Li Lanying

Li Lanying

Li anying (1201-1257) was named Wenxi. He is from Panyu, Guangdong Province (now Guangzhou, Guangdong Province). Famous officials, scholars and poets in the Southern Song Dynasty.

In his early years, Li pleianying majored in spring and autumn under the guidance of Cui Yu. In the second year of Baoqing (1226) of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Jinshi ranked first and the third in the examination. He was awarded the title of Tui Guan in Tingzhou. He was promoted to taixuezheng because of his merits. He moved to work as a doctor and worked as a tuntianlang. Later, he became a doctor in the Army Department of dazhongcheng. During the Chunyou period of emperor LiZong of the Song Dynasty, he went to Beijing to impeach the ministers Fan Zhong, Shi Songzhi and Wu Zhigu. He resisted Shu several times and impeached and exposed Shi Songzhi's crimes. Later, he was appointed zhibaoge in Jiangxi Province, and he was also known to Ganzhou. He was granted the title of Dazong Zhengqing and the editor of national history, and Baolu academy reviewed it. Li pleianying was honest and upright, not afraid of power. He impeached the powerful officials Jia Sidao and Ding Daquan for many times. Later, he was the right Minister of Taichang, the right Minister of the Ministry of official affairs, the right Minister of the Ministry of official affairs, the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs, the official of Jiazhong, and the Baron of Panyu. In his later years, Li Lanying lived in seclusion in Wenxi, Guangzhou. Because of his title, he wrote Wenxi manuscript, Wenxi Ci, Nanhai Zhi, etc. Baoyou five years (1257), died in Guangzhou.

Life of the characters

In the first year of Jiatai in the Southern Song Dynasty (1201), Li Lanying was born in a family of officials in Panyu County, Guangdong Province (now Guangzhou). Great grandfather Li Xianzhi was an official of Chengfeng, and his father Li Tianluo was an official of LongTuge. Li Lanying was a smart young man, studying Classics and history, and reading them through the eyes. In the year of Li Lanying's weak crown, he was already proficient in the spring and Autumn Annals, and was appreciated by Cui Yuzhi, a famous official and scholar of the current Dynasty. Under the guidance of Cui Yuzhi, Li Lanying's learning is more advanced. In the first year of Baoqing (1225), Li Lanying took part in the local examination and won the first place. The next year, Li Lanying went to Lin'an to take part in the examination. He was praised by the chief examiner Zou Yinglong for his "skillful brushwork". He won the imperial examination and became the first Guangdong native to explore flowers.

In the second year of shaoding (1229), Li Lanying was awarded the post of Tui Guan in Tingzhou, Fujian Province. In the Song Dynasty, Tingzhou Tui Guan was equivalent to the deputy of Zhizhou and had no real power. At that time, bandits were rampant and powerful in Fujian. They often attacked cities and lands in groups and killed people and goods in an organized way. Chen Xiaoyan, the governor of Tingzhou, should have relied on the local army to arrest the thieves. However, he did not do so. On the contrary, he was extremely harsh on his subordinates. As an assistant, Li Lanying often advises Chen Xiaoyan, but instead of correcting, Chen Xiaoyan makes more efforts. Anticipating the impending turmoil, Li pleianying urged Chen Xiaoyan to repair the women's wall and dredge the moat. Before these suggestions were implemented, the mutiny of soldiers had already taken place. One day, Chen Xiaoyan slaughtered more than a dozen soldiers in succession and forced them to use the "Chu coin" (the paper money used in the Song Dynasty) made by himself as the "token" (the military pay certificate issued to them at that time). Chen Xiaoyan's practice seriously violated the regulations of the imperial court, and was strongly opposed by Li Huanying. In spite of his opposition, Chen Xiaoyan ordered his cronies to take Chu coins and force Li Huanying to sign a countersignature. Li pleianying harshly rebukes Chen Xiaoyan's cronies. Considering that she can't control this kind of thing, she might as well abandon her official position to avoid complicity. Who knows, not long after Li anying left the city, some soldiers in Tingzhou could not bear the tyranny of Chen Xiaoyan, and finally launched a mutiny. Li Huanying rushed back after hearing the news. The leading taxi had bound Chen Xiaoyan and was about to kill him to vent his hatred. Li Lanying quickly stops and blocks Chen Xiaoyan with her own body. Li Lanying sympathizes with soldiers in the army and has a high reputation. The traitor finally accepts Li Lanying's dissuasion, and the mutiny is finally properly resolved.

