Ye fangai

Ye fangai

Ye fangai? He was born in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province. He was an official and scholar in the early Qing Dynasty. In the 16th year of Shunzhi (1659), he was a Jinshi, editor of the Imperial Academy of Li Guan, a Bachelor of science, a Bachelor of science, a minister of rites, and a minister of punishment. There are "reading Zhai occasionally saved manuscript", "Ye Wenmin Gong Ji", "Du Shang Ji".

Life of the characters

Winning the examination

In the 15th year of Shunzhi (1658), Emperor Shunzhi himself retested Jiangnan Gongshi. In the examination of ancient poems and Fu, ye fangai used Yingtai Fu to take the examination. His Fu was very neat and liked by Emperor Shunzhi. Give ye fangai as a person, and graciously allow him to have a test.

In the autumn of 1659, ye fangai was awarded the third Jinshi and the Imperial Academy editor. Ye fangai is the younger brother of Ye Fangheng, who is good at managing river transportation and is an official of Jining river. One hundred volumes of the book compiled by Guan Xiu is a book to expound the original meaning of Xiaojing. Ye fangai was appointed to participate in the compilation of this book in 1659.

Between the strike and the recovery

Shunzhi eighteen years (1661), Jiangnan played off the case, ye fangai was implicated and dismissed. The so-called "Jiangnan Zou ban case" is like this: the Qing government ordered that all the Juren and scholars who owed taxes be removed, and all the officials who owed taxes were demoted. Only one day after the order, Jiangsu governor Zhu Guozhi listed ye fangai and other 13800 Jiangsu scholars on the list of tax defaulters. Tanhua ye fangai's tax was only one percent of silver, but only one cent of copper. He was demoted and transferred. Therefore, there is an anecdote that "exploring flowers is not worth a penny.". At that time, many officials were robbed or demoted because of this case. Many scholars were deprived of the imperial examination career because of this case, and some people were convicted. Despite the severity of the case, ye fangai was later reinstated and found to have nothing to do with the case.

Emperor Shunzhi and Emperor Kangxi appreciated his knowledge. After several promotions, ye fangai took up the post of examiner in the third year of Kangxi (1664).

The study of official works

In the 12th year of Kangxi (1673), ye fangai was appointed as the official of daily life. In the 14th year of Kangxi (1675), he was promoted to Guozijian. He was also appointed as the official of the Imperial Academy. In this year, Emperor Kangxi held a banquet in Yingtai, where his ministers chanted poems and wrote Fu to the emperor. At this time, ye fangai presented his eight admonitions. Emperor Kangxi presented his poems and essays to Xiong Ziliu, a great scholar. "Xiong Ziliu said to him," it's better for ye fangai to write a few words than for all his ministers. " It's the emperor It was appreciated by Emperor Kangxi, so he ordered ye fangai to participate in the writing of Taiji graph theory. After the completion of the book, after he submitted it, Kangxi gave him a mink coat and the title of Wenqi. Ye fangai's literary talents spread like wildfire. Ye fangai was promoted to be a Bachelor of Hanlin academy and the president of Ming history. Later he was promoted to Zuo Shuzi.

In the summer of the 15th year of Kangxi (1676), ye fangai moved to the Imperial Academy to teach Tongjian. Emperor Kangxi asked, "how does Zhuge Liang compare with Yi Yin?" Ye fangai replied: "Yiyin is a saint, like Confucius. Zhuge Liang is a great sage, comparable to Yan Yuan. " Emperor Kangxi nodded yes. When ye fangai talked about the doctrine of the mean, Emperor Kangxi asked, "which is more important, knowing or acting?" Ye fangai replied: "the Song Dynasty Minister Zhu Xi said: in order, then know first, and act later. In terms of Kung Fu, knowing is light, but focusing on action. " Emperor Kangxi said: "after all, action is important. If you can't act, you will know it in vain." In the second half of the year, ye fangai was promoted to a bachelor's degree in Imperial Academy. Soon after, he was appointed to Shanglin garden as the official of the Department of Tibetan education. In 1677, ye fangai was appointed as the chief executive officer of filial piety.

In 1678, ye fangai was the chief editor of huangyubiao. The book contains 16 volumes, which is an official compilation of the national geographic records. When ye fangai was the chief editor of huangyubiao, he was also the Secretary of Jingyan and was on duty in the South study. In summer, when he was in the South study, Emperor Kangxi was diligent in learning allusions and stories. He often had two ministers on duty in the South study so that he could ask questions in time. Emperor Kangxi especially appreciated ye fangai. For some reason, when winter came, he was given the post of bachelor and Minister of rites. During this period, Huang Zongxi, who was famous in the world, did not want to be an official of the Qing Dynasty, let alone under duress. Ye fangai didn't know that Huang Zongxi had written a letter rejecting the recommendation, so he still recommended Huang Zongyi before Emperor Kangxi. Chen Xixia, a disciple of Huang Zongxi, asked ye fangai loudly, "you are doing this to kill my teacher!" Ye fangai was stunned, and he quickly told Huang Zongxi that he was old and ill.

