Tang Leyu

Tang Leyu

Tang Yueyu (1739-1791) was a poet of Qing Dynasty. Xiaochun, Jiufeng, Yuangang. His ancestor, Tang Jingyi, came from the Zhang family in heibaigou, Suining, and had the same ancestor as Zhang penghe.

brief introduction

Tang Yueyu (1739-1791), born in Mianzhu, was a poet of Qing Dynasty. Xiaochun, Jiufeng, Yuangang. In the 31th year of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty, he was appointed head of the household department, promoted to yuanwailang, and went to Nanlong Prefecture. He is proficient in nine chapters of arithmetic, and has written Dongluo Shanfang poetry collection, Qimen summary, etc.

personal works

The mountain and the waterway are competing for goods,

Day and night chart of sitting stock traders.

Jiji is like mianzhumao,

It is worthy of the name of little Chengdu.

Mianzhu County

Therefore, Mianzhu County was known as little Chengdu at that time. In the most prosperous Dadong street, there is a tall and magnificent building. Mianzhu is called "Tang family yamen". In fact, this is a private house. Its owner is Tang Leyu. His grandfather, father, and his grandparents and grandchildren all worked as county magistrate or government officials. At that time, the Tang family was a famous scholar official family in Mianzhu.

Life of the characters

In such an official family, Yue Yusheng was gifted, intelligent and diligent. He made rapid progress in his studies, and was appreciated by Li Hua Nan, a poet in Sichuan and a Jinshi in the seventh year of Qianlong. Li Hua Nan took Tang Yue Yu as his disciple and wrote poems praising his talent: "Qiushui articles are free from dust, and Xiaosu (Su Zhe) is the predecessor." Compared with Su Zhe, we can see that the teacher's joy is beyond expression. Under the guidance of a generation of famous teachers, Tang Yueyu made great progress in his studies. He studied the history of Confucian classics and the science of astronomy. Qianlong 27 years (1762) examination candidates, Qianlong 31 years (1766) examination Jinshi, when 27 years old. He was appointed head of the Department of household affairs and was promoted to yuanwailang.

Recommended by Shi Yinglian of the University, Tang Leyu served as the supervisor of Qian Fatang. When he first took office, he met with a very difficult event - the strike of foundry workers in Qian Fatang. Qianfatang was an institution in charge of coin casting in the Qing Dynasty. It had copper department and lead department, and there were more than ten thousand foundry workers. The majority of foundry workers were dissatisfied with the exploitation of "Shuguan" and "stove head", and they embezzled money and wages to fight. They were all on strike. For a moment, the "department officer" and "stove head" were flustered, and they asked the commander of the ninth gate of the capital to send troops to attack. The officers and soldiers surrounded the factory and the surrounding hutongs and fences, and a conflict between blood and fire was imminent. Tang Yueyu, a new official, is calm and free, and comes forward with the good wishes of the people. On the one hand, he stopped the soldiers from lighting the torch, on the other hand, he rushed to the foundry shed to discuss with them, saying that he would investigate and punish the illegal "Department officials" and "stove heads" and pay off the debts within a time limit. Through his mediation, he prevented a bloody tragedy in Beijing.

Tang Leyu's practice was not praised, but resented by his superiors and colleagues. Before long, he was sent out to Pingyue Prefecture, a desolate place in Guizhou Province, where he was not promoted or transferred for 20 years. At that time, Pingyue in Guizhou was a poor and secluded place with "no three feet of road and no three cents of silver for people", but the hard life here made Leyu lose his childlike heart. On the one hand, he was diligent and loved the people, on the other hand, he was engaged in poetry creation to entertain himself. He paid attention to the material production and life of Han and Miao people in many aspects, and paid attention to the development of culture and education to improve the local backwardness. At the beginning of his term of office, there were only a few people who were able to write. Tang Leyu, who is "diligent and diligent", voluntarily donated his salary to build a Mo Xiang Academy on the Bank of Mo Xiang pool in the southeast of Pingyue Prefecture. He specially hired Ye Menglin, a famous scholar from Zhejiang Province, to teach. He also took his spare time to give lectures to the students in the Academy. After more than three years of poor management, the students of Pingyue government successively won the provincial examination in Guizhou, thus ending the decades of "Pingyue no Ju Ren" culture backward situation.

In 1790, Tang Leyu was transferred to Nanlong Prefecture of Guizhou Province. As always, he had a bright mirror and a clear mind, and soon he was in charge of the office. Pingyue is the place where he has lived for more than 20 years. The landscape and scenery, as well as his parents and villagers, all make him miss. He wrote affectionately in his poem "farewell to all living beings":

Ink pool is still water-soluble, trapped stone Mengquan trace.

The spirit of Tianzong mountain opens its face, and the clouds mingle with the waves and sway its heart.

Chonglou shadow down three three paths, stacked smoke fan Jiufeng.

In the middle of the night, the pearls are shining, and a few people are exploring the sea.

In his poems, Yue Yu reveals his sentimental attachment to Pingyue landscape and encourages his students to succeed in fame and career. In the spring of the next year, Tang Yueyu returned to his hometown Mianzhu with his coffin because of his mother's death. On the way, because of grief and tiredness, Hakka died on the boat of Yunyang River in Kui Prefecture of Eastern Sichuan at the age of 52. After Tang Leyu's death, Pingyue's parents and students missed his achievements and wrote a letter of condolence to "leave his achievements in Qianjiang". Yue Yu is a natural and unrestrained person, and is addicted to alcohol. His works include Nanlong manuscript and Qiannan Shicun, which have been published in the world. There are biographies in Sichuan Tongzhi. (Huang Mingkai)

A look at Chimonanthus in Xiangfu Temple

Li Tiaoyuan

Lamei opened in a busy city, to Xiangfu step Xiaoxue.

It's Gillian who loves the golden house and is known as a young woman.

The color is like Li Yuchu, the shape is like a bell.

This flower is not often served by mountain people. It goes with Taoist food.

Note: Xiangfu temple is located outside the xiaoximen gate of Jiannan Town, Mianzhu, covering an area of 30 mu. It was built in the Tang Dynasty and rebuilt in the Xiangfu period of the Northern Song Dynasty. It is a famous temple in Western Sichuan.

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