Tang Yu

Tang Yu

Tang Gong is a teacher of Yongle Emperor. He was born in Lanxi, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province. He was a Jinshi in 1379 and was granted Hanlin. In 1381, he was appointed as the imperial edict of Donggong. In 1414, he was ordered to come to Sichuan to monitor Jianwen emperor, who took refuge in Bashu. He lived in Nanba, Xuanhan, Dazhou City, Sichuan Province, and died in dongyangxi, Nanba. In 1984, Tang Yu's tomb was listed as a county-level cultural relic protection unit.

In 1381, Tang Yu was appointed as a lecturer of the east palace. In 1381, Tang Yu was the teacher of Zhu Di, the fourth Prince of Zhu Yuanzhang. In 1402, Zhu Di became emperor, and Tang Yu was promoted to Emperor. He helped Zhu Di improve the political system, develop the economy, expand the territory, move the capital to Beijing, edit the Yongle ceremony, send Zheng He to the west, dredge the Grand Canal, which made the Ming Dynasty develop to the peak, known as the "Yongle golden age" in history, and fully demonstrated Tang Yu's legal power, military power, economic power, and cultural power The great talent of a powerful country.

Tang Zhen, one of the "four famous enlightenment thinkers" in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, was the eleventh generation of Tang Yu's sun.

Tang Yu's life is mysterious, and the year of his birth and death has never been confirmed. His existence seems to be for Zhu Di. From 1381 to 1405, he began to serve as Zhu Di's teacher. For 25 years, he devoted himself to teaching and assisting Zhu Di.

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Tang Yu, a native of Lanxi County, Jinhua Prefecture, Zhejiang Province, was a Jinshi in 1379, the 12th year of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. He was in charge of the cultivation of Zhu Di, the fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang. After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he was promoted to the Emperor's mentor. In 1414, Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty moved to lanmugou, Dongxiang County, Sichuan Province, which is now Kunchi Township, Xuanhan County, Dazhou City, Sichuan Province.

The roots of Tang Yu's family

Zhejiang

, Zhifa

Dazhou

His son Tang Kun and great grandson Tang Ren are both famous. His descendants also include Tang Jinzhou and Tang Jietai. In particular, Tang Zhen, the son of Tang Jietai and the eleventh generation successor of Tang Yu, wrote Qian Shu, which is one of the top 100 thinkers in China.

Tang Yu was the most trustworthy person of emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty. He discovered that emperor Jianwen had avoided living in Daba Mountain, so he granted Tang Yu five Confucian classics to give lectures and granted the title of Kaixue temple. After Tang Yu's death, Cheng Zu decreed that "Yu's lessons are good, please join the local sages.". It was buried in the Dongyang river mouth terrace above Nanba Town, Xuanhan county. Xiong's wife was buried in this tomb. The tombstone is made of imitation wood, the double eaves of which have been destroyed, and there are three buttresses of Dou Gong on the top of Pubai square. There are yongbi niches on both sides of the stele, engraved with the patterns of green dragon and white tiger. The building on the surface of the cemetery was destroyed during the "Cultural Revolution", and the underground palace is still intact. In 1984, Tang Yu's tomb was listed as a county-level cultural relic protection unit by Xuanhan County People's government.

Personal experience

Tang Yu became emperor because of his student Zhu Di's victory in the struggle for power and position, so he was promoted from Prince's tutor to Emperor's tutor. According to research, he was the first emperor's tutor in Dazhou.

According to the relevant historical records, "Tang Gongyu, whose name is JINGDING, was a member of the imperial examination of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty. He had not been a scholar and was bestowed a gift to the Hanlin. At the age of Xinyou, he was granted the imperial edict to the East Palace and the Imperial edict to the crown prince. Chengzu ascended the throne in Guiwei. In the second year of Yiyou, the emperor granted the Wujing Confucian lecture hall and granted it to the Confucian ministers of the founding of the Ming Dynasty. In the Jiawu period, he served as an official. He was an official in Sichuan. He lived in Kui and moved to lanmugou, the former river of the eastern city. His wife Xiong gave birth to two sons: Chang tangkun and CI Tangli. When Yu Zu died, he was buried at the mouth of hedongxikou in front of Dongyi. Jiacheng stepped back to ring the hall, and his ancestors were buried together.

Zhu Di's teacher

When Zhu Yuanzhang was in power, there was a man named Tang Xiangtai in Lanxi County, Jinhua Prefecture, Zhejiang Province, who served as doctor of the five classics and imperial envoy. Tang Xiangtai has three sons: Tang Yu, Tang Zan and Tang Rui. Tang Yu's ancestor was Tang Jie, the Prime Minister of Shenzong emperor in the Northern Song Dynasty.

