Luo Chengxiang

Luo Chengxiang

Luo Chengxiang (1865-1926), a native of Zizhong in Sichuan Province, was named Gongxiang. Guangxu twenty-one years champion, the official to Shanxi to study. In the first year of the Republic of China, he served as the speaker of Sichuan provincial assembly, and later taught in Sichuan law and politics school and Chengdu Normal University.

Life of the characters

Luo Chengxiang

In 1895, he was the number one scholar. On May 20, 1865, he was born on the South Bank of suoshui Pavilion (now the west gate of Huize County), Yitong River, Jinzhong Town, Huize County. He was originally surnamed Li. At the age of seven, he lost his mother. His father and son depended on each other. His father was not good at managing his family, and his life was very difficult. When Luo tenghuan and his wife from Zizhou, Sichuan, came to Huize to do business in red and green paper, the business was booming. Li's father adopted his young son to Luo and his wife, and his adoptive mother was also Li. Soon after, the couple made some money in Huize. They bought some mountain products and poria cocos from Huize and returned to Zizhou, Sichuan Province with their adopted son. Luo Chengxiang is talented, diligent and hardworking since he was a child. He is able to read aloud and make progress. At the age of nine, he studied with his adoptive father in Jinjiang Academy in Chengdu and cultivated them with great care. At the age of 14, he applied for the state examination. The examination papers were praised by Gao peigu and Yang Rui of Xiangli examination. He was the first to enter Zunjing Academy in Chengdu. Wang Renqiu, the lecturer of the Academy, highly valued his diligence and academic progress. In 1893, he won the third place in Sichuan provincial and middle school examination. The next year, he failed in the entrance examination and stayed in Beijing. After being recommended by friends, he taught eight banners official school on behalf of the library. Qing Guangxu 21 years (AD 1895) YiWeiKe examination in Jinshi, to participate in the palace examination. Emperor Guangxu asked in the hall. In his theory, "the words are different, the sentences are sincere, and the reasoning is subtle." after discussing with the official examiner Xu Tong and the assistant examiner Li ruonong, Emperor Guangxu saw that the words in the volume were deeply moved by Emperor Guangxu, such as "anxious to enlighten the saints", "worried about the humiliation of the officials", "insulting the death of the officials", so he ranked first, and became the number one scholar. Luo Chengxiang was honest and upright all his life. He was magnanimous and bright, and did not seek high office and high salary. His famous saying "there is no such thing as eating hard in the world, only reading high in the world" encourages generations of posterity. After the revolution of 1911, Luo Chengxiang served as the speaker of the provisional parliament, the adviser of the governor's office, and the supervisor of the Sichuan fund raising and relief Bureau, but he was diligent and honest. On June 26, 1916, when Chen left Sichuan, he deposited 4000 yuan in the name of establishing a student army and presented it to Luo. Luo Chengxiang was the president of Sichuan University (the predecessor of Sichuan University) at that time, so he allocated the grant to the University. As a result, Luo's family was poor and his kitchen stove was empty, so he was known as the "poor champion".

Personal opinion

Although Luo was the number one scholar in literature, he was keen on Martial Arts in his later years, and actively advocated the sports of "strengthening the country and species". In 1920, Luo Fenglin, the son of Luo Chengxiang, came back from studying in Germany. He talked about that some people in Germany specialized in Oriental jujitsu. Luo Chengxiang was deeply inspired. He thought of the invasion of the world powers one after another, wantonly dividing up China and defending his country. "We have to talk about the art of hand-to-hand combat in prison", so he intended to advocate martial arts. It happened that there was a samurai Association in Chengdu, which competed in boxing and football every year, but there were troubles from time to time. In order to revitalize the samurai society, Luo Chengxiang was elected president of the society. He also donated all the thousands of yuan he made inscriptions for others to the samurai society. After that, he personally raised funds and established Jianguo Art Museum in Chengdu Shaocheng Park (today's people's Park). Samurai from all over Sichuan, learning jujitsu and playing boxing and foot, flourished for a time. Luo also studied jujitsu frequently, liked archery and taught archery. He often said: "shooting to observe virtue is not only for defending the enemy but also for strengthening the body." To this end, he founded the "shede society". In 1926, Liu Chengxun, a Sichuan warlord who was then an envoy of Xikang, held a civil service examination with his own ingenuity. Luo Chengxu was appointed as the main examiner, and he was welcomed from Chengdu to Ya'an. At the end of the exam, Luo returned to Chengdu after touring Mengshan. He soon died of illness at the age of 61.

