Yao Huaixiang

Yao Huaixiang

Yao Huaixiang (1783-1840) was named Si Zheng and Lu Tang. Fujian Minhou people. Qing Jiaqing 23 years (1818) Ju Ren. Daoguang 15 years (1835), successive Xiangshan, Longyou, Shengxian county magistrate. In May of the 20th year, he was appointed magistrate of Dinghai. In the Opium War, when he died for his country, a stone tablet named "the place where Mr. Yao died" was erected beside the Vatican Palace.

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Working in Dinghai County

Dinghai county is located in the south of Zhoushan Archipelago. It is the gateway of Shanghai and Zhejiang and a strategic place. It was established in Song Dynasty by Wu Yue Wanghai County, and in Qing Dynasty by Zhenhai County, which is now Zhenhai County of Zhejiang Province. In the spring and Autumn period, wengshan county was set up in the Tang Dynasty to search for waste, and dinghaichong in the Ming Dynasty was set up in Zhoushan. Dinghai county was set up in the early Qing Dynasty to rise to the Provincial Department of Hebei Province, which belonged to Zhejiang Province. The chief of Haizhen was set up here. In the Republic of China, it was still changed into a county, which belonged to the road of Kuaiji in Zhejiang Province. Dinghai harbor, named Daotou Ao, was the only waterway on the South Bank of Zhoushan In the 21st year, after the death of Wang Xipeng, Zheng Guohong and Ge Yunfei, the general of the army, it was concluded that the land should be returned to us, and there was an agreement not to cede the land to other countries.

historical event

In June 1839, Lin Zexu, the imperial envoy of Emperor Daoguang, destroyed more than 2.3 million jin of opium in public at Humen beach in Guangzhou, which shocked the world and was praised by the people. In 1840, Britain launched a war of aggression against China with the support of the United States and France. On the second day of June, the British general Yilu led more than 40 warships to challenge Xiamen. He was also repulsed by Deng Tingzhen, governor of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, and drove the warships northward. Taking advantage of the emptiness of Zhejiang's defense, he attacked Wukui mountain in Dinghai on the fourth day of July 1840. The British army sent a letter to chief Zhang Chaofa (from Fujian) for an interview. Zhang was afraid to go. Yao Huaixiang said: "I'm a local official, so I should be fearless." When Luo Jiangong, a guerrilla, boarded the ship, the British general sent a letter limiting him half an hour to "sacrifice the island fortresses he belonged to". Yao Huaixiang severely refused, denouncing the British army for "why invade our territory?" He was ordered to retreat. Yao Huaixiang returned to Yamen with the letter and immediately deployed to fight against Britain. At 2:00 p.m. on the seventh day of the lunar new year, the commander of the British warship, Burma, ordered to attack the city. The navy was defeated by the powerful artillery fire of the British army. Navy commander Zhang Chaofa was concentrated on the left side by the British ships. He died that night and the Navy broke up. Yao Huaixiang, together with Dianshi Quanfu, led the people to fight against it, and blocked the four gates with earth bags, determined to survive with the city. But the army is not strong enough. Huaikou said: "when you are in danger, Yao Yike will not change his family. When he is wounded, Yao Yike will not change his family." Then he took off his "summer cloth shirt and copper rimmed glasses" and gave them to his younger brother Yao huaiquan, who told him: "when this thing arrives, I will do my best!" His family and brother Yao huaiquan were escorted by the aides to "avoid the Middle Road". When the city broke down, the British army marched forward step by step. Because of the danger, Yao Huaixiang calmly jumped into the wangongtan by the Vatican Palace to commit suicide. He was only 58 years old. Dian Shi Quanfu fought hand to hand with the British soldiers with a knife. After he killed one of them, his blood spilled over the sea and he died bravely.

die for one's country

After the Opium War, Emperor Daoguang issued an edict to praise the "compassionate code" for Yao Huaixiang's children and "extended it to the hereditary gentry" as "three generations of yunqi Wei" and "hereditary enqi Wei". Huaixiang and Quanfu are called "Dinghai double loyalty". Baoxun, Huaixiang's second son, was buried in the north gate of Fuzhou. All the local people in Dinghai were crying in white, and they built a monument in Wan Gong Tan to commemorate it. Xu Rongjiu, the magistrate of Shaoxing, built a temple to worship Wushan in the West Lake (Hangzhou) and attached it to Quanfu. His nephew Yao Baoming ascended Daoguang Yisi (1845) and his nephew Yao zhongruideng ascended Guangxu Dingchou (1877). His nephew Yao Jialin was a judge in the third year of the Republic of China and ranked first in the first civil service higher education examination. He served as magistrate and judge of MaoMu, Yanchi and Jingning counties in Gansu Province, and continued his uncle Yao jianzhai's "Yao Shi shuxianji". Yao Huaixiang has a deep knowledge of Confucian classics, and his works of Qun Jing Zhu Jie have been lost. There are 20 volumes of poems and essays, only one of which is called lvtang manuscript. Yao Huaixiang's tomb is outside the north gate of Fuzhou. In Xianfeng Period, Liu Jiamou, a famous scholar, wrote a poem "passing through the tomb of Yao lvtang", which said: "the sea storm is still a disaster, and the peak is spread to this state. If you can only donate to death, you will be a good marquis. Yan Jin's car is still in service, and Chang Hong's blood has been collected. What does it mean to be a Confucian

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