Sun Tingquan

Sun Tingquan

Sun Tingquan (1613-1674) was born in Yidu (today's Boshan) of Shandong Province. His first name was Tingxuan and his name was Meixian. In 1640, he became a Jinshi of gengchenke. After entering the Qing Dynasty, he went to the Secretary College as a bachelor. Kangxi 13 years (1674) sick death, posthumous wending. His works include a brief account of the southern expedition, miscellany of Yanshan, Han Shiyi, and the provincial text of Qinpu.

Life of the characters

Sun Tingquan, with the name of Meixian, was born in Yanshen (today's Boshan) street. In the 12th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, he passed the examination and became a Jinshi in the next year. A few years later, he was appointed as Minister of the Ministry of war, Minister of the Ministry of household and Minister of the Ministry of official. In 1662 (the first year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi), he became a Bachelor of the internal Secretary academy and joined the civil aviation department. He had been in office for more than a year and was called "suffering from the disease of Zheng Chong". He asked to return when he was ill. In the winter of 1664, sun Tingquan returned to his hometown, Yanshen Town, where he wrote many books, such as miscellaneous notes of Yanshan.

"Liuli" is a section of products in Yanshan Zaji, with complete content and detailed records. In the tenth year of Qianlong's reign, it was included in the sequel of Zhaodai series, and it was named Liuli Zhi. Sun Tingquan's Liuli Zhi, with a scientific documentary attitude and writing method, only has 2000 words. It takes the composition, refining process, product types, production technology of Liuli and its products, and even clarifies the origin and generation of Liuli. It abandons Yan shigu's "Liuli is a natural thing" and adopts Cheng Dachang's "casting stone as a tool, it has existed since ancient times" and "although the western region Liuli" in the Song Dynasty It is also made of stone. There is no natural person. It is written clearly and orderly. Liuli Zhi is a scientific and technological document that systematically and comprehensively describes the glass technology, which has full and reliable historical value for the development of Boshan glass industry and the discussion and research of experts and scholars on Boshan glass.

Sun Guolao is an official with high talent. He is recorded as a famous person in historical records, but there is too little mention of his Liuli Zhi. In fact, this is his greatest contribution to science and technology of the motherland in his life.

In Boshan, I don't know many people about sun Tingquan, but it's almost a household name to mention sun Guolao. One of the reasons is the status and prestige of the "elder statesman". In the Qing Dynasty, sun Guolao was a "three ministry" secretary, and he also taught the emperor, known as "a generation of imperial teacher". The second reason is sun Guolao's talent, such as his "Shiyan to yunian" in the sentence "mountains from the house haze, water holding the village flow stream sound". "The fishermen and the woodcutters in Beizhu pass through the distance, and the scarves in Xichou drive back to the clouds" is indeed a scene with deep affection and popular popularity.

Anecdotes and allusions

Sun Tingquan was an official for most of his life. How could he write such a scientific and technological literature work? According to records, Boshan glaze industry began to take shape in the Yuan Dynasty, flourished in the Ming Dynasty and developed in the Qing Dynasty. Several generations of sun Tingquan's ancestors were engaged in the production and management of colored glaze. Sun Yanshou, sun Tingquan's great grandfather, was "a member of the inner court, and a craftsman in charge of the workshop". That is to say, the sun family not only managed and produced colored glaze, but also served as the "official" in the management of colored glaze workshop. Obviously, this family, which can be called "Liuli aristocratic family", has enough experience in making and managing Liuli. Influenced by sun Tingquan and influenced by his family, he laid a solid foundation for his later years to write Liuli Zhi, and a Liuli Zhi contributed valuable technology and materials to the development of Liuli industry.

Historical records

Official history《

A draft of the history of the Qing Dynasty

·Biography of sun Tingquan

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