Leng Shimei

Leng Shimei

Leng Shimei (1628-1711) was a writer and book collector in the early Qing Dynasty. The word also Mei, No. Qiujiang. Jiangsu Jingkou (Dantu) people. Leng Zhipeng, the major of Leng's genealogy, is also the 11th grandson of Leng Anyi, the founder of Jingkou, who is the descendant of lengzuo, the sixth grandson of Leng Anyi. He was married to Qin Ruren and had no empress. He took his nephew Leng Yu as his heir. His elder brother Xi died in the late Ming Dynasty, so he refused to be an official, entertained himself with book epics, and built "Jiang Leng Ge" to collect and write books. It has a collection of 30000 volumes. Never enter the city. He majored in Leng's Jingkou genealogy for many times. His works include Jiang Ling Ge, Ji Zi Xing, etc. He was also able to write poems. He shared the same ideals with Shi Mei and respected each other as a guest. He was a good friend in the boudoir. His poems have the style of Han and Wei dynasties. The places of interest you visit are recorded in poems. In his later years, his family gradually became poor, and he lived in the monk's house in Jiaoshan. There were a lot of people seeking poetry and prose. After his death, his collection of books was scattered.

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Leng Shimei (1628-1711), whose name is Youmei, is a scattered person in Qiujiang. A scholar in the late Ming Dynasty lived in Dantu town. Elder brother Zixi, who was smart and eager to learn, had little ambition. Because of the chaos in the world, he abandoned his writing and practiced martial arts, and developed the ability of crossing Yang with every step. He was called by the state officials to lead the soldiers. Later, he joined the shikefa department as a junior officer and died in Danyang against the Qing army. When she was 18 years old, she joined the battle with her brother. After the collapse of the rebel army, suffering from the loss of the country and the destruction of the family, he returned to Dantu to live in seclusion. He taught his life as an apprentice and entertained himself with books and poetry history. He was determined not to enter the city and become an official in the Qing Dynasty. Officials of the Qing Dynasty paid a visit and refused to see him behind closed doors. After Zhang Jiuzheng, a good friend, worked in the Ministry of official affairs, he was recommended as an official several times, but he was rejected. Once Jiuzheng went home to visit his relatives. He paid a special visit and advised him to go out of the mountain. The imperial court sent a letter to him, but he ignored it. His wife Qin Zhi died early without a son. in his later years, he was poor and ill, and he was still teaching at the home of Zhou Kaiji, a student in his 80s. There is a sentence in the dying poem that "one's life is old on the river, and one will live and die in Yixi year". He wrote 20 volumes of jianglingge poetry anthology and 4 volumes of Wenji.

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Shi Mei's family was originally unofficial and collected many books and scriptures. After the chaos, she was poor and taught to be self-sufficient. He also built jianglengge and wrote books. Or with comrades Zhang Zilie, Wei Xi, Wei Li, Zong Yuanyu, Sheng Yuan, Wen Dian, etc. If you are poor and have a good view of the scenic spots, you can always go back to your hometown with poems. He said: "my official is harmless to righteousness, but I don't want to be negligent of my original intention"! In his later years, his family was poor and childless, and he lived in a monk's house in Jiaoshan. There is an endless stream of poets from all over the world. Shi Mei's ancient poems originated in Han and Wei dynasties, and were closely related to his ancestors in the early Tang Dynasty and the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Thousands of words for the text, Bo Bian Tiao Da, self-made. Shi Mei, who was well versed in classics and history, was a writer of her own. She was especially good at writing poems and often sang with the literati of that time. The artistic conception of his ancient poems is far-reaching, which is unique among Dantu poets in the early Qing Dynasty.

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Shi Mei was once invited to write a poem for an ancient famous painting, the picture of fishing alone in the autumn river. After repeatedly pondering over the meaning of the painting, he buckled the word "Du" and inserted ten "ones". This is the famous "eleven poems". The poem says: "one coir, one hat, one fishing hook, one fisherman, one leaf boat; one rudder, one sail and one oar, one person fishing alone in the autumn of the river." Shi Mei had a special love for Changshan. He went to Changshan several times. In front of Yang Yiqing's tomb at the foot of Changshan, he wrote a book called "visiting Yang Wenxiang cemetery": "the ancient cypress is barren, the fir is half thinned, and the minister's cup is pitiful. The life ambition of the rat tiger city society is that I will die. Yuzhu, a jade candle in the Yuan Dynasty, has been in the frontier for a hundred years. On this desolate day, in the empty mountain, autumn grass and hazel read tombstones. " He also wrote the poem "climbing the Changshan mountain", which said, "the towering high mountain peaks return to the sky, and the setting sun is clear and the autumn is bright. The nine rivers of the river group all turn north, and the waves of the river come from the West. The sound of the border chaos under the Huainan County, beacon fire remote even sea on stage. For this reason, I don't know who is the talent of Jichuan. " The poem not only describes the beautiful scenery of Changshan, but also expresses the feeling of high ambition.

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