Liu Song

Liu Song

Liu Song (1321-1381), with Zi Gao, formerly known as Chu and cha Weng, was a writer in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. He was born in Zhulin, Taihe (now belonging to tangzhou Town, Taihe County, Jiangxi Province). He was a representative of Jiangyou School of poetry. He died at the age of 61. His poems are gentle and elegant, simple and realistic.

(overview photo source: the author's shadow at the beginning of Liu Chaweng's anthology by Liu Song of Ming Dynasty)

Life of the characters

Liu Song (1321-1381), with Zi Gao, formerly known as Chu and cha Weng, was a writer in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. He was born in Zhulin, Taihe (now belonging to tangzhou Town, Taihe County, Jiangxi Province). He was a representative of Jiangyou School of poetry. He died at the age of 61. Liu Song's family background is general. He studied hard since he was a child. According to history, he was able to write poems at the age of seven. Yuan Zhizheng 16 years (1356) in the election. In the third year of Hongwu (1370) of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was summoned in Fengtian hall to confer the title of doctor of the Department of military affairs, and was ordered to collect grain in Zhenjiang. In Zhenjiang, where there are many meritorious officials, the rent and taxes are mainly borne by ordinary people, and Liu song played a role in the imperial court, which can be reduced. Later, he changed his post as deputy envoy of the chief inspector of Beiping. Not long after the overthrow of the Yuan Dynasty, Beiping, as the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, was difficult to manage. After he took office, he spared no pains, gathered the exiled people to resume production, set up wentianxiang Temple beside the school palace to encourage the world, and set up stone tablets to show that the government and county should not burden the people with corvee. Later, due to the reduction of the post horse policy in Wanping, Hu Weiyong, the prime minister, was punished and demoted, and was soon released to his hometown. In the 13th year of Hongwu, after Hu Weiyong was killed, Liu Song was reused, worshipped as the Minister of rites, and soon became the Minister of Li. At that time, the Jinshen hall was struck by lightning. Zhu Yuanzhang called together a group of officials to discuss the gains and losses of administration, and Liu Song answered with "cultivating morality and benevolence". Soon he became an official and returned home again. In March of the second year, he was requisitioned by Zhu Yuanzhang again. He paid homage to the son of the state and gave him a saddle horse to meet the emperor. In June of that year, he died of illness. At the time of his illness, he insisted on teaching the students. Before his death, Li Jing, the son of the Kingdom, asked him if he had any last words. He didn't say a word about his family affairs. He just replied, "the emperor sent me to teach the students of the Imperial College. I hope I can succeed, but I'm going to die.". After his death, Zhu Yuanzhang personally wrote a memorial to him. Liu Song was erudite and honest in nature. His three brothers have a house in Taihe, with 50 mu of farmland, but they have never increased since they were promoted. A piece of cloth was used for ten years. It was not changed until it was bitten by a rat, but it was still changed into clothes for his son. During his official career, he never took his family with him. When he went to Beiping, he only took a bookboy with him. Keep reading every night. He is the author of the collection of poems and essays such as Cha Weng Ji and Zhi Fang Ji.

Poetic style of characters

Liu Song was a representative of Jiangyou School of poetry in the early Ming Dynasty, and Yang Shen was the first to comment on Ming poetry. Ming Dynasty history called it "good for poetry, Yuzhang people Zongzhi as" Xijiang school "cloud". Xu Tai's Shitan called it "like a lonely pine in Dongling Mountain, old and more beautiful". According to Hu Yinglin's shisou, "at the beginning of Ming Dynasty, Wuzhong School of poetry was founded in Gaoqi; Yuezhong School of poetry was founded in Liuji; Minzhong School of poetry was founded in Linhong; Lingnan School of poetry was founded in sunfan; and Jiangyou School of poetry was founded in Songsong." The summary of the general catalogue of Sikuquanshu says that it is "mostly based on the gentle voice of Qing Dynasty, promoting and guiding the backward", but "Yang Shiqi and others inherited it, and then changed it into the broad style of Taige, which became redundant after a long time, and Xinyang in the North took advantage of its disadvantages, so it was divided into the gateway of Zhengzhi and Jiazhi", "however, Song poetry is just and elegant, which can be regarded as the right voice. We can't release the loss by the end, and blame the founder. " Many of his literary works describe Taihe's rural landscapes, such as farming, woodcutting, mining, and the environment before and after the war JohnW.Dardess Even based on his works, he restored the residential areas, land use and landscape of Taihe County in the early Ming Dynasty.

Excerpts from poems

[Bu Yue]

take a cool walk in the west, and the grass is dewy and wet. There is no dog barking in the bamboo shade, and the flying fireflies follow people in the dark.

[Yuhua mountain]

A thousand green peaks, a path to Danya. On the terrace, the clouds and the trees move the wind. In the wild, outside the pedestrians, in the wild geese. Sad City, misty rain is dark.

