Luo Zenan

Luo Zenan

Luo Zenan

(1808-1856)

Zhongyue

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Luoshan

One word

Pei-YuanChou

, No

Regret spring

The word

Ziwei

. He is from Shuangfeng County, Hunan Province. Xiang army generals, Neo Confucianists and writers in the late Qing Dynasty. He was born in 1807, the 12th year of Jiaqing reign of emperor Renzong of Qing Dynasty, and in 1851, the first year of Xianfeng reign. When I was young, I had ambition and liked to study the works of Neo Confucianism. After the Taiping army invaded Hunan, Luo Zenan began to lead his students to organize regiment training as a student in the second year of Xianfeng (1852), and assisted Zeng Guofan to organize and train the Hunan army the next year. Since then, he led the Hunan army to fight in Jiangxi, Hubei and Hunan provinces. Because of his outstanding achievements in the war, he was transferred to the county magistrate, Tongzhi and Taoyuan (with the rank of inspector).

Luo Zenan is the main figure of the school of Confucian classics in Hunan Province. On the one hand, he repeatedly studied the theory of human nature, and on the other hand, he studied the books of water conservancy, frontier defense and river disaster. "Astronomy, geography, law and calendar, art of war and salt, river, water and other affairs, all explore its origin.". Luo Zenan's poetry is an important representative of Huxiang poetry school, and his prose is a model work of Xiangxiang literature school, the successor of Tongcheng school. Therefore, it is worthy to call him a litterateur.

In 1856, Luo Zenan was shot and seriously injured in the attack on Wuchang. Emperor Xianfeng issued an imperial edict with the title of governor

Loyalty

Jiabatulurong, built a special temple for worship.

Life of the characters

Early hardship

In December 1807, Luo Zenan was born in Shuangfeng County, Hunan Province. He was smart and intelligent from childhood. He began to read at the age of four and entered a private school at the age of six. Luo Zenan's grandfather, Luo Gongshi, is a hardworking and simple rural intellectual who attaches great importance to sending his children and grandchildren to school. He loves Luo Zenan very much and has high hopes of revitalizing his family. At this time, my grandfather was nearly seventy years old, and his family was scattered and desolate. The family often had a meal. In 1818, when he was 11 years old, he learned to make couplets, which was quite strange. There is a pharmacy in the place where he lives. Next to it is a dyeing room. He wrote a couplet for it: "life of thousands of families and people's lives are dyed into five colored articles". People who hear it all praise it. This couplet is not only realistic, but also lyrical. It's extraordinary, so it's very popular. In the first year of Daoguang (1821), Luo Zenan read Zuo Zhuan at the age of 14. He often made his own propositions and imitated his composition, such as fighting, defending, attacking and winning. Anyone who reads his articles can see that his wisdom is far more than others. Since he was a teenager, Luo Zenan's composition did not seek to be consistent with the current situation, in which the meaning and reason were sufficient, and people could not measure the breadth of his mind. In 1825, Luo Zenan's mother died. In the following ten years, he lost nine relatives, including his brother and sister-in-law, grandfather and three sons. His wife was so sad that she was blind in both eyes, hard of hearing and sick. Luo Zenan himself had many diseases, and his back was aching. Because he was poor, he couldn't buy medicine to cure himself. He felt very sad for the death of his relatives one after another, so he wrote in the article "mourning for my nephew and son" that "he was in a trance, confused, blood or tears, and could not tell. Oh, pain! Oh, pain Luo Zenan did not get down because of these tragic experiences. He insisted on making a living by teaching and studying hard day and night. Although many people advised him to "work for business", he always reluctantly supported his family, not moved by the secular world, and often encouraged himself with "why don't you be young and have a hard time". Luo Zenan's hard-working and self-motivated character is largely influenced by his grandfather. His grandfather, Luo Gongshi, had been poor since he was a child and made a living by running business for others. Although he didn't read any books, he deeply regretted that he didn't study. No matter how hard the days are, he would not let his grandson drop out of school to learn other living skills. And Luo Zenan was also very grateful for his grandfather's instruction: "the reason why my great father made a mistake to me and later generations is that it's too late. How rich the accumulation is

Returning home to teach

In the sixth year of Daoguang (1826), when he was 19 years old, he returned home to teach and began a 28 year teaching career. He has been in Tongli, Xiangxiang County, Changsha and other places. The contents and methods of his teaching are unique. He should not only teach his students, but also teach them "six arts" (ritual, music, archery, imperial, calligraphy, Mathematics) and practical learning. He not only practices writing, but also martial arts. He has trained Wang Wei, Li Xubin, Li Xuyi, Li Xingchun, Jiang Yili, Liu tenghong, Yang Changjun, Kang Jinghui, Zhu Tieqiao, Luo Xinnan, Xie Banghan, Zeng Guoquan and Zeng Guobao. Later, most of these students became famous generals of the Hunan army, and became a major landscape of "scholar led soldiers" in Chinese history. In the 10th year of Daoguang (1830), Zenan was 23 years old. He studied in Shuangfeng academy and studied in Qiaoting, Tongli. He was born in Nantang. Chen Quan was the fifth son of famous teacher Zhang Zhenghu and a disciple of Zhang Meida. Therefore, it can be said that Luo Zenan is the third disciple of Zhenghu. In 1840, Luo Zenan, who was 33 years old, entered Xiangxiang county school as the first middle school scholar in Changsha. Although the official career of Zenan was bumpy, his knowledge and moral character were respected by the whole world. Therefore, in 1851, Zhu Sunyi, the magistrate of Xiangxiang County, named him Xiaolian. He was chosen by the imperial court as the founder of the country, and his theory of time was worthy of his name.

