Ji Zhongfu

Ji Zhongfu

Ji Zhongfu (living around 786 A.D.) is a native of Poyang. He is one of the ten talents of Dali. Gongshi is as famous as LuLun and Qianqi. He was a Taoist at first, and then returned to the common customs. To Chang'an, pay homage to the prime minister. Some people recommend it to the emperor. They will meet with the king and Marquis on the day. It is famous as the capital. In a short time, Jinshi was awarded Wannian Wei, except xiaoshulang. He was also a master of Hanlin. Li Jianyi doctor, Hubu Shilang, judge Du Zhishi. Zhongfu is the author of a volume of poetry, which is recorded in the new history of Tang Dynasty.

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Historical records

Ji Zhongfu (living around 786 A.D.) is a native of Poyang. He is one of the ten talents of Dali. Gongshi is as famous as LuLun and Qianqi. According to the records of rebuilding Shanyang County, Ji Zhongfu was a Taoist. Later, he became a learned scholar of Hongci, and was awarded the title of xueshulang. Together with Lu Lun, Han Hong, Qian Qi, Si kongshu, Miao FA, Cui Dong, Geng Gai, Xia Houshen and Li Duan, he was named as one of the ten talents in Dali. At the beginning of Zhenyuan Dynasty, he knew how to make a patent, which was the same as Lu Zhi, Wei Zhiyi, and Wu Tongyuan. His wife, Zhang, is also a poet. " The notes are brief and vague. According to the historical records, this paper discusses his character, native place, year of birth and death and his life story as follows.

Textual research on native place

Ji Zhongfu's name in volume 295 of the whole Tang poetry was bet that he was born in Poyang. According to Ji Zhongfu's article in the dictionary of Chinese writers, volume of Tang and Five Dynasties (Zhonghua Book Company), he was born in Chuzhou (now Huai'an, Jiangsu Province). The former is confirmed by Lu Jian's Ci Fu in Volume 163 of Old Tang Shu. It said: Lu Jianci "father Lun, Tianbao at the end of the Jinshi, in case of chaos not the first, Fengqin to avoid in Poyang, and county people Ji Zhongfu for Linquan friends." In Lu Lun's sad old poems, there is also a saying that "because of the floating Xiangjiang River, far away to Poyang city.". Poyang rich apprentice, ridicule me stupid no camp "sentence. However, Lu Lun also revealed the origin of Ji Zhongfu and Huai'an in his poem "send Ji Zhongfu to the old mountain of Chuzhou". Under the title of the poem, he wrote: "Zhongfu became an official from Xiangong." In addition to Taiqing temple, the only Taoist temple in Chuzhou (now Huai'an District) in Tang Dynasty was Zixiao palace. There is no doubt that Zhongfu was the Taoist priest of Zixiao palace. This time, he returned to the old mountain of Chuzhou to recuperate after several years of official worship. Therefore, Lu Lun praised him as "tired and desolate in recent years, but said Huainan music." However, Li Duan said that he "recited poems to open the old world, and took the ribbon to the wasteland altar.". It's easy to return because of illness, but it's more difficult to get involved in kindness. " It can be seen from this that Ji Zhongfu was born in Poyang. When he was young, he was poor and became a Taoist. He came to Chuzhou with his teacher to practice in Zixiao palace and later became the abbot of Xiangong. From his poems sung by Lu Lun, Li Duan and Si kongshu, it can be seen that after he became an official, he had returned to Chuzhou many times to recuperate.

