Liu Tingshi

Liu Tingshi

Liu Tingshi, Song Dynasty, the word Dezhi, Qizhou people, Ju Jinshi.

Basic information

Liu Tingshi, a native of Qizhou in Song Dynasty, was a Jinshi. Su Shi guarded Mizhou, and the court style was general judgment. In the early days, when the court was not in the first place, it was proposed to marry the daughter of a villager. In the court style, the woman died of illness, and her family was very poor, so she did not dare to reply. Or persuade to accept his young daughter, court style smile said: "my heart has promised it, how can I bear my original heart." He married him. After the birth of several children, he died. He died in court and refused to remarry. Su Shi asked: "sorrow comes from love, love comes from color. Now, how can you live your love and how can you grieve? " The court said, "I know that I have lost my wife. If I love because of my color, if I mourn because of my love, if my color fades, if I forget my sorrow, then anyone who lives on the market, who has eyes and hearts, can be a wife Su Shi deeply felt his words. He was old at Lushan Mountain and never ate any grain. His eyes were shining purple. He walked up and down the mountain and died high.

Anecdotes of characters

In the preface written by Jiao Yudong, a famous scholar of Zhangqiu in Qing Dynasty, for Zhangqiu county annals in the 30th year of Kangxi, he once praised Zhangqiu's "the spirit of Chuanyue and famous sages coming forth in large numbers". Among them, Liu Tingshi, a famous scholar of Zhangqiu in Northern Song Dynasty, was mentioned. He said: "the Bright Festival of Zhouyao and Liuting style has no one to walk alone for more than 100 years?" the Liu Tingshi in this article is the famous sages of Zhangqiu in Northern Song Dynasty, which is named "history of Song Dynasty" for their lofty and brilliant deeds. "Liu Ting style, word Dezhi, Qizhou people, Ju Jinshi. Su Shi guarded Mizhou, and the court style was general judgment. In the early days, when the court was not in the first place, it was proposed to marry the daughter of a villager. In the court style, the woman died of illness, and her family was very poor, so she did not dare to reply. Or persuade to accept her young daughter, the court said with a smile: "my heart has promised it. Blind as I am, how can I bear my original heart? "I marry him. I'm counting. After death, the court mourned for more than a year and refused to remarry. " Su Shi asked: "sorrow comes from love, love comes from color. A son marries a blind girl and grows old with her. Where does your love come from, and where does your sorrow come from? "The court said," I know that I have lost my wife. If I love because of my color, if I mourn because of my love, if my color fades and I forget my sorrow, then all those who are close to the market, who have eyes and hearts, can be my wife? "Su Shi deeply feels his words. The story of Liu Tingshi's not abandoning the dross can also be seen in volume 93 of Dongpo complete works, in which there is a story about Liu Tingshi, a famous scholar of Zhangqiu, which describes the touching story of Liu Tingshi's abiding by the rules and keeping his promise, becoming a scholar and never failing the blind girl, which is exactly consistent with the record in the history of Song Dynasty. It turns out that when Su Shi was the magistrate of Mizhou (where he ruled today's Shandong cities), Zhang Qiu and Liu Ting used dianzhongcheng to judge Mizhou, while Su Zhe was the Chief Secretary of Qizhou (where he ruled today's Jinan). At that time, Su Shi and Su Zhe brothers had frequent correspondence, during which they had to talk about some of their colleagues, including Liu Tingshi. Su Zhe once told Su Shi in his letter: he learned from the words of the local people in Jinan that Liu Tingshi was a person who knew etiquette. Before he passed the entrance examination, Liu Tingshi once "proposed to marry the daughter of a villager" and had an engagement, but he had not yet given betrothal gifts (according to the ancient etiquette system, this situation could not be regarded as engagement). Later, Liu Tingshi won the Jinshi examination, but the woman became blind due to illness. Because the women lived as farmers and were very poor, they did not dare to ask Liu Tingshi to marry her again. Some people also advised Liu Tingshi to marry the sister of the blind girl. After hearing this, Liu Tingshi replied with a smile, "I've already promised it. Although blind, how can I bear my original heart? "So Liu Tingshi finally married a blind girl. after marriage, Liu Tingshi and the blind girl are very affectionate. After he was transferred to Mizhou Tongtan, he also