In 1679, Emperor Kangxi opened the Department of erudite and macro CI. At that time, ye fangai, who was the academician in charge of the Academy, was one of the four scholars who were appointed to read papers. Ye fangai was called a man when he was asked to review the examination papers. At that time, ye fangai revised the handout of four books in Manchu and Han Dynasties. To the word "Yuan" in the sentence "the yuan crown of lamb Qiu should not be hanged", ye fangai thought it was a holy taboo, and he could not answer it when discussing with his colleagues. Only mu Weiqian, who was named jiegong in the Hanlin dictionary, was a mountain and sea guardian. He replied, "the big characters should still respect the Scriptures according to the original characters, and the small ones should be changed to avoid taboos." When ye fangai asked where he got it, mu Weiqian said: "in the doctrine of the mean, Shendu is the original word, and the minor note should be changed to JINZI." Ye fangai suddenly realized and said: "I have doubts about this since I was a child. Today, I know that Zhu Zi is a taboo." Pay a deep tribute to muweiqian. People admire ye fangai for being open-minded and open-minded. It can be seen that ye fangai is also quick and eager to learn. In the same year, he was appointed as the president of the Ming history.

In the 19th year of Kangxi (1680), ye fangai majored in Shangshu handouts. Emperor Kangxi granted him the title of minister because he was kind and industrious. He also submitted to Emperor Kangxi the general theory of the two trigrams of heaven and earth, which he co wrote with kulena.

In the 20th year of Kangxi (1681), ye fangai was granted the title of right servant of the Ministry of punishment. In 1682, ye fangai compiled the book of filial piety Yanyi and completed it in 100 volumes. Since the 16th year of Shunzhi, ye fangai was ordered to compile it.

He died in his old age

In 1682, ye fangai passed away. He was an official to the right servant of the Ministry of punishment, and was presented to the Minister of rites by his death. His posthumous title was Wen min. It's not easy for ye fangai to get the posthumous title of "Wenmin". It's very rare for officials in Qing Dynasty to receive such praise, but he is one of them. The emperor sent people to sacrifice tea and wine and gave them two hundred taels of silver. As he had been serving the emperor for a long time, and worked hard, he ordered you to pay for it. One hundred volumes of filial piety Yanyi compiled by Ye fangai was published in 1690 after his death.

Character evaluation

As soon as ye fangai became an official, some people told him that he had misbehaved in his hometown, and the governor of Jiangsu also played on this, which Shunzhi emperor did not agree with. To Emperor Kangxi, ye fangai was very favored by the emperor. He is very honest and prudent because he is grateful. After his death, his apartment "bed plate door, cloth tent more repair", in addition to the door plate for the bed, four pots for the bed bracket, cloth tent patch put patch, can't become convergence. As a result, people all sigh that he is a valuable official with clean hands.

Ye fangai is very talented and is not ashamed to ask questions. According to the records, Wu Wen of Osaka, whose name is tianzhang, has a talent for poetry. When he first arrived in the capital, he was not famous and unknown. Wang Shizhen appreciated his poems very much and said that he was an immortal. One day, when the report was missing, the officials were waiting outside the hall for the court to meet the emperor. Wang Shizhen recited Wu Wen's poem to ye fangai: "spring around the Han ancestral temple, the snow is shining on the roots of Qin trees", "thick clouds wet the Xiling, spring mud stained with mulberry", and the good sentence "nine pieces of Kunlun water in front of the gate, a thousand peach blossom feet and a half fish". Ye fangai was greatly surprised. After coming down from the duty hall, he immediately ordered to visit Wu Wen's residence. Wu Wen is famous in the capital. It can be seen that ye fangai does not measure people by their official positions, but more values the character of talents.

Relative members

The seventh ancestor: Ye Sheng, a bibliophile of Ming Dynasty

Main works

Although ye fangai was one of the bureaucrats in the Qing Dynasty, his residence was "bedded on the door, and covered with curtains.". Most of the savings are for books. There are "Gu Zhai" at home, and there are many books and maps, among which the ancestor ye Shengjiu has several. Ye fangai has four volumes of poetry collection, which is included in Siku Quanshu. In addition, there are also Gu Zhai Ji, Du Shang Ji, Shangshu handout and Qian Kun Er Gua zonglun.

Historical records

History of the Qing Dynasty manuscript volume 266 biography 53

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