Folk remains of imperial edicts

A few days ago, the staff of literature and history in Qiu County, Hebei Province discovered a "huge" imperial edict of the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, which was more than 360 centimeters long and was generally well preserved.

The original of this imperial edict is blue yellow silk covered with brocade moire, which is more than 360 cm long and about 33 cm wide. There is no axis at both ends, which is slightly damaged, but the handwriting is clear and legible. The front end of the imperial edict is blue silk cloth with a silver double dragon around the word "Fengtian". The main idea of the text is: The emperor thanked an official named Sun Weicheng and his family for their dedication to the country, praised Sun Wei for working day and night as a country, praised his remarkable achievements, and made him an envoy of Shanxi.

The imperial edict listed thirteen official positions of Sun Weicheng. This decree was promulgated on the second day of December 28th in Wanli. The imperial edict has a total of more than 700 words, and the font is dignified and small, graceful and elegant. The imperial edict layout is neat and rigorous, ups and downs, vigorous handwriting and strokes. In the middle and at the end of the imperial edict, there are square seals of the royal "Patent Treasure" and "Guangyun Treasure".

According to Yang Fengkui, an expert on literature and history in Qiu County, Sun Weicheng referred to in the imperial edict, whose word is Zongfu, is the ancestor of the old man Sun and a native of Sunzhuang Village in Qiu County. He is knowledgeable and well-informed, especially proficient in temperament, and is good at writing poems and lyrics. 1570, Jinshi. He used to supervise the suggestion of Huguang Road and was promoted to the position of deputy envoy and minister of Shanxi Province. During the official period, I am honest and honest, and I love my people like a son. This imperial edict was received by Sun Weicheng when he was promoted to Shanxi Ambassador. On February 26th, 2008, two Kangxi multicolored imperial edicts were settled in Xinxiang Archives. Experts say that this colorful imperial edict does not even exist in the Central Archives. After being preserved by the people for more than 300 years, these two colorful imperial edicts issued by Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty were officially entrusted by the custodian to be preserved in Xinxiang Archives on February 26th. Judging from the date, these two colorful Kangxi imperial edicts were written on May 3rd, 40th year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty. There are Manchu and Chinese fonts on it, * * * is composed of yellow, blue, brown and other colors, and the materials are colorful brocade. It is about 3.25 meters long and 0.4 meters wide ... The first imperial edict is to make Xu An's mother queen in recognition of her good teaching. The second imperial edict is to make Ren Xuan's wife "virtuous", which means a good wife.

According to Ren Shaojian, one of the main collectors of the imperial edict, Ren Xuan was a famous minister in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty and was deeply appreciated by Emperor Kangxi. Kangxi thought that Ren Xuan's mother taught her children well, and that Ren Xuan's wife was sensible, virtuous and intelligent, and she was a first-class wife. Emperor Kangxi then issued the above two imperial edicts within one day on May 3rd, 40th year of Kangxi. Ren Shaojian said that in 2007, he took these two treasures to the Central Archives in Beijing. After seeing it, the experts repeatedly marveled and said, "What a national treasure! Even the Central Archives doesn't have this thing!"

Ren Shaojian told the story of the inheritance of these two national treasures. In 1950s, there was a family of stone men named Ren Chuanxiu, who was the first inheritor to be verified. Ren Chuanxiu passed the national treasure to his son Ren Zongbo after his death. 1995, when Ren Zongbo was seriously ill, he gave these two treasures to Ren Shaojian. Ren Shaojian said that during the "Cultural Revolution" period, if a little wind leaked, those who preserved the imperial edict might harm the whole family. Liang Yongping, the director of Xinxiang City Archives, learned that the Stone Man family preserved the imperial edict in 2003, so he sent people to communicate with the members of the Stone Man family many times, hoping that it would be preserved by the archives. But they were all rejected. Later, curator Liang Yongping told the Stone Man that if professional protection was not carried out, the imperial edicts would be weathered, and these two imperial edicts did show signs of weathering, so he suggested that the Stone Man family should take the overall situation as the priority. The heir family finally agreed and reached an agreement with each other: the property right of the national treasure belongs to the Stone Family forever, but it is kept by Xinxiang Archives. 2065438+On June 26th, 2003, the Propaganda Department of Shenzhou Municipal Committee of Hebei Province revealed that Dongsiwang Village in this city had recently discovered two imperial edicts from the Yongzheng period in the Qing Dynasty when revising the village annals, which provided written and physical evidence for the study of cultural and educational etiquette in the Qing Dynasty.

According to Meng Guozhen, the 77-year-old villager of Dongsiwang Village, the custodian of the imperial edict, in the 13th year of Yongzheng (1735), his ancestor Meng served as a guerrilla lieutenant in Biaoying, Hezhou Town, Shaanxi Province. Two letters were issued to Yong Zhengdi, namely, an order to stamp Meng Lin's grandparents and parents. These two imperial edicts are made of five-color brocade with dozens of auspicious clouds woven on them. Due to age and historical reasons, filiform or local damage appeared around the imperial edict. Each imperial edict is about 2 meters in horizontal length and 0.4 meters in vertical width. The text is written in Manchu and Chinese, and the Chinese characters are 2 cm square in regular script, which respectively reads "Grandpa Meng Lin is respectful and honest, and can enlighten the future. The heirloom is a world of Zepei" and "Grandma Meng Lin Liu is the home of the sword, and the silk is passed down to the world".

Both imperial edicts begin with the word "imperial edict", and each paragraph of the text begins with "heavenly goods", "imperial edict" or "imperial edict". According to the introduction of the cultural relics department of Shenzhou City, generally speaking, the imperial edicts in the Ming and Qing Dynasties began with "imperial edict" and "imperial edict". The difference is that the "imperial edict" was written by imperial academy and Jishi Shu calligrapher appointed by the emperor after the cabinet was finalized. Finally, the imperial edict was signed by the emperor, and the "imperial edict" was written about people or important events that the emperor personally valued. So the imperial edict preserved by the Meng family was written by Yong Zhengdi himself.