In 1381, two years after Tang Yuzhong became a scholar, Zhu Yuanzhang transferred him to the east palace as a teacher. Recently, he became a full-time teacher of the fourth Prince Zhu Di.

Jiaoyu is the name of a student official, which means a formal teacher. What does Japanese speaking official mean? It is also a kind of official name. Its main job is to help the emperor apply the classics and history, answer the emperor's inquiries, and also act as the emperor's secretary to record the emperor's words and deeds. In the Ming Dynasty, Japanese lecturers were generally senior scholars in the Imperial Academy. It can be seen that Tang Yu was so trusted and valued by Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang at that time.

Perhaps, Tang Yu, who taught Zhu Di at that time, would not have thought that the fourth prince would become an emperor in the future. However, in Tang Yu's eyes, the fourth Prince is just his student, and he has the responsibility to teach well. Tang Yu devoted himself to Zhu Di's education, advocated the idea of "people-oriented", emphasized the policy of "strengthening the country and enriching the people", and highly praised the idea of "civilian education", which had a great influence on Zhu Di. After Zhu Di became emperor, Tang Yu helped him for another three years.

In 1405, Zhu Di summoned Tang Yu to give him an official post. Tang Yu quickly declined and said, "I am too old to serve your majesty." Zhu Di did not do it. He insisted that Tang Yu come out and give full play to his country, and Tang Yu also resolutely did not do it. After so many refusals, Zhu Di reluctantly agreed to Tang Yu's return home.

Tang Yu, who returned to his hometown in Lanxi County, Jinhua Prefecture, Zhejiang Province, had no leisure in his happy old age. In his opinion, it all depends on education to be an imperial teacher all his life and cultivate an excellent emperor! Therefore, he should give full play to the Limited surplus heat in the unlimited education. Therefore, Tang Yu built a lecture room and set up a private school, which was called "Wujing Confucian school".

If history goes on like this, Tang Yu will gradually grow old in his happy life until his death. However, the waste heat has not played for a few years, but he took his family all the way to live in the village of Batou, Xuanhan, Dazhou City, Sichuan Province.

Entering Sichuan

Why did Tang Yu enter Sichuan in the 12th year of Yongle? There is a textual research on the history of the visit to Shu. It is said that emperor Jianwen's whereabouts are unknown due to his defeat, which makes Chengzu uneasy. He orders to find emperor Jianwen and see people alive and dead. So Chengzu organized a large number of "special teams" to search at home and abroad. During Zheng He's seven voyages to the west, Hu Yan, Secretary of the National Security Council, traveled to Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Yunnan, Sichuan and other provinces. In fact, in order to consolidate the power of Zhu Di, a student, and under the command of the imperial envoy, Tang Yu came to Nanba, on the other side of lanmuxi River in Xuanhan County, which was an important post station leading to northern Sichuan and southern Shaanxi in the Three Gorges area.

According to historical records, Jianwen emperor, who was in trouble, wandered all over the world and finally set foot on the land of Bashu. He successively went to Huzhou, Chongqing, Linshui, Dazhu, Tongjiang, Bazhong, Nanbu, Langzhong and Daxian, leaving a large number of relics and legends. After finding out that Zhu Yunwen lived away from Daba Mountain, who was entrusted with the task of monitoring Huidi? After thinking about it, Zhu Di thinks that the most suitable person is his mentor Tang Yu, who is more reliable.

According to research, Emperor Jianwen died of illness in Zhongshan temple, Longtan Township, Daxian county during zongjingtai period (1450-1457). Dai Zong ordered the Ministry of rites (State Bureau of Religion) to send the eminent monk Beijing yinxiu monk (No. Bifeng, from Baodi County, Tianjin) to the funeral. Yinxiu monk expanded Zhongshan temple into "the first Buddhist temple in Tongzhou", and built a tomb on the east side of Zhongshan Temple according to the standard of imperial mausoleum. Although it has experienced more than 500 years of wind and rain, the underground palace is still well preserved. During the Wanli reign of emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty, it was renovated and ordered Wei Chengfang, the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs, to supervise the work. The inscription on the reconstruction of Zhongshan temple was handed down to later generations, and the Ming Hui Temple (Jianwen emperor, also known as Hui emperor) was built at the longwangtan of xiaohezui in Dacheng to commemorate it. So far, the temple has been destroyed, but two Huangjue trees are still deep rooted, leafy and towering.

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