In the thirty-three years of Qianlong (1768), Ying Jiaying ranked first in the children's test. In the second year, I should take the exam for boys and rank first again. During the thirty-five to forty-three years of Qianlong (1770 ~ 1778), Song Xiang studied and farmed at home.
Forty-three years after Qianlong (1778), he entered Jiayingfu Academy. In the same year, he was a scholar in a quiz for government officials and studying politics. After that, I studied at Yuexiu College in Guangzhou. He studied hard and got excellent grades. Because of his poor family, he often sells his literary works for self-sufficiency. In the autumn of the fifty-seventh year of Qianlong (1792), 37-year-old Song Xiang took the provincial entrance examination, only to win the top prize and become Xie Yuan. Later, he taught at Jueluo Official School in Xianghuang Banner, Beijing, and his first collection of poems, Buyi Juzhai Collection, was created at this time.
Jiaqing took the exam in the fourth year (1799) and was assigned to palace examination. At the age of 44, he was awarded to Jishi Shu, imperial academy. In June+10 of the same year, he returned to his hometown because his father died of illness at home.
In the sixth year of Jiaqing (180 1), Song Xiang was invited by Yi Bingshou, a magistrate in Huizhou, to teach at Hufeng Academy in Huizhou, and wrote many poems, which were compiled into Hu Fengcao and Hu Fengcao, leaving many ink marks. In the seventh year of Jiaqing, Song Xiang left Huizhou and moved to Yangcheng, becoming the dean of Yuexiu Academy in Guangzhou, and Meizhou became a scholar.
In the winter of the tenth year of Jiaqing (1805), he returned to Beijing and was awarded the editing position of the Hanlin Academy. He used to be the supervisor of Wen Yuan Museum, the dean of Xian 'an Palace, the editor-in-chief of National History Museum, and studied under Jishi Shu. /kloc-send it to the main township in Sichuan in the autumn of 0/2, and go to the main township in Guizhou in the autumn of 0/3.
In the 18th year of Jiaqing (18 13), when Song Xiang was 58 years old, Wan Li went south to defend the houses in Qujing, Guangnan and Yongchang, Yunnan Province, and touched the scene along the way, wrote many poems sympathetic to the sufferings of the people and compiled "Southbound Grass". He was an official in Yunnan for 13 years, and he was actually a magistrate in Qujing. Among them, Tunxi, Guangnan, Dali, Shunning, Yongchang, Chuxiong and Yindao in the south of Tunxi are the representatives, and they have made outstanding achievements as officials, which is the most important period in his life. It is recorded in Biography of Qing History, Guangdong Tongzhi and Jiaying County Records. He spent most of his salary on revitalizing local public welfare undertakings and was widely praised. According to historical records, he first arrived in Qujing, and after the flood, there were disasters everywhere. If it is unbearable, it will lead many people to repair the city to control water; Later, when I went to Malong House, I saw that the land was barren and the people were poor, so I donated money to buy 500 new spinning wheels and a batch of cotton, and asked my wife Suyun to teach women to spin, so as to solve the people's living difficulties. People gratefully call this woven cloth "Song Announcement". When Song Xiang was in Guangnan Prefecture, he saw that the potential in the city was high and drinking water was difficult, so he donated money and personally surveyed the water source, chiseled two ponds in the east and west, and diverted water into the city for the people to drink; When Yamato was attacked by Yin, the local area was hungry and cold, and the plague was prevalent. He donated money and relief shirts and organized people to help themselves. When I was in charge of Yongchang Mansion, I saw the Yongbao Academy in the county town, which had been abandoned for a long time. I donated 170 silver to restore the academy and promote the development of culture and education. The people thanked him for his achievements as an official in Yunnan. The local people built a statue, a shrine and a monument for Song Xiang to worship him. In addition, not all scholars recorded the event of "afforestation in Diancang Mountain" which was also Song Xiang's achievement. Song Xiang stayed in Yunnan for 13 years, and he loved the mountains, water, grass and trees in Yunnan. Cangshan, Erhai, Dali Pagoda, Dianchi Grand View Building, Lancang East Tiesuo Bridge, etc. Is the object of his repeated chanting. What is particularly commendable is that these frontier fortress scenery works are full of thoughts and feelings of worrying about the country and the people. His collection of poems in Yunnan, A Collection of Red Apricot Houses, and A Collection of Poems with Topics, were published by Foucault in Daoguang, Yunnan for four years.
In the fifth year of Daoguang (1825), Song Xiang was old and sparsely populated. He was transferred from Yunnan and promoted to Governor of Hubei. On the 30th day of the first month of the following year, Song Xiang, 7 1 year-old, was ordered to plan the overall situation of Caohe River and personally command 3,000 grain ships in the southeast Caohe River. The task was arduous, and he took the boat to supervise the food until his death. I once wrote a poem: "If you ask the old lady today, the spring breeze will help the grain supervisor." After passing through Hanyang, I boarded the Guqintai at the foot of Guishan Mountain, and wrote a long song "Boyaqintai Wall" with bamboo leaves with great interest, and compiled it into "Chu Boat Song".
Song Xiang was also good at calligraphy and was one of the famous painters in Qing Dynasty. Song Xiang was a poet, an upright official, an educator and a calligrapher all his life, and made outstanding contributions to the country and people. In the sixth year of Daoguang (1826), Song Xiang died in his sleep at the age of 7 1 year. After his death, he had no money for burial, so he moved the coffin from Hubei to his hometown in Meixian, stayed in the west of the city, and then moved to the place where Baidu's face was concave. In the 6th year of the Republic of China (19 17), Lin Yumin, the magistrate of Meixian County, admired his name and invited his elder Baidu. Donated and buried in the back hill of Weibei, Baidu, another portrait and "Ruzan" monument were carved, and the octagonal pavilion at the south gate of Meicheng was set up, and then moved back to Song Xiang's former residence, which still exists today.
When Song Xiang was an official, most of his salary was used for the welfare of the people. His house is surrounded by four walls, and there is not much money left. However, Mo Bao's poems are quite rich, which is rare among feudal bureaucrats.
After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Song Xiang was named as one of the "Eight Sages of Meizhou", and his bronze statue stood in Meizhou Great Hall for future generations to pay tribute to.