Former residence of Wu Shifen

Former residence of Wu Shifen

Wu Shifen's former residence is located in the west side of the South Gate of the old Wudi city. The main exhibition room of Wu Shifen's memorial is located in the honor Hall of Wu Shifen's former residence. The north wall of its east side is inlaid with three carved stones. The middle side is inscribed by Wang Shizhen of the Qing Dynasty's main League poetry circle to Wu Shaoshi, and the left and right carved stones are respectively inscribed by Liu Yong and Zheng Xie. The plaque of the hall of honor "shangshudi" is inscribed by Yu Minzhong, a scholar of the Qing Dynasty, and the horizontal plaque "Jinshi family" is written by Zhang Tingyu, a scholar of the Wenhua hall. The couplets on the porch pillars were inscribed by he Shaoji, Wu Shifen's ally in epigraphy. The couplets in the hall are the seal script of Wang Yirong, an expert in oracle bone inscriptions of the Qing Dynasty. The exhibition is divided into cabinet exhibition and wall exhibition. The exhibition includes Wu's genealogy, Wu Shifen's manuscripts, jinshiwen's handwriting and Wu Shifen's main works.

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Wu Shifen (1796-1856) was born in Haifeng (now Wudi) county. In the 15th year of Daoguang reign of Qing Dynasty (1835), he was a Jinshi. He successively served as the editor of Hanlin academy, the magistrate of Nan'an Prefecture in Jiangxi Province, the envoys of Guangxi and Henan provinces, the envoys of Zhili, Guizhou and Shaanxi provinces, the governor of Zhejiang Province, the bachelor of cabinet and the Minister of rites. Later, he became a doctor of Guanglu. Wu Shifen devoted his whole life to the archaeology of inscriptions on bronzes and stones. In his spare time in politics, he collected artifacts on bronzes and stones and wrote two monographs on bronzes and stones, including the ancient records and the full text of the ancient records. He also co authored with others the textual research on seal clay. Wu Shifen is versatile and has written many books in his life. Most of his manuscripts are now stored in the National Library and Shandong Provincial Library.

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In the Qing Dynasty, the Wu family, known as "Jinshi aristocratic family" and "Shangshu family", has a good reputation of "seven ministers, eight governors, nine Guanglu, three Hanlin, five senior officials and ten imperial bans". Covering an area of 7000 square meters, the courtyard is full of ancient trees and elegant momentum. The former residence, Nanyuan, was built in the Zhengtong period of the Ming Dynasty. It was originally the younger brother of Wang you, the Minister of the Ministry of household in the Ming Dynasty. It was purchased by Wu Shaoshi, the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs of the 13th Wu family, and then rebuilt. Now the Ming Dynasty buildings still exist, with a history of 500 years. The main body of Nanyuan is "baoyantang", which is named after Wu's collection of Su Dongpo's "Xuetang baoyantang". "Shangshudi" in the north courtyard was built in 1664, the first year of Emperor Kangxi's reign. A horizontal plaque of "shangshudi" was hung on the lintel, and a gold plaque of "father and son Jinshi" was hung on the interior door. According to experts, this former residence is a typical representative of the official residence in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which has high archaeological value and artistic value.

Memorial Hall

In the cabinet exhibition, there is Wu Shi De Lu of Wudi, one of Wu's "Xiao Si Ku Quan Shu" compiled by Wu Chongzhen, as well as some of Wu's collections, and Wu Shifen's hand carved couplets, inkstones and famous seals. The wall exhibition includes Wu Shifen's portrait, biography of Wu Shifen, brief introduction of Wu's main members, Kegong directory, official position overview, hereditary chart, etc., as well as poems and biographical couplets written by some historical and cultural celebrities such as Weng Tongshu, Chen Jieqi, etc. Wu Shifen Memorial Museum has a rich collection of nearly 1000 pieces of material objects and historical materials, including Wu Shifen's Gaoming, biography, palace examination papers, manuscripts, letters, stone carvings and some of his poems. With the restoration of Wu Shifen's former residence, the scale of the memorial museum will be expanded to five rooms and three halls, and gradually enrich the collection.

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