Zhou Hongzheng

Zhou Hongzheng

Zhou Hongzheng (496 ~ 574) was born in Ancheng County, Runan County, Henan Province. Liang Chen minister in the Southern Dynasty, the ninth grandson of Zhou Yi, a Guanglu official in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the son of Zhou Baoshi, a Si Tu liquor worshiper.

Zhou Hongzheng, with menyin, is an alternate student of Guozi. Proficient in Laozi and Zhouyi, familiar with metaphysics, good at waiting. He started as a doctor of Taixue and moved to Danyang county. He predicted the chaos of Hou Jing and advised the imperial court to prevent it. Emperor Liang Yuan ascended to the throne and offered wine to his servants and sons. He moved to taichangqing and duguanshangshu. After the establishment of the Chen Dynasty, he served as Prince Zhan Shi and minister, and was granted the title of doctor Jin Ziguang Lu. He led the prince to offer sacrifices to the emperor, and he was also the commander of Dazhong in Yuzhou.

Chen chaotai died in the sixth year of Taijian, and was given the title of Jian.

Life of the characters

Zhou Hongzheng, a native of Rucheng, was born in the name of Sixing. Zhou Hongzheng lost his father when he was young, and his younger brothers Zhou Hongrang and Zhou Hongzhi were raised by his uncle Zhou she, the central guard. Zhou Hongzheng knew Laozi and Zhouyi when he was ten years old. Every time he talked with him, Zhou she was always surprised and said, "you are quick, intelligent, smart and amazing. You will surely be ahead of me in the future." He Dong Pei ziye appreciated him and made friends with him. He also expressed his willingness to marry his daughter to him. When he was 15 years old, Zhou Hongzheng was called up as a student of Guozi, and then he explained Zhouyi in Guoxue. All the Confucian scholars studied and wrote his opinions. He entered school in March. In October of that year, he was recommended to take the countermeasure examination. The officials in charge of the school thought that his qualifications were too shallow and did not agree that he should take the examination. The doctor came to the forum and said, "before he was 20 years old, Zhou Lang taught alone. Although he was a student, he could actually be a teacher, so he didn't have to take the strategy examination." Therefore, Zhou Hongzheng was directly appointed as the imperial doctor of the Liang Dynasty in his home. When the king of Jin'an was the Yin of Danyang, he was asked to be the master. Later, he was transferred from a foreign post to serve as a county magistrate. He was mourned and left because of his mother's death. After the mourning period, he served successively as magistrate of qu'a and Anji counties. In the ordinary years, the imperial court began to set up the official position of Si Wenyi Lang, who was on duty in Shouguang Province, and appointed Zhou Hongzheng as Si Yishi Lang. continuously promoted to Guozi doctor. At that time, a scholar's Academy was set up in the west of Jiankang, the capital city. Zhou Hong was teaching in the Academy, and all the scholars from the imperial court and the society went to listen. Zhou Hongzheng is knowledgeable, can see through some subtle signs, and is good at predicting good or bad luck. At the end of Datong, he once said to his younger brother Zhou Hongrang, "the country will have bad luck. There will be war within a few years. You and I don't know where to escape from this disaster." When Emperor Liang Wu accepted Hou Jing, the demoted General of the northern and Eastern Wei dynasties, Zhou Hong said to Zhou Hongrang: "the war started here." When the capital Jiankang was captured by Hou Jing, Zhou Hongzhi was working as an internal historian in Hengyang. In Jiangling, Liang Yuan emperor Xiao Yi wrote to Zhou Hongzhi and said, "an envoy just came from the capital. He learned that your two brothers are safe. However, there are few officials in the capital who cling to Houjing as a traitor. Wang Ke has become Houjing's family minister. Lu Mian has joined Houjing's army. Only your brother Zhou Sheng sticks to Dayi. When he talked about our Western army, he was full of tears. He often looked forward to me to rescue them, just like a farmer looking forward to a bumper harvest. Confucius once said, "when the year is cold, you will know that the pines and cypresses wither. At present, only your brother Hongzheng has this kind of character." When Wang Seng Bian led the Western army to attack Hou Jing, Zhou Hongzheng and Zhou Hongrang took the initiative to escape from Jiankang and rush to the Western army. Wang Seng Bian was very happy to see them. On the same day, he sent someone to inform Liang Yuandi. Liang Yuandi wrote to Zhou Hongzheng in his own handwriting, saying: "since Hou Jing, an alien clown like ancient Yao, made trouble, during the cold and summer years, all the friends in the world have died. At that time, Han Fei, who was full of intelligence, still died in the prison of the state of Qin. Liu Xin, who was rich in knowledge, also committed suicide in the chaos of Wang Mang's failure in the new dynasty. Now that you are trapped in Jiankang City, there is no news. I often feel worried. I often plan to look for you as the people of the Western Han Dynasty visited zhongziyun in Shandong, and the people of the Eastern Han Dynasty looked for Yang Boqi in Guanxi. Today, I just met the person sent by Wang Seng Bian, who told me all your information. I am waiting for your letter to comfort my expectations for you. " Therefore, he sent a special envoy to meet Zhou Hongzheng, and said to the court officials, "Sima Yan of Jin Dynasty calmed down Sun Wu, and was very happy to get Lu Ji and Lu Yun. Now I'm fighting against Hou Jing, and I've also got Zhou Hongzheng and Zhou Hongrang. Sima Yan of the former generation and I of today have both got two talents at the same time, which are comparable to each other. " When Zhou Hongzheng arrived at Jiangling, he received a very ceremonious treatment, and no one in the court could compare with him. Emperor Liang appointed him as the Minister of Huangmen, who was on duty in Shizhong province. Soon after, he was promoted to zuomingshangshu, and then he was appointed as a regular official. Liang Yuandi tasted the book jinlouzi, which said: "among the eminent monks, I respect master zhaotiyan, among the hermits, I respect Tao Zhenbai of Huayang, among the scholar officials, I respect Zhou Hongzheng of Runan. They are all famous scholars of the present age After Hou Jing was eliminated, Wang Seng Bian sent the books collected in Jiankang palace to Jiangling, and Liang Yuan emperor ordered Zhou Hongzheng to collate and correct them. At that time, the officials of the imperial court discussed whether to move the capital. No one who lived in Jingzhou wanted to move the capital back to Jiankang. Only Zhou Hongzheng and pushe Wang Li said to Liang Yuandi, "if all the literati and bureaucrats who had received formal education in school and were familiar with the history of ancient and modern times, they knew that the place where the emperor set the capital was not unchangeable, and they should not doubt whether to move the capital at present. As for the common people, they are different. If they don't see his Majesty's holy driving into Jianye, they will think that his majesty is just a king of the rank of princes and the son of heaven without official status. So we think we should move back to Jiankang to cater to the people's psychology and comply with the wishes of the people in the world. " At that time, people from Jingshan said that Wang Li and Zhou Hong were from the eastern region, so they advocated returning to Jiankang in the East, but I'm afraid it's not a good way. Zhou Hongzheng refuted them face to face, saying: "if the eastern people advocated that Shu should be moved back to Jiankang, it would not be a good way. Is it a proper policy for you people in the west to decide the capital of Jiangling in the west?" Liang Yuan Di laughed and finally decided not to move back to Jiankang. When Jiangling fell, Zhou Hongzheng quietly escaped from the encirclement of the enemy troops and returned to Jiankang, the capital. Liang Jingdi appointed him as the long history of the debate of the great Sima Wang monk, acting as the political agent of Yangzhou. In the first year of Taiping, he was appointed as a minister, and also a son of the state to offer wine. He was also promoted to taichangqing and duguanshangshu. Chu Dansu Xi was first appointed as emperor and appointed as Prince Zhan Shi. In the first year of Tianjia, he was promoted to serve as a minister and son of the state, and was sent to Chang'an to meet the Gaozong Chen Xu who was detained in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. In the third year of Tianjia, when he came back from the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the emperor issued an imperial edict to appoint him as jinziguanglu, jiajinzhangzishou and cixun Taifu. Zhou Hongzheng was also the official Secretary of the capital. He was in charge of five kinds of etiquette, namely, auspicious, Jia, guest, military and ferocious. Later, he was appointed as Taifu Changshi and was awarded the title of general Mingwei. Gaozong was the emperor. He was granted the title of tejin and also the son of the state. He was transferred to dazhongzheng of zheyuzhou and was awarded the support staff. In the fifth year of Taijian, he was appointed as the right servant of Shangshu, and the two posts of Jijiu and Zhongzheng were still in existence. Soon afterwards, chansaishao ordered him to speak the Analects of Confucius and the book of filial piety. The prince thought that Zhou Hong was an old official of the imperial court. He had always been highly respected, so he gave up his noble status, bowed respectfully, swayed the Scriptures for advice, and respected him just as he respected his teacher. Zhou Hongzheng was especially good at metaphysics and Buddhist classics. Even a learned man and a eminent monk, he asked him for advice. In the sixth year of Taijian's reign, he died at the age of 79.

