Wang Shizhen

Wang Shizhen

Wang Shizhen (December 8, 1526 - December 23, 1590) was born on November 5, the fifth year of Jiajing, and died on November 27, the eighteenth year of Wanli. He was named Fengzhou and Yanzhou. He was born in taicangzhou (now Taicang City, Jiangsu Province) of Suzhou Prefecture in nanzhili. He was a writer and historian of Ming Dynasty.

In the 26th year of Jiajing (1547), he was a Jinshi. He served successively as Zuo Temple of Dali temple, member of the Ministry of punishment, wailang and doctor, deputy envoy of Shandong, Qingzhou, zuocan, and Shanxi. During the Wanli period, he served successively as Huguang, Guangxi, and Yunyang governor. Later, he was dismissed because of Zhang Juzheng's evil. After Zhang Juzheng died, Wang Shizhen became Ying Tianfu Yin and the Minister of Nanjing Military Department, Tired official to the Ministry of justice in Nanjing, death gift Prince Shaobao.

Wang Shizhen, together with Li Panlong, Xu Zhongxing, Liang Youyu, zongchen, Xie Zhen and Wu Guolun, is called "the last seven sons". After Li Panlong's death, Wang Shizhen led the literary world for 20 years, and wrote four manuscripts of Yanzhou mountain people, another collection of Yanshan hall, the first supplementary biography since Jiajing, Yiyuan juanyan, gubugulu, etc.

Life of the characters

Jiajing period

Wang Shizhen was born on November 5, 1526.

In 1532, Wang Shi Zhen's father went to Beijing to take part in the examination, but he went home because of illness.

In 1534, Wang Shizhen wrote "Ode to Phoenix" at the age of nine. Wang Shizhen's grandmother Chen died of illness.

In 1535, Wang Shizhen began to study the book of changes with his teacher Lu bangjiao (Zicai, Aixi, Changzhou, Juren, Dongxiang County Magistrate in the 16th year of Jiajing). At the same time, he studied with Jiang Zhou (zuozhou, guide county magistrate).

Wang Shimao, Wang Shizhen's younger brother, was born on May 26 (June 14), 1536. In the same year, Wang Min, Wang Shizhen's uncle, became an official.

In 1538, Wang Shi Zhen's father failed in the examination, but his reputation became more and more popular, and more and more disciples worshipped him.

In 1539, Wang Shizhen got Wang Shouren's collection. She never let go of her books and forgot to eat and sleep. She liked the "three Su" more than others.

In the 19th year of Jiajing (1540), Wang Shizhen followed Luo Jujing (a man from Shanyin) to study the book of changes, Zuozhuan, Shiji and articles by Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan. Therefore, Wang Shizhen's work Baodao song was praised by Luo Jujing, a teacher. At the same time, he studied with Wang CAI (Zinan, Zhichuan, Jinshi in the 20th year of Jiajing and Taichang temple in Nanjing).

In 1541, Wang Shizhen studied the book of changes under the guidance of Ji Defu, a native of Taicang, a Jinshi in the 23rd year of Jiajing. In this year, Wang Zhen, Wang Shizhen's father, won the imperial examination.

In the 21th year of Jiajing (1542), Wang Shizhen passed the examination as a scholar and became an attached student of Taicang state school at the age of 17. Wang Shizhen and her mother went to Beijing to join her father. On the way to Beijing, Wang Shizhen met Zhang Xunye.

In 1543, Wang Shizhen was appreciated by the Suzhou magistrate Feng Rubi (Weiliang, Youshan, Pinghu, Jinshi in the 11th year of Jiajing). In the autumn of the same year, Wang Shizhen and his good friend Xu Xuemo (Shuming, Ziyan, Jiading, Jinshi in the 29th year of Jiajing, who wrote guiyouyuan manuscript) went to the Tianfu rural examination together. Wang Shizhen ranked 58th in the book of changes in the Tianfu rural examination, and the main examiners were duhuacha of Hanlin academy and min Rulin of youchunfang. At the end of the same year, Wang Shizhen went to Beijing to take part in the examination.

