Yang Zhongxi

Yang Zhongxi

Yang Zhongxi (1865-1940) was a book collector in the late Qing Dynasty. The surname is nikan, originally named Zhong Qing. After the 1898 coup, it was changed to Zhong Xi, with the surname of Yang, Ziqin, Shengyi, Zhiqing, Liulong, Zili, Xueqiao, Xueqiao, etc.

Personal life

It was first attached to zhenghuang banner of Manchuria, and then changed to zhenghuang banner of Han Army during Qianlong period, and lived in Liaoyang for a long time. Guangxu 11 years (1885) Ju Ren, 15 years Jinshi, granted Imperial Academy Shuji Shi, San Guan granted editing. In the 23rd year, he was the assistant of the National History Museum and the picture Office of the Huidian Museum. In the 29th year, he was appointed as the supervisor of Hubei provincial examination. Later, he successively served as magistrate of Xiangyang, Huai'an and Jiangning. After the revolution, Lu Huaining, the magistrate of Shanghai, served as the governor of the revolution. After the revolution of 1911, he stayed in Shanghai and regarded himself as a relic of the Qing Dynasty. He wrote and edited books for Liu Hanyi for several years. Later, he served in the puppet court and was named "Wen Jing" after his death.

Personal achievement

In his later years, he lived in Beijing. After he was poor, he sold his collection. Only Weng Fanggang's manuscripts, selected poems of the Tang Dynasty, were kept. He collected thousands of poetry collections of different dynasties, which were later sold to the library of Fudan University. He wrote a lot. He and his cousin Sheng Yu co edited fifty-six volumes of the Eight Banners classic, especially forty volumes of the snow bridge poetry, which is broad and profound, and is most famous in the academic circles. He is a well-known scholar in modern times. Shi Wenjing. His works are composed of 40 volumes, including the original, the sequel, the third and the remaining chapters, the chronicle of Xueqiao, the collection of Shengyi poems, and Yiyuan wenlue.