"The first place" refers to the first place where Zuo Cheng and Liu Si of Wanli Dali Temple taught truth. Now only the door frame and the stone lion in front of the door are left, which shows the prosperity of that year.
Zuo Si Becomes Emperor and Liu Si's Teaching
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, a famous political group-Lindong Party, headed by Gu Xiancheng and dominated by Jiangnan literati, appeared in China. They gathered in Donglin Academy, where Shi Yang, a Neo-Confucianism scholar in the Song Dynasty, gave lectures. "After giving lectures, they often satirize current politics and judge people", and make a big fuss about "the sound of wind and rain reading, and the sound is heard; Family affairs, state affairs and everything in the world are concerned. "This kind of political lecture activity has greatly influenced political representatives of various factions in the ruling and opposition parties. When the sages gathered around the Lindong School, they were called Lindong Party. Lindong Party pointed the finger at eunuch's political enemy-eunuch clique. Therefore, Wei Zhongxian, the leader of the eunuch group, compiled a book "Lin Dong Fenzhi" and nicknamed the famous Lin Dong party member in the Water Margin 108 in an attempt to catch them all. There is also Liu Si, a native of Ganxian County, who was then the "Tiejiaozi".
Liu Sihui (about 1570- 1630) was born in Meilin, Ganxian (now Meilin Village, Meilin Town). He grew up in a poor family and was eager to learn and make progress. In the thirty-fifth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1603), he was a scholar and a soldier of Huang Zhongshi. He has served as the magistrate of Linhuai (now Fengyang, Anhui), the supervisor of Huguang, the supervisor of Shandong, and Zuo Cheng of Dali Temple. During his tenure, he was honest and clean, sincerely serving the people, upright and upright, and enforced the law impartially, and presented the "Insisting on Buddhism" to the court.
Liu Sihui was a famous member of Lindong Party in the late Ming Dynasty. He is not afraid of eunuch Wei Zhongxian. He dares to uphold justice and safeguard justice. He is a remonstrator who is famous for his daring to speak. After being ostracized by eunuchs, he abandoned his official position and returned to his hometown. Therefore, my hometown Meilin Village has a home of "Zuo Si Cheng Di".
Because the old house of "Zuo Si Cheng Di" is located in the garden site of Gannan Hakka Celebrity Garden, the reconstruction of its gate will not only commemorate it, but also inspire future generations to study it.