In 1544, Wang Shizhen failed in the examination. In the same year, Wang Shizhen married Wei.

In 1545, Wang Shizhen's father went home on a business trip. My brother Wang Shimao is ill. Wang Shizhen's eldest daughter was born. She later married Hua Shuyang (born in Wuxi, born in the second year of Longqing).

In the winter of the 25th year of Jiajing (1546), Wang Shizhen went to Beijing to take part in the examination again after she wrote a poem "Ding Weiji will go out with him on the night of his death". On the way, Wang Shizhen wrote another poem, four quatrains on the way to Jikai.

In the 26th year of Jiajing (1547), Wang Shizhen took part in the Chunwei middle school entrance examination. He was 22 years old, and the examiners were sun Chengen, a Bachelor of the Imperial Academy of Zhangzhi, a Bachelor of the Imperial Academy of Zhangzhi. On March 3, I went out with my friends and wrote the song of water melody. In the palace examination, I came in the 80th place. His father earnestly said to Wang Shizhen: scholars should start to advance, that is, fame and position should be created by themselves, and no trace of power should be made. Later in the selection process, someone in the Imperial Academy instructed Wang Shizhen to be a scholar of Xia Yan's family. However, Wang Shizhen was ashamed of being a servant and refused to participate in the selection. In April, Wang Shizhen was attached to the left temple of Dali temple. In August, Wang Shizhen's grandfather Yu Zun died of illness.

In the Mid Autumn Festival of the 28th year of Jiajing (1549), Wang Shizhen discussed poetry with Li Panlong, Li Kongyang and Xie Zhen.

In February of 1550, Wang Zongmu, a good friend of Wang Shizhen, took up the post of Guangxi Xuezheng.

In March of the 30th year of Jiajing's reign (1551), a fire broke out in the imperial palace of Tongzhou. Wang Zhen, Wang Shizhen's father, was fined three months. In autumn, Wang Shizhen was promoted to wailang, a member of the Ministry of punishment.

In the first month of the 31st year of Jiajing (1552), his father Wang Zhen went out to caress Shandong Province, and Li Panlong wrote poems to send them off. Guo Xiang, Wang Shizhen's beloved son, died early and was full of grief. In July, Wang Shizhen was sent to Luzhou, Yangzhou, Fengyang and Huai'an as an envoy. Because Wang Shizhen had no children and his wife had no more children, his mother was afraid that Wang Shizhen would have no offspring, so she took concubines Li and Gao successively for Wang Shizhen.

In April of the 32nd year of Jiajing (1553), Wang Zhen, his father, was in charge of coastal defense. Wang Shizhen left for the capital and was promoted to a doctor of the Ministry of punishment. Wang Shizhen's younger sister, Wang's, married a student named Zhang Xijiu.

In June of the 33rd year of Jiajing (1554), Wang Zhen, the father of Wang Shizhen, was appointed as the censor and governor of Datong. In November, his father, Wang Zhen, was promoted to be the right Minister of the Ministry of war and the censor of youjindu. Wang Shiqi, the eldest son of Wang Shizhen, was born.

In March of the 34th year of Jiajing (1555), Wang Shi Zhen's father, Wang Zhen, was the left servant of the army, and the governor Jiliao and Baoding. In autumn, Wang Shizhen's younger brother Wang Shimao failed in the local examination. In December, Wang Shizhen was ordered to investigate Zhili prison in North China. Wang Shizhen was promoted as the Deputy envoy of Shanxi tixue, supervising Shanxi, but was stopped by Yan Song.

In the first month of the 35th year of Jiajing (1556), Wang Shizhen went out of Beijing to inspect the prison. In August, Wang Shizhen went to Shunde to investigate the prison affairs and paid a visit to Li Panlong. Wang Shizhen's work of inspecting the prison affairs is "a small preface to a big prison". In October, he was promoted to Shandong according to the Deputy envoy of chasi, and the military was prepared for Qingzhou (the Deputy envoy of Qingzhou military). In December, my concubine Li gave birth to a daughter.

