Those historical figures of the Wu family in the Ming Dynasty

Wu Sangui, late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty

Wu Weiye, late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty

Wu Chengen (1501-1582), named Ruzhong and Sheyang Mountain man. Han nationality, from Shanyang County, Huai'an Prefecture (now Chuzhou District, Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province). An outstanding novelist of the Ming Dynasty in China, he is the author of "Journey to the West", one of the four famous works. Born in a family where a small official was reduced to a small businessman. His father, Wu Rui, whose courtesy name was Tingqi, sold "Cailu Wenjie". "He also liked to talk about current affairs, but there were some injustices. He often felt angry and depressed." Wu Cheng'en was smart since he was a child, and loved to read wild history and strange novels. "He always loved the biographies of Tang Dynasty people such as Niu Qizhang and Duan Ke. He was good at describing things and situations, and he wanted to write a book about them every time." "Wen Ming Yu Huai" was highly appreciated by officials, celebrities and country gentry. In the eighth year of Jiajing (1529), Wu Chengen went to Longxi Academy founded by Ge Mu, the prefect of Huai'an, and was appreciated by Ge Mu. Zhu Yingdeng believed that he "can read all the books in the world" and "divided half of the pictures and history collected by his family with him." In the 29th year of Jiajing (1550), when he was about 40 years old, he got a year-old tribute student[2] and went to Beijing. He was waiting to be assigned an official position but was not selected. Six years later, because his mother's hometown was poor, he became the magistrate of Changxing County, Zhejiang Province. He often drank heavily with his friend Zhu Yuefan and indulged in poetry and wine. He also met the Jiajing champion Shen Kun and the poet Xu Bank of China has dealings. Finally, he was falsely accused and "returned" two years later. In his later years, he made a living by selling literature. He went to Hangzhou when he was about sixty-seven years old, and lived nearly eighty years. His later life was miserable.

Wu Xuan

[Ming Dynasty] (lived around 1470 AD), given the name Shini, nicknamed Ye'an, and a person of great benevolence. The year of birth and death is unknown, but Xianzong of Ming Dynasty was alive around the sixth year of Chenghua. In the fourth year of Jingtai (AD 1453), he was awarded the title of Governor Zuo. He was impeached for violating the law and was imprisoned for ten years before he was released. He was changed to Zhongfu and promoted to the prefect of Zhenyuan. He died of illness. Xuanwen's writing was elegant and elegant, and he wrote ten volumes of Ye'an's collected works, and the "General Catalog of Four Treasurys" was published in the world.

The first one, Wu Fu (1321-1383), courtesy name Boqi, was born in Hefei (now this city) in Xiangtang Ren Village, Xiaowei Township, Feidong County. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he followed Zhu Yuanzhang in the uprising, made many military exploits, and was granted the title of Luhou. He died in battle and was buried here. Zhu Yuanzhang (Ming Taizu) ordered the burial. Xiangtang was also built, and civilians with the surname Ren guarded it. Later, the surname Ren multiplied and became a village, which was named "Xiangtang Ren Village". . In the Yuan Dynasty, he followed Zhu Yuanzhang in the uprising, made many military exploits, and was granted the title of Marquis of Anlu. He died in battle and was buried here. Zhu Yuanzhang (Ming Taizu) ordered the burial. Xiangtang was also built, and civilians with the surname Ren guarded it. Later, the surname Ren multiplied and became a village, which was named "Xiangtang Ren Village".

The second one, Wu Fu (1389-1470), named Keli and nicknamed Chunjiang, was born in Luozhou Township, Min County (now Wucuo Village, Luozhou Town, Cangshan District, Fuzhou City), in the 20th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty Born in the second year (1389).

During the Yongle period (1403-1424), Wu Fu was granted the title of Banjicang Ambassador of Taiping Prefecture by the feudal official seal, and was promoted to the governor of Haiyan County (now Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province), and soon changed to Wu County (now Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province). ) main book. In the ninth year of Xuande (1434), he was promoted to magistrate of Wuxian County. He properly handled the case of "100 monks imprisoned together" and avoided a "sword fire" disaster. Therefore, he gained great popularity from the people and was soon transferred to Baixiang County (today's Baixiang, Hebei Province). County), and then promoted to head of the Ministry of Industry. At the beginning of Jingtai (1450), he was appointed Right Minister of the Ministry of Industry. He was responsible for managing the Yellow River project, supervising the grain storage of Su and Song counties, and supervising Yizhou (now part of Hebei Province). He was also ordered to patrol the border to ensure public security. .

