He Jingming

He Jingming

He Jingming (August 6, 1483 to August 5, 1521) was born in Shihe District of Xinyang. He was named Zhongmo, Baipo and dafushan. He was a wise man from childhood. He was able to write at the age of eight. In 1502, he was a 19-year-old Jinshi in the middle of Hongzhi period. He was also a scholar in the cabinet. At the beginning of Zhengde, the eunuch Liu Jin was good at power, and he Jingming was grateful for his illness. Liu Jinzhu, the official returned to his original post. He went to Shaanxi to study as deputy envoy.

He Jingming is an important figure in the "four outstanding writers" of the Ming Dynasty. He is also one of the famous "top seven sons" of the Ming Dynasty. He is also known as the literary leader together with Li Mengyang. Some of his poems are quite realistic. He once advocated the literary reform movement in Ming Dynasty. He wrote 32 poems, 1560 poems, 137 articles and 38 volumes of Da Fu Ji. The cemetery is now in dafushan, Xinyang Normal University.

Life of the characters

He Jingming was born in 1483, the 19th year of Chenghua in Ming Dynasty. His mother Li's dream was that the sun fell on her arms, so she named him Jingming.

In the 22nd year of Chenghua (1486), when Jingming was three years old, his elder brother, Jing Shaozhong, got married. The second brother, Jingyang, has also achieved a lot, which has inspired he Jingming. Jing tomorrow is intelligent. He can couplet at the age of six and write articles at the age of eight. He has a strong ability of reading and memorizing.

In the eighth year of Hongzhi (1495), when he Jingming was 12 years old, his father also took he Jingming with him when he was an official in Weiyuan County.

In the 11th year of Hongzhi (1497), he Jingming returned home, and his elder brother jingshao taught him to read Shangshu, which can be explained in only nine months. At this time, Li Han, the censor of Qinshui, inspected Ru Ning and debugged the students in Xinyang. After reading he Jingming's paper, he sighed "genius" and went to Xinyang to see he Jingming. So he Jingming became famous at this time.

In the 12th year of Hongzhi (1499), when he Jingming was 16 years old, he and his second brother won the provincial examination at the same time. He Jingming won the third place in Shangshu.

In the 13th year of Hongzhi (1500), he Jingming took part in the spring exam of the Ministry of rites. Because there were many strange words in the text, the examiner didn't appreciate them, so he fell behind. After returning home, the second elder brother was the magistrate of Baling County, and he Jingming went to baling with him.

In 1502, when Jingming was 20 years old, he was finally admitted to Jinshi. He Jingming was an ordinary scholar, but he didn't become an ordinary scholar because of his upright nature.

Hongzhi seventeen years (1504), 22 years old this year, officially awarded as the book of the sheriff. Zhongshu Sheren, who was responsible for drafting imperial edicts, participated in secrets, and was appointed by those with good writing and virtue.

In 1505, he Jingming was sent to Yunnan and returned to Beijing one year later. When he Jingming was an official, it was also the time when Liu Jin, the great eunuch, was in power. At that time, Emperor Wuzong of Ming Dynasty was only 15 years old and had nothing to do with him. He Jingming wrote to Shoufu to punish Liu Jin, but it didn't work. He Jingming asked to return to his hometown, and Liu Jin approved.

He Jingming returned to Xinyang to live for four years. Besides reading and writing books, he was just playing. During this period, elder brother he Jingming and his parents died one after another.

In 1510, Liu Jin was killed, and he Jingming was appointed as a lecturer in the cabinet. Officials speak Confucian classics for emperors and ministers three times a month.

Zhengde 13 years (1518), 35 years old in this year, he Jingming was promoted to the Ministry of official seal inspection Secretary wailang, from six products, for the Ministry of official secretary. There are four divisions: wenxuanqing Li Si, Yanfeng Si, Jixun Si and kaogong Si. He was in charge of the affairs of marquis, social duty, favor, difficulty, request and donation. It's also very powerful.

Zhengde 13 years (1518), promoted to Shaanxi tixue Deputy envoy. Official to four products.

In 1521, he Jingming resigned because of illness and returned to his hometown. He died six days later at the age of 39.

Main achievements

Taige style prevailed in Ming Dynasty, which paid attention to whitewash Taiping, luxury and form. Eight part essay is popular. After he Jingming became a scholar, Li Mengyang, Kang Hai, Wang Jiusi, Bian Gong, Xu Zhenqing and Wang Ting advocated the restoration of literature. At that time, it was collectively known as "the first seven sons of Ming Dynasty". His main idea is "literature must be in Qin and Han Dynasties, poetry must be in Tang Dynasty.". "The article is mainly applicable, and poetry is better to reflect reality and have charm.

He Li's Retro movement made the style of Chinese writing a great change in the middle of Ming Dynasty.

