Wan Chengfeng

Wan Chengfeng

Wan Chengfeng (1752-1812), a native of Tangqiao (now Tangqiao, Huangsha Town, Xiushui county), was born in Anxiang, ningzhou.

Life of the characters

Wan Chengfeng was diligent and good at school when he was young. At the age of 18, he became a scholar. He first taught in his grandfather's private school, and then went to Bailudong Academy in Lushan. At the age of 30, he passed the entrance examination, and then embarked on an official career. Later, he was selected as an official of the Imperial Academy. He was appointed to study in the Imperial Academy. Wan Chengfeng, together with Liu Yong, who once served as prime minister, and Qin Chengye, who was the editor of Hanlin academy, served as the teacher of Min Ning, who later became Emperor Daoguang of Xuanzong. He studied with him for more than 20 years. During his 20 years as an imperial teacher, he was rigorous in his studies and calm in his lectures. Wan Chengfeng, 44, left the Imperial Palace at the end of Qianlong's reign (1795) and served as the Deputy examiner of Yunnan. In the third year of Jiaqing's reign (1798), he was transferred to be the Deputy examiner of Jiangnan and supervised the administration of Guangdong in the second year. After returning to Beijing, he served in shangshufang and promoted Zhan Shi, and supervised the administration of Shandong in the ninth year of Jiaqing's reign (1804) He was the right servant of the Ministry of rites. In the 12th year of Jiaqing (1807), he supervised the study and administration of Jiangsu Province; in the 14th year of Jiaqing (1809), Emperor Renzong had his 50th birthday, and WAN Chengfeng asked for his resignation to return to Beijing to celebrate emperor Renzong's birthday. Emperor Renzong was dissatisfied with this and criticized him severely. Wan Chengfeng transferred his cabinet bachelor and transferred to Anhui Province to study and administration. Later, he returned to Beijing to serve as a minister of the military department, and served as a lecturer of the imperial banquet. In the autumn of 1812, Wan Chengfeng, who had just finished his Jiaqing reign, returned to his hometown suffering from rheumatism. He soon died at the age of 61. After Wan Chengfeng died, he was buried in his hometown Changmao Luhua pot, and later his name was worshipped in Xiangxian temple.