To fan Shifu

drizzle is a source of sorrow for chaimen, and poetry has always been a reward.
The flowers in the forest fall in the wine, and the petrels fly in the building.
The late Qing mountain in Beiguo is farther away, and the spring water in Nantang struggles for the flow.
May also remember, don't send Yanghua smile. The history of Ming Dynasty - the 25th biography of Liu Song, whose name is Zigao, was born in Taihe and was formerly known as Chu. Poor family mechanics, cold without fire, hand chapped and notes recorded ceaselessly. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it was held in the countryside. In the third year of Hongwu, the name was changed. Summon Fengtian hall and give it to the doctor of the Ministry of war. Zhenjiang was ordered to collect grain. Zhenjiang had many honorary officials, and the people were tired of renting taxes. Song Li asked for less. When he moved to Beiping, he was appointed Deputy envoy of chasi. He called for exile and returned to work. Liwen Tianxiang temple is on the side of the Academy. Leshi school, Shefu county not to corvee tired all life. Try to reduce the horses in remote places to benefit Wanping. The emperor could play it, and Gu called his courtiers and said, "it's been a long time since the post was passed on. Song can say that. Why not herdsmen He was detested by Hu Weiyong and was relegated to work. Let go. Thirteen years, only Yong Zhu, worship ceremony minister. Soon, he promoted the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs. Lei Zhenjin's body hall, the emperor's court told Chen gain and loss. Song Dunshou, in order to cultivate the virtue of benevolence. Looking for an official. In March next year, he will join Li Jing, the former Minister of the Ministry of punishment. He worshiped the son of the state and offered wine, while song was the secretary. Give pommel horse, make day and night see, see often Yan language change time. He died within ten days. Disease is better than sitting and training. And Ge, ask what you want to say. He said, "the emperor sent song to teach the son of the state. He was responsible for his success and died suddenly." Not a word and family. The emperor ordered a secretary to manage the funeral, and personally made a sacrifice. He was young and erudite, and was honest and prudent in nature. The three brothers live in a house with 50 mu of land. And expensive, nothing gain. Ten years a cloth was, rat injury, the first easy, still repair to clothing its son. The resident officials never follow the family burden. He took a child with him to Peiping, and sent him back. At that time, Shi Tui, a solitary scholar, often reached Dan. Good for poetry, Yuzhang people for "Xijiang school" cloud.

Original translation

Liu Song, a native of Taihe (now Taihe in Jiangxi Province), was once called Liu Chu. Poor family, dedicated to reading, winter no stove, his hands are still chapped writing. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he was recommended by the village. In the third year of Hongwu (the year of emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty), it was recommended as Jingming Xingxiu and renamed Liu Song. He was summoned by the emperor in Fengtian hall and appointed as the doctor of the Ministry of war. He was ordered to collect grain in Zhenjiang. Many fields in Zhenjiang were owned by meritorious officials. The rent was heavy and the people were tired. Liu Song strongly asked the imperial court to approve the reduction of tax. When he was transferred to Beiping as deputy envoy of chasi, he seldom used the criminal law to do simple things. The people in exile were recruited, and they all resumed their old business. The Li Wen Tianxiang temple was built next to the Academy. He set up a monument in front of the school palace to tell the county not to make the students tired because of corvee. Once asked the court to open up a place to raise horses, to enhance the strength of Wanping City. The emperor approved his memorial and said to his courtiers: "it's said that the work and rest in the post station have been uneven for a long time. Liu Song can tell. Isn't that the right way to manage the people? " Liu Song was hated by Hu Weiyong and demoted to the transportation department for other reasons. If you don't, turn it back. In the 13th year of Hongwu, Hu Weiyong was executed and Liu Song was appointed Minister of rites. No, he was promoted to minister of the Ministry of officials. When the lightning struck the Jinshen hall, the emperor asked the officials to state the disadvantages of politics. After kowtowing, Liu Song answered in terms of practicing benevolence. No, just quit and go home. In March of the next year, he was recruited together with Li Jing, former Minister of the Ministry of punishment. Li Jing was appointed as the son of the state and Liu Song as the secretary. He was given a pommel horse so that he could be received by the emperor sooner or later. As soon as he was summoned, he talked with him for a long time. He died in less than ten days. When the disease broke out, still reluctantly sitting discipline students. On his deathbed, Li Jing asked him what he wanted to say. Liu Song said, "the emperor sent me to teach the students. I was just asked to finish this task, but I was going to die suddenly." I didn't mention anything about my family. The emperor ordered the relevant departments to carry out the funeral, and personally wrote articles to commemorate him.
Liu Song was erudite and honest in nature. The three brothers live in a thatched cottage with 50 mu of land. After wealth, they did not expand their wealth. It took ten years for a cloth quilt to be replaced after it was bitten by a mouse. It was still sewn up for my son to wear. During his official career, he never let his family follow him. During the period of Peiping, he went with a boy servant, and when he arrived, he let the boy servant come back. Shenshi just stopped working and lit a light to read, often until the next morning. He is good at writing poems, and he is praised as Xijiang school by Yuzhang people.

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