Cao Jin

Cao Jin

Cao Jin (November 5, 1787 to June 8, 1849), formerly known as Jin, was named huaipu and named Dingan. He was born in Hanoi county (now Qinyang City, Henan Province) of Huaiqing Prefecture. He was a national hero who fought against Britain and protected Taiwan. He has served as magistrate of Zhili, Fujian and other places. When he was the magistrate of Fengshan County, Fujian Province, he dug the old channel of caogongzhen. When he was the Tongzhi of Tanshui, he also led the soldiers to fight back the British ships. In addition, he had many achievements. But later, he was accused by the British side of killing the prisoners and being robbed of his feathers. In October 1845, he returned to his hometown and died at home. He was 63 years old. His deeds are included in the biography of the officials in the draft of the history of the Qing Dynasty.

Life

Cao Jin was born on September 26, 51 (November 16, 1786). His father died when he was young and was raised by his mother. When he was young, he studied in a private school in Sanguan temple on beimennei street of Hanoi county. Later, he entered Qinhuai Academy. In the Qing Dynasty, dingmaoke (1807), a senior high school official, failed in the local examination of the Ministry of rites, until he was ranked first in 1817 after a "big challenge" and became an alternate magistrate. He served as magistrate of Pingshan, Quyang, Raoyang, Ningjin and other places in Zhili. Daoguang five years (1825) Buwei county magistrate, later transferred to Fengrun was discussed and dismissed. In 1834, he was appointed as the magistrate of Jiangle County in Fujian Province. He was also discussed as a magistrate after being introduced. In the 16th year of Daoguang (1836), he served as the magistrate of Min county and the coastal defense Tongzhi of Fuzhou Prefecture. During his term of office, Min county suffered a severe drought, so the whole county prayed for rain to the lake God in Gushan. However, Cao Jin thought that it was useless to worship God temporarily, and it was not a ceremony in the sacrificial ceremony, so he refused to worship. In the first month of the spring of 1837, Cao Jin came to Taiwan as the magistrate of Fengshan county and hired Lin Shumei, a scholar of Jinmen, as his aide. At this time of drought, Cao Jin built a canal to bring water from the Danshui River (today's Gaoping River) for irrigation. The next year, Yao Ying, a Taiwan inspector, ordered Xiong yiben, the governor of Taiwan, to inspect. Xiong yiben named "Cao Gongzhen" and erected a monument and compiled "Cao Gongzhen Ji". In addition, he also invited Cai Zhengfan to Taiwan to preside over Fengyi Academy (1837), and built more turrets and repair warehouses in Fengshan County, and calmed down the Zhanggong incident (1838). Due to his outstanding achievements, he decided to promote and supplement Tanshui Tongzhi in the 20th year of Daoguang (December 14, 1840). On the first day of July in the 21st year of Daoguang (1841), Cao Jin took over from fan Xueheng as the Fumin Tongzhi of Tanshui in Taiwan. Before taking office, Zheng LAN and Zheng xuanzhi were ordered to build "Cao Gong Xin Zhen" (completed in 1844) because of the severe drought in Fengshan County. In the year when he took office, he organized Xiang Yong to check his household registration. The next year, he built a circle of earth cities outside danshuiting city to strengthen the city defense. He had planned to replace Haikou garrison with Xiang Yong, but he was not accepted by his superiors. During the Opium War, Cao Jin led his soldiers Xiang Yong to attack HMS nebudda and HMS brig ANN, successfully completing the mission. On April 26th of the 22nd year of Daoguang (1842), the cabinet issued an edict to reward Dai Hualing for his promotion to the prefect. However, in March of the 23rd year of Daoguang (1843), after the end of the Opium War, Cao Jin was dismissed and investigated because of the British accusation that the then Taiwan officials had killed the prisoners. Cao Jin also personally went to Dajia to defuse the fight between Tanshui and Zhanghua. Afterwards, he set up a "monument of Quanzhou Zhanghe harmony" in Zhonggang and Houlong (now Miaoli Houlong). In addition, he added rural schools, printed children's textbooks, went to Minglun Hall of tingcheng to give lectures every month, and continued to build Xuehai Academy. Later, in 1844, he returned to his hometown with illness in the 25th year of Daoguang (1845), died at home on April 18th, the 29th year of Daoguang (June 8th, 1849), and was transferred by his second son Cao Rong on June 24th, the 2nd year of Xianfeng (August 9th, 1852) He and his eldest son Cao Zhen'an, who died in the same year, were buried next to their ancestral grave in the south of their hometown (now the east side of Nanmen Street, Qinyang City, Henan Province), and his friend Li Tangjie wrote the epitaph. Cao Jin lived in the north and south for more than 30 years in his official career. He went to the people's family and went to the people's thinking. He has been in Taiwan for eight years, promoting advantages and eliminating disadvantages, working hard for the people, devoting himself to the development and protection of Taiwan. In memory of Cao Gong's kindness, the people of Fengshan built a ancestral temple for him, and named him after Cao highway, Cao kilometer and Cao Gong elementary school. He was careful to think about the future, indifferent to his last love, and worshipped the temple of virtue and politics. In the second year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, the governor of Fujian offered his memorial tablet to the famous official Temple. The people of Danfeng have been in charge of beans since the spring and Autumn period.