Sichuan in Qing Dynasty

Number One Scholar

As a major system of selecting talents and appointing officials in Chinese feudal society, the imperial examination had a great influence. During the 1300 years from Sui and Tang Dynasties to Ming and Qing Dynasties, the number one scholar in Sichuan is very few. Zizhong seems to be blessed with two number one winners. One is Zhao Kui, the number one scholar of xinweike in the 21st year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1151 AD), and the other is Luo Chengxu, the last number one scholar of the Qing Dynasty (1895 AD). In the "Qinglan of Chonglong", one of the famous "eight sceneries in Zizhong", the ancient cypresses are towering and the birds sing long. Yongqing temple, a famous temple in Xishu, a provincial cultural relic protection unit, is solemn and solemn. In the Qing Dynasty, Luo Chengyi, the number one scholar in Sichuan Province, once opened a hall to teach students, leaving some historical relics. According to the records of Zizhong County's literature management office, "Luo Chengxiang, whose name is Gongxiang, was born in 1865, the fourth year of Tongzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty. He was born in Qiligou, shujiaqiao, Zizhong County. Guangxu Yiwei (1895) won the imperial examination, and took part in the imperial examination. Emperor Dezong of Guangxu asked questions before the imperial court. Luo Wen cited the classics and history to prove that reform and self-improvement were imperative. The emperor was moved by the emperor. He was appointed the first emperor. He was the editor of Hanlin academy, promoted by the Capital University, studied in Japan under the order of the Qing government, investigated the constitutional government, presided over Guilin law and politics school, served as the academic envoy of Shanxi, founded Sichuan University, and planned to be established in Chengdu At the beginning of the Republic of China, he was the speaker of the provisional Parliament of Sichuan Province. " After Luo became the number one scholar in the Imperial Academy, he was conventionally appointed as the editor of Hanlin Academy. He successively served as the chief examiner of Guizhou and Guangxi provincial examinations. He was promoted by Shanxi tixue envoy and the chief of Beijing University (the predecessor of Peking University). He has taught Guilin law and politics school, Sichuan University (the predecessor of Sichuan University) and Chengdu Normal University He has been dealing with education all his life. Liang Qichao said that he was "addicted to the number one public education book". Marshal Nie Rongzhen commented on him: "before the revolution of 1911, he set up a college in Chengdu and was enthusiastic about the cause of Education..." Luo Chengxiang's life was a turbulent and troubled time in China's modern history. He experienced the Sino Japanese naval battle, the letter on the bus, the reform movement of 1898, the revolution of 1911, the fall of Yuan Dynasty, the May 4th movement, the warlords' scuffle and so on. All of them could keep pace with the times, conform to the trend of the times, and keep pace with the progressive trend of thought in speech and action. Luo Chengxiang, known as "No.1 scholar in cloth clothes", was honest and self-defense all his life. He did not seek high office and high salary. There were two things about him among the people in Zizhong. One was that after the mid-term election, someone proposed to build a No.1 scholar's mansion in his hometown, which he declined politely. The other was that Luo Chengxiang once set up a teaching and reading hall in the "Sanxian Temple" in Chonglong mountain of Zizhong. His meal was only two dishes and one soup, which was so simple that he was invited to come The local official who visited was surprised: "why did the number one scholar clear the Treasury like this?" Luo Chengxiang replied, "it's enough for students to have this." He is clean and self loving, willing to be indifferent, and does not take ill gotten gains. His moral integrity is elegant, which ordinary people can't reach. In his later years, Luo Chengxiang advocated the sports of "powerful nation and strong species". In 1921, the Sichuan Samurai association was founded, and Luo Chengxiang was the president. Later, Luo Chengxiang donated the thousand yuan contribution for the inscription to the samurai Association, and raised some funds to establish a national art museum in Shaocheng park.

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