After the third year of Duanping (1236), Li pleianying was a doctor of Taixue, Zhimi Ge Zhi Ganzhou, etc. During this period, Cui and him pacified the mutiny of the Guangzhou army, and let them down on the wall to the camp of the besieged city to negotiate with the disorderly soldiers, thus calming down the mutiny.

Main achievements

In 1245, Du fan, a famous minister, was worshipped as the right prime minister. He recommended Li Lanying to song LiZong and said, "Li Lanying is a good supervisor." At the recommendation of Du fan, Li Lanying went to Lin'an to become the official of Li Bu Lang. Soon after, there was a "three wise men's violent death" incident in the imperial court, that is, within half a year, the Royal censor Liu Hanbi, the prime minister Du fan and the Minister Xu Yuanjie died one after another. These three people are just the three upright officials who fought against Shi Songzhi, the son of Shi Miyuan. They are called "three sages". People argue that the death of Sanxian is related to Shi Songzhi, and they all ask for thorough investigation. Song LiZong had to comply with the public opinion and set it as a "major case". However, the officials in charge of the investigation were afraid of offending Shi Songzhi, so they perfunctorily did nothing. After Li pleianying took office, he immediately went to LiZong of Song Dynasty and demanded that the prime minister Fan Zhong, who was old and muddleheaded, should be deposed, and the officials who had the courage to take up the responsibility should be reused to thoroughly investigate the Sanxian case. He pointed out that if Shi Songzhi's crimes were covered up, the upright and virtuous people would be cold hearted. Li Zong of Song Dynasty appreciated the uprightness of Li Lanying very much. He said to the prime minister, "Li Lanying, a southerner, has no party, and is afraid of it at home and abroad." That is to say, Li Lanying is a Southerner and has no friends. Both inside and outside the court are afraid of him.

In the sixth year of Chunyou (1246), because song LiZong did not deal with Shi Songzhi, most of the courtiers were afraid of Shi Songzhi's revenge, so they did not dare to mention the "three sages' violent death" again. When Shi Song saw that the public opinion of the imperial court was gradually extinguished, he took an active part in seeking the official restoration. In view of this situation, Li pleianying submitted a book on the Prime Minister of history to the imperial court, denouncing Shi Songzhi's shameless behavior of not keeping his father's funeral and lusting for power, and asking song LiZong to deal with Shi Songzhi. In his memorial, he pointed out that Shi Songzhi's criminal acts of many famous treacherous ministers in history, such as Qin Hui, Li Linfu, Lu Qi, Zheng Zhu, etc., if this villain was allowed to return to the court as an official, it would certainly harm the country. However, "on the Prime Minister of history" was submitted for about half a month, but it still sank into the sea. Song LiZong did not respond positively to him. Therefore, Li pleianying wrote the memorial summary on yellow paper and pasted it on the memorial. He once again asked song LiZong to face up to the public opinion of Chinese people and deal with Shi Songzhi. Under the encouragement of Li Huanying, the palace official such as Zhang Yan, the imperial censor, Huang Shiyong, and Li Shao, the academician of the Imperial Academy, also bravely followed him. Song LiZong was forced to discuss this matter with the prime minister. A few days later, the negotiation was still fruitless, and Li pleianying organized several ministers to attend the concert. A few decades later, LiZong and the Prime Minister of Song Dynasty still did not make a statement. Li Lanying continued to impeach Shi Songzhi in his own name. He didn't agree with song LiZong's delay in making a decision for the reason of "preserving the minister". He thought that Shi Songzhi was a treacherous, cunning, fatherless and despotic villain, and was not worthy of song LiZong's protection. Li Lanying went to Shanghai three times, and his words became more and more intense. Song LiZong finally ordered Shi Songzhi to become an official, forbidding him to return to the imperial court. When the news came out, all the people in the city sang and jumped with joy. They all admired the upright and brave official Li Lanying.

