A Record of Poems and Poems in Wangjia Ancestral Hall

1985, changed to museum. There is a poem praising: in the Wang Temple in Xicheng, the ancient and modern origins are connected by one vein; There are thousands of treasures in the museum, so you don't need to visit the history in the Forbidden City.

In the early 1990s, I worked in the bungalow of the Cultural Bureau in the backyard of Wang Jia Ancestral Temple in Tengzhou, which was connected with the Museum of Qiannan Courtyard. I often visit museums in my spare time, and newly unearthed Han stone reliefs are often temporarily stored in front of our door. I spent the night in a century-old house when I was on the night shift, and after the rain, I still collected the money earned by the Song Dynasty under the eaves-and that quadrangle was really built in the Qing Dynasty to commemorate a person.

Donghuai Wang (1802- 1852), whose real name was Yin Zhi, was named Wen Zhi after his death. He was originally from Gaicun Village, Wangzhong Township, Tengxi, and was a scholar in the light years of sweeping the road. He used to be a Taoist supervisor in Jiangxi and a Taoist priest in Wuchang, Hubei Province. In the second year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty (1852), the Taiping Army captured Wuchang and his successor Xiao was hanged. In the second year, Wuchang Shouyiluo played the role of emperor and invited Donghuai Wang to build a special shrine in his hometown (unsuccessful); In the ninth year of Tongzhi (1870), Shandong Governor Ding Baozhen invited him to donate his native place and build a special shrine. Only in this way, in the south gate of Tengxian Old Town, commonly known as the Wangs Ancestral Hall, was the "Doctor's Chamber in Qing Dynasty" built. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), it was turned into a military camp. 1985 After maintenance, it was changed to Tengxian Museum, and the Cultural Bureau also worked in the backyard. 199 1 After working in the Cultural Bureau, I often went to the front yard to see cultural relics, walked into the old house with blue brick houses, and walked to the south gate of Long Ting. There is an "Imperial Monument" in the pavilion with 375 words engraved on it:

"I am just a deadly person, and I am deeply grateful; Showing loyalty and kindness is a rule inspired by the court ... I was originally appointed as Yanfa Road, Hubei Province, and Jing * * * was in office. Shu Shen holds a bow, inspired by literature, and enters the word wall to read books. Duo Dian plays Lingyun's gift and relies on horses to work; Baitai is straightforward, avoiding arrogance and looking at rigor. Eight bricks enter the class, and Lianfeng Pavilion worships the class; Five Ma Xuanyi, Yunnan Xiongxiang Drama County ... "

The inscription praised Donghuai Wang's "leaning on the horse" and "mourning for the country" in the tone of the emperor. The date of signature is "December of Guangxu 5th year (1879)", which has been more than 20 years since Donghuai Wang died in the line of duty. The inscription also explains the origin of posthumous title's "straightness": "Test the brushwork: be diligent and good at asking and writing, be quick and persistent, and be ignorant!"

At that time, the Wang Ancestral Hall was a typical quadrangle-style building in the north, with two courtyards before and after, and the central axis was symmetrical. There are more than 60 halls, including entrance hall, imperial tablet pavilion, front hall, east-west warm pavilion, east-west wing, back hall and east-west two-span courtyard. When I went to work there, the scale was not as large as before, and it was occupied by many houses around, but overall it maintained the pattern of that year and became the only ancient architectural complex in the county. However, this "unique" historical and cultural heritage has hardly been preserved: when Tengzhou Museum was relocated in 1995, the original Wang ancestral hall and its surrounding areas were sold to builders for development, leaving only a few old houses in the middle of the ancestral hall, which were "trapped" alone in a group of residential buildings, destroying the original atmosphere of this century-old building complex and becoming the main hall of the Confucian Temple after the Cultural Revolution in the last century.

Because Donghuai Wang is a bachelor's official in The Cabinetshi Read, it is said that he used to be the teacher of Emperor Xianfeng. Together with another Hanlin in Binzhou, Shandong Province, he served as the "imperial teacher" of Xianfeng, who was called the "master of the study". A few years ago, I visited the former residence of Dujia in Binzhou, with a total area of 20 mu, 28 courtyards and 308 houses, which have been renovated. Now it has become a national 4A tourist attraction and a business card of Binzhou tourism, history and culture. Therefore, if we compare Tengzhou Wangjia ancestral hall, we can't help feeling and sighing. ...

Fortunately, in recent years, with the assistance of the local cultural department, Wang's descendants repaired the Wang Ancestral Hall, carved the statue of Donghuai Wang, re-exhibited it, and exhibited the imperial edict and imperial edict given to the Wang family by the emperor in those years, as well as letters and prefaces written by Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang and other Qing court politicians, so that Tengzhou villagers could know that there was a "Qing Dynasty" more than 100 years ago.

At that time, several letters written by Zeng Guofan to Donghuai Wang were preserved in the ancestral hall of the Wang family (the original is now in Tengzhou Museum). One of them was a letter written by Zeng Guofan in the same year. In September of the 30th year of Daoguang (1850), he invited Donghuai Wang to dinner to congratulate and say goodbye. The content is as follows.