In the seventh year of Tianshun (1463), Wu Fu begged to return home and built the "Shuimu Qinghua Pavilion" in Luozhou, where he stayed until his death at the age of 81.

Wu Yue (1501～1568), named Ruqiao, was born in Nanwang Town today. In the 11th year of Jiajing reign of Ming Dynasty (1532), he became a Jinshi. He has successively served as head of the household department, doctor, prefect of Baoding, chief envoy of Shanxi, governor of Guizhou, minister of the left and right officials of the official department, and Shangshu of the official department of Nanjing. He was an upright and upright official with consistent conduct, and was praised in historical records and classics. Not long after he was promoted to a doctor in the household department, he was sent to Xuanfu to supervise wages. Xuanfu was one of the nine important areas in the Ming Dynasty. It had many soldiers and generals, and chaos occurred one after another. At that time, a cunning subordinate saw that Wu Yue was in great power and bribed him with "thousands of gold", claiming that this was just a small savings, which was not in the accounts and no one knew about it.

Wu Yue became furious and reprimanded: "The money I saved all came from the common people. I got it without working, which is not allowed by heaven!" He immediately reported the matter and investigated and dealt with it. When he learned about Luzhou (today's Hefei), he met Wang Ting, the prefect of Suzhou, who was a Jinshi in the same discipline, in Jingkou one day. The old friends met and became very affectionate. The two decided to go to Jinshan for a trip. When setting off, Wang Ting saw that Wu Yue only carried a bottle of wine, a pound of meat and some vegetables. The joke asked: "That's all?" Wu Yue smiled and replied: "These are enough for the two of us." Ma Sen, the household minister of the three dynasties, once praised: "I have seen a truly honest person in my life." There are only two people, and the first one should be Wu Yue. "At the beginning of knowing Luzhou, he first relieved some of the officials and servants and took the lead in doing chores, so as to exercise his ability to endure hardship. The official tax of "tens of thousands of gold" collected every year, because of his moderate spending, more There was a surplus. He used the money to establish local postal services and other public welfare undertakings, and never touched a penny. The forests in Xishan had always been only for official use. He felt that it was unreasonable, so he boldly announced that the people could also use it. Rights! When he was governor of Baoding and other six governments, he recorded the items of expenses levied by the government and the income and expenditure of the people one by one. He found that the miscellaneous taxes were too much and the people could not afford them, so he asked the emperor to subtract "sixty-seven out of ten". People rushed to praise him and called him "Wu Qingtian". In the first year of Longqing (1567), he was ordered to inspect the officials in the capital and found that Hu Yingjia abused his power and arbitrarily installed local cliques, and even dismissed him for his fault. Wu Yue immediately asked the emperor to investigate and deal with it. However, Wu Yue, who had connections with Hu Yingjia, found out and complained to the Cabinet Office angrily: "Please check with the cabinet ministers to see if there is any." To put an official who was dismissed due to fault and then entrust him with important responsibilities without examination? We must not lose the prestige of the country because of this! "The cabinet ministers were shocked by the upright Wu Yue, and immediately investigated the Central Academy and punished Hu Yingjia. Afterwards, Wu Yue was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing, and soon he was appointed as the Ministry of Personnel. He "repressed the superficiality, Du Fuqing, The Jin gentry in the southern capital was afraid of it." He ordered the printing and distribution of books such as "The Meeting" and "The Examination of Rites" to provide positive education to officials; at the same time, he carefully investigated and summarized the shortcomings of the officialdom, and then "sent out six matters." The emperor accepted his words" (ibid.). Soon, he was appointed Minister of the Ministry of War and Counselor of Machinery. He went to Beijing to take up his post, and passed by his hometown of Nanwang Village to stay for a while. At that time, his family only had a few thatched cottages and could not entertain guests, so he had to stay in the temple. Unexpectedly, he fell seriously ill. Before he died, he called his descendants to his bedside and said, "After my death, I will not accept the emperor's pension or gifts. "The emperor sent people to camp for burial, and his posthumous title was Jie Su. Wu Yue was good at poetry. His writing style was deep and elegant, not rhetorical, and he was especially ashamed of showing off himself. There is a volume of "Looking at the Lake" that has been published in the world.

Wu Na

Wu Longzheng

Wu Shangxian

Wu Bin

Wu Daonan

Wu Xiang (father of Wu Sangui)

Wu Wei

Wu Yuantai

Wu Kuan

Wu Yuqing

Wu Laichao