At the beginning of the 36th year of Jiajing (1557), Wang Shizhen arrived in Shandong Province and was ordered to recruit soldiers. Seeing the laziness of military defense, Wang Shizhen was deeply worried and thought about how to strengthen the army.

In February 1558, Wang Shi Zhen's father, Wang Zhen, won a great victory in Liaodong. He beheaded 172 people and got a son named Yin to be the son of the state. In May, one of Wang Shizhen's daughters died. In June, Wang Shizhen's son Rong Shou died young.

In the first month of the 38th year of Jiajing (1559), Wang Shizhen visited Li Panlong and talked with him about his poems. In March, Wang Shimao, Wang Shizhen's younger brother, became a Jinshi. Wang Shizhen's father, Wang Zhen, was jailed for his defeat in the Luanhe war. In July, Wang Shizhen went to Shanghai and asked to leave.

On October 1, 1560, Wang Shizhen's father Wang was killed. Li Panlong, Qi Jiguang, Wang CAI and Fang Hongjing wrote elegy. Wang Shizhen and his younger brother Wang Shimao helped their father to die. On November 27, Wang Shizhen helped her father to his home. On December 5, Wang Shizhen's sister Wang died.

In the first month of the 40th year of Jiajing (1561), Wang Shizhen went to his brother-in-law Zhang Xijiu's family to mourn for his dead sister. GUI Youguang offered sacrifices to Wang Shizhen's father.

In 1563, Qi Jiguang came to mourn the death of Wang Shizhen's father. Wang Shizhen met Qi Jiguang. In the same year.

In 1564, Wang Shizhen's eldest daughter married Hua Shuyang.

In the autumn of 1565, the 44th year of Jiajing reign, Wang Shizhen fell ill. It was touching and boring.

In 1566, Wang Shizhen was seriously ill in May and recovered in August. Wang Shizhen married Hua Shuyang's daughter and died. Wang Shizhen's second son was born.

Longqing period

In the first month of the first year of Longqing (1567), Wang Shizhen and his younger brother Wang Shimao went to Beijing to plead for their father's injustice. In August, Emperor Longqing issued an imperial edict to pacify Wang Shi Zhen's father.

In the second year of Longqing (1568), Qi Jiguang and Wang Daokun came to visit. Qi Jiguang presented the sword to each other, and Wang Shizhen wrote the sword song. On May 18, Wang Shizhen asked to be an official, but the court refused. On June 27, Wang Shizhen received a reply from the Ministry of officials, urging him to take office. After arriving at Jingkou, Wang Shizhen wrote again to resign. On New Year's Eve, Wang Shizhen was promoted by the Ministry of official affairs to Zhejiang Zuozhen.

In the first month of the third year of Longqing (1569), Wang Shizhen went to Zhejiang to participate in politics. In April, when Wang Shizhen took office, he began to abolish corrupt officials and attack the rich and unkind people. On October 9, Wang Shizhen buried his father. In December, Wang Shizhen was appointed as the inspector general of Shanxi Tixing county. He wrote poems and mocked himself. His younger brother Wang Shimao was promoted to minister of the Ministry of rites. Wang Shijun, the third son of Wang Shizhen, was born.

On the first day of the first month of the fourth year of Longqing (1570), Wang Shizhen wrote poems with a sigh of white head. In February, Wang Shizhen went to Changshu and suddenly fell ill. At that time, his mother, Yu's family, was sending his younger brother, Wang Shimao, to work as Cao Lang in the ritual department. Seeing that Wang Shizhen was ill, she was in a panic and forced Wang Shizhen to stay for medical treatment. Wang Shizhen's mother, Yu Shi, was suffering from spleen disease. In June, Wang Shizhen went to Shanxi

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