Former residence of Xu Shidong

Former residence of Xu Shidong

Xu Shidong (1814-1873) was named Dingyu, with the same name as uncle. He was named Liuquan by scholars. He was born in Yinxian County of Qing Dynasty. In 1846 (the 26th year of Daoguang), the candidates failed to take the examination after they went to the meeting twice, and then they were awarded the cabinet letter by paying.

In 1846 (the 26th year of Daoguang), the candidates failed to take the examination after they went to the meeting twice, and then they were awarded the cabinet letter by paying.

Xu Shidong loved reading all his life. He paid close attention to collecting books. He built Yanyu building in the west of Yuehu and collected 60000 volumes of books (destroyed by fire in 1863). In his life, he collated a lot of documents, especially local documents. He collated and engraved six records of the Ming Dynasty in the song and Yuan Dynasties, examined the differences and corrected the errors, and wrote collation records of six records of the Ming Dynasty, so that the six records could be handed down to later generations. He also compiled the notes of poems and essays in the old records of the Ming Dynasty, and wrote the anthology of yanyulou and the anthology of yanyulou poems. He once dominated the literary world of the Ming Dynasty for more than 30 years. Later, Junxiu came out of the literary world. Famous scholars from all over the world came to Yin and questioned each other with what they had learned. In 1868 (the seventh year of Tongzhi), he was appointed to preside over the Bureau of records of Yin County, and made an extraordinary start. In order to make use of his own collection, he moved to Shuibei Pavilion, a new residence outside the west gate the next year. He borrowed more than 1000 kinds of books from Baojing tower, the site of Yuecheng neilu, and the 8000 volume building of Dingbing, Hangzhou. He imitated the biographies of the National History Museum, and noted the source of the records. In the next five years, he was seriously ill and was about to die. Dong Pei, the chief executive of the Bureau, made a solemn appointment and did not talk about private affairs. It was completed in 1874 and published in the third year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu. He was eager for justice, set up Yizhuang, set up Yixue, subsidized the construction of Dongjin floating bridge and Sanqiao sluice. Shuibei Pavilion, located in Huachi lane, is now a key cultural relic protection unit in Haishu District. 　　

Address: No.79 Gongqing Road, Haishu District, Ningbo

Longitude: 121.542434

Latitude: 29.866196

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