Cao Shuyuan

Cao Shuyuan

Cao Shuyuan (1159-1234) was an official of Song Dynasty. It was originally named Shuya. It was born in Cao village, Ruian, Zhejiang Province, in the Southern Song Dynasty. In the first year of the reign of Shaoxi, he was a Jinshi, a Li official, a scholar of the state, a general judge of Fuzhou, a minister of labor, a magistrate of Yuanzhou, a Taichang Shaoqing, a minister of rites, and an official of huiyouge. Cao Shuyuan was an important figure in the study of local records in Song Dynasty. He once wrote 24 volumes of Yongjia Pu, and also presided over the compilation of eight volumes of Jiangyang Pu (now Luzhou) and Li Quzhi. Unfortunately, the latter two books have not been found in the original books and are only sparsely preserved in other literary and historical materials.

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When he was young, Cao Shuyuan learned from Chen Fuliang and spread his learning of Confucian classics and meritorious deeds. In the 19th year, he took the spring and Autumn Annals as the chief provincial examination. Shaoxi first year (1190) ascended Jinshi. Li Bijian, a scholar of the state, was transferred to Fuzhou for disobeying Han cuzhou. He lived in Huijie of Sichuan and the magistrate of Suining. In the third year of Qing Yuan Dynasty (1197), he was dismissed from office because he was involved in the rebellion against the party membership. In the first year of Jiading (1208), he moved to the Imperial College and went to Caomu, Hubei Province in the seventh year. Twelve years later, he was promoted to Tongzhou, Sichuan Province, where he was sentenced. After entering the dynasty, he became the Minister of labor, and went out to know Yuanzhou. In the first year of shaoding (1228), he served as a secretary and a little supervisor. In the second year, he served as the Minister of Taichang, the editor of the National Museum of history, the reviewer of the Institute of records, and the Minister of the Ministry of rites and the minister. Duanping first year (1234) death, 75, posthumous Wensu. It is said in volume 416 of the history of the Song Dynasty that it is called "Zhengren Duanshi".

Life anecdotes

For the government and for the people

When he was an official in Beijing, Cao Shuyuan was aboveboard, honest and upright, diligent and honest, and made great achievements. He knew that when Suining came, the soldiers suffered from the invasion of military pay, and the situation was very tense. He banned disorderly soldiers from disturbing the people, and patiently and meticulously managed to calm the situation. People call him "a good official from Jiangnan". When he was in Tongzhou, he overcame all kinds of difficulties together with Li gongzhi, the governor of Tongzhou, to repair Tongzhou City, which strengthened the defense of the city and "defended Chengdu all the way". Ye Shi wrote the story of Tongzhou city. When he came to know Yuanzhou, he reduced taxes, promoted schools, punished lawsuits, and dredged liqu, so that the local people could be well governed. In particular, he made great achievements in repairing liqu. In the four hundred years from 809 to 1226 of emperor li Zong of the Song Dynasty, liqu was not dredged in time, resulting in serious blockage and frequent floods and droughts. Cao Shuyuan mobilized the masses and completed the dredging in only one month. Yuan Xiangqing, and engraved "Li Quzhi", detailed along the canal through the mountains and rivers, water potential height, size, easy, far and near from the river, twists and turns, and somewhere should be sparse, somewhere should be chiseled, somewhere should be blocked, somewhere should be equipped with a bucket to store water, somewhere with a bridge for communication, somewhere with a number of reduced ditch, somewhere with a number of connecting ditch, all clear, to provide the basis for future maintenance of the canal Li Fangchun wrote the story of rebuilding Li canal. In the sixth year of Jiading, Cao Shuyuan returned to his hometown and invited his hometown Qi Jun to meet him in writing. At that time, Ye Shi was also living at home. He visited many times in a year. They talked about the theory and practice of Guanyi leisurely, and had a deep relationship. In July of the next year, my uncle went to Caomu in Hubei Province, and Ye Shi wrote "to send Cao Shuyuan", which said: "Cao Zi painstakingly cherished all kinds of worries, and the ancients were far away, thinking of the same stream. I'm willing to be humble today if I don't have the power in my life. In Mayuan cave, there is rain on qiongye, and in nancaoshi, there is autumn on Luhua. Ten years old, I'm looking at the blank head of Cangjiang river. " It describes their common experiences and expresses their deep friendship.

Respecting teachers

Cao Shuyuan had great respect for his teacher Chen Fuliang. After his death, he spared no effort to compile his teacher's 51 volumes of zhizhai anthology in the fifth year of Jiaqing period, which enabled him to pass on his study of the state. In the preface, he enthusiastically eulogized the great cause of running the country: "those who deeply embrace the great cause, as for the reduction, carry out it quietly, and make people return to the Tao, should not have its program items," and "they have a long way to go, and never dare to forget it.". He spoke highly of his life's achievements, "Wu Hu, Sheng Yi, Zou Lu's unification of Xu, he Luo's inheritance, for thousands of years, I don't know how many of them can be seen."

List of works

Cao Shuyuan is an important scholar of Yongjia school. His works include Yongjia Pu (24 volumes), Zhou Li Di Guan's lecture notes, Zhongyong Zhushu, Zhujing Yaojie, Chunqiu calligraphy Qiyi, Xuanhe yukou Jishi, Jue Jing Ji, jiashushoubian, etc. According to Jiang Huai's Qihai suotan, "the prefect sun GONGMAO asked to revise the Yongjia manual. He sat in the Dayun monk's house and read it for half a year. It's called the historical method." Yongjiapu takes chronology, geography, name and people as the general outline, but it is a sub order. The establishment and evolution of annals should be combined with chronology; the mountains and rivers, territory, places of interest and historic sites should be included in the annals; the products of famous annals should be included in the annals; the officials and teachers should be removed and the people should be elected. This is the first style in ancient local records, which has never been seen before. Its "four notation" style, which is divided into different categories and strict in meaning and example, makes the style of local records tend to be complete and finalized, which is of great significance to the development of local records. Therefore, the history of the Song Dynasty said: "the taste of compiling Yongjiapu, the knower said that it had historical talent." His Yongjiapu and jiangyangpu were compiled into Yongle Dadian of Ming Dynasty, but they are lost.

Character evaluation

Cao Shuyuan experienced twists and turns in his life, but he was upright and had a heavy bearing. In June of the fourth year of shaoding, he gave a lecture to the Zhongfeng doctor. He made a speech on Lu Lun through the banquet, transferred to the Zhongfu doctor, and made the banquet more generous. Li Zong wrote a poem about sunflower, which said: "the sunflower is beautiful, but not enchanting. A new sunflower is high beyond the threshold. It's also like you Ying's seat in front of you, and your pupil's robe in the sunshine. " The emperor's family had a family. This biography of the history of the Song Dynasty praises him: "Cao Shuyuan and Wang Wan are all upright and upright." The Ming and Qing government included them in the temple with Lin Shi, Xu Jingheng, Chen Fuliang and other local sages to offer sacrifices for later generations.

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