Kong Qingrong

Kong Qingrong

Kong Qingrong (1787-1841), the word Tao Fu, the word Ye Shan. He is the son of xianzeng, the younger brother of Kong Xianpei, the eldest son of Confucius. Because Xianpei had no son, he took Qingrong as his heir. In 1794 (the 59th year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong), he was granted the title of doctor Guanglu. He is from Qufu, Shandong Province.

Qingrong was intelligent and good at diction. At the age of 9 (the first year of Jiaqing), Renzong came to the Imperial Academy to salute, and he was ordered to come to Beijing to accompany him. His manners are skillful, dignified and generous, and his manner is like that of an adult. It is amazing that he can answer everything he asks. He was a little older, honest and filial, served his mother, and didn't dare to go in and out of the daily life. His parents died in the palace, and he went to mourn for three days. His simple character, although expensive for the public, food does not have heavy meat. In case of emergency, family members and friends always try their best to help each other. He was good at painting and calligraphy. His writing style is elegant. The larger the characters are, the tighter the structure is; the smaller the letters are, the looser the frame is. The official script is as powerful as a note, and is crowned with the title of contemporary. Because of his sixth ancestor Yuqi orchid grass heritage method, especially like painting orchid. The orchid is lifelike, like smelling its fragrance. Warm and hospitable, he often met friends with literature, drank wine and wrote poems in the Xihua Hall of Confucius Mansion. He drinks a lot and is known as "the third drinker". He carefully renovated the back garden of his inner house. During the Jiaqing period, people sent people to transport a huge iron smelting block in the shape of a mountain peak from other places and put it in the garden. It was named "Tieshan garden" and called itself "master of Tieshan garden". And wrote a poem praising: "the garden hall is good, and every year's visitors rely on the fence. If you look for chrysanthemums in September, you will find peonies in spring. " Kong Qingrong is one of the most talented Yan Shenggong in the past dynasties. His poems, calligraphy and paintings include one volume of Chunhua collection, one volume of Minghe collection, one volume of zhongshutang collection, four volumes of tieshanyuan poetry collection and one volume of tieshanyuan painting collection. Kong Qingrong: Mount Taishan is inscribed with "Qunfeng gongdai". See photos