Zhang Shixiang

Zhang Shixiang

Zhang Shixiang (1673-1741), whose name is Ruwan, is called shengzhai. Jinjiang Jianhu (now Chendai Lake) people. He has been a scholar for generations. In 1702, in order to obtain the qualification of taking the imperial examination, Zhang Shixiang moved to Taiwan, teaching and taking the examination at the same time.

In the 59th year of Kangxi (1720), Liang Wenxuan visited Taiwan as a Taoist and Neo Confucianism official. He invited Zhang Shixiang to take part in the annals of Taiwan. In the second year of Qianlong reign (1737), he served as a student of Taiwan government as a teacher in Zhangzhou. Later, he was ill and died in the government office.

Life of the characters

Zhang Shixiang has been on the platform for many years. He usually pays attention to collecting local allusions, so he is very handy in compiling local chronicles. "For the history of building, the mountains and rivers, and the local people, the examination is detailed but strict, and the words are simple but careful. For a time, Taiwan was called the first place in the world. It is a book that has never been written before Xia Zhifang and Gao Shan, who were the censors and examiners of Taiwan during the reign of Yongzheng, also appreciated Zhang Shixiang's literary talent and virtue. They were recommended many times. In 1737, they served as the tutors of Zhangzhou as the Gongsheng of Taiwan government. Since he came to Taiwan to teach, Mr. Zhang has used his savings to buy land and hire people to cultivate and develop it. In addition, his sons have also made great progress: Fang Gao, the eldest son, entered Zhuluo county school at the age of 20. Later he became a student of Fu school and Gongsheng. In the third year of Qianlong's reign, he took the post of Jianning county school instructor and was promoted to Fuzhou Jiaoyu. Fang Sheng, the second son, entered Taiwan's county school at the age of 21, transferred to the government school, and graduated from Gongsheng. The three sons are far away, Gongsheng and alternate counties. Fang Da, his fourth son, entered Taiwan's county school at the age of 21, and later donated Gongsheng to Changhua. Zhang Shixiang was 64 years old when he was teaching in Zhangzhou. He could have spent his life at home, but he took up the post happily out of a Confucian's feeling of using the world to benefit the people. In Zhangzhou, the Confucius Temple and examination institute were repaired to change the old view, and a large number of talents were cultivated by setting up academic rules and taking examinations frequently. The superior appreciated him very much and asked him to serve as the official of Nanjing County. shortly after taking office, when there was a local famine, the government received an order to open a warehouse for disaster relief, and asked Mr. Zhang Shixiang to help with the relief. Every day, from morning to night, he was responsible for counting the number of household accounts and the number of relief. So that "the benefits are even.". The next year, the famine was still not over, and the relief work still needed Zhang Shixiang. Zhang Shixiang didn't refuse because it had nothing to do with him. He was exhausted every day and died of illness in the official office because of overwork.

Main achievements

As early as before he went to Taiwan, Zhang Shixiang was very enthusiastic about his family business. He once participated in the revision of the genealogy of the Zhang family in Jianhu. When he was old, his family property had not yet developed greatly. Every time he thought that the ancestral hall had not been built, he carved three seals: "aim at his ancestors", "untimely work", "children and grandchildren mianzhan", encouraging children and grandchildren to inherit his ambition and build the Zhang family temple in Huzhong. Later, brothers Zhang fanggao succeeded in opening up more than 100 manors in Fengshan, Zhanghua, Zhuluo, Danshui and other places in Taiwan. They built water conservancy projects such as Yong'an canal, fu'anpi and Luchang Kezhen. Bianheng Heng, a biography of Taiwan, is Biographies: "Zhang Birong, the freshwater sea Castle man, Litian became rich. In the thirty-one years of Qianlong, he built the Yongan Zhen with the people of Pei Shi, and led the water to the river, making the Tai Po to Zhu *," Du Jian "and" Chang three "ten li. In the past, there were many dry fields in the seamounts, which were sufficient for irrigation. Xisheng and baizilin, which were connected with the fort, Xinzhuang and touershanchongpu, which were connected with the xingzhibao, all looked up to their water. They were more than 600 Jia, so they were also called "zhangcuozhen". In addition, he built fu'anpi together with Wu Jisheng, which also led the water from the river to irrigate more than 300 hectares of land in the fort, up to shitouxi and down to sanjiaopu. " According to the Taiwan property contract preserved by the Zhang Shixiang family, Zhang birong is the name of the land reclamation household registered by the Zhang Shixiang family with the government, and Zhang Peishi is the manager of the land reclamation of the Zhang Shixiang family. Wu Jisheng, who built fu'anpi water conservancy project with Zhang Jia, was the name of Wu Luo, a native of Jinjiang. In addition to reaping a large amount of land rent and water rent, Zhangjia also managed sugar crops, pawn shops, tile shops, salt farms and other physiologies, becoming a rich man. Zhang fanggao's eldest son Yuande, his second son Yuanren, his third son Yuanyi, his eldest son Zhifa, his second son Zhihua and Fang Da's eldest son Yuanjun won the examination one after another. Six people in one school, all over the stage. In 1756, the brothers of Zhang fanggao built the ancestral hall of Zhang family in Jianhu, which was one of the most famous "three and a half ancestral halls" in QUANNAN. In the 28th year of Qianlong reign (1763), Zhang brothers invested more than 3000 yuan to build a small ancestral hall. Zhang fanggao also personally came to his hometown to supervise the project until it was completed. In Taiwan, Zhang also donated money to repair the Changhua Confucian temple, to build the Baisha academy, and to rebuild the Changhua County school, contributing to the public welfare. More than 2000 people have descended from Zhang Shixiang in Taiwan, and they are distributed in Shulin City, pujianglun, huweixi, Sanzhi Township and Lugang, Changhua. Since 1986, he has organized a group to visit his ancestors in the rivers and lakes of Shanxi every year. In 1994, after the reconstruction of Zhang's family temple, Zhang's descendants in Taiwan, Zhang Fulu's family, donated 1 million yuan.

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