Life story

In the Tang Dynasty, if a Taoist can enter the court and become an official, he must be recommended by the internal and external ministers and appreciated by the emperor. At the beginning of Dali, Ji Zhongfu returned to the common customs and became a guest of the prime minister yuan Zai's family. Because of "Yuanzai was fond of learning since childhood, good at writing, sensitive in nature, reading history of Confucius, especially learning Taoist books", at the beginning of Tianbao, Xuanzong worshipped Taoism, Yuanzai was able to enter the high school. Li Duan wrote in "sending Ji Zhongfu to return to Chuzhou" that "I have been to the prime minister's house for the first time. All the people in the hall are called "Shibo." In another poem, he said: "although Mao Sui's visit is different, Han Fei's biography is just as famous as others"; "when he was young, he was willing to serve his relatives, and he dared to make his mind more mysterious." Zhongfu was recommended by Yuanzai and became a scholar. He sang with Qian Qi, Lu Lun and other scholars and traveled with his son-in-law Guo Wenzhi. In the 10th or 11th year of the Dali calendar, he went to the Department of erudite Hongci, and was judged to be the best one. In the 12th year of Dali, Yuanzai was punished for his crimes. Because Zhongfu and Yuanzai were only friends of Taoism, they did not take part in their actions of "extravagance and blasphemy, rejecting loyalty and good", so they were not tired. Zhongfu "at the beginning of Zhenyuan Dynasty, he knew how to make patent, which was the same as that of Lu Zhi, Wei Zhiyi and Wu Tongyuan." This theory was first found in the volume 190 of the biography of Wu Tongyuan in the old book of Tang Dynasty, which is specially for Wu Tongyuan. Ji Zhongfu knew that the patent was made before Zhenyuan, prior to Wu Tongyuan. According to the dictionary of Chinese litterateurs, Ji Zhongfu was a Wannian Wei in the first year of Jianzhong (780), who was transferred to be a doctor and made a patent. In the second year of Zhenyuan (784), he became a scholar of the Imperial Academy, and in June he was changed to a doctor of advice. " Ji, Lu, Wei and Wu all served as academicians of the Imperial Academy. At the beginning of the Zhenyuan Dynasty, four people looked at the grass together. According to historical records, Lu Zhi was good at making official documents and political commentaries, and was known as "discussing the past and promoting the present, and writing eloquently." Wei Zhiyi is also rich in diction, and Wu Tongyuan attaches great importance to Wen Si min Rui, who said, "all the writings of the central aim are not the writings of Tongyuan, and they are all true." The fact that Zhongfu and Lu Zhi looked at the grass equally shows that they were not only famous for their poems, but also good at writing imperial edicts. He is not only elegant, but also good at managing money. In the second year of Zhenyuan (786), he moved to the Ministry of household and was sentenced to pay two taxes, that is to say, he was in charge of the state's financial revenue and expenditure and the summer and autumn tax affairs. This is consistent with the above "zhenyuanzhong, jizhongfu as Hanlin bachelor, Hubu Shilang, Dian Bang Fu". During this period, he had the power to judge the Minister of the Ministry of official, who was the sacrificial person of Zhongshu. Soon, he died in Kyoto.

Year of birth and death and characters

Since Ji Zhongfu was not given a biography in both the old and new Tang books, there was no word to introduce him in later generations, and the date of his birth and death was unknown. In fact, according to "Lu Jian Ci Fu" in the old book of the Tang Dynasty: "in zhenyuanzhong, Ji Zhongfu was a scholar of the Imperial Academy and a minister of the Ministry of household affairs. He wrote state Fu and recommended Lun to the court. The family of huiding is hard, but Zhongfu is dead. It can be estimated when he died. There were 21 years in Zhenyuan period of Tang Dezong, that is 785-805 A.D. in Zhenyuan period, it was around 795 A.D. at this time, Zhongfu Jianlun was in the dynasty, but Lu Lun's father or mother died, so he had to mourn for three years at home. In the meantime, he himself died. Therefore, Ji Zhongfu died in 798 ad. He returned to the common customs in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, and was worshipped as a scholar. He was about 25 years old, so he was born in 740 ad. The history books do not say its words, but Si kongshu recited in his book "send jixiaoshu to return to the East": "young Yunge officials, they will return to rest temporarily. Alone and close friends do not, line every few sea autumn. Listen to the ape and see Chu Xiu. Follow the wild goose to Wuzhou. The garden is good everywhere. Who should treat Ziyou. Li Duan also said in "Sushan Temple sends Ji Zhongfu on a snowy night": "I'm happy tonight, only Ziyou knows." It can be seen that "Ziyou" actually refers to Zhongfu.

