Wang Yanbin

Wang Yanbin

Wang Yanbin (886-930), the eldest son of Wang Shenying, the king of Wu Su, was born in Quanzhou. At the end of Tang Dynasty and Five Dynasties, he was appointed as governor of Quanzhou. He was appointed as the founding Marquis of Jianxiao Taifu, and was presented to the official. In 930, Wang Yanbin died and was buried in Yuntai Mountain, Nan'an county.

Life of the characters

When he was weak, he inherited his father's order to build a recruiting Academy in Nanzi. According to Li Xian, Han Luo, Cui Daorong and a large number of exiles from the Central Plains, he had a lot of talents and active literary affairs, which was the "crown of ten countries". He had been in charge of Quanzhou military and political power for 16 years. He was well-known in politics, and was able to focus on the development of agricultural production. He was especially active in the development of overseas trade. He frequently used foreign ships for public use. Every time there was a storm, there was no damage. He was known as the "treasure Trooper". All his life, he believed in Buddhism and was fond of talking about Buddhism. He invited many eminent monks to Quanzhou Kaiyuan Temple to preach Buddhist scriptures. He also built many fanchas, such as Fayun temple, Fuxian Zhaoqing temple, Jiaozhong temple and Fuqing temple, and gave up fertile farmland, which promoted the prosperity and development of Quanzhou Buddhism.

Building temples

Wang Yanbin believed in Buddhism, talked about Buddhism, respected monks, and respected Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou. They invited eminent monks to Kaiyuan Temple to preach Buddhist scriptures. He built Fayun temple in Qingyang mountain, Fuxian Zhaoqing temple in Beishan Mountain, Jiaozhong temple in the south of the city, Fuqing temple in Nan'an county (now Beifeng Town, Licheng District), Fenghuang temple in Fenghuang mountain, where his wife Xu's family was buried, and more than 20 jingshe temples around Kaiyuan Temple to welcome famous monks. His sister became a nun in the Xichan temple. He specially expanded the northwest part of Luocheng in Quanzhou and surrounded the Xichan temple in the city. He allocated land for each temple to provide for monks and nuns, and only Zhaoqing and Zhaofu temples rented more than 100000 Dan of land.

Appreciation of works

Wang Yanbin: the court is clear before and after the two Yamens, and the soft brocade is wearing robes and embracing the nose. After the rain, the green moss invades the footprints, and the deep spring apricot locks the warbler. As a result of carrying a long time to brew Songlao liquor, the bamboo shoot soup is newly drawn. It is also interpreted as poetry and politics. The Nong family is like Xie Xuancheng. Wang Yanbin sighs the passing waves at the head of Yanshou River, and the personnel of ancient and modern times are half sold. where are the words in the past? How can life be.

Character cemetery

According to historical records, Wang Yanbin once built "villas" in Yuntai Mountain, surrounded by "a vast expanse of living soil, and built" Ten Mile plum village ", built" ten thousand plum Pavilion "and" surrounded by mountains and built ponds to lead springs into pools ", and invited celebrities from Xianhe county to come here to write poems and drink. After Wang Yanbin's death, his wife built a Yuntai Temple beside his tomb to wait for him. After his death, he was also buried in Yuntai mountain. On October 11, 2014, Wang's descendants reported to the media that their findings confirmed the genealogy and the legend that Wang Yanbin was buried in Yuntai Mountain in Fengzhou (now Xiamei). On the hillside of Yuntai Mountain, there are many sites and stone components, such as rammed earth walls, pillar foundations of villas with a diameter of about 1 meter, flagpole stones with a length of more than 1 meter, and well preserved caves. It is said that when Wang Yanbin built the "villa" at that time, he ordered people to take soil here to burn the tiles and ceramics needed. In Jinkeng Wang's genealogy, the mountain map of Wang Yanbin's tomb and Yuntai temple is highly consistent with the architectural relics found during the visit.

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