Song Qi
Song Qi
Song Qi (AD 998-ad 1061), the word Zijing, the small word xuanlang. His ancestral home is Anlu, Anzhou (now Anlu City, Hubei Province). Song Shen, the grandfather of Gao, moved to yongqiu County, Kaifeng Prefecture. He is an official, a famous writer, a historian and a poet of the Northern Song Dynasty. Song Qi, the younger brother of Sikong song Xiang, and his elder brother song Xiang had the same literary name, which was called "Er song" at that time. The language of poetry is beautiful, because there is a sentence "red apricot branches in spring" in yulouchun, it is known as "red apricot Shangshu". Fan Zhen wrote a tablet for it.
In the second year of Tiansheng, he was a Jinshi. At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, he was appointed as a military officer in Fuzhou. After the emperor called for an examination, he was granted the title of history museum. Li Guan was a Bachelor of LongTuge, a historian, and a scholar of Gaozhi. He once cooperated with Ouyang Xiu to compile the new book of Tang Dynasty, most of which was written by Song Qi for more than ten years. Book into the Ministry of Industry Secretary, Bai Hanlin bachelor Chengzhi. Jiayou died in the sixth year, sixty-four years old, posthumous Jingwen.
Life of the characters
Song Qi's ancestor was Weizi, the emperor of Song state, who was granted by King Wu of Zhou Dynasty. In the late Tang Dynasty, song Shen, the emperor of Song Dynasty, who was the Prime Minister of the imperial censor at that time, was dismissed from office because of his improper speech. So his family moved to Shuangta township of yongqiu county (now Minquan County of Shangqiu, Henan Province).
In the second year of Tiansheng (1024), Song Qi and his elder brother song Xiang held the same Jinshi. The Ministry of rites proposed that Song Qi should be the first and song Xiang the third. But empress Zhang Xian thought that her younger brother could not be in front of her elder brother, so she named song Xiang the number one scholar, and put Song Qi in the tenth place, called "Er song". According to the difference of size, it was also called "double number one scholar".
At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, he was promoted to be a military officer in Fuzhou. Later, he was recommended by Sun Xun (SH ì) and promoted to be the Prime Minister of Dali temple and Guozijian. After the palace examination, it was awarded to zhishiguan, and then promoted to Taichang doctor, Tongzhi etiquette Institute. He was also promoted to wailang, a member of the Ministry of Shangshu, and wrote notes on daily life.
In the second year of Baoyuan (1039), Song Qi changed his position as yantieju court. He was promoted to tianzhang court, and was sentenced to taichangli court to Guozijian. In the northwest border war financial situation is tight, he wrote on the "three redundant three expense" Shangshu.
In the first year of Qingli (1040), song Xiang was demoted to zhishouzhou (now Fengtai County, Anhui Province) and Chenzhou (now Huaiyang County, Henan Province) because of his brother's disagreement with the prime minister LV Yijian.
In 1043, when he returned to the court, he was a Bachelor of LongTuge and a historian. He was ordered by the emperor to revise the book of Tang with Ouyang Xiu, which lasted for 17 years.
Qingli six years (1046), song Qisheng right Jianyi doctor, as the herd.
Qingli eight years (1048), once again as Hanlin bachelor.
In the first year of Huangyou (1049), Song Qi was demoted to Xuzhou (now Xuchang City, Henan Province) because of the canonization of Princess Zhang. A few months later, he was recalled to serve as a bachelor and was promoted to Shizhong and LongTuge.
In 1052, because of his son's crime, he was demoted to Bozhou (now Anhui Province) and wrote about Jixian hall.
In 1053, Cheng Dejun (Zhengding County, Hebei Province) was promoted to minister of rites. Later, he was transferred to Dingzhou (Dingxian County, Hebei Province). The emperor granted him the title of Duanming palace bachelor, and specially promoted him to the official minister, zhiyizhou (now Chengdu City, Sichuan Province).
In the fourth year of Jiayou's reign (1059), he returned to Beijing from Yizhou and was granted the third secretary's envoy. Later, Bao Zheng and others wrote that his brother song Xiang was the prime minister, and Song Qi was not suitable to be the third secretary's envoy. After that, the emperor granted him the title of LongTuge bachelor, knowing Zhengzhou.
In the fifth year of Jiayou (1060), the compilation of the book of Tang was completed, and Song Qi was promoted to Zuo Cheng and Minister of industry.
In the sixth year of Jiayou (1061), Song Qi returned to the capital, paid homage to the Hanlin scholars, and resumed his post as a group pastor.
In March of the sixth year of Jiayou (1061), Song Qi died in Tokyo.
Character achievement
Present the current affairs directly
In the second year of Baoyuan (1024), when the financial situation of the northwest border war was tight, Song Qi wrote about "three redundant and three expenses" (three redundant and three expenses, namely redundant officials, redundant soldiers and redundant monks; three expenses were Daochang Jiaozhai, building more temples and wasting money for public use). He said that the court should streamline its military and administration, and save money. During the reign of emperor you, he wrote a series of letters about the strategy of consolidating the border defense, and wrote seven articles on Yurong.