Beautiful couple in Poetry Garden

A volume of Ji Zhongfu's poems was recorded in the new book of Tang, Yiwenzhi, which has been lost. There is only one poem left, which is recorded in the following: sending the envoy of guizhongcheng to Silla to set up a memorial ceremony: the official name is Han Duzuo, and he is Lu Zhusheng. The system of king is the best in the world. The island is divided into Vientiane, and the sun turns to double banners. The air in the Yulong grottoes, the sound of the waves. The road is long and the sea is full of mountains. The way of restoration is special, and people are proud of Han envoys. This poem was written in the third year of Dali. In the second year, King Xianying of Silla died, and the people made his son qianyun king. He still sent his Minister Jin to live in seclusion to serve as a tribute to the imperial court. Please add the order. Next year, he will send the cangbu doctor and censor Zhongcheng GUI to worship the book of Chijie to hang it. He took qianyun as the founder of the government, the third division and the king of Silla. From the perspective of literary history, the poetic style of "ten talents of Dali" is gorgeous and elegant. From Ji Zhongfu's poem, it can be seen that it is not only regular in rhyme and precise in words, but also expresses feelings for the mountains and rivers, praising the kingliness of the Han family, and reflecting the friendly exchanges between China and Silla (today's Korea) in the Tang Dynasty. Lu Lun said in his sad old poems that he was "the son of a servant, the master of literature, the outstanding huaichu spirit". Zhang Fu is like the sound of wind, and Si Yan is like Jianling. " It's not false. Ji Zhongfu is famous for his extraordinary appearance, elegant appearance and strong moral character. He is known as "a gifted man with clear bones, empty eyebrows and clear eyes; his appearance should be the same as Wei Yu, and his temples should be different from Pan Sheng." He is filial to his mother, and Li Duan's poem "Mengzong should offer fish, and his family is close to the fishing officer". Mencius is the filial son of ancient times. It is said that the story of crying for bamboo shoots. There are many poets in Tang Dynasty, but few of them are good at poetry.

Ji Zhongfu's wife

Zhongfu's wife, Zhang's, was born and died unknown. She was born in Shanyang. She was good at poetry, especially at singing. Her poetry is very famous. "Shisouwaibian" said that she "can refer to Zhang Ji and Wang Jianjian", and "Tang Yingui signature" praised her poems as "you Tong's Zhengzheng". There is a poem in the supplement to the whole Tang poetry, which is recorded as follows: worship the new moon Ji Zhongfu's wife Zhang's worship the new moon. Before the moon comes out of the hall, his soul is deep and his bow is empty. Worship the new moon, worship the moon makeup upstairs, Luan mirror is not set, moth eyebrows have been opposite. worship the new moon, worship the moon is full of feelings, the wind and dew in front of the court are clear, the moon is near, people grow old, and the moon will live longer. the owner's mother also paid homage to the moon, and gave up in grief. in the past, I worshipped the moon to show off my appearance, but now I worship the moon to shed tears. Looking back at all the girls worshiping the new moon, I remember when I was young. This long song line, with the title of "worshiping the new moon", euphemistically expresses the sorrow of a beautiful woman who is easy to grow old and a beautiful woman who is late. It also belongs to the category of deep feeling, light chanting and shallow singing. In addition to "worship the new moon", another song of "chanting willow catkins" is recorded in the five rhythms: "in the spring Dynasty, the mist is fragrant, and the snow catkins spring up; or the flowers dance together, not because of the wind. If you pass the bottle, you will be green, and you will be red; if you play with sorrow, you will never talk with yourself. there should be many beautiful works of this couple in the Poetry Garden, but they have not been handed down in later generations. The official in charge of writing imperial edicts of the emperor. ② Shicao: in ancient times, CI ministers revised the imperial edict to call Shicao. In the book "sending the envoy of Zhongcheng to Silla for a hanging sacrifice", the official said that the Han Dynasty sat alone, and he was Lu Zhusheng. The system of king is the best in the world. The island is divided into Vientiane, and the sun turns to double banners. The air in the Yulong grottoes, the sound of the waves. the road is long and the sea is full of mountains. The way of restoration is special, and people are proud of Han envoys.

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