Zhang Peifang

Zhang Peifang

Zhang Peifang (1732-1793) was originally named rufang, with the name of Sunpu, highway and Bushan. After pacifying the city people, he moved to Dayangquan village. The child was orphaned and poor, and was brought up by his grandfather. When I was seven years old, I read the classics, and I could read the classics easily. Qianlong 20 years (1756), Zhongju, the next year, zhongjinshi.

Main works

There are 24 volumes of Lu Xuan Gong Han Yuan Ji Zhu, 1 volume of Pingding Zhou Zhi Kao Cuo, 1 volume of Xi Xian Zhi, 1 volume of Huangshan Zhi, 30 volumes of Gongyu Zatan, 1 volume of shecang Kao, 1 volume of Chunqiu lineage, 1 volume of Yuguan Kao, etc. In 1784, when the records of Pingding Prefecture was renewed, Zhang Peifang wrote a preface for each volume. Qianlong died of illness in 1958 at the age of 62. Buried in the ancestral Tomb of Dayangquan. Zhang Mu, his great grandson, arranged and wrote Zhang Peifang's chronicle for him in his collection of Prince affairs of Sizhou Prefecture.

Character experience

He has successively served as Shexian County, Hefei county magistrate, Shouzhou and Sizhou Prefecture magistrate of Anhui Province. When he was the magistrate of she County, he set up a school palace, built academies, compiled local records, built social warehouses, solved doubts and prisons, sympathized with the poor, punished the rich and the traitors, and destroyed the immoral temples, which won the support and love of the people, and was praised by the local gentry for their political participation. When Pei Fang came to office, he punished the powerful, punished the traitors and eliminated the evils. He also rebuilt the Methodist academy, developed education, built yubeicang, and provided relief to the victims, which was deeply supported by the local people. When he was the governor of Sizhou, he focused on harnessing the flood disaster, planting trees along the river to strengthen the dike, strengthening the management of the sluice, and solving the problem of the intersection of Si, Sui, Huai and Huang for many years. The farmers in Sizhou area are used to planting rice alone. If the rice is slightly dry, the yield will be reduced. Pei Fang conducted a detailed investigation on the local water resources and land conditions, and guided farmers to plant rice in low field, and to plant grain, millet, beans, wheat and other miscellaneous grains in high field according to their geological fertility and crop growth characteristics. After the success of this reform, it was gradually extended to neighboring counties. Zhang Peifang not only has outstanding political ability, but also has extensive knowledge and profound knowledge. He is familiar with astronomy, geography and the evolution of ancient systems. He is good at textual research and likes to collect books. In his spare time in politics, he wrote books, leaving many precious cultural heritages for later generations.