Guoyan is a chronicle history book that records important historical facts of the Ming Dynasty. Talk about relocation. The whole book consists of 104 volumes and the first 4 volumes. ***Five million words.
This book narrates the 317-year history from the birth of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang in September of the first year of the Tianli calendar of Yuan Wenzong (1328) to the fall of Nanjing in 1645 and the demise of King Fu's resistance to the Qing regime. The book dares to write directly about some important historical facts of the Ming Dynasty that "Ming Shilu" avoids talking about; some important events are often listed side by side with personal and expert comments. The historical facts should be carefully researched and reviewed, and the materials should have considerable reliability or reference value. The history of more than seventy years after Wanli, as well as the records of the development of the Jurchens in Jianzhou and the relationship between Jin and Tongming in the later Jin Dynasty, are especially rare in other books. The historical facts of the 17th year of the Chongzhen Dynasty, compiled based on Di Bao, local chronicles and oral materials from officials and survivors, also have important historical value.
However, some of the narratives in the book are too brief, and some events are repeated and have different accounts. In addition, superstitious ideas such as the feudal orthodox historical view, Confucian theory of destiny, Buddhism and Taoism are also strongly reflected in the book. Because the book contained many derogatory remarks about the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it was banned at the time. The original manuscript of "Guoyan" was said to be one hundred volumes, and only the manuscripts were handed down after Tan Qian's death. Later, Zhang Zongxiang of Haining, Zhejiang, based on the manuscripts of Jiang's Yanfen Caotang and Siming's Lu family's Baojinglou manuscripts, and the ten volumes of Chongzhen's dynasty were compared with each other. Supplemented and punctuated, it is divided into one hundred and four volumes, and the first volume is divided into four volumes, ending in one hundred and eight volumes. It was published in six volumes by Ancient Books Publishing House in 1958.
[Edit this paragraph] How the book was written
In the first year of Tianqi (1621), Tan Qian was 28 years old. Tan Qian’s mother died. He stayed at home in mourning and read a lot of Ming Dynasty history books. I felt that there were many errors and omissions in it, so I decided to write a history of the Ming Dynasty that was authentic and credible and consistent with the historical facts of the Ming Dynasty. During the next twenty-six years of middle age, he carried his luggage and walked hundreds of miles for many years. I searched everywhere for books, borrowed copies, was hungry for pears and thirsty for dates, read household records in the market, and searched for information. Finally, it took five years to complete the first draft. Afterwards, it was revised and revised one after another, and after twenty-six years of unremitting efforts, six drafts were revised, and the masterpiece "Guoyan" in 100 volumes and 5 million words was compiled. Unexpectedly, two years later, in August 1647, the manuscript was stolen by a thief. He was filled with grief and worked hard to rewrite it. After four years of hard work, the new manuscript was finally completed. In 1653, at the age of 60, he traveled to Beijing with his second draft. He stayed in Beijing for two and a half years, visited the Ming Dynasty's ministers and old friends, collected the Ming Dynasty's legacy, documents and relevant historical facts, and inspected the historical relics on the spot to supplement, Revision. After the book was completed, it was signed "Jiangzuo Survivors" to express the pain of the country's subjugation, so that this painstaking masterpiece could be completed.
