Wei Xueji

Wei Xueji

Wei Xueji (about 1596-1625) was born in Jiashan (now Jiashan County, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province) and was a essayist in the late Ming Dynasty.

He was born in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province. His father was a famous official. He wrote many well-known articles in his life, among which the most famous one is the record of nuclear boat, which was included in Yu Chu Xin Zhi by Zhang Chao of Qing Dynasty. This article was included in the Chinese textbook of the second volume of the eighth grade of people's education press. Another famous one is the eight volume collection of Mao Yan.

Life of the characters

Filial nature

Wei Xuezhen was filial by nature. Once I fell off a bridge and broke my foot. I didn't dare to cry out for fear that my parents would be afraid.

Famous in the countryside

When he was young, he and his father Wei Dazhong went to study hard in Weixiao temple. They lived a hard life and followed Fan Zhongyan's example to recite day and night. As an adult, he became famous in the countryside for his good writing skills, and his Fu was even more exquisite and appreciated by everyone.

Donglin Party Struggle

Wei Xuezhen lived in the late Ming Dynasty when the eunuch party was rampant. During the reign of Tianqi, Wei Zhongxian made a hundred officials map at the age of 30 to slander the incorruptible officials. He even instigated Fu Kui to impeach Wang Wenyan, Zuo Guangdou and Wei Dazhong in the criminal Department of the same party. He accused them of "recruiting power and accepting bribes". What's more, Zuo and Wei were "ugly, dangerous, lustful and guilty of committing crimes A bloody man is a bandit. Wei Zhongxian even reproached: "Wei Dazhong criticizes each other, and is not allowed to go to the new office" to play with the officials. When Yang Lian and others impeached Wei Zhongxian, they not only exposed his true appearance, but also made his dependent sons and grandchildren panic. In order to cherish his kindness and invite his favor, they made plans and suggestions in March and April of the fifth year of apocalypse. He falsely accuses Yang Lian and other six gentlemen of accepting Xiong Tingbi's bribes, and judges that Yang Lian's zuoguangdou each holds 20000 and Wei Dazhong's 3000. At the time of Wei Dazhong's arrest, nearly ten thousand people were sent by the Xiangren number.

Save my father

When Wei Dazhong was arrested, he went north with the prison car. He didn't listen to his father's advice, changed his name and appearance, secretly followed Tiqi, and inquired about his father's daily life along the way. After arriving in Beijing, he hid in the inn during the day, went out at night, and went everywhere to ask for help. But some of his parents refused to meet him, while others looked up to the sky and sighed, weeping and helpless. Although Wei Xuezhen also wanted to write a letter to replace his father, he failed to do so.

Death of father and death of son

Wei Zhongxian also ordered that the six people should be "severely punished to recover stolen goods, which will be played once every five days", so the prison guards flogged, tortured, clubbed, bloody and rotten. Wei Dazhong was falsely accused of accepting bribes from Xiong Tingbi and others, which is also a crime of adding to the crime. In the end, he was falsely accused of taking bribes and died. At the time of his death, Yin Lei, who was in the heat of summer, was slow to receive the burial order. It was six or seven days before he sent the official to send the corpse, and the corpses of Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and other three people were pulled out of the prison. The corpses were swollen and black, with maggots and gnats in their muscles. They were almost unrecognizable. Wei Dazhong was 51 years old. Wei Xuezhen took his father's body and crawled back to his hometown, weeding day and night.

Death in despair

Although Wei Dazhong died, the action to recover the stolen goods did not stop, so Wei Xuezhen was sent to Zhejiang prison. Wei Xuezhen suffered from this great change in his family, and he was deeply distressed by the darkness of politics at that time, so he also regarded death as his home. In the same year, Wei Xuezhen also died of illness. He was only 29 years old when he died. He had never been an official in his life. He wrote eight volumes of Maoyan collection, which was included in Sikuquanshu and included in He Zhou Ji.

Main achievements

Wei Xuezhen experienced great changes in his life, and the world became more and more mature. He realized that his hope of becoming an official had been dashed, so he had to communicate with the ordinary workers around him to relieve his depression. During this period, he wrote the famous nuclear boat story, which recorded the superb skills and professionalism of a micro carving craftsman.

The story of nuclear boat, a famous prose which has been handed down for hundreds of years, is the masterpiece of Wei Xuezhen, a famous litterateur and Jiangnan talent in the late Ming Dynasty. It has been included in the Chinese Textbooks of primary and secondary schools, and has become one of the classics that Chinese Middle School Students must read. It is loved by people.

