Zeng Zhao

Zeng Zhao

Zeng Zhao (1047-1107), Zikai, Mr. Qufu. Song Jianchang was born in Nanfeng (now Jiangxi Province). The son of Zeng Yizhan. Zeng Gong's half brother. It is known as "Nanfeng Qizeng" (Zeng Gong, Zeng Zhao, Zeng Bu, Zeng Yu, Zeng Dan, Zeng Xie, Zeng Dun). Politicians and poets in the Northern Song Dynasty. He successively served as the Minister of the four departments of Li, Hu, Xing and Li. He was intelligent and eager to learn from his brother Zeng Gong. He has been an official for 40 years. In the four dynasties of Ying, Shen, Zhe and Hui, he served as the Minister of the four departments of Li, Li, Hu and Xing, and the scholar of Zhongshu. He dared to express his feelings about the affairs of the dynasty. When he was an official in 14 prefectures and prefectures, he was praised for his achievements. In 1102, because Zeng Bu was listed as "yuan you treacherous party" by Cai Jing, he was implicated and demoted to Hezhou and other places until his death in 1107.

brief account of the author's life

In the fourth year (1067) of Zeng Zhao Zhi, Jinshi was initially a master of Huangyan County, a professor of Zhengzhou, a post Chongwen school book, a museum collation, and a state of the imperial examination. After arriving at Chongwen academy, the rules of etiquette since Qin and Han Dynasties were supplemented and amended to make them perfect. At the same time, jiuyu Zhi was deleted, which was praised by Shenzong of Song Dynasty. It was edited by the National History Museum, and was transferred to the doctor of the Ministry of officials. It was changed to the right department to review Shenzong Shi Lu. At the beginning of Yuanyou (1086), he served as a living and sacrificing person, and soon he was a Zhongshu sacrificing person. He repeatedly admonished that the imperial court should argue evil and justice, and have less banquets. Because of disagreement, he resigned to the secondary vocational school, and took Baowen Pavilion as his official. He knew Yingzhou (today's Fuyang, Anhui), Dengzhou (today's Dengxian, Henan), Qizhou (today's Jinan), Chenzhou (today's Huaiyang, Henan) and yingtianfu (today's Nanjing). In the seventh year of Yuanyou's reign, he was transferred to be the Minister of the Ministry of officials. Because of the sacrifice, he changed the Ministry of punishment and went to Xuzhou and Jiangning.

In October of the eighth year of Yuanyou (1093), song zhezong succeeded to the throne and called Zeng Zhao into the court with some old ministers. Zeng Zhao suggested that people who were loyal and honest should be chosen to prevent their close ministers from participating in politics and being attacked by their relatives. In the fourth year of Shaosheng (1097), fan Zuyu, a former historiographer, was convicted of satirizing Shenzong's Shi Lu. Zeng zhaoshen and Xiuzhuan were also demoted to Chuzhou. Later, it was compiled for Jixian hall, which was known as Taizhou and Haizhou (now Lianyungang City).

In the first month of the third year of Yuanfu (1100), song Huizong ascended the throne. Zeng Zhaofu was a scholar of Zhongshu. Shangshu suggested that he should be open-minded. Zhao Xue, a member of Yuanyou party, was appointed academician and assistant reader, and was in charge of drafting imperial edicts. Sometimes there are admonishment officials Chen Guan and Gong Yuan who are guilty of saying that no one dares to save him. Zeng Zhao stands up and tries his best to defend himself. In 1101, the first year of the founding of China's Yasukuni state, because of his brother's position, he avoided suspicion and worshipped the Bachelor of LongTuge, and promoted the first palace of China's Supreme Court. He went out to know Chenzhou, and then served as the governor of Taiyuan, yingtianfu, Yangzhou and Dingzhou (now Macheng, Hubei). He revised the records of zhe Zong, Baoxun of Shenzong and Huiyao of Guochao, and promoted the first palace of Zhongtai. Later, he came to know Chen, Yang, Ding, Yue and Hezhou, and lived in Taiyuan and yingtianfu.

In the first year of Chongning (1102), the scholar bureaucrats were demoted again during the reign of Yuanyou. Zeng Zhao was exiled to Hezhou (now Hexian County, Anhui Province) and Yuezhou (now Yueyang, Hunan Province), then demoted to Puzhou (now juancheng, Shandong Province) as deputy envoys of regiment training, and finally to Tingzhou. Four years later, he was able to return home.

Daguan first year (1107) died in Zhenjiang.

He served in the four dynasties of Ying, Shen, Zhe and Hui for more than 40 years. He practiced in 14 prefectures and served as the Minister of Li, Hu, Xing and Li. It was more than 30 years after his death that he was granted the title of founding Marquis of Qufu County as a gift to Shaoshi, and was given the title of "Wenzhao" at the beginning of Shaoxing. Wang Shizhen of Ming Dynasty said that his book was "like yuhuanyong (" Nine "plus" heavy "), and he was a person of peace.".

Character evaluation

Zhaowei administration was clear and bright, benevolent administration was widely carried out, people's strength was cherished, rewards and punishments were clear, and remonstrance was bold. Poetry is good at writing. The poems of chanting things are cordial and touching; most of the articles expound the meaning of Confucian classics, which are gentle, methodical, graceful and elegant. He also works calligraphy.

The Zeng family of Nanfeng is a farming and reading family. Since Gong's grandfather Zhiyao promoted Jinshi in 983, there were 19 Jinshi in Zeng's family in 77 years. Among the Jinshi, there were seven in Zhi Yao generation, six in Yi Zhan generation and six in sun Gong generation. In addition, Gong's brother-in-law Wang Anguo, Wang Buzhi and Wang Yanshen were also Jinshi. Reading Jianchang Fu Zhi, Nanfeng County Zhi and other works such as Yuanfeng Lei manuscript by Gong Zhi, we can't help but be shocked by the family's Confucianism, cultural accumulation and painstaking spirit. In the same year when Zeng Gong was a Jinshi, Su Shi and Su Zhe wrote a poem: "Confucianism is far behind Qi Ji, and its words are near to the west of Beijing in Han Dynasty".

Literary works

He has 40 volumes of Qufu collection, 12 volumes of Xiye collection, 50 volumes of Neizhi, 30 volumes of WaiZhi, 25 volumes of chenzhang and 10 volumes of memorials. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, Zeng Yan collected his posthumous writings as four volumes of Qufu collection, which was included in Siku Quanshu. The book traces handed down from generation to generation include "Fifty Lang tie", "zaomen tie", "Jinshu tie", "fengbie tie" and "Qingcuo Ji Bei" stone carvings in Chuzhou. Most of them are collected in the Palace Museum of Taiwan. The story can be seen in the appendix of Qufu Collection Volume 4, Xingzheng and shendaobei, and the history of Song Dynasty volume 319.

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