Character evaluation

The emperor issued an imperial edict, saying: "it is a permanent principle to remember and praise the predecessors with noble virtue. Zhou Hongzheng, a former minister, is dignified, insightful, talented, and academically proficient. He is like the Treasury of Yuanlin and Yili. He is an old minister with high reputation in the country and a great master of popular reputation. His virtue is shining in the academic world, and his prestige is the highest in the Ministry of rites. Now he suddenly dies, and I feel sad for him. The funeral expenses are provided by the state treasury. " I also personally mourned. His posthumous title is Jianzi.

Anecdotes and allusions

In the third year of zhongdatong, Prince Liang Zhaoming died. His son was granted the title of Lord Huarong instead of being the heir to the throne, but he made king Jinbao the crown prince. Zhou Hongzheng wrote: "I heard privately that the virtue of modesty originated from the book of changes founded by Fuxi and Xuanyuan. "Modesty" is the source of sages, which is the fear of Yao and shun. This good fashion has been a long time since today, but we can still know it in detail from ancient books and rumors. In terms of temple governance and Fenshui seclusion, the two ways are different, but their goals are the same. Later Ji, Shangqi, Chaofu and Xuyou have different names, but their moral principles are the same. Those who are born and hold office are called the world monarchs, while those who live in seclusion are called the ministers outside the world. The world monarchs and ministers outside the world complement each other and form the rule of the world. This is probably the common rule for all generations The rules, the emperors of all ages will not change. However, in the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, this kind of humility began to decline gradually, and the emperors handed down their families to their children and relatives. Then the seven heroes of the Warring States period vied for the world, and Liu Bang and Xiang Yu competed for the throne. This bad habit was spread in the Han Dynasty, and the Jin Dynasty changed its origin and intensified it, so the good tradition of modesty and resignation was abandoned. It has been a long time since now. Ah, the fashion of generations has changed according to the time sequence. It's a good time to replace each other, to restore the primitive simplicity

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