Compiling and training Hunan army

In the second year of Xianfeng (1852), the Taiping army invaded Changsha. The gentry in Hunan were deeply worried about this. In this critical situation, Luo Zenan advocated League training as a student. In the third year of Xianfeng (1853), Luo Zenan and Zeng Guofan, a Confucian disciple, recruited troops to form the Hunan army. Jiang Zhongyuan led his troops to rescue Jiangxi and asked Zeng Guofan for help. Zeng Guofan ordered Luo Zenan to lead his troops. Most of his subordinates were scholars from Hunan Province. They were on the verge of war. They fought with the Taiping Army in Nanchang City, and many people died. After hearing this, Zeng Guofan was very happy and said, "the Hunan army is really available." After Nanchang was liberated, it went to encircle and suppress the bandits in Anfu, defeated thousands of Taiping troops with 300 people, and was promoted to Tongzhi of Zhili Prefecture. After returning to Hunan, they encircled and suppressed the bandits in Yongxing, and the number of the bandits increased to more than 1000. He and Zeng Guofan perfected the camp system of Xiang army and trained for half a year. In June of the fourth year of Xianfeng (1854), Luo Zenan and TaqIB attacked Yuezhou together. He expected that the bridge would be a must for the Taiping army, so he stood still and waited for an opportunity to attack. He won all three battles and annihilated thousands of Taiping army. In July, nine Taiping barracks in Gaoqiao were conquered. Taiping army retreated to LINGJI. Luo Zenan took advantage of the situation and attacked together with TaqIB, then retreated several Taiping army barracks. From then on, the prestige of the Xiang army began to spread far and wide, and Luo Zenan and Ta Qibu were known as the famous generals of the Xiang army.

Take Wuchang

After they defeated the Taiping Army in Chenglingji, Luo Zenan and TaqIB moved eastward, conquered Chongyang, repulsed the Taiping Army in Xianning, defeated them in Jinniu, and then entered Zifang. Zeng Guofan met with the generals in Jinkou to discuss the attack on Wuchang. Luo Zenan drew the drawings and presented the general plan for it. Then the Xiang army arrayed huge guns to face the inside and outside of the Yangtze River. Luo Zenan led the army to the garden, and the Taiping Army relied on Mucheng to fire at the Xiang army. After the Taiping Army on the ship was repulsed, the Taiping Army in the camp was in disorder, and the Taiping army was defeated in three places. The next day, Luo Zenan broke through the Taiping Army camp in nianyutao. They ran to the soldiers in Hongshan and were intercepted by the Qing general taqibu. The Taiping Army abandoned the city at night. Wuchang and Hanyang were both restored, only seven days before Zeng Guofan's meeting to attack Wuhan. After the victory to the imperial court, Luo Zenan was soon awarded the title of ningshaotai Dao in Zhejiang Province. Zeng Guofan asked to keep him in the army.

Break the enemy along the river

Taiping army occupied Xingguo, and divided troops to capture Daye. Luo Zenan led the army to conquer Xingguo, and taqibu also conquered Wuchang and Daye, so he planned to capture Tianjia town. After intercepting the Qing Navy with iron locks, the Taiping Army stationed in banbishan and defended the two sides of the Yangtze River. Luoze enters zhumaling'ao in the south, about three li away from Banbi mountain. Thousands of Taiping troops suddenly attacked, and nearly ten thousand reinforcements crossed the river from Tianzhen. Luo Zenan's army was only two thousand. Luo Zenan ordered his soldiers to ambush and attack when the Taiping army was slack. The Taiping army was defeated, and thousands of people fell to the cliff and died. Luo Zenan captured Banbi mountain. The navy of the Qing army cut off the iron lock across the river, burned the ships of the Taiping army, and conquered Tianjia town. The imperial court gave Luo Zenan the title of general

Keng ebatulu

, with the rank of inspector. At that time, the Xiang army discussed that the Navy should be divided into three routes to suppress the Taiping army. Governor Yang Kai led the troops on the North Bank of the river. Luo Zenan and taqibu attacked the Taiping army south of Yang Kai. Zeng Guofan led the Navy down the river. However, it rained heavily and the Taiping army could not march, so Luo Zenan and taqibu moved northward to cross the Yangtze River, conquering Guangji and Huangmei. The Taiping army retreated to konglongyi and xiaochikou, and Luo Zenan took advantage of the situation to invite all the troops to attack. Before the Xiang army crossed the Yangtze River half way, the Taiping army invaded again. The Xiang army retreated slightly and Luo Zenan's arm was injured. However, he still commanded the battle. He divided his troops to defeat the Taiping army at JIEKOU, and Luo Kuo, the leader of the Taiping army, was defeated. In this battle, Luo Zenan defeated 20000 troops of the Taiping army with 5000 men, and all the Taiping Army's barracks along the Yangtze River retreated to Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province. Tazib went to besiege, and Luo Zenan was separated from him

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