He Weibo

He Weibo

He Weibo (1510-1587), named Qiao Zhong and Gulin, was born in Shajiao village, Nanhai County, Foshan City, Guangdong Province. In the 14th year of Jiajing (1535), he passed the imperial examination and successively held such official posts as censor of supervision, Shaoqing of Dali temple, left Deputy censor of duchayuan, left servant of the Ministry of officials, and Secretary of the Ministry of rites in Nanjing. He Weibo's learning is based on Chen Baisha, the founder of Jiangmen school in Ming Dynasty. He has written Yi Xue Yi, Li Jing Shuo, Tai Chi diagram, Tian Shan Cao Tang Cun manuscript and Chen Zi Yan Xing Lu. Later scholars call him Mr. Gulin. He Weibo was honest and upright all his life. He once played in Yan Song and Zhang Juzheng. He was a famous official in Ming Dynasty.

Life

In his early years, he Weibo devoted himself to studying Confucianism, which was greatly influenced by Chen Baisha's Neo Confucianism. Ming Shizong Jiajing ten years (1531) to participate in the examination of candidates. In the 14th year of Jiajing (1535), he went to Beijing again to take the examination of Jinshi and was awarded the title of Imperial Academy scholar. Later, he was promoted to censor. During this period, the emperor proposed to stop the war against Annan (today's Vietnam). The emperor once accepted his advice, but not long after that, he launched another three-year war against Annan. Deeply disappointed with the decision made by the imperial court, he resigned and returned to his hometown to study.

In the 23rd year of Jiajing (1544), he was summoned by the imperial court to patrol Fujian in the name of censor. He has made great achievements in governing the Min government and is well received by the people. During his term of office, he took the lead in impeaching Yan Song, a Bachelor of higher learning, for "being charming and inviting favors", which angered emperor Jiajing and sent a special envoy to arrest him in the capital. He was escorted from Fujian to the capital city, where he was tortured in the royal guards prison, but he refused to give in. Later, he was given a lighter punishment by the emperor, and only dismissed his official position and sent back to his original place. And his words and deeds of being upright, daring to remonstrate and fearless of the prime minister won the respect of the people at that time. After he returned to his hometown, he devoted himself to establishing academies to preach the Baisha theory, and admirers from all over the world came in an endless stream.

More than 20 years after he settled in his hometown, he was reappointed by Emperor Mu Zong in the first year of Longqing (1567). He successively served as Shaoqing of Dali temple, left Deputy imperial censor, Minister of rites, Minister of Li, etc. After he returned to the capital, he still had the style of being outspoken and good at remonstrating. He put forward many remonstrations to the emperor about rectifying the government, which were mostly accepted by the emperor.

In the fifth year of Wanli (1577), he was reprimanded by Zhang Houji for refusing to comply with Zhang Juzheng's wishes. First, he was transferred to the official post of minister of rites in Nanjing (a fictitious official post), and then he invited the emperor to fill his official post. He then returned to his hometown and presided over the lectures of Tianshan thatched cottage. He took Baisha theory as his religion, and advocated the principle of the state as his main body. Wanli 15 years (1587) died of illness, posthumous title for "duanke.". Wei Bai had a taste of Chen Xianzhang, so his poems were mostly lecturing.

work

His works include Yi Xue Yi, Tai Chi diagram, draft of Tianshan thatched cottage (eight volumes), general catalogue of Siku, etc.

Clean and honest, as famous as Hai Rui

He Weibo (1510-1587) was born in Nanhai County, Guangdong Province. He was a 25-year-old Jinshi in the examination. He was an honest and upright official and sympathized with the sufferings of the people. When he was patrolling Fujian as a history inspector, he encountered famine. On the one hand, he put forward "ten strategies for famine relief" to the imperial court. On the other hand, he personally urged officials to open warehouses for relief, saving hundreds of thousands of hungry people. He also vindicated unjust imprisonment and cracked down on corrupt officials, so he was deeply loved by the people.

During the reign of emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, when the government was fatuous, he Weibo, who dared to speak up, asked to stop the construction of Shahe palace and Jinshan Gongde temple, and to stop the expedition against Annan (now Vietnam), which was adopted at the beginning. But soon the emperor again attacked Annan. Deeply disappointed with the decision made by the imperial court, he resigned sick and went back to his hometown to study. This is his first retirement.

Give lectures in seclusion and build bridges to benefit one side

In the 23rd year of Jiajing reign, he Weibo was summoned by the imperial court to return to Fujian. At that time, the treacherous minister Yan Song and his son relied on the autocratic power to control the government and to abuse the traitors. Regardless of his personal gains and losses, he Weibai resolutely impeached Yan Song for five major crimes. The whole court and the public were shocked. Emperor Jiajing did not distinguish between the two, so he Weibai was arrested and sent to Beijing for questioning. When he Weibo left Fujian in a prison car, the people ran around crying. Later, the Minister of the central court tried his best to rescue him, and he was demoted to the people. After that, he Weibo returned to Guangzhou and lived in seclusion in Xiaogang (today's Qianjin Road) in the southern suburb for more than 20 years. He encouraged himself with "Tianshan Mountain" and set up "Tianshan Mountain thatched cottage" to give lectures. Ma Yong is located on both sides of Xiaogang village. At that time, there was only one wooden bridge connecting the two sides. Because of the decay of wood, it was very unsafe for students to cross the bridge in rainy days. In order to facilitate the students, he Weibai paid his own money to demolish the wooden bridge and build a stone bridge, known as Xiaogang bridge.

Due to Professor He Weibo's ability, half of his students have won the Ju, and more than 10 have won the Jinshi. This is a good story in Guangzhou and even Guangdong, so the village specially built a memorial archway at the head of Xiaogang bridge to commemorate the achievements of his students.

In the early years of the Republic of China, the stone bridge was repaired

During the Wanli period, he Weibo, 63, was used again, and still kept his style of being outspoken and good at remonstrating. Later, because of disagreement with the chief assistant Zhang Juzheng, he was far away from officialdom. He went back to Guangzhou to give lectures at Tianshan thatched cottage until he died.

After more than 400 years of wind and rain, the Xiaogang bridge built by he Weibo at that time is still in good condition, that is, near the east gate of Xiaogang Park, which is the main road between the two sides of Ma Chung. In the early years of the Republic of China, the gentry invested in the reconstruction of Xiaogang bridge. In memory of he Weibo, it was renamed "Yungui bridge" and Xiaogang village was also renamed "Yungui village".

Chinese PinYin : He Wei Bai