Qi Lun

Qi Lun

Qi Lun (954-1021), whose name is Zhongyan, was born in Suiyang Xueshe, Songcheng County, Songzhou, whose ancestral home is Chuqiu county. Suiyang Xueshe teaches the son of Qi Tongwen.

Taizong was a Jinshi in 983. Li Zhizhou County, into Guanglu Temple Cheng. Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty ascended the throne, in addition to the management of the secret Pavilion. In the first year of Jingde (1004), LongTuge was established. In the second year, the "CE Fu Yuan GUI" was revised. Jin Zhi Zuo Si Jian, member of the Ministry of war wailang. In 1010, he left Hangzhou and moved to Yangzhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Yunzhou and Hezhou.

In the winter of the fourth year of Tianxi (1020), Qi Lun asked to return to his hometown due to his illness, and he was appointed Shaoqing of Taichang and was assigned to Nanjing. In 1021, he died of illness at the age of 68. There are 20 volumes of collected works, which have been lost.

Life of the characters

Qi Lun's father, Qi Tongwen, lost his parents when he was young. His grandmother brought him to his mother's home in Songcheng county to raise him. Qi Tongwen is famous for his filial piety. When his grandmother died, he cried day and night and did not eat for a few days, which moved the villagers. He heard that there was a professor named Yang Ke in Tongxian county. He was very envious of him, but he was lonely and poor, unable to learn from his teacher. One day, he passed by Suiyang school and was studied by Yang Ke. He taught his book of rites. Qi Tongwen recited it immediately and recited a volume one day. Yang was so surprised that he accepted the orphan. Tongwen is extremely intelligent and diligent. In less than a year, he can recite the five classics. Later, Yang court betrothed his younger sister to Qi Tongwen as his wife, and Qi Tongwen studied harder. In the first year of Zhou Xiande (954), Qi Tongwen, who was in his fifties at that time, gave birth to his second son, named Qi Lun.

In 983, Qi Lun was appointed as the governor of Yishui and transferred to the county magistrate of Taihe County. The common people in the south of the Yangtze River are vicious and tough, and often have lawsuits. Qi Lun wrote 50 poems about the people, using local customs and things familiar to the people to admonish and teach the people, and most of the local people recite it. Every year, we make an agreement with the prisoners to send them home to worship their ancestors, and the prisoners return on schedule. Later, when he was promoted to guanglucheng, he was dismissed from his official post because of his negligence in the trial of Chenzhou. During this period, he wrote 12 chapters of Li Dao Ping, which was highly appreciated and respected by Qian Ruoshui and Wang Yucheng. A long time later, Qi Lun was awarded the title of Dali Pingshi and zhiyongjia county (now Wenzhou, Zhejiang). Yongjia County has the advantage of pond irrigation, dredge management to prevent floods and droughts. He also served as the governor of Guanglu temple, and the transfer envoy reported his achievements. The imperial court issued many imperial edicts to praise Qi Lun.

In the second year of Jingde (1005), Zhao Anren, Huang Jiong, Chen Chong and Zhu Kui Tongzhi Gongju were employed. The method of selecting literati mentioned by Qi Lun Shangzuo mostly became rules and regulations, which were adopted by the imperial court. Qi Lun thought that the official positions of Sangong, Shangshu and jiulie had gradually increased since the end of the Tang Dynasty, and the orders were not unified. He suggested that the laws and regulations of Tongli and Liudian should be adopted, inherited and reformed according to categories, and the grand ceremony should be written. At that time, people praised it very much. Song Zhenzong appreciated this.

In 1009, Cao Cheng, a native of Songcheng County in yingtianfu, built more than 100 houses near Qi Tongwen's old house, gathered thousands of volumes of books and invited scholars to give lectures. Emperor song Zhenzong issued an imperial edict to grant the academy "yingtianfu academy". He ordered Qi Lun's eldest son fenglilang Qi Shunbin to be in charge of the Academy, appointed Cao Cheng as assistant teacher of the Academy, and entrusted officials of the academy to promote them.

In 1010, song Zhenzong was promoted to be the Privy direct Bachelor of Qi Lun, and wrote poems to show his favor. Soon after he came to Hangzhou, Hu Ze served as a shipping envoy. He once stayed in Hangzhou, indulged in reckless behavior and had a deep friendship with Li Pu. Qi Lun always hated him. Wu Yaoqing, a member of Hu Ze's party, secretly spied on Qi Lun's every move and reported the situation to Hu Ze. Hu Ze was close to those in power at that time, so he collected Qi Lun's faults together. Later, Qi Lun was transferred to Yangzhou. But Yangzhou was also under the influence of Li Pu and Hu Ze, and its control was more severe. Qi Lun asked to be transferred to a remote county, so he was transferred to Xuzhou.

In 1015, Qi Lun was appointed governor of Qingzhou. This year, there was a famine. Qi Lun took out the grain stored by the government to help the starving Bai family, so that many old Bai families could save their lives and live a stable life.

In the winter of the fourth year of Tianxi (1020), Qi Lun asked to return to his hometown Songcheng County due to illness. He was appointed Shaoqing of Taichang and was assigned to Nanjing (now Shangqiu, Henan Province). In 1021, he died of illness at the age of 68.

member of family

Father: Qi Tongwen

Mother: younger sister Harcourt Yang

Uncle: Harcourt Yang

Elder brother: Qi Wei

Son: Qi Shunbin

Personal life

Qi Lun devoted himself to ancient learning, was good at talking about fame and reason, and liked to talk about politics. Qi Tongwen died in Suizhou, and Qi Lun walked thousands of miles to mourn. His brother Qi Wei had a deep feeling. When Qi Wei died, Qi Lun was so sad that he didn't eat anything for several days. In the communication between friends and relatives, he is famous for his faithfulness. The Confucians came to see the people, asked about their aspirations, and taught them according to their abilities. Once said: "after returning home, with ten years of teaching in the countryside, we can also restore the ancient road and help the world." He was willing to recommend scholars. Every time he played more than ten people, he was well-known at that time. In his later years, he was rejected by those who were favored by the powerful, and no longer forge ahead. Qi Lun was good at teaching his children. Although he had a prominent position, he was still very thrifty. After death, there was no surplus property in the family.

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