Care for the public

Care for the public

Gu Zhong (274-346). Wu county (now Suzhou, Jiangsu Province) people. He was a famous official in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the grandson of Gu Ti, a partial general in the eastern Wu Dynasty, and the younger brother of Gu Rong, the commander of Anton army in the Western Jin Dynasty.

Gu Zhong was born into a powerful family in the south of the Yangtze River. He joined the army and worked as a doctor. He was also the prefect of Yixing. He was granted the title of Bo in Poyang County. He paid homage to Dan and Yang Yin, and moved to be a minister. During the rebellion of Su Jun, he led the eastern volunteers to resist the attack of Su Jun's rebels.

In 346, Gu Zhong died in 73. He was given the posthumous title of "Jing" to doctor Guanglu.

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Life of the characters

Early experience

Gu Zhong was born into a powerful family in the south of the Yangtze River. His father, Gu Mi, was a governor of the state. Gu Zhong was adopted to his uncle, who died early. He was famous for his filial piety in serving his aunt. Zhu Guanglu, a doctor of Guanglu, valued him. The state government called him as the main book, promoted him as a scholar, and appointed him as the county magistrate of Yuhang and moling. When Sima Rui, the king of Langxie, was appointed general of Zhendong, he called all the people to join the army. In the fifth year of Yongjia (311), Gu Zhong helped to appease Hua Yi, the governor of Jiangzhou who was not ordered by Sima Rui, and was granted the title of Marquis of Dongxiang. After Sima Rui became prime minister, Gu Zhongqian became prime minister. After Gu Mi died, people in Jiaozhou made Gu Shou, Gu Zhong's elder brother, the new governor. Before long, however, Liang Shuo, the governor under the account, killed Gu Shou and took charge of Jiaozhou. At that time, Gu Zhong was going to Jiaozhou for a funeral, but it took him six years to return to Jiankang because of the chaos of Du Zhen. When he passed through Wuxing County, his old friends pitied him and gave him two million yuan, but the customers didn't accept it.

The rebellion of Wang Dun

In the first year of Taixing (318), Sima Rui officially ascended the throne as emperor. Gu Zhong was appointed as the Duwei of the emperor's son-in-law. General Wang Dun asked Gu Zhongren to take up the post of Zhonglang, and he was appointed as the prefect of Nankang county. It happened that the imperial edict granted Gu Zhong the title of governor of Poyang and general jiaguangwu. He went straight to Poyang to take office instead of visiting Wang Dun, who was quite dissatisfied. When Wang Dun rebelled, he ordered Gu Zhong to send troops to meet him. Gu Zhong hesitated. Wang Dun was so angry that he recalled his customers by the time of missing the March and criticized them. His voice and color were very severe. The customers' face did not change, and Wang Dun's anger gradually faded. At that time, Wang Dun angrily denounced Lu Zhe, the internal history of Xuancheng, and Gu Zhong discriminated Lu Zhe. Wang Dun's Chang Shi Lu Wan, who was deeply worried about Gu Zhong's dangerous situation, came out and said to Gu Zhong, "it's true that you don't spit hard and you don't feel soft. Even the ancients Zhong Shanfu may not have such courage." Wang Dun set out to win the war and planned to take care of the public as Wu Xing's internal history. Gu Zhong resolutely resigned and recommended Lang Huanyi, the official of the Ministry of justice. Huan Yi was also courteous to Gu Zhong. As a result, neither of them accepted the post. In the first year of Taining (323), Wang Dun once again raised his troops to attack Jiankang, intending to usurp the throne. When he stopped at Gushu, he took care of the masses as his Zhonglang. The next year, the rebellion of Wang Dun was put down, and Gu Zhong was the common son of the crown prince. Later, he moved to Yixing Prefecture, general jiayangwei.

