Gu Dingchen

Gu Dingchen

Gu Dingchen (from March 23, 1473 to November 4, 1540) was originally named Tong, with the name of Jiuhe and the name of weizhai. He was born in Kunshan county (now Kunshan City, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province) of Suzhou Prefecture in southern Zhili, and was the minister and cabinet chief of Ming Dynasty.

In the 18th year of Hongzhi (1505) of emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty, the number one scholar and the number one scholar. Li Guan Xiuzhuan, Zuo Yude, Li Bu Youshi Lang, Li Bu Shangshu and wenyuange bachelor, joined the aircraft maintenance, and pursued Shaobao and Taizi Taifu as gifts, with the posthumous title of "Wenkang". There is a collection of Wei Zhai.

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Gu Dingchen was born in Yongli village, Jishan Township, Yushan Town, Kunshan County, Suzhou on February 25, the ninth year of Chenghua (1473) of emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty. His father Gu Xun was a small needlework merchant. At the age of 57, he had an affair with a shop maid to give birth to Gu Dingchen.

Hongzhi eighteen years (1505) in the palace examination of the number one scholar, granted Xiuzhuan, Lei moved to the Ministry of rites right servant. Shizong was good at the art of immortals, and there was a zhaijiao in the inner hall. He went into the seven chapters of "Bu Xu Ci" and gave a commendatory reply. In Ming Dynasty, CI ministers were mainly known by Qing Ci, starting from Ding ministers. Later, he joined the civil aviation department as a minister of rites and a Bachelor of wenyuange. At least he was appointed as a minister of rites and a Bachelor of wuyingdian. At that time, he was called prime minister of Qingci. In 1539, he was awarded the titles of Zhu state and Guanglu doctor.

At that time, Xia Yan was the first assistant of the cabinet, and the Ding officials were so soft and charming that they could not be promising and full of power. There was no old city in Kunshan. The Ding officials said that they were responsible for the construction of the city. After the Japanese rebellion, Kunshan was preserved. Calligraphy is like Zhao Mengfu. Jiajing 19 years (1540) on October 6 died in the official, 68 years old, posthumous Wenkang.

personal works

There are weizhaiji and wenkanggong's complete works. According to the research on the medical records of different provinces in China, there are two volumes in the records of Suzhou government in the 13th year of Qianlong reign of Qing Dynasty, one is the theory of medical eye prescription, and the other is the empirical prescription.

Main achievements

Contribution 1: tax reduction and exemption. The southeast has always been relatively rich, so it is human nature to pay more taxes. But if it is beyond the endurance, there will be the injustice of "whipping the fast ox". Kunshan, of course, belongs to the area of high contribution. The people are full of complaints and indignation. They all hope that the royal family can raise their hand and lighten their burden. Gu Dingchen was familiar with the people's situation in his hometown, and offered timely advice. He proposed to re measure the land area of the whole country, so as to reform the tax and servitude system. If Xiaotian pays a big tax, it is hard to be justified that he can't make ends meet. By measuring the field and correcting the mistakes, many "unjust taxes" that should not be paid will be avoided. Moreover, it was found that many powerful people occupied the land of the people, all of which were returned to the original owner, so that "the tiller had his own land". In this way, we will be able to pay taxes if we plant more and collect more. In addition, Gu Dingchen made frequent in-depth visits and found that there were often poor harvests in the south of the Yangtze River due to floods and insect disasters. Gu Dingchen was able to make an honest investigation and put forward suggestions on tax exemption and tax reduction. Every time it is adopted, the tax burden will be reduced. Of course, the people of Kunshan have also received substantial benefits. Naturally, they are very grateful to Gu Dingchen.