Commemoration of later generations

In the first year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty (1628), Wei Dazhong's second son, Xue Lian, wrote a book about the death of his father and the death of his brother. He was awarded the title of "Zhongjie" and was buried in sacrifice. He was given the title of "Xiaolie" in private. In the city, a special memorial temple for loyal and filial piety was built, and then a square for loyal officials and filial sons was built in front of the temple. The city was called Wei family ancestral hall and Wei family archway.

The ancestral hall has been repaired many times. In November 1937, it was bombed by Japanese invaders. The original site is now the Jiashan theater.

Character evaluation

Evaluation of historical records

Zhang shanlai said: those who died of loyalty in the late Ming Dynasty were more prosperous than those of the previous generation. This series is specially kept to make people think deeply when they hear the bell on a clear night.

Summary of the general catalogue of Siku Quanshu by Ji Yun in Qing Dynasty: attached to his father's biography of Dazhong by his filial son Wei xuexuan.

Posthumous title

At the beginning of Chongzhen, Wei Zhongxian lost power. Wei Xuelian, the younger brother of Wei Xuezhen, wrote a letter in his blood, stating that his father was wrongly imprisoned and his elder brother died of filial piety. Soon after, Wei Dazhong was named Zhongjie after his posthumous title, and Wei Xuezhen was also issued an imperial edict to honor him as a filial son.

Relative members

Father: Wei Dazhong, when he was called Kong, he was called Kuoyuan. Wanli 44 years (AD 1616) Jinshi, official pedestrian. I was ordered to serve as an envoy, but Qiu was not disturbed. Together with Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Zhou Chaorui, Yuan Huazhong and Gu Dazhang, they are called "the top six gentlemen".

Younger brother: Wei Xuelian, whose name is Ziyi, is called Neizhai. He worked as Rongzhai. In 1643, he was promoted to be a scholar and promoted to be a good scholar. After the death of Ming Dynasty, he first descended to Li Zicheng and soon hanged himself in shame. He is good at landscape painting and also works with flowers and birds.

Articles by

In Ming Dynasty, there was an ingenious person named Wang Shuyuan, who was able to make palace, utensils, figures, birds, animals, wood and stone with wood of inch diameter. He did not take shape according to the situation and had his own modality. Taste Yiyu nuclear boat one, cover big Su pan Chibi cloud.

The head and tail of the boat are about eight minutes long, with a height of about two millet. In the Xuan open for the cabin, Ruo canopy cover. There are four small windows on the left and four on the left and eight on the left. Open the window and look at each other. Closed, the right engraved "high mountains, small moon, water out of the stone", left engraved "breeze slowly, water waves do not Xing", stone green grits.

There are three people sitting in the bow of the boat. The one with crowns and beards in the middle of Emei is Dongpo, the Buddha seal is on the right, and Luzhi is on the left. Su and Huang read the same scroll. Dongpo holds the end of the scroll in his right hand and strokes Lu ZhiBei in his left. Lu Zhi holds the end of the scroll with his left hand and points to the scroll with his right hand, if you have something to say. Dongpo shows the right foot, Luzhi shows the left foot, each side slightly, and the two knees are hidden in the fold of the bottom garment. The Buddha seal is absolutely similar to Maitreya. It bares its breast, straightens its head and looks up. It doesn't belong to Su and Huang. Lying on the right knee, supporting the boat with the right arm, and standing on the left knee, the left arm cares about the Pearl, which can be counted.

The stern of the boat lies in a boat. There was one person on each side of the boat. The one on the right is on the back of Ji Ji, with his left hand leaning on a balance wood and his right hand climbing his right toe, like a whistling. The person on the left holds a pukui fan in his right hand and caresses the stove with his left hand. There is a pot on the stove. He looks at the end of the stove and is silent, if he listens to the sound of tea.

If the back of the boat is slightly barbaric, it will be inscribed on it. The text says, "on the autumn day of tianqiren, Yushan king yishuyuan just carved it". It is as fine as a mosquito's foot. It has been painted in color and ink. Another seal was used, which was called "Chuping mountain people" and its color Dan.

Tongji Yizhou is a boat with five people, eight windows, Ruo awning, boat, stove, pot, scroll and rosary beads. Couplets, inscriptions and seal characters are thirty characters with four characters. And count its long, once not surplus inch. Those who cover the peach core and narrow it. Hee, the skill is also strange!

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