Feng Xu

Feng Xu

Feng Xu (1842-1927), formerly known as Feng Xi, was named Menghua, haoan, haosou and haoyin. Wuye people in Jintan, Jiangsu Province. SHAOHAO Ci Fu is known as a talented scholar in Jiangnan. Guangxu eight years (1882) Ju Ren, Guangxu twelve years (1886) Jinshi, granted Imperial Academy editor. He served as the magistrate of Fengyang Prefecture, Anhui Province, the envoy of Sichuan Province and the governor of Anhui Province. After the revolution of 1911, he lived in Shanghai and regarded himself as an old man. He once founded the relief association, undertook the relief work of Jianghuai, and participated in the compilation of Jiangnan Tongzhi. Feng Xugong's poems, CI and parallel prose, especially in the name of Ci, are his works such as hao'an Lei draft.

Life of the characters

Feng Xu was born in the 22nd year of Daoguang reign of Xuanzong of Qing Dynasty (1842). His mother, Zhu's family, was born in the dream monk's house by picking flowers. Therefore, his name is Yue Menghua. Hao'an, from Jintan, Jiangsu Province. He lost his father when he was young and lived in Baoying's family. Shao Hao's Ci Fu has the aim of talented scholars in the south of the Yangtze River. In the third year of Guangxu's reign, he proofread books in Jinling publishing house. In 1882, he lived in Jiangning for a long time and was as famous as Gu Yun. In 1886, there were three Jinshi in the first grade of the 12th year of Guangxu (1886). When Lu sang, Empress Dowager Cixi called her an old celebrity. Guangxu 14 years (1888), as Hunan Provincial examiners. Guangxu 21 years (1895), from Kyoto, to Anhui Fengyang house. When Fengyang has been flooded for years, the people are suffering. Feng Xu led the government officials on his own horse and went deep into the folk investigation. It was strictly forbidden to invite guests and give gifts along the way. He decided the amount of relief to the victims according to the severity of the disaster, so that the affected people and families could get corresponding subsidies, and everyone could get tangible benefits. In addition, he repeatedly rehabilitated the suspect prison and donated 20000 yuan, which won the praise of Liu Kunyi, governor of Liangjiang. Liu Kunyi once recommended that he should be diligent and diligent in politics. In the 26th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, he was granted the official position of Taoist priest, and he was also given the second grade top wear, which was a candidate for Daotai. In 1901, Feng Xu was transferred from Anhui Province to Shanxi Province. He also managed the salt depots of Shaanxi, Henan and Shanxi provinces. During his tenure of office, he was incorruptible and kept all public goods out of his own pocket. He created the "annual income and annual expenditure table" to strictly enforce financial and economic discipline, so that his subordinate officials had rules to follow and those who violated the rules would be prosecuted. in 1902, he moved to Sichuan Province. At that time, there were outlaws gathering in Guang'an prefecture to destroy the school. After receiving the report, he immediately organized an investigation and soon found four people. He wanted to punish them according to the law of bandits. Governor Xi Liang came forward to plead for mercy, and a princess of the current Dynasty also wanted to protect him. Feng Xu was just and upright and fought hard. Finally, the emperor decided to demote Xi Liang, and the princess was also "disciplined" by the court. In 1905, he moved to Anhui Province as a buzhengshi and a tixueshi. In 1906, Enming, then governor of Anhui Province, was assassinated by Xu Xilin, a revolutionary of Zhejiang United League Association. The Qing government promoted Feng Xu to governor of Anhui Province and dealt with the shooting case. He dealt with the case properly by the way of "governing his prison, not implicating one person, dispersing the coercion and showing leniency". After Xu Xilin was executed, governor Feng wrote a couplet for him in public, which was written in the Grand View Pavilion in Anqing. The couplet said: "in the future, there will be a lot of difficulties, and there will be a lot of things to do about it The first couplet means that the Qing government is going to die. Although Xu Xilin is a "traitor" now, he will be a martyr in the future. Standing in front of Xu's tomb, he thinks that the imperial court will die and the revolution will win. The second couplet means that he openly praises Xu Xilin and hopes that Xu's soul will forgive his execution It's just that I'm loyal to the Qing government. Later, he went to the imperial court and said, "today, the party is in dire danger and the people are in dire need of livelihood. Chinese and foreign ministers don't want to blame themselves and work together to strengthen themselves. This is to whitewash the cause, make peace and delay the future. The overall situation is in danger day by day." It is suggested that "the only way to save the country is to check the name and the truth, and that reward and punishment are the first justice, and the main point is that the people are the foundation of the country.". If there are ministers who respect the Lord and protect the people, don't doubt their use; if there are ministers who harm the country and the people, don't forgive their punishment. If the government can make the world autonomous, then the world will not be in chaos; if the government can make the world safe, then the world will not be in danger. This is the fundamental plan. " However, despite his good intentions, he was hated by the powerful officials of the imperial court. Since then, he has been constrained everywhere. After only one year as governor of Anhui, he was dismissed by duanfang, governor of Liangjiang, and returned home. In 1910, Jiangsu and Anhui suffered serious floods, and the Qing government appointed Feng Xu, who was dismissed from office at home, as the Minister of investigation and relief. He inspected the disaster area in a way of "eating hard and sleeping restlessly". In less than a year of his tenure, he traveled all over the two provinces and towns, providing relief to 39 counties and prefectures in the disaster area, with a loan of more than 3 million yuan. In the draft of the history of the Qing Dynasty, there is a detailed record of this period of history: "after the restoration of the relief association, there were floods and droughts in successive years, as well as military disasters, which spread to Beijing, Shandong, Henan, Hunan and Zhejiang, and no year without disaster, no disaster without relief." He also praised Feng Xu as "consistent with the famine policy, still focusing on the people". Feng Xu was not only famous for his duty of rescue and relief, but also actively raised funds to build water conservancy, organized dredging of Dongtai Zhugang, built floodgates, and benefited thousands of hectares of farmland. He built seawall dikes in Jinyun County, Zhejiang Province, to prevent seawater from flowing back and turn sandy soil into fertile soil. In his hometown Jintan, he built dikes as small as An'tou, dikes in Luojia village, and many other dikes. After the Republic of China, Feng Xu lived in Shanghai. He called himself Hao Yingong and regarded himself as an old man. He once founded a relief association to undertake the relief work of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, and participated in the compilation of Jiangnan Tongzhi. At 80 years old, I can still be a regular script. Xu Gong's poems and parallel prose, especially in the name of Ci, wrote mengxiangshici, which Tan Xian thought was deep into Rongruo and Zhutuo's room. Poems in the prime of life are mostly sad. He also wrote 45 volumes of diaries, which lasted for 62 years. Up to the day of his death, he was meticulous in writing. He died in the summer of 1927 at the age of 85.