"My dear shadow friend is almost the same year: I apologize for not waiting that day. Taiwan Province sent a message to the South, and my brother is washing cups now. We plan to leave the hotel early before the tenth day of the lunar calendar. The people sitting here will invite Lu Hetian, Wang Yanting, Zhu Jiuxiang and Professor Luo. Is it a day or not? Begging means knowing so as to make an appointment with each guest. Please, Daoan. My stupid brother Frant Gwo nodded. There are words on the back. "

Donghuai Wang and Zeng Guofan lived in Daoguang for eighteen years, and joined the capital imperial academy after graduation. Apart from the same year, the same list and the same family relationship, they used to be colleagues, and their personal relationship is very close. Zeng Guofan once wrote The Life of Wang's Mother for his mother. The others mentioned in the letter are Lv Qing Ji Xian (No.Hetian), Zhan Qingyun (No.Yanting), Zhan Shao Shi Zhan Cynthia (No.Jiuxiang) and Shi (No.Jiaosheng) from the crack temple. Because these colleagues graduated earlier than Zeng and Wang, they are called "seniors" and usually have more social activities.

On the back of this letter, there are several "whispers" written by Zeng Guofan to Donghuai Wang. The content is: "Dai Yunyan: Mr. Zhang, the dean of Shigu College in Hengzhou Fucheng, once studied under different places and begged his brother not to change; Mr Ouyang Cangming, president of Lianhu Academy, is Zhang Yue's younger brother, and he also asked his younger brother not to change. I'm afraid I forgot to talk about these two things in person on the tenth day of the first month, so I heard. " According to "Adai Cloud", it was Chen Yuan Yanzhou (No.(Adai Cloud)), a friend who was often mentioned in Zeng Guofan's letters, who later became his children's in-laws and worked in the Imperial Academy with Donghuai Wang and Zeng Guofan in the same year. This sentence in Zeng Guofan's letter was requested by Chen Yuan in Yanzhou. Zhang (No.Yin Xue) is their hometown in Hunan, and their surnames are earlier than theirs. In the 16th year of Jiaqing (18 1 1), he was a scholar, and now he is the president of Ren Shan, Shigu College in Hengzhou, Hunan Province, and studied under Chen Zhidi. Ouyang Cangming is Zeng Guofan's father-in-law, and his relationship with Zeng Guofan is more direct.

Haha, so that's it: when the sage used to have connections and went through the back door, he asked his relatives and friends to help him keep his position. It is written in black and white, and the evidence is conclusive. So he was caught in a braid. ...

I once read the imperial court officials' "imperial edict archives" in the archives of the Qing Dynasty, in which Zeng Guofan, the assistant minister of Daoguang for thirty years, recommended Wu Tingdong to say, "Don't cheat the house, just do the economy, you can be far-sighted and be a great person." Wang Qingyun said: "I am dry and knowledgeable, and my feet are solid. I can rest assured that you can send it from Xinjiang!" On the same day, Donghuai Wang was awarded the title of "Wang Guangyin, adviser to the left capital of Duchayuan" and recommended that "the stick dares to speak, not yes." It can be seen that in the Qing Dynasty, there was such a system that higher-level officials recommended lower-level talents. From this point of view, Zeng Guofan, as an assistant minister of does, wrote a letter to his classmates, colleagues and friends, only asking his father-in-law, relatives and friends to keep their original positions "without change" rather than promotion. This is normal and ordinary, and does not violate any "principles" ...

Zeng Guofan devoted his life to self-denial and self-cultivation and paid attention to personality cultivation. He keeps a diary every day to reflect on his words and deeds, and constantly puts forward more and higher requirements for himself, such as diligence, modesty, benevolence, honesty, knowledge of life, and cherishing good news. He tried to demand himself according to the standard of "sage" and struggled hard for the word "private", even reaching the point of pedantry, harshness and inhumanity. It is particularly shocking and admirable to ask sons and nephews to practice calligraphy and write poems every day ... and his realm of "seeking deficiency": not arrogant and impetuous, known for his modesty. When he conquered Tianjing, saved the Manchu Dynasty and reached the peak of his career, he was able to refuse the reward and actively disarm, and persuaded his brother Ceng Guoquan to resign as emperor. This is not the vision, realm, mind and attitude that ordinary people can have. I later read Zeng Guofan's letter and was deeply touched and deeply touched. It's a pity that I didn't finish reading it earlier. If I had read it ten or twenty years earlier, it might have been more beneficial to our lives! Therefore, it is better to understand that Zeng Guofan was praised by later generations as "the first perfect person in the ages". From this ordinary official correspondence, we can see the close relationship between Donghuai Wang and Zeng Guofan, and we can also see the calligraphy interest of Zeng Shengren. ...

A few years ago, I was invited to participate in the exhibition forum held in the ancestral hall of the Wang family, and the descendants of the Wang family presented me with six volumes of posthumous works. I was deeply touched when I revisited the old place. I looked at the "knocked down" splicing cracks on the "Imperial Monument", thought about the historical storm experienced by this century-old house, and read the poem written by Donghuai Wang in the collection: "I am depressed for Liuting, but I burst into tears." Looking back at the idyllic weeds? Life is actually about saving cigarettes. "When is the evening? Looking back, it's been a hundred years. ...

Until now, I still miss the days when I worked in the backyard of the ancestral hall of the Wang family: I used to stand under the corridor of the Qing Dynasty building and watch the rain, sitting on the stone relief carved in the Han Dynasty and looking up at the sky, holding the ancient money of the Song Dynasty in my hand. ...