took his blind wife to Ren Suo. Later, the blind girl died in Mizhou. Liu Tingshi was very sad, and his grief had not been reduced for many years, so he refused to marry again. Once, Su Shi asked him, "sadness comes from love, love comes from color. A son marries a blind girl and grows old with her. Liu Tingshi replied, "it's just because I know that my hairy wife died. She is my wife if she has eyes, and my wife if she has no eyes. If I love her because she is beautiful, and I feel sad because I love her, I will love her less and less as she grows older and older, There will be no sorrow after her death. In that case, those women who stand on the street waving their sleeves, teasing men with their eyes, and showing off their romantic style can all marry as wives? After listening to Liu Tingshi's words, Su Shi was deeply praised, and said: "the son is also a man of fame and wealth." At that time, some people laughed at Su Shi for saying something too much, so Su Shi further explained his assertion with the example of Yanghu (named Shuzi) in the Three Kingdoms period: after Yanghu married xiahouba, when xiahouba rebelled against Wei and entered Shu, and "all his relatives and friends refused", Yanghu was as kind as before to his wife. Later, Yanghu eventually became a famous official of the Western Jin Dynasty. Then, Su Shi said: Liu Ting's character is similar to that of Yang Hu. Therefore, if he can't be rich, he will get the right result. After listening to Su Shi's words, the guests here still don't believe it. At the end of the article, Su Shi wrote: yesterday (this book of Su Shi was written on July 15, the sixth year of Yuanfeng), someone came from Lushan and said that Liu Tingshi supervised the Taiping temple in Lushan, with a bright face and purple light. He walked 60 miles up and down the mountain.
Su Shi was very happy after hearing this news, because it proved that his prediction eight years ago was correct. Therefore, Su Shi immediately wrote a letter to Zhao Gaoqing (Uncle Ming), a rural tribute Jinshi in Mizhou, because Zhao Gaoqing and Liu Tingshi were good friends and had good deeds. He was also present when Su Shi said Liu Tingshi was "a man of fame and wealth". Because of Su Shi's important position in the literary and political circles at that time, Liu Ting's deeds of abiding by the rules and abiding by the promise of blind women soon spread with this article of Su Shi, For example, in Song Dynasty, Li Changling, Wu Zeng, Xie Caibo, Zhu Mu, Zhang dingzai, Wang Chengzai and Shen Kuo all reported Liu Tingshi's deeds according to this book. Because of Su Shi's book, Liu Ting's story spread like wildfire and finally became famous in history. In the Yuan Dynasty, Tuotuo et al. Compiled the 459th volume of the history of the Song Dynasty, Zhuoxing, the 218th volume of the biography, Li Xian et al. Compiled the 22nd volume of the unified annals of the Ming Dynasty, Shandong chief officials and figures, the 528 volume of the qinding Xutong annals, the biography of Duxing, and the 28th volume of the Jiajing volume of the Ming Dynasty, personage 2 and biography 8· There are biographies in Xiaoyi. As for Liuting style, Su Shi also mentioned in his "Ode to Qiju" written in 1075: at that time, he and Liuting style used to search for Qiju to satisfy their hunger along the Abandoned Garden of the ancient city. Liu Ting style is also able to write poems, and his poems are included in Quan Song Shi.

Liu Ting married a blind girl

Original text:

When Liu Tingshi, a member of Qi Dynasty, was not in his time, he proposed to marry the daughter of his countryman, who had not accepted the money. Court style and, her daughter to disease, both eyes are blind. The women's family worked hard, but they were very poor, so they didn't dare to reply. Or persuade to accept their young daughter, court style smile said: "my heart has promised it.". Though blind, I can't bear my original intention. " He took the blind girl and grew old with her. selected from Wu Zeng's Neng Gai Zhai man Lu

Translation:

before Liu Tingshi, a Qi man, was elected, he wanted to marry a girl from his hometown. The two families had made a marriage agreement, but they had not given her any gifts. In the Liuting style, her unmarried girl was blind because of illness. The woman's family is a farming family, very poor, dare not mention marriage. Someone advised him to marry his wife's youngest daughter. Liu Tingshi said, "my heart has been betrothed to her. Although she is blind, how can she go against my original intention? " Finally, he married the blind girl and lived with her till old age.

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