Literary achievements

Feng Xu is very studious and studious. When he was young, he was known as "Jiangnan Confucian". He strongly advocates learning for practical use in academic research, so most of his articles come from practice or personal investigation, so they are of practical value. His main works include haoan Lei manuscript (32 volumes), sequel (3 volumes), Teng manuscript (16 volumes), essays (9 volumes), memorials (4 volumes), Zazu (5 Volumes), as well as Ci Anthology of 61 schools of Song Dynasty (12 volumes), Cong manuscript and mengxiangshi Ci anthology. He was also proficient in calligraphy, and had a deep attainments in poetry. His ci came and went between Jiang Kui and Zhang Yan. Tan Xian said that he could enter the room of Nalanxingde and Zhu YIZUN. His works are full of feelings of nostalgia for the old people or tourists, such as "Yihai New Year's Eve", "Bingzi's new year's Eve, and the east of Kuizhou city" and "frost leaf flying" etc. Another outstanding contribution of Feng Xu is his contribution to the cause of the local chronicles. He has spent more than 10 years in compiling the general chronicles of Jiangsu Province, editing the local chronicles of Jintan county and Fengyang Prefecture, as well as the local chronicles of Liyang, Zhenjiang, Jiaxing, Baoying, Suining and Suqian. The chronicles are famous for their wide range, clear outline, rich and complete content, reliable information, brilliant literary talent, elegant and elegant.

Selected Poems

[on the night of August 21, the servant had been lying for a long time, and Pingxiang suddenly sent out the three quatrains of "Fu Qing", which were both effective and powerful. When the rain outside the window Congcong Cong, hard can not sleep, also into three. When it's sunny in the coming Dynasty, you'll be forced to wash the spring (one choice)]

The jade mat returns in autumn, the dream is about to end, and acacia is far away. Huainan night Xiaoxiao rain, do not rely on the curtain to make Xiaohan.

[Ba Sheng Ganzhou · Yihai New Year's Eve]

I'm in a hurry. I'm in a hurry. I'm in a hurry. The spring light is coming, and the snow is shining on the mountain. The sound of the chicken and the shadow of the horse are melancholy. Xiao drum Er song, lonely hold difficult to open. I still remember my hometown. Tonight, after Xin's recommendation, I wander in the West. "Silver lotus does not speak, alone dial cold light. When you are in the mirror, when you are going back, you will be in the window. Think thousands of miles, wish the east wind, do not let spring back.

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