandson of Fang Gongqian and the son of Fang Xuancheng. He was adopted to Fang Zhaoji as a child. Poetry is good at painting. 16-year-old Buxian student. Later, he traveled to Beijing, Shaanxi, Henan, Hunan, Lingnan and other places, and was welcomed by celebrities from all over the world. In the 33rd year of Kangxi (1694), he was selected as Gongsheng and zhongshushe. Later, he moved to be the head of the water department of the Ministry of industry. Although the salary is small, but hospitable, so "seats are always full.". Those who come to the capital from the same hometown are "just like returning home". In 1711, Dai Mingshi was implicated in the literary inquisition case of Nanshan collection. Dai Mingshi, the author of Nanshan Ji, was arrested for quoting Fang Xuancheng's "Yunnan Guizhou Ji Wen" and was regarded as a "great rebel". On the 7th of February in the 52nd year of Kangxi (March 3, 1713), Dai Mingshi was executed. Fang Xuancheng, who had already died, opened his coffin and killed his body. Fang Dengyi, together with his son Shiji, brother Yunlu (the third son of Xuancheng), Yunlu's son Shiyi and his wife, were stationed in Heilongjiang. Fang Dengyi and others came to Heilongjiang and settled in bukui (now Qiqihar City). Living for more than ten years, "there is no fur and silk in winter, or there is no fire in reading the sun, but it is difficult to forget the body.". Besides planting flowers and vegetables, he read books and wrote a lot of poems, which reflected the history of Heilongjiang in the early Qing Dynasty from different aspects and angles. During this period, he had a lot of contacts with other exiles, such as narpu, the author of the collection of painting sand, Chen Menglei, the original editor of the collection of ancient and modern books, and turtai, the Manchu official, the worshiper of Cheng Zhuli. In August, Fang Dengyi died in the garrison.

Biographical works

Fang Dengyi's posthumous works include Yiyuan shilue, xingyanzhai Shigao, gouyanyin, baosuzhai collection, baosuzhai ancient Yuefu, baosuzhai new Yuefu and rushezhai collection. The first two volumes are the works of the youth and the local officials in the capital, while the last five volumes are basically the works of the Great Wall. Dengyi's poems are well-known for their ancient style. They are close to Du and Han Dynasties and have strong writing ability. The works outside the great wall are full of sadness and bitterness, but the scenery, local customs and human feelings of the frontier fortress are like painting, especially the 30 chapters of the new Yuefu, such as "dengguanqu" and "Da Diao Xing".

Chinese PinYin : Fang Deng Yi