Contribution 2: build a city to fight against pirates. Kunshan county was originally a "bamboo fence". In the Song Dynasty, it was a simple earthen city built around it. How could it resist the invasion of foreign enemies? During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Kunshan was often robbed by Japanese pirates because of its rich products and close to the East China Sea. At that time, Gu Dingchen had joined the cabinet as his prime minister, and took advantage of the opportunity of admonition to speak bravely for his hometown people. He wrote the memorial of "building a brick and stone city wall in Kunshan" in person. After his reasonable appeal, he was finally approved to build it. In order to express his love for his hometown, he took the lead in donating the emperor's money as an advocacy to mobilize the people to contribute. Through the joint efforts of the officials and the people of Kunshan, after two years, on the basis of the Tu city of the Yuan Dynasty, it was finally expanded and strengthened into a huge brick and stone wall with "six gates". At that time, Binxi gate, Yingxun gate, Chaoyang Gate, Lize gate, Liuhui gate and Gongchen gate were now known as East Gate, Southeast gate, South Gate, small west gate, big west gate and north gate. Since then, the people of Kunshan, relying on this solid wall, repel the invasion of Japanese pirates for many times, and Kunshan City has been "as solid as gold". They thank Gu Dingchen for his great city building.

Contribution 3: justice and justice. After Gu Dingchen returned home, he continued to speak up for the people. The villagers knew that he was honest and clean, and they often told him their grievances and asked for help. There are numerous folk stories and drama legends in this field. In Kunshan's "Jinxi xuanjuan", there is a libretto of Gu Dingchen. It says that after Gu Dingchen retired from his home, he happened to meet Lin Ziwen's wife Lu Suzhen on a spring outing to avoid the rain one day. She has a dignified manner, just like her dead daughter, and agrees to accept her as her adopted daughter. Seeing Lu Zise, the son of the local minister of the Ministry of war, he had a bad idea of occupying the house, so he ordered the slaves to kill Lao Zhangfang and move his body to the gate of Wen's house in the forest, and put the blame on others and put him in prison. Lu Suzhen immediately appealed to Gu Dingchen, her adoptive father, to plead justice. But at this time, Gu had no official, so he had to write to the emperor to redress the injustice. When Lin Ziwen was executed, Gu Dingchen went to the legal arena to rescue him, shouting that the sword should be left behind. At the critical moment, the emperor ordered Lin Ziwen to be acquitted, and he was released immediately, and the couple were reunited. Lu Suzhen was so grateful that she had no conditions to repay her. She could only thank her savior with the "red billed green duck brother" (spinach), which became another good talk about Gu Dingchen's honesty and anti bribery.

Folklore

Gu Dingchen was clever when he was a child and often had witty remarks. One day, the tutor gave him a challenge: "Huawu spring sunny, bird rhyme into a perforated flute." It's really unusual to compare the sound of birds to a flute without holes, but Gu Dingchen was not embarrassed, and soon he came up to him: "at the end of the day in the tree court, the sound of cicadas pop up the harp." Comparing the cicada sound to the piano sound without strings, the teacher was very surprised. One day, his father went out to test him: "willow thread yingsuo, weaving Jiangnan March scenery." Gu Dingchen immediately said: "Yunjian wild goose word, came to the north nine autumn book." His father was very happy to hear that. When Gu Dingchen was a student, he studied in the mountain temple. One day, he and a group of beggars stole a neighbor's dog and peeled it, but they couldn't find firewood to burn dog meat. So Gu Dingchen took everyone to a Buddhist temple, bowed to arhat and said, "I have to, please master." So he used an axe to chop two wooden Arhats as firewood, cooked the dog meat and surrounded the group. He ate a big meal, which showed that he was poor and uninhibited.

It is recorded that Gu Xun, the father of Gu Dingchen, was a small businessman. He was over 50 years old and still had no children. There was only one maid in his family, and his wife was very strict. One day, Gu Xun was doing business in a small shop. His wife sent her maid to deliver rice. When thunder and lightning hit her and she couldn't return quickly, Gu Xun and her maid made a good deal. Soon after, the girl got pregnant and gave birth to Gu Dingchen. Gu's wife was so angry that she wanted to kill her. However, he once secretly threw him into the mill. Fortunately, the Miller found him and rescued him. When he grew up, Gu Dingchen was very intelligent and studious. However, Gu's husband and wife never recognized him as a son. They always treated Gu Dingchen's biological mother as a slave and made him suffer from humiliation and bullying. It wasn't until Gu Dingchen, the number one official in the family, that his adoptive father told the truth, and he came to Gu's family to recognize his mother-in-law. But Gu's wife still didn't allow him to recognize his mother. With the help of his relatives and friends, Gu entered the room and insisted on seeing his mother. Gu's wife was even more angry, but Gu Dingchen didn't change his mind and said, "at first sight, I don't hate death." Friends and relatives also advised. But Gu's wife had to ask her biological mother to come out from the kitchen to see her own son. Gu Dingchen saw her biological mother's ragged clothes and unkempt face. The mother and son could not help weeping, and his relatives and friends also wept. The drama based on Gu Dingchen's life prototype is widely spread among the people.

family members

Great grandfather: Gu Daben.

