Jian Chaoliang

Jian Chaoliang

Jian Chaoliang (1851-1933) was named Ji Ji and Zhuju. Jianan people in Beijiao are descendants of Zhu Ciqi of Lingnan School. In 1875, he studied in Jiujiang, a famous scholar in Guangdong. He is a famous scholar in modern times who studies Confucian classics and history, philosophy of nature and CI. However, he is not an official and devotes himself to teaching and writing.

curriculum vitae

He was a famous scholar and educator in Guangdong Province in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. In his early years, he studied with Kang Youwei under the famous scholar Zhu Jiujiang (Ciqi). After middle age, he set up a reading thatched cottage to give lectures in the countryside. People at that time thought that Kang Youwei and Jian Chaoliang "thought that Confucianism would be prosperous by virtue of his academic skills" and "thought that Confucianism would be brilliant by virtue of his writings". There are "Mr. Zhu lectures", "Shangshu Jizhu Shushu", "Analects Jizhu supplement Shushu" and other works handed down. For decades, Jian Chaoliang spared no effort to prove the classics of Confucianism in order to "straighten people's hearts and change the world". At the age of 80, he also made historical comments on Bi Yuan's xuzizhitongjian one by one, expounding his views on governing the country through the world. He attributed the crisis of the country at that time to the unsophisticated mind of the people, and repeatedly called for "the only way to reach the level of peace is to cultivate one's mind and cultivate one's morality.". Jian Chaoliang was indifferent to fame in his later years, so he should not be employed as a consultant in the Lixue Museum in the late Qing Dynasty. After entering the Republic of China, he also declined to be a compiler in the National History Museum. He devoted his whole life to imparting classics and teaching apprentices. Jian had been a teacher for more than 30 years and had a great influence. He not only imparts knowledge, but also cultivates students' moral character. He practices moral cultivation with his students, which makes them imperceptible. His demeanor and demeanor make the students admire him: he is graceful, easy-going and amiable at ordinary times; in the classroom, he talks about snowing like a bell, especially about the current events such as the loss of teachers and humiliation of the country and the compensation for the loss of territory. He won wide respect from the society for his morality and knowledge. Kang Youwei praised him and said, "today's great scholars in Lingnan are just one person."

work

His works include 35 volumes of Shangshu Jizhu Shushu, 10 volumes of Lunyu Jizhu Buzheng Shushu, 1 volume of Xiaojing Jizhu Shushu, 4 volumes of Liji zisiziyan Zhengzhu Buzheng, 13 volumes of shudutang Ji and shutudaotang Mingshi. He died in Guangzhou in 1933. His deeds are recorded in the annals of Guangzhou. Jian's Datong genealogy of eastern Guangdong and Jian Chaoliang's Datong genealogy of eastern Guangdong are the only number one genealogy in Guangzhou, which records more than 2600 years of history of the number one family of jianwenhui. The genealogy has attracted wide attention after being reported by the media. Because many people don't understand the background and content of this genealogy, which causes many misunderstandings, it is necessary to explain it. Datongpu is the work of Jian Chaoliang, a historian and educator. As the editor in chief of Datong spectrum, Jian Chaoliang began to compile it in 1922. The original plan was completed in two years, but it was not completed until 1928 because of the war. In particular, Jian Chaoliang's compilation of Datong music is not remunerated. This selfless dedication spirit is always worth learning. More than one hundred Fang Jian's clans in Guangdong are distributed in different places in the south of the five ridges. It is not easy to compile a set of Datong genealogy, which can be called a huge project. In order to compile the Datong genealogy, Jian Chaoliang collected the genealogical data of the clansmen in eastern Guangdong, and sent special personnel to the scene to investigate and interview, and finally compiled it. Datong genealogy always takes authenticity as the first principle of compiling genealogy. Many authoritative documents such as historical books and local chronicles are quoted in this paper to ensure the authenticity and authority of Datong genealogy. It is rare in Chinese history for historians and great educators to compile genealogies themselves. Jian Chaoliang has profound ancient and literary skills, profound knowledge and rigorous scholarship. His Datong genealogy is rich in content, fluent in writing, refined in language, and is a brilliant pearl of the Chinese genealogy. Jian Chaoliang's Shangshu Jizhu Shushu

Existing version

There are 7 volumes, 4, 13-18, from Volume 3, 25 to the end. Half leaf 11 lines, line 24 words, white mouth, left and right sides, single black fishtail. This work was made by Chao Liang in the 33rd year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu. However, since Liang rengong's "China and three hundred years of academic history" commented and criticized this book, he said that it had "too many branches" and that there was no reprint or reprint in the past 100 years. Therefore, people today said that this book and Chao Liang's "the Analects of Confucius" were not widely spread. Recently, there are hardcover photocopies of the latter book published by Beijing Library Press, while this book only includes the "renewal of four Library Series" in addition to the original edition. Although this book was recently engraved, it is also valuable (it is said that there are only three books in the National Library, which can also be seen).

evaluate

To be fair, although this work is nearly a hundred years later than the works of Jiang Genting, Wang fengzhe, Duan Ruoying and sun Yuanru, we can see that the ancient annotation of Shangshu is a little rich, but it is still far away to replace it. The reasons are as follows: 1. Chao Liang lacks academic ability; 2. His style is not good; 3. He plays too much. Here, only the latter two. To say that its style is not good is not to say that its style is chaotic. Reading the preface will tell that its style is clear. In this book, Chao Liang "made his own notes and scattered them", but the tailoring of the notes was very messy. This "Jizhu" is a very complicated book, which includes the classics and the Confucians of song and Ming Dynasties. Besides the original notes of predecessors, it can also play the role of the classics. Chao Liang often adds his own ideas to the notes, which makes the notes almost the same, so that the readers can't get a clue. This can not be compared with sun Yuanru's annotation in Shangshu now Guwen, which only contains "five schools and three subjects" and all other ancient and modern statements. As for playing too much, it is compared with the Qing Dynasty commentaries. Chao Liang was in the middle of the Qing Dynasty when the study of Gongyang was popular, so he was unavoidably contaminated with the habit of Gongyang's last class. This may be the reason for the lack of literature.