Li Siyan

Li Siyan

Li Siyan (about 1240-1300 years), the word changweng, the word Kechang, two mountains, Raozhou Prefecture Yugan County Wannian Township Jiuzhi people (now Wannian County Qingyun town Shiqiao Village). The year of birth and death is unknown, and the emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty lived around the time of his arrival. In the first year of dehu in the Southern Song Dynasty (1275), he became a scholar, but lived in seclusion. Gongshi, in the 11th year of the Yuan Dynasty (1274 AD), the prime minister Boyan crossed the river and extended the power of Leping with his grace. He was the official of Yuanzhou and the Minister of rites. Deputy Tulu summoned Annan to pay homage to the censor of Nantai. Yan wrote two mountain manuscripts, and selected poems of Yuan Dynasty was handed down to the world.

experience

In the first year of dehu, Boyan, the Prime Minister of the Yuan Dynasty, sent Wu Liangbi to Raozhou after he conquered Ezhou. When Liang Bi heard of Siyan's name, he appointed Siyan as the order of Leping (now Leping County, Jiangxi Province). Seeing that the world has changed, Li Siyan resolutely went out of the mountain to apply for the army and was determined to save the people. Soon after, he was awarded the title of "Zhongzhi" by Yuanzhou (now Yichun City in Jiangxi Province), and later served as the director of education examination of Guozijian. At the beginning of the 25th year of the Yuan Dynasty (1288), Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, sent troops to attack repeatedly because Annan (today's Vietnam) did not belong to the Yuan Dynasty, but failed. So he ordered the Minister of rites, Deputy Minister of education, counsellor Tulu (yizutulu), to send an envoy to Annam to announce the Edict and ordered Li Siyan to accompany him. after the Yuan Dynasty delegation arrived in Annan, King Annan summoned him, but Li Siyan did not kowtow to King Annan. Li Siyan said solemnly: "the Minister of a big country does not worship the monarch of a small country. It is also polite." As soon as the words came out, all the people present were shocked. King Annan was impressed by his magnanimity and said, "respect his Lord and his envoy, and be polite.". In front of King Annan, Li Siyan publicized Dewei, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty. King Annan greatly admired his diplomatic ability. The next day, King Annan wrote back the form and attached a generous gift to the envoys of the Yuan Dynasty. Tulu took it, but Li Siyan insisted. After returning to the court, the emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty rebuked Tulu for not accepting the reward. Li Siyan also skillfully replied, "if you don't accept a minister, you will be a big country. If you don't accept a minister, you will be a small country." In a word, Yuan Zu turned his anger into joy, praised Si Yan as a talented person, and gave Tu Lu a step. In November of the same year, Emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty ordered Li Siyan to be the messenger of the country, and WAN Nu to be the assistant envoy of the doctor of the Ministry of war. He sent an envoy to Annan together, and declared that the king of Annan, Chen rixuan, would enter the court in person, otherwise he would have to increase his troops. After completing his mission again, Li Siyan was appointed Minister of rites and Minister of eastern Zhejiang. During his tenure, he was very concerned about the suffering of the people, advocated tax relief, set up schools, let the people live a happy life. Two years later, he was promoted to imperial censor of Nantai, and then to minister of rites. Li Siyan is honest, honest and upright, and has a good reputation in politics. In the 26th year of Zhiyuan (1289), Li Siyan learned that Xie Fangde, a famous patriot, had died for his country in mindzhong Temple of Dadu and had no money to bury him. He and Xie kongzhi, the son of Fang De, raised money to collect the corpse and helped him to transport the coffin to Yiyang County of Guangxin Prefecture. Around the fourth year of Dade (1300), Li Siyan became ill through hard work and finally took up his post. When the imperial court heard of it, they gave it a thick burial and built a royal censor's Square to worship it.

Writing

Li Siyan is not only good at governing state affairs, but also good at writing poetry. His works have been handed down from generation to generation, such as Liangshan poetry anthology and Tiannan Xinggao, but most of them are lost. Gu Sili, a scholar of the Qing Dynasty, recorded 22 poems in his selected poems of the Yuan Dynasty.

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