At that time, these people tried their best to learn Tang poetry and followed suit. Later, he Jingming found that this brought poetry creation to a dead end without innovation. So when he returned to Xinyang, he learned about folk literature and poetry, and found that the real literature is poetry reflecting real life, which has charm. So I think that Lao Du's poems have no charm, but not as good as the four outstanding poets in the early Tang Dynasty. It is against imitation and requires originality. And criticized Li Mengyang's poetry creation. Angered Li Mengyang, they turned against each other from then on.

When he Jingming was deputy envoy of Shaanxi University, he saw and heard that there were many shortcomings in the academic administration, so he seriously rectified them. He specialized in teaching students "classics and world affairs" and selected excellent students from the province to study in Zhengxue Academy. He personally explained classics and history to them and established a set of strict rules and regulations. After some rectification, the style of writing has greatly improved.

personal works

He Jingming wrote 32 Fu, 1560 poems, 137 articles, and more than 10 other works, including 14 volumes of collating Han and Wei poems, 26 volumes of he Jingming's poetry anthology, 30 volumes of yongdaji, 38 volumes of dafuji, Xie Lizhi abridged edition, he zizayan and XueYue. Most of his works include Sikuquanshu, which has been translated into many foreign languages.

Character evaluation

"Ming history" records: "the official bag is less than 30 gold. "

"History of the Ming Dynasty" evaluation: "Jingming zhicao Gengjie, justice, despicable glory and profit, and Li Mengyang and Guoshi wind

Anecdotes and allusions

He Jingming was upright all his life. He didn't pay any power or eunuch. Sometimes, when the dignitaries invite him, they can't refuse, so they bring their own toilet and sit on it to eat.

When I was in Shaanxi, I would fight as long as I saw the family members of powerful people doing evil. When he returned from his illness, he had only 30 liang of silver.

He Jingming, as the emperor's imperial envoy, returned from South Yunnan without taking any money or things from local officials. When he took office in Huanli of Shaanxi Province, when he saw that Liu Jin, the eunuch, was good at power, corrupt and perverted the law, he dared to accept the invitation, wrote to the Minister of the Ministry of officials, and advised him to uphold the government.

When Li Mengyang, a close friend of the literary world, was persecuted and put in prison in Jiangxi Province, everyone was in danger, but he Jingming was the only one to cry for him. In the book of Yingzhao Chenyan Zhengan Shu, it reveals four mistakes of the Emperor: the adopted son should not be kept; the frontier army should not be kept; the fan monk should not be spoiled; the eunuch should not be appointed.

Historical records

In July 1987, Zhongzhou Ancient Books Publishing House published He Da Fu Ji.

The history of the Ming Dynasty has its biography, the history of the words and deeds of the famous officials of the Ming Dynasty, the annals of Shaanxi Province, the annals of Henan Province, the annals of runing Prefecture, the annals of Xinyang Prefecture, etc.

Cai Runan, the governor of Henan Province, once set up a temple for him under the tianzhongshan mountain in Runan and wrote inscriptions for him. The five sages Temple of yuwangtai in Kaifeng is dedicated to Jingming, Li Bai, Du Fu, Gao Shi and Li Mengyang.

member of family

Gaozu: he Taishan

Zeng Zu: he Hai

Grandfather: He Jian

Father: He Xin

Commemoration of later generations

In 1983, he Jingming Research Office was established in Xinyang Normal University. In March 1984, Japanese scholar Mu Ming came to pay homage to he Jingming's tomb and had academic exchanges with normal university. In 1986, the National Symposium of he Jingming was held in Xinyang.

Cemetery site

He Jingming's tomb is located in Baipo Xiantang village, Jinniushan administrative district, Xinyang City. It is now in Xinyang Normal University, 50 meters north of the gymnasium and 100 meters west of the new library. In front of the tomb, there is the ancestral hall of Mr. He Dafu (i.e. the hall for the enjoyment of he's family). The word "Shike" is written on the wall of the front door, and the ancestral hall is dedicated to the ancestors of he's family. There is a tablet on the left side of the outer road of the temple. The tomb is behind the temple. In front of the tomb, there is a blue stone carved archway in the 25th year of Wanli (1597) of the Ming Dynasty. The banner reads "Tianci Lingyuan", on which ten dignitaries, such as Imperial Envoys, ministers and inspectors, are named. In front of the tomb, there are Shinto stone inscriptions, including officials, warriors, lions, horses, pigs and sheep.

In 2011, through the efforts of Xinyang Municipal government, Xinyang Normal University and Xinyang he clan, they jointly invested more than 1 million yuan to rebuild jingmingyuan.

He Jingming Literature Award

He Jingming literature award is divided into six sub awards. First, he Jingming literature award. One Xinyang writer with important influence in the award year was awarded. Second, literature classification award. There are five awards: Novel Award, short story award, poetry award, prose award and essay award. Four excellent novels, short and medium Stories (including short stories published in Collections), four poetry collections, four prose collections and four essays Collections published by Xinyang writers in the year of award.

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