He was born in Yan Min. He was sickly when he was a child, but he was born in the late Ming Dynasty. He entered the Qing Dynasty and lived in seclusion in Taizhou Anfeng Salt Field. As a poet, his poetic language is simple and popular, and his content mostly reflects the poverty of the people. With the poetic style of Meng Jiao and Jia Dao, it was appreciated by Zhou Lianggong and Wang Shizhen.
The author of Lou Xuan's Poems, * * * Poetry 1265. Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House has a copy of Wu Jiaji's Poems.
Wu Jiaji, a Salt Poet
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In the history of China literature, there was a famous salt poet in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. He is Wu Jiaji, known as the poet in cloth.
Wu Jiaji woodcut statue
Wu Jiaji, born in Anfengchang (now Anfeng, Dongtai City), was born in the forty-sixth year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (16 18) and died in the twenty-third year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (1684). Grandfather Wu Fengyi was a student of Wang Xinzhai, a famous philosopher in Ming Dynasty.
Liu Guozhu, a disciple of Wu Jiaji, was educated by Wu Fengyi when he was young. He was talented and was among the best in the imperial examinations. He was born in poverty, burned salt when he was young, and there was no surplus grain at home. Although he often stops cooking in good years, he doesn't think it is bitter. I like reading and writing poems, but I never tire of learning. I once tried in the government, but I gave up my career and lived in seclusion in my hometown because I saw the Ming Dynasty fall, the Qing soldiers went south and the residents were slaughtered. Although the poet is not a chef, he is also destitute of food and clothing. There is only one thatched cottage called Louxuan. Because there are many weeds around his residence, there are chrysanthemum everywhere, but he always laments his voice and refuses to return it to outsiders, so he is also called a "savage". He is also happy to take the name of "savage".
Wang Ji, a friend of Yangzhou poet, visited a local bachelor and learned that Wu Yeren was poor, happy and self-reliant, so he gave the poem to Zhou Lianggong, a salt transporter in Huaibei, to read, and then transferred it to Wang Shizhen, an official in Yangzhou. Wang spoke highly of him, saying, "People with talents like Cargill don't know, people with local songs don't know, only Ji Wang knows." Zhou and Wang successively prefaced Biography of Poetry, and Taizhou School (Tais) collected 400 poems of Wu, which became famous at home and abroad after publication.
Wu Jiaji Ancestral Hall Wu Jiaji's former residence Wu Ancestral Hall HD big picture
Poetic feelings of compassion for others
Statue of Wu Jiaji
Living among the poor for a long time, I personally experienced the exploitation of the kitchen people by officials and salt merchants, as well as the frequent floods and military losses. In this regard, he wrote many poems reflecting the darkness of society and the suffering of the people. His poems, with their true and profound contents and highly summarized skills, reflected the miserable life plight of the working people at that time and their own thoughts and feelings. Wang Maolin commented, "Fifty-seven words are close to the skin, cold, and ... self-restraint. Doing all the articles in Yuefu today is to write feelings, change the pain of Han and Wei dynasties and be a family. " In the preface of the poem, Wu Zhouzuo called it "the cream is noble and pure, and the carving is delicate and beautiful." Don't refer to why it is a savage poem. " As he wrote in the poem Jueju, which describes the life of the salt people:
The white-headed stove is a low straw house. In June, fry salt to make a fire.
It is a cool moment to go out on a hot day.
Elegant boudoir taste and harmony and melody
HD photo of Wu Jiaji's former residence
Wu Jiaji's wife, Wang Rui, is a poetess who is obsessed with poverty and noble in taste. She is a descendant of Wang Gen, the founder of Taizhou School in Ming Dynasty. Wang Rui was smart and studious since childhood, inherited Wang Gen's simple materialism and civilian thought, and was diligent in writing lyrics. After marrying Wu Jiaji, they shared the same interests. Wu Jiaji named his own poetry collection "Louxuan Poetry", and Wang Rui also named his own poetry collection "Louxuan Poetry", both of which were highly praised by people at that time.
1683 autumn, died of illness, Wu Jiaji wrote 12 "Crying Wife King", which was heartbreaking. The preface of the poem says: "(Wang) has lived for forty-five years, and I would like to die first." When asked, he said: Ji Dejun has a poem in his hand. The child died, and I cried and had a poem. When crying, poetry is ashamed to work, but children are willing to pay! My son is willing to be paid, and my sadness can win words! "Because the poetess was too poor, Lou Xuan's poems could not be published, and even the manuscripts were gone. The following year, 67-year-old Wu Jiaji also died in grief and poverty. He left him in frustration and arranged his funeral with his best friend Wang Hecheng. Wang Wei erected a tombstone: "The Tomb of Mr. Wu Yeren, a Buyi Nationality in Tao Dong". After the Revolution of 1911, with the support of Zhang Jian, a famous industrialist in Nantong, a stone archway was established, and stone tables and benches were set up. Zhang Jian personally wrote couplets for the archway: Wan Qiushui, Yi people think, lie down, the west wind, so I am worried about my country.