[Edit this paragraph] Table of contents
Tan Qian and "Guoyan"
Inscription
Preface
Preface
Examples
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3
Volume 1 Four
Volume 1: Wuchen, September of the first year of Emperor Wenzong's Tianli, to Guimao, the 23rd year of Emperor Shun's reign
Volume 2: Jiachen, the 24th year of Emperor Shun's reign To Dingwei in the 20th year
Volume 3 Taizu Hongwu's first year Wushen to his second year Jiyou
Volume 4 Taizu Hongwu's third year Gengxu to his fourth year Xinhai
Volume 5 Taizu Hongwu’s fifth year from Renzi to his seventh year Jiayin
Volume 6 Taizu Hongwu’s eighth year from Yimao to his twelfth year Jiwei
Volume 7 Taizu From the 13th year of Gengshen to the 16th year of Guihai of Zu Hongwu
Volume 8: Jiazi, the 17th year of Taizu Hongwu to the 20th year of Dingmao
Volume 9: The 21st year of Taizu Hongwu Wuchen to the twenty-fifth year of Renshen
Volume 10 Taizu Hongwu’s twenty-sixth year from Guiyou to the thirty-first year of Wuyin’s fifth month
Volume 11 Taizu Hongwu From the fifth month of Wuyin in the thirty-first year to Xinsi in the third year of Jianwen of Huizong
Volume 12, Renwu, the fourth year of Jianwen of Huizong
Volume 13, Guiwei, the first year of Chengzu Yongle To the third year of Yiyou
Volume 14 became the ancestor of Yongle in the fourth year of Bingxu to the seventh year of Ji Chou
Volume 15 of the volume of 15 became the ancestor of Yongle from the eighth year of Gengyin to the eleventh year of Guisi
Volume 16, the twelfth year of Yongle's reign, from Jiawu to the 16th year of Wuxu
Volume 17, from Jihai, the 17th year of Yongle's reign, to the eighth month of Jiachen, the 22nd year
Volume 10 Ba Cheng Zu Yongle's 22nd year from August Jiachen to Renzong Hongxi's first year Yisi May
Volume 19 Renzong Hongxi's first year Yisi June to Xuanzong Xuande's first year Bingwu
< p>Volume 20, the second year of Xuanzong and Xuande, Dingwei to the third year of Wushen......
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In the late Ming Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty, a man appeared in Zhejiang A historian talks about migration. Tan Qian has been diligent and studious since he was a child, and has read a lot of books. He especially loves history and is determined to write a detailed and credible history of the Ming Dynasty. But because his family was poor and he had no money to buy books, he had to borrow books from everywhere and copy them. Once, in order to copy some historical materials, I walked more than a hundred miles with dry food. After more than 20 years of struggle and six revisions, Tan Qian finally completed a chronicle of the Ming Dynasty of more than 5 million words - "Guo Que (què)" when he was in his 50s.
Facing this masterpiece that can be passed down through the ages, one can imagine the joy in Tan Qian’s heart. However, just before the manuscript was about to be copied, something unexpected happened. One night, a thief sneaked into his house and stole something. Seeing that the house was bare and there was nothing to steal, he thought that the manuscript of "Guo Que" locked in the bamboo box was valuable property, so he stole the entire bamboo box. Since then, the whereabouts of this precious manuscript have been unknown.
More than 20 years of hard work vanished in the blink of an eye, which is a fatal blow to anyone, not to mention that Tan Qian was already a frail and sick old man at this time. He didn't think about food and tea, and couldn't sleep well at night. Only two lines of tears kept flowing. Many people thought he would never stand up again, but bad luck did not defeat Tan Qian. He quickly broke away from the pain and returned to his desk, determined to write this history book from scratch.
After four years of hard work, he completed the first draft of the new book. In order to make this book more complete and accurate, 59-year-old Tan Qian took the manuscript with him to the capital Beijing. During his time in Beijing, he traveled around, extensively collected anecdotes about previous dynasties, and personally went to the countryside to inspect historical relics. Wearing a tattered shirt, he ran around in the wind and sand all day long. Facing Gu Deng, he wrote vigorously regardless of his old age and frailty. He knew that there was not much time left for him in life. After several more years of struggle, a new "Guoyan" was born. The newly written "Guoyan" has 104 volumes and 5 million words. The content is more detailed and exciting than the original one. It is a rare masterpiece on the history of the Ming Dynasty. Tan Qian also became famous in history.
In the long journey of life, there will inevitably be ups and downs, but as long as you have faith that cannot be defeated by bad luck, the light of hope will dispel the clouds of despair