Revision of history books
In Song Renzong's time, there were some wrong, disordered and incomplete books in the three libraries of Song Dynasty (Zhaowen library, Jixian academy and History Museum). So Song Qi, Zhang Guan, zhizhigao, Li Shu and other scholars were ordered to examine the samples of dingkan library and decide whether they should be preserved or not. If there were mistakes and repetitions, they would be deleted. If there were incomplete books in them, they would be supplemented and corrected The title of the book is Chongwen Zongmu. Song Qi and Ouyang Xiu co wrote the new book of Tang Dynasty (formerly known as the book of Tang Dynasty). In order to distinguish the old book of Tang Dynasty compiled by the government in the Late Jin Dynasty, it is called the new book of Tang Dynasty). There are 28469 volumes of books written by scholars of Tang Dynasty. The revision of the new book of the Tang Dynasty is helpful to the study of the academic culture of the Tang Dynasty.
Anecdotes and allusions
Marriage of words
One day, after a banquet, song Qilian came back to his mansion. He passed FanTai street and happened to meet the Royal motorcade. Song Qilian gave way. At this time, someone in the car called softly: "song." When Song Qi looked up, he only saw the curtain of the car gently put down, and a young maid in court gave him a smile. The motorcade passed by, but the beauty's smile made Song Qi's heart flutter, unable to calm down for a long time. After going back, Song Qi wrote a poem "Partridge Sky" (the word is: "painted hub (g ǔ) carved saddle narrow road meet.". A broken heart embroidered in the curtain. There are no colorful Phoenix wings in the body, but there is something in the heart. Gold for the house, jade for the cage. Cars are like running water, horses and dragons. Liu Lang has hated Pengshan for its distance, and it weighs tens of thousands across it. ") To record this dream like experience and express my regret that I can't see the beauty again.
The sentence "body without colorful Phoenix wings, heart with a touch of wisdom" in CI enlivens the poetry of Tang Dynasty poet Li Shangyin, but it is integrated with the artistic conception of CI. As soon as the new words came out, they were immediately sung in the capital and later spread to song Renzong. The emperor then asked the people at that time, "which car is it that called Xiao Song?" Finally, a maid in waiting stood up and said shyly, "at that time, we went to the banquet to see Xuan Han and Lin. the ministers around us said: This is Xiao Song. I saw him in the car by chance, so I called out The emperor laughed and soon called Song Qi to the palace. Speaking of this, Song Qi Cheng was terrified and ashamed. Renzong joked with a smile: "Pengshan is not far away." With that, he gave the maid of honor to him. Song Qi not only had a smooth official life, but also got married because of his excellent songs, which made people envious.
Last words
After Song Qi died of illness, he wrote his own epitaph and wrote a "Yijie" to teach his sons to do as he said.
In "Yijie", Song Qi explained his own affairs: "three days of funeral, three days of burial, be careful not to be vulgar, yin and yang are also taboo." I told my sons to keep their funerals simple. I didn't have to be influenced by the Customs at that time, and I didn't have to ask Mr. Yin Yang to see Fengshui according to the Customs at that time. He also told his son to bury in a simple coffin, as long as the body can be preserved for a period of time. At that time, it should be said that it was a rather optimistic idea. In the second half of "Yijie", he explained other matters in detail: "I am not a famous scholar (meaning that knowledge has not yet become a family), and the articles are only for middle-class people, not for later generations (meaning that the articles are very general and not worth spreading to later generations). As an official, under the liang2000 stone, do not ask for posthumous titles or receive gifts. " Even "five cypresses are planted on the tombs, the tombs are three feet high, shiwengzhong (the stone figure guarding the tombs in the old days) and other animals are not allowed to use" are clearly explained. He was also afraid that his sons would not do as he said. At the end of "Yijie", he specially asked: "if you wait, you can't disobey your orders."
It can be clearly seen from this "commandment" that Song Qi's son should not pursue fame and wealth, do not follow the common customs, and do not pursue luxury. He should change customs, advocate thrift, and show his noble thoughts and sentiments. Song Qi's "Yijie" is a good example of family education.
personal works
(< I > attachment: a total of 1578 ancient poems of Song Qi can be found. ）
Character evaluation
Song Qi was as famous as his elder brother. At that time, he was more concise and capable in writing and being an official than his elder brother. However, he lived a luxurious life and had more maidservants and concubines than his elder brother. No matter he was in or out of the court, he always spoke frankly and had many practical views, such as the "three redundant" and "three expenses" of the Song Dynasty's finance, and the Hebei armament, which were more important in the Reform Opinions of various schools at that time.
Song Qi once wrote his own epitaph and Zhijie, claiming that he was not a famous scholar, but only a Chinese.
Jun Zhai Du Shu Zhi: there are many odd words in his poems.
General catalogue of Sikuquanshu: Chao Gongwu "wrote the book of Tang by Qi, which is difficult to carve, so there are words.".
Family members
Gaozu: the gentry of Song Dynasty
Zeng Zu: Song Pian
Grandfather: Song Yao
Father: Song Yu (P ǐ)
Mother: Zhong
Elder brother: Song Xiang
Commemoration of later generations
Double champion tower
Sixty miles northwest of Minquan County, Shangqiu City, Henan Province, there is a market town called Shuangta, in which a pair of pagodas were demolished during the cultural revolution. According to historical records, in the early years of song Tiansheng, there were two brothers, song Xiang and Song Qi, who studied hard. They first promoted shuangkui and built Shuangta to commemorate. The local people call it "double champion tower".
The height of the tower is about 20 meters. There are steps on the body of the tower. You can climb to the top of the tower. In the Mid Autumn Festival, the sky is bright, the ground is broad, the golden wind is rustling, and the leaves are rustling. In the old days, it was called "autumn wind of double towers" and ranked first among the "eight sceneries of Qi county". In 1963, Shuangta was announced as a key cultural relic protection unit in Minquan county.
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