Li Huanying impeached Jing Zhaoyin's corruption again. Song LiZong ignored him and walked away. Li still pulled the emperor's robe and continued to make a statement. As a result, he was dismissed and transferred to other places. However, LiZong also believed that "Li Lanying, a southerner, had no party" (referring to his integrity, and did not form a clique for personal gain). Therefore, in the second year of Chunyou (1242), he was granted the title of Taizong Zhengqing and editor of the National Museum of history. Later, he was promoted to the rank of waiting system of LongTuge, Minister of the Ministry of officials, and was granted the title of Baron of Panyu. After returning to office, Li anying was still upright, and repeatedly attacked the prime minister Jia Sidao and others for their misdeeds. When the imperial censor fan Tianxi impeached his courtier and was dismissed, Li Fuyang was upright. In addition to supporting fan Tianxi in the memorial, he also asked himself to be dismissed to break with the treacherous courtier. Although the imperial court later proposed to call him as the Grand Master of the Duanming palace to serve in the Privy Council, he did not take office.

There are 20 volumes of Wen Xi Cun manuscript, which is the most important collection of Lingnan scholars in Song Dynasty. After returning to his hometown from his official career, he still cherished the world's major events and made suggestions from time to time. He inherited and glorified Cui Yuzhi's "jupo school", lectured in Guangzhou, Dongguan, Shunde and other places, trained talents, and became the mainstream school of Lingnan academic at that time. His important students included Chen Dazhen, Zhang Zhensun, Li chunsou, he Wenji and so on. "Jupo school" attaches great importance to benevolence, monarchy and talent. For example, Li Lanying said, "the people are my compatriots, and the people of my parents' country are almost the same." "It's not a matter of virtue to be an official prostitute who can't be a good man all his life." Moreover, Li Lanying said, "when you read the ancestral land, you should not measure it with people. When the enemy comes, he will fight. There is no long time, but it is wrong to believe the sum. " "Nothing can be done since ancient times, and there has never been an enemy that cannot be controlled."

Li Zhong Jian Temple

In Shadong village of Shawan Town, Li Zhongjian temple, a memorial hall built in memory of Li Lanying, a visiting flower of the Southern Song Dynasty, still stands for hundreds of years.

Li Zhong Jian temple is located at 38 Qingluo street, East Village, Shawan Town. According to the old people in the village, the ancestral hall was built a little later than Liugeng hall, about the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. According to the existing inscriptions, it was rebuilt in 1570, the fourth year of Longqing in the Ming Dynasty. In September 2005, it was announced as a registered and protected cultural relic unit in Guangzhou.

Standing at the main gate of Li Zhong Jian ancestral hall, the ancestral hall in front of us exudes an ancient flavor. The broad front door is three rooms wide, about 16 meters long and two rooms deep, covering an area of 216 square meters. The front porch has a pair of things and stone lions. In the west, there is a lining temple, which is about 4.40 meters wide. Toumen's brick and stone carvings are exquisite, which are rare works of art in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Looking from the front, the whole ancestral hall is majestic and full of vicissitudes. Although there are damages in many places, we can see the original scale of Li Zhong Jian ancestral hall. For a long time, the temple collapsed in many places and became a dangerous house. In the great leap forward era, the Yi gate, the middle hall and the back hall were demolished

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