Character influence

Wan Chengfeng is prudent, upright and noble. In Qianlong's later years, He Lin, who was in power, wanted to bring him under the banner, but wan Chengfeng was never moved by it. When he was in charge of Guangdong Province, he tried his best to get rid of the evils and upright scholars. Emperor Renzong secretly instructed him to visit the officials and to act according to the facts. When he was a student in Anhui Province, because of the old suspicion between Dingyuan's students and Fengyang's officials, there were contradictions in every examination. Fengyang's officials were mostly partial to petty officials, and the examinees were angry. Wan Chengfeng was aware of the facts, which made the county officials punished. Wan Chengfeng is an official in the capital and other provinces, but he pays attention to his hometown and is keen on public welfare. At that time, ningzhou did not build a guild hall in the capital, which caused great inconvenience to the students who went all the way to the capital to take the examination. Wan Chengfeng realized the hardship of living in a different place when he went to the capital for the examination, so he founded the ningzhou guild hall in the capital. In the ninth year of Jiaqing, when he was in charge of Shandong academic and political affairs, someone in his hometown wrote a letter to mention the restoration of Wenfeng tower. Wan Chengfeng responded positively, not only as a main advocate, but also as a financial aid. Wan Chengfeng had been an official in Gaozong and Renzong dynasties, both of which were trusted by the emperors. He has been a teacher of Emperor Gaozong's grandson since he became a scholar in 1781. It can not be said that Emperor Gaozong attached great importance to him. When he served as the Deputy examiner of Jiangnan, he was about to ascend the throne and gave him a poem to see him off in his bedroom. After he became emperor Renzong, he read his memorials and realized that he didn't attach himself to Hezhen. He praised him greatly, "I sincerely encourage him to repay his kindness for many years; I encourage Lianyu to be the head of a generation of ministers. It can be seen that he has a strong character. If he doesn't attach himself to the powerful, the powerful can't do anything." It was during his illness that emperor Renzong sent officials to inquire. After Emperor Xuanzong ascended the throne, he was even more grateful to Wan Chengfeng. In memory of Wan Chengfeng's teachings in the past, he presented Wan Chengfeng with the title of minister of rites, posthumous title of Wenke, imperial edict of offering sacrifices and inscriptions, and sent Han Tongxie, the governor of Ruizhou Prefecture, to present sacrifices to Zeng Huichun, the governor of ningzhou (ningzhou was changed into Yining Prefecture in the third year of Jiaqing). In 1832, Emperor Xuanzong presented Wan Chengfeng to Taifu. In the past, there was a stone statue dressed as an official standing about 100 meters away from Wan Chengfeng's tomb. When civil officials got off the sedan chair and military officials got off the horse, we can see Wan Chengfeng's Royal favor. Wan Chengfeng's Royal favor extended to his descendants. As an imperial teacher, Wan Chengfeng was knowledgeable, which mainly came from constant reading. Therefore, he had a rich collection of nearly 6000 books in his life, and his study was called "GuWa Mountain House". Wan Chengfeng is the author of gengyang collection and sibuhaizhai collection. Wan Chengfeng highly praised Huang Tingjian. He once wrote a postscript to valley sword brush, and in May 1808, he presided over the carving of Huang LV zhe Yan. He also wrote a postscript to Huang LV zhe Yan, praising that "Wenjie Gong was the founder of Jiangxi poetry school in the Northern Song Dynasty" and "Shuangjing Xiansi". In addition, he wrote CI Yun Valley qingshuiyan ".

Historical records

A hundred and forty one biographies of the Qing Dynasty

Wan Chengfeng, a native of Yining, Jiangxi Province, is a native of Hepu. In the 46th year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong, the Jinshi elected the Shu and Ji Shi and gave them a review. Go straight to the study and serve Xuanzong. In the past 60 years, Yunnan has been tested. When Renzong was in the Qiandi, he gave poems to his friends. I moved to the Imperial Academy. In the third year of Jiaqing's reign, there was a big examination and a review. In four years, he was in charge of Guangdong academic administration. Qiongzhou sea bandits suddenly, Chengfeng to hear, ordered governor Jiqing according to rule, chief ximiyanga and other officials to discuss. Lei Qian, a Bachelor of science, returned to Beijing at the end of his term of office. He went straight to his study and promoted Zhan Shi. He supervised the learning and administration of Shandong, straightened up the learning of scholars, and supported the good. He was the Minister of rites, and his life was returned to Beijing.
In the past 12 years, he was in charge of Jiangsu Province. Taking qingjiangpu and hehuatang river works as examples, they were too straight, and their buildings were built and destroyed repeatedly. They asked to restore the old style, and the imperial edict was as if it had been proposed. Dispatch department. In the fourteenth year, in the first ten days of his life, Chen asked to be relieved and returned to Beijing. Zhu Gu was severely reprimanded by the imperial edict and moved to the cabinet. Transfer Anhui to study politics. There was a gap between Dingyuan Shizi and Fengyang Xujie. In the trial period, they often complained about it. The people concerned protected Xujie, and the scholars were indignant. They accepted fengshu and asked the governor to strictly govern Xujie. He promoted the Minister of the Ministry of war and returned to Beijing. He still went straight to the study and served as an official of the imperial banquet. Seventeen years, lead disease back, search for death, into the worship of Xiangxian temple. Xuanzong ascended the throne, remembering the old school, presenting the title of minister of ministry and posthumous Wenke. In the 12th year of Daoguang, the Jin Dynasty presented the gift to Taifu, and zifangzhen and other scholars had some differences.