Grandfather: Gu Liang.

Father: Gu Xun, mother: Wu.

Brother: Gu Shi, Gu Yizhi.

Historical records

Ming History

Gu Dingchen, a native of Kunshan, was named Jiuhe. Hongzhi 18 years Jinshi first. He was taught to write. At the beginning of Zhengde, he moved to Zuo Yude. At the beginning of Jiajing, the banquet was held. He talked about Fan Jun's "heart admonition" and made a perfunctory statement. Emperor Yue is a self explanatory note, and Ding Chen is specially attached. I'm tired of official business. In this case, Liu Shiyang and Li Ren impeached the Dingchen and dirty sycophant. In his next life, Emperor Yang and other prison officials saved him with Ding, and he was punished. Pay homage to the right servant of the Ministry of rites. The emperor was good at longevity, and the inner hall was set up for fasting. Ding Chen entered seven chapters of Bu Xu Ci, and was listed on the altar. The Emperor gave a commendatory reply, and I learned to follow it. The CI ministers were known by the Qing Ci, and advocated by the Ding ministers.

He changed the official department and took charge of Zhan Shifu. Please ask Zeng Zihou to confer the doctor of the five classics and the descendants of Bi San to follow it. Datong army change, Zhang Fu King Lord use of troops, Ding minister words can not, Emperor Jiana. In the 13th year of Meng Dong, he enjoyed the temple and ordered the Minister of Ding and his servant Huo Tao to hold the Lord. Two people have a period of meritorious service, when the resignation. It is said: "the ancient rites, the vassal period. Now Gongqing is the ancient princes, please do not avoid. Xia Yan, the Minister of rites, slandered him. He found the Minister of rites and still took charge of the affairs of the government. The capital is full of rain, and there are many floods in all directions. The officials of the cauldron are requested to eliminate the bandits and report.

In August of the 17th year, he joined the aircraft maintenance department as my official and Bachelor of wenyuange. Looking for Jia Shaobao, Prince Taifu and Wu YINGDIAN. At the beginning, Li Shi took the lead, Xia Yan took the second place, and Ding Chen took the second place. When he died, he said that he was very specialized in the country. The officials of the Ding Dynasty were so soft and charming that they could not do anything but fill the position. The emperor will patrol the south, establish the crown prince, order the words to Hu Xing, and assist the crown prince to supervise the state. Censor Xiao Xiangyao impeached Zhang Chao, the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs, who was subordinate to Dingchen, and transferred Lu Kun, the principal of the Ministry of punishment, to the Ministry of official affairs. Chao Yan said, "Ma Chengxue, the head of the Ministry of war, relied on the alliance of the Ding officials, and he was sure to win the title of Quan Cao. Therefore, the officials suppressed the inheritance and used Kun. "The emperor inherited the imperial edict, but the Ding officials did not ask. He died in October of nineteen, sixty-eight years old. As a gift to Taibao, posthumous Wenkang.

When the officials of the Ding Dynasty were on duty, they were compassionate for the loss of the balance of taxes and duties in Southeast China, and repeatedly abused them. It was decided by governor Ouyang duo. There is no city in Kunshan. After the Japanese rebellion, Kunshan was completed, and the villagers set up ancestral temples.

Yao Shan Tang waiji

Gu Dingchen, a native of Kunshan, was born in his father Xun's 50s. He is strong, burning incense every night to pray for his father's birthday. One night, the dream of yellow crane flying from the sky, nearsighted, that is, the burning table also, after the Zhu PI word number line, the end of the cloud: "from the

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