The rebellion of Su Jun

In the third year of Xianhe (328), Liyang NEISHI Sujun led the rebels to capture Jiankang. Gu Zhong returned to Wujun and secretly prepared for the uprising. At that time, Yu Bing, the internal historian, fled to Kuaiji because of Su Jun's military pressure. Su Jun transferred Cai Mo to take over as internal historian, while Zhang Jie recruited soldiers for Su Jun. Gu Zhong sent people to recruit Zhang Jie, and later sent doctor Xu Ji to tell Cai Mo that he was ready for the uprising, and recruited Zhang Jie. At that time, Wang Shu, the internal historian of Kuaiji, launched a campaign against Su Jun, and Cai Mo responded to Wang Shu and gave his advisers the title of General Yang Wei and national governor. At the call of Gu Zhong, the local people of Wu responded to the rebellion one after another. At that time, Su Jun saw the rise of the Oriental volunteers, so he sent Guan Shang, Zhang Jian and Hong Hui to lead the troops to resist. Gu Zhong led his followers to defeat Honghui in Gaopeng and obtain his materials. Later, he ordered his cousin Gu Yang to garrison in Wuxi. Yu Bing, who was abdicated by Cai Mo, returned to Wujun and ruled the imperial Pavilion. Gu Zhong defended Haiyu and stopped Su Jun's army. But Zhang Jian and others attacked Wuchuan, Gu Yang was defeated, Yu Bing also lost Yuting, Wujun county city was plundered by Zhang Jian. Although Gu Zhong led the attack, he could only defeat other enemy troops. Because of this defeat, Wang Shu changed to protect the Wu and Jinling army by taking care of all the governors and stationed troops in ZhangDai. At that time, the leader of Yutan garrisoned in Wubao and did not dare to advance. Guan Shang led Gu Zhong and Yutan's army to fight. They were defeated. Gu Zhong retreated to Qiantang and later changed to Zipi. at that time, the rebels were strong, the rebels were defeated, and several counties were plundered. All the people urged Gu Zhong to cross Zhejiang. Gu Zhong said, "No. Now stick to zibi, you can save five counties south of Qiantang. If you give up zibi and go elsewhere, you will become a hermit army that has lost its dependence and has no place to control. This is not a long-term solution. " Fan Ming, a Linping native, also said to Gu Zhong, "this place is dangerous. You can control the enemy and you can't give up." So Gu Zhong joined the army with fan Ming. Fan Ming led 500 members of the party to join the volunteer army. All the volunteers were 4000, and they went to fight for Zhang Jian. Zhang Jian retired to qu'a and left Qian Hong as the order of Wu city. The rebel troops stationed in Luqiu, fought with Qian Hong and killed his head. Gu Zhong stationed in Wucheng and sent his governor Zhu Qi and other nine volunteers to guard the pavilion together with Li Hong, the prefect of Lanling. Zhang Jian sent Ma Liu, Tao Yang and other soldiers to attack Danting. Li Hong and Zhu Qi led the rebel army to fight, defeated the rebels and beheaded more than 2000 soldiers.

The Southern soil

In the fourth year of Xianhe (329), the rebellion of Su Jun was put down. When the imperial court discussed the merits and rewards, Gu Zhong thought that Cai Mo should take the first place in spreading an edict to recruit thieves, while Cai Mo thought that Gu Zhong's advocacy of righteous deeds was not his own strength. Both of them went to the imperial court and gave way to each other. Since then, the imperial court granted Gu Zhong the title of Bo in Poyang County and appointed him as the Military Secretary of Pingnan County. He was also worshipped as Dan Yangyin and his native dazhongzheng, and became a minister in the court. In the last year of Xiankang (342), Gu Zhongqian became the leading general and Dazhong Zheng of Yangzhou, and Gu Zhongjian resigned. Later, because of the loss of his mother, he left to keep filial piety. In the second year of Jianyuan (344), Emperor Kang of Jin Dynasty died, and Emperor mu of Jin Dynasty succeeded to the throne, and He Chong was ordered by Zhongshu to assist the government. He Chong appointed Gu Zhong as the leading general. Gu Zhong took office after mourning for his mother, which alleviated the conflict between He Chong and Sima Xi, king of Wuling, and tried to prevent He Chong from wasting too much money because of his belief in Buddhism. And He Chong was very kind to him because he was a good customer of Yangzhou.

Death in old age

Customers soon asked for retirement on the grounds of old age, but they were not allowed to. Later transferred to serve Shang Shu. In 346, Gu Zhong died at the age of 73. The imperial court bestowed the posthumous title of "Jing" on Guanglu.

Character evaluation

Fang Xuanling: 1. When thinking and acting, the fierce wind of Biao rules in the more remote days, Yu Tan and Gu Zhong favor Zhenxin in the time of crisis. ② Gu Shi, Nan Jin, Yu Wei, Dong Jian.

member of family

Father: Gu Mi, a former governor of Jiaozhou, has the ability of civil and military. Elder brother: Gu Shou. eldest son: Gu Chang, a former magistrate of Jiankang county. Sanzi: Gu Hui, a former member of the Chinese Army Advisory Committee, was known as the American scholar at that time.

Historical records

Book of Jin volume 76 biography 46

Chinese PinYin : Gu Zhong