Chen Zhilin

Chen Zhilin

Chen Zhilin (1605-1666), named Yansheng, was a salt official in Haining. He came from a famous family. When he was young, he made friends with Donglin, Qian Qianyi, Wu Weiye, Chen Mingxia, etc., and participated in activities. In 1637 (the 10th year of Chongzhen reign of the Ming Dynasty), he was awarded the title of editor of the Imperial Academy.

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Chen Zhilin came from a famous family in eastern Zhejiang. In his early years, he met Qian Qianyi, Chen Mingxia and others, and often participated in the activities of the Donglin Party and the restoration society. Unexpectedly, in his second year in high school, Chen zubao, his father, was dismissed and arrested for dereliction of duty during the invasion of the Qing Dynasty. Later, he committed suicide by drinking poison wine because of his inner injustice. "The emperor's anger at zubao's omission of punishment" came from his son Chen Zhilin, who was never appointed.

In 1647, Chen Zhilin was appointed as a Bachelor of secretary's degree. The next year, he was promoted to the right servant of the Ministry of rites. By means of flattery, he fawned on Dorgon's confidants and honored Dorgon as the benefactor. He was good at seeing the wind and sailing, and was favored by Emperor Shunzhi, which made him skillfully avoid the case of duoergun. In the eighth year of Shunzhi, he was promoted to minister of rites. Soon after, he added the crown prince and Taibao. The next year, he was awarded the bachelor degree of Hongwen college.

In the tenth year of Shunzhi (1653), Feng Quan, the leader of the northern party and the former Wei Zhongxian party, was highly valued, and his fight with the southern Party headed by Chen Mingxia became increasingly fierce. Chen Zhilin was impeached and formed a party with Chen Mingxia for personal gain. However, Emperor Shunzhi thought that he was a talented person and did not punish him. He was only transferred to the Ministry of household affairs. Later, he was implicated by Chen Mingxia and died of the crime of "cleverly playing tricks". In addition, Emperor Shunzhi issued an imperial edict for leniency. He only reduced his official rank to two levels and was fined for one year. Shunzhi 12 years (1655) and official Fu Hongwen College Bachelor, plus Shaobao and Prince Taibao. Chen Zhilin had three strategies: first, to cultivate agricultural skills; second, to be lenient to military forces; third, to save money. It has played a positive role in developing agricultural production, saving expenditure and filling the national treasury.

In 1656, Emperor Shunzhi gave a reply to Chen Zhilin: "I didn't care about your previous mistakes, and I still use them. I warned you many times that you should reflect on your words and deeds carefully. Have you made any improvement recently?" Chen Zhilin hastily played: "the emperor teaches me a lesson, but I dare not change it. It's just that I don't have enough talent and knowledge, and I have many sins, and I can't repay my kindness. " After hearing this, Wei Yijie, the censor of zuodou, immediately impeached Chen Zhilin: "when the emperor questioned him, he didn't talk about his secret of forming a party, and tried to wash himself in order to become a kind person. However, he was not able to report his talent and learning, which showed that he had no conscience." Wang Zhen was also impeached: "Chen Zhilin was a CI minister who was dismissed from his post in the previous dynasty and never used words. He was promoted to minister of state and entered the government a few years later. But he didn't want to serve the emperor. Facing the emperor's rebuke, he didn't want to reflect on himself. Instead, he traveled to Lingyou palace the next day. He was free and unbridled, and his crimes were beyond punishment At that time, the emperor ordered Chen Zhilin to play back according to the actual situation, and ordered the lower part to investigate and discuss, prepare for dismissal, and never use it. However, Emperor Shunzhi, considering that Chen Zhilin had been highly valued and had become a minister, could not bear to denounce him immediately. He was sent to Liaoyang as an official. In the winter of this year, Emperor Shunzhi read that Chen Zhilin had worked for the Qing Dynasty for many years, but he could not bear to give up, so he ordered him to return to Beijing to join the banner. In the 15th year of Shunzhi reign (1658), Chen Zhilin was impeached to accept bribes from Wu Liangfu. Emperor Shunzhi once again exempted him from capital punishment, but issued an imperial edict to change his position, confiscated his property, and exiled his family to Liaodong. About 1667. Chen Zhilin died in Shangyang castle in Liaodong. Most of his poems were written when he was banished to Shengjing and shangyangbao, and he wrote "collection of floating clouds".

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Chen Zhilin

Shanshu and Gongshi were famous poets in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty. In their early years, they often sang with Qian Qianyi and other literary leaders, and wrote a large number of Poems (lost). His wife Xu can was also a famous poetess at that time.

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