Influence of later generations

Cao Jin was a national hero who fought against Britain and protected Taiwan. He had many achievements in Taiwan, so he was worshipped in the "Dezheng Temple" in Northern Taiwan, and the people of Tanshui hall were worshipped as the City God. In 1860, the people of Southern Taiwan built the "Cao Gong Temple" in Fengyi academy to offer sacrifices. Later, in 1876, the governor of Fujian, Ding Richang, invited Cao Jin to the "Ming Huan Temple". During the Japanese occupation of Taiwan, the achievements of Cao Gong Zhen built by Cao Jin were also affirmed by the government. For example, when Taiwan Governor Er Yuyuan taro visited Fengshan in 1900, he donated money to build the "Cao Gong Temple", and Zuo Matai of Sakuji also presented a plaque to the "Cao Gong Temple". The government also set November 1 as Cao Gong's birthday and held a memorial ceremony, and the number of visitors in 1911 was as high as 2 More than 2000 people. after the Second World War, in memory of Cao Jin, in addition to the establishment of Cao Gong elementary school in 1959, the Kaohsiung irrigation and water conservancy association also renovated the Cao Gong temple in 1971. Later, in 1992, Lin Yuan Jingshan hall announced that the Jade Emperor had issued a decree to upgrade the Cao Gong temple to a temple. Therefore, on November 1 of that year, the Cao Gong temple was renamed and a statue was erected for sacrifice (previously, it was only dedicated to the throne of longevity). On November 1, 1999, the statue once appeared in Fengshan area I've been around. After the interaction between the cultural and historical workers in Fengshan, Kaohsiung, and Qinyang City, Henan Province, in August 1998, a large number of articles about Cao Jin began to appear in the people's Republic of China. In addition, in recent years, the tombs destroyed in the cultural revolution of the 1960s have been restored. In 2003, the Yu opera team of the national Guoguang troupe on both sides of the Taiwan Straits and the Henan Opera Theater in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province performed "biography of Cao Gong". the road in front of Taitie Fengshan station is named "Cao highway" to commemorate Cao Jin. Cao Gong temple is also located on Cao highway.

Folklore

In Chishan area of Fengshan, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, there are two legends: "Cao Guangzhen fights with the dragon mother" and "Chishan comes out of the emperor". The former is to say that Cao Jin found the excavated Shenzhen road in the area of Longhou mountain, which will be restored the next day. Later, he found that the dragon mother was obstructing him and knew the way to defeat him. Then he broke the Dragon Mother's magic to complete the project, but the fengshui of Longhou mountain was also affected. The latter is the same It is said that there is a big tree on Longhou mountain. It is said that when there are 100 branches, there will be an emperor in Chishan area. However, when there are 99 branches, Cao Jin cut off one branch and burned it. As a result, the big tree withered and died, and Chishan could not produce an emperor. Both legends are of the type of "Beijing official defeated geography".

Related cultural relics and scenic spots

Cao Jin's tomb (Cao Jin's tomb): damaged during the cultural revolution and later restored, it is a cultural relic protection unit in Henan Province (3-200). epitaph of Caojin's tomb: originally in Caojin's tomb, it was found in a leather factory in 1984 when the cultural relics were surveyed. It was used as a working platform for washing and beating leather. It is now in Qinyang Museum. "Republic of China" caogongzhen: the irrigation area includes Fengshan District, Linyuan District, Daliao District, Dashu District, Renwu District, Dahu community, Niaosung District, Gushan District, Zuoying District, Nanzi District, Sanmin District, Lingya District, qianzhen district and Xiaogang district. The old zhentou of caogongzhen has been listed as a historical building in Kaohsiung. Caogong Temple: located in Fengshan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. Cao Gong temple was originally Cao Gong temple, located on the main road of Fengshan City, Kaohsiung County. In 1860, people in Kaohsiung built Cao Gong temple for sacrifice and hung a plaque of "Zhengde housheng". In 1992, it was renamed Cao Gong temple. Cao Jin is to Taiwan what myth is to Taiwan. After eight years in Taiwan, he left a permanent memory for Taiwan, benefiting the people of Taiwan forever, and setting a monument for the people of the Central Plains.

notes

1. Cao Xianfu, the name of GUI Ting, was given to di Gonglang in the Qing Dynasty. Cao Zhen, a student of the Imperial College of the Qing Dynasty. Cao, born in or after the 17th year of Daoguang (1837), died on the first day of may in the second year of Xianfeng (June 18, 1852) and was buried with his father. Cao Rong, whose name is Ji Rong, was born about

Twenty years of Daoguang (1840)

He took a wife of the yuan family and died in an unknown year. 5. Cao Jin was the third magistrate of Weixian county. The first time he took over from Zhang Liangzhi (Hubei Jiansheng) in February of the fifth year of Daoguang, and Gong benzhong took over in the eighth year of Daoguang. Later, after Wang Guange and Zheng Qi (Yidu Juren), he resumed his post in that year. In the ninth year of Daoguang, in addition to Cao Jin, Cai Yuanxi, Ning Yunpeng, Deng Zhaoyuan and Qin Guan successively took up the post, and Li Ji and Chen Zhao took up the post in the tenth year of Daoguang After 12 years, Cao Jingguang took over the post of county magistrate again. 6. It is also said that the city gods of Hsinchu City may be Wu Feng, Cao Shigui and Zheng Gongchen. During the period of Japanese occupation, Fengyi Academy was transformed into a Japanese garrison hospital, so ordinary people could not enter and leave freely, so the ancestral hall was rebuilt at the present site. 8. Similar legends in Taiwan include "yangben County defeated geography" in Middle Taiwan and "Prince Jiang defeated geography" in southern Taiwan. In Southern Fujian, there is also Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of Ming Dynasty