Wang Jiezhi

Wang Jiezhi

Wang Jiezhi (1606-1686) was born in Hengyang of Huguang in the Ming Dynasty. He was named Shizi, Shiya, Naiyuan and kengzhai.

Life experience

Wang Fu's eldest brother, who was 4 years old, went to kaimeng with him. In 1642, he and his husband were held together in the countryside. He was very dissatisfied with the atmosphere of scholars' empty talk and high reputation at that time. He said to his husband, "it's also like that in the Han Dynasty, scholars call for disaster. It's not ten years since the article was written (Biography of Mr. Shi Ya, collected works of Jiang Zhai) he was very strict with himself. At that time, his family was poor and he was unable to dress up. He went to Beijing to take the examination. He observed Jin jiubi's visit and indicated that the family members of a dead prisoner would give a thousand gold to Jie's brother, on the condition that they would go to Beijing to plead for him, which would not only save the criminal from death, but also help Jie's brother to complete the journey. This matter was strictly rejected by Jie and his husband, and he said that if the man escaped the death penalty, he would "bring disaster to the village Party" in the future. After entering the Qing Dynasty, he lived in seclusion at the foot of Dayun mountain in Changle County, Hengyang County. He wrote books and taught apprentices behind closed doors, "cooking and threshing, making a poor salary, and crowning with quail clothes and grass for more than 40 years", which is no different from those who plough, chisel and butcher. Built its home, known as "mud hall.". He devoted all his life to the study of Confucian classics, and wrote such books as Chunqiu sizhuangzi, Chunqiu jiashuobu, Zhouyi benyizhi, shixushen and Shijing zunxu, among which Chunqiu sizhuangzi was later included in Sikuquanshu. In his later years, he wrote his own motto: "to the end of the old six classics, and to return to one is not ash."

family background

There are many scholars in the Wang family; his father Wang chaopin (the name is xiuhou, from Hengyang) once served as the deputy leader of two middle schools, and later entered the Imperial Academy to study; the second uncle and the third uncle are both County literature, and the three families' children are also good at learning poetry and calligraphy. Wang Jiezhi's eldest brother, Wang Jiezhi, was xuedumin. He was 16 years old and enrolled in the county for 8 years. In 1639, he entered the Imperial College. In the winter of 1642, Chongzhen and his younger brother Wang Fuzhi went to Beijing to take part in the examination, and the ship to Jiangxi was blocked. At the beginning of the next year, he returned to Hengyang. After the Zhang Xianzhong incident, he lived in the foot of Dayun mountain in Changle County, Hengyang County. He wrote books and taught his apprentices behind closed doors. "He cooked and threshed millet, paid a lot of money, and covered it with quail clothes and grass for more than 40 years." he is no different from those who plowed and slaughtered. (according to Hengyang Dictionary of Huxiang culture celebrities, edited by Gan Jianhua and produced by Erya Culture)

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