Zheng Xuan and the Compilation of Yesterday's Unfamiliar Day
Zheng Xuan, whose real name is Hanfeng, went to Xiadu, Min County (now Fuzhou) yesterday, instead of being a layman in buddhist nun. I have been gifted since I was a child, and I never forget reading. Grandfather Zheng Rixiu was a juren and an official scholar in Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty. Father Zheng Yuanxun, a county scholar. Grandfather and father both studied in Beijing and taught hundreds of students, so Zheng Xuan made friends with celebrities at home and abroad. Tomorrow, in the fourth year of the senior high school entrance examination (1624), he will be a juren, and in the fourth year of Chongzhen (163 1), he will be a scholar, and he will be awarded the director of Nanjing Household Department, in charge of warehouses, money and grain account books, etc. Later, he became the magistrate of Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, attached importance to education and built water conservancy projects, which was deeply loved by the people. A few years later, Ren Yingtian (now Nanjing) was the governor. He is an honest official, taking nothing, living a poor life, and his wife is still wearing a cloth skirt. He said, "I am a three-legged Tang Qing. It's been six years. I've been doing it since I was a child. If you want to repair it, it is not easy to take measures. "At that time, there was a famine in the north and refugees fled to Nanjing. But the people in Nanjing pay a lot of taxes and don't chat. Li Wei, a martial artist, suggested that the rich people in the south of the Yangtze River should be robbed of their financial resources to pay their salaries, but he was strongly opposed by the money. Zheng Xuan immediately retired and returned to his hometown.
Zhu, the king of the Tang Dynasty, set up a small court in Longwu, Fuzhou, and named Zheng Xuan the Minister of Industry and the Prince of Taibao. Zheng Xuan assisted the government together with Huang Daozhou, a university student, and Zhang Kentang, the governor. At that time, the military commanders were overbearing, and the orders of the court could not be conveyed to several States. In the second year of Longwu (1646), Zhu Bing was defeated and killed. Zheng Xuan was depressed and died at home soon. Later, it was enshrined in the Six Immortals Temple in Jiaxing.
Zheng Xuan likes reading, is proficient in literature, and attaches great importance to articles with scholars such as Ni and others. Zheng Xuan wrote four volumes of "Wu Mi Dredging Grass", which was not handed down from generation to generation. He is also the author of Twenty Volumes of Yesterday's Fenni 'an Day, which is the library in Zheng Xuan government offices. Zheng Xuanxu said, "I made a mistake yesterday." Always remind yourself. This book is his reading notes, collected from official history, poetry anthology, unofficial history, miscellaneous notes and other books. "This book captures ancient sayings and behaviors," he said. "I don't want to make things gaudy or make people feel ridiculous. I have taken it from world religions, ethics, Xiu De and Buddhism, which is enough to lose. " I hope it can enlighten the world and serve as a guide for people's actions. As soon as the book was published, it immediately attracted the attention of the government and the public. Some people compare it to Liu Xiang's Shuo Yuan in the Western Han Dynasty. Soon, this book was introduced to Japan and was well received. It has been a sensation in Japanese business for 400 years. This book is from the Ming Dynasty, it is a printed version, and it has been photocopied in recent years. 1995, zhongzhou ancient books publishing house also has two volumes of "complete translation of literary and vernacular", which is very convenient for readers.