Pan Shenxiu

Pan Shenxiu

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Pan Shenxiu (937-1005) was named Chengde. Song Xinghua army was born in Putian. His father served as an official in the Southern Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, the prince was granted the right praise of the good doctor, and he knew Zhimi Pavilion step by step. During the reign of emperor Zhenzong, his fellow practitioners took notes on daily life and promoted him to the right advising doctor and Hanlin official to study as a bachelor. He was good at playing chess. Taizong called many times to play chess, because he wrote chess theory. He was rich in literature and history, read more Taoist books, and was good at chatting.

Life of the characters

Pan Shenxiu, whose name is Chengde, was born in Putian County, Quanzhou. His father pan Chengyou was an official in the Southern Tang Dynasty. He retired as a minister of the Ministry of punishment. When pan Shenxiu was young, he was promoted to the Ministry of water as a doctor and living quarters because of his father's position as secretary. At the end of Kaibao (968-976), the army of the Song Dynasty invaded the Southern Tang Dynasty. Li Yu sent him to follow his younger brother Li Congyi to pay tribute to the Song Dynasty to buy banquet money, and asked to suspend the use of troops. So they stayed in Huaixin post. Soon, the Song Dynasty's success report came to the post office, where officials urged Li Congyi to send money to the court to celebrate. Pan Shenxiu thinks that the country is going to perish and should wait for punishment. What else should he celebrate? From then on, whenever the ministers of the Song Dynasty went to the court to celebrate the victory, Li Congyi immediately went to the court to ask for punishment. Song Taizu praised him for his understanding of etiquette, and sent LV envoys to comfort and enlighten him. He was generously provided with curtains, utensils, food and other things for banquet and drinking, as well as cattle, sheep and pigs for sacrifice. When Li Yu surrendered to the imperial court, song Ting asked pan Shenxiu to be the right zanshan doctor of the crown prince. Li Yu asked the court to let pan Shenxiu take charge of his own room, and the court agreed. After Li Yu's death, pan Shen changed his official position to be doctor Taichang. After many promotions, pan Shenxiu became the governor of Huzhou and Zizhou.
During the period of Chunhua (990-994), Li Zhi, the Secretary Supervisor, recommended pan Shenxiu, and the imperial court appointed him to hold the post of Zhizhi Secretary cabinet. Shen Xiu was good at playing chess. Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty called him to play chess many times, so he wrote an article on chess. The main idea of the article is: "the key of playing chess lies in silence, and the most important thing is to attack and give up.". We can protect ourselves by benevolence, defend ourselves by justice, be flexible by etiquette, merge by wisdom, and defeat our opponents by honesty. If a gentleman knows these five things, he can probably talk about chess with him. " Then he listed ten important points to explain the reason of playing chess. After reading the article, Taizong praised his good writing. Soon after, he and Han yuan of Zhizhao Wenguan went to Huainan to inspect the local military and civil affairs. After many promotions, he began to work as a doctor in cangbu and kaogong departments. During the Xianping period, he served as the deputy of Xing min as the governor of Zhejiang and Zhejiang provinces, and soon they wrote the living notes of Song Taizong together.
In the early years of Jingde (1004-1007), he said that he was old and asked the imperial court to let him be a local official. Song Zhenzong thought that he was gentle and elegant, and should stay in the secret mansion, only allowing him to remove the post of compiling living notes. A few months later, the court promoted him to be a right counsellor and a scholar. He followed Zhenzong to inspect Taizhou and contracted typhoid. Zhenzong ordered him to return to Beijing in a sedan chair. Although pan Shenxiu's condition was critical, he was mentally disordered. He entrusted Chen Pengnian to draft a memorial for himself. In the memorial, he did not seek the favor of the imperial court for his sons, but regarded the emperor's kindness as a pity. In the first month of the second year, pan Shenxiu died at the age of 69. the court awarded 200000 yuan for burial and 100 pieces of silk. The emperor pitied him and ordered the competent department to provide a ship to carry his coffin back to his hometown.

Character evaluation

He was careful to cultivate his manners, and was good at literature and history. He read more Taoist books and was good at chatting. First of all, the old ministers in Jiangnan often said that Li Yu was a coward, and his deeds were more than real. One day, Zhenzong asked Shenxiu, "if yu or muddleheaded, how can he enjoy the country for more than ten years? "He said that he should pay attention to the prime minister's words, be careful with his words, be gentle, and never forget his roots. He was praised deeply by his ministers. At that time, the literati and officials who were traveling with them promoted their su Shang. However, they rely on their predecessors and are slow to advance, so few of them do. On the other hand, it is said that careful cultivation should be carried out

personal works

There are five volumes in pan Shenxiu's anthology.

Relative members

father

Pan Chengyou was an official in Fujian Province. Later he returned to Jiangnan and became an official in Lijing.

son

Ru Shi, a member of the Ministry of labor, is a member of the Zhiji Academy of sages.

Anecdotes and allusions

I dare not ask pan Shenxiu to repair my watch in the palm room. Author: Li Yu asked my minister whether he was accompanied by some old people because of the emperor's presence yesterday. When Yuan Shu Fang was young, he did not know how to write. Later, when he went abroad, he asked Liu fan to ask Hong Kan, an old man in Guangnan. Now that he has been sent to Xu Yuanshu, pan Shenxiu dares not to beg. I will encourage you to do it in person. How dare you not dare to scratch Tiancong? He only cares about the leisure of the composition, but he is not respectful and cautious. He is very kind and sincere.

Chinese PinYin : Pan Shen Xiu