Xu Fang’s Qing History Documents

Xu Fang, courtesy name Zhaofa, was from Cheung Chau. Fu Qian, Ming Shao Zhan Shi, died in national disaster, the incident has Ming history. Fang, Chongzhen Renwu Juren. When Qian died for his country, Fang wanted to die, but Qian said, "I can't live without death. If I grow up to be a farmer, I will die!" So he hid in the mountains, wearing commoner clothes and straw shoes, and never entered the city for the rest of his life. When I visited Lingyan Mountain, I loved its vastness and distance, and lived there on the Bujian. Fang, together with Shen Shoumin in Xuancheng and Chao Mingsheng in Jiaxing, are known as "the three remaining people in the country". The calligrapher Sun Guoting of Fang, the painter Ju Ran, the master of Ni and Huang, and the Yushan people of Qin Dynasty. I tried to send a frame of Ganoderma lucidum to Wang Shizhen. Shizhen and Jin Xiaozhang painted plum blossoms, and Wang Jie wrote three chants in cursive calligraphy to remember it. However, his nature is serious, so don't interact with others. Tang Bin of Suizhou was on patrol in the south of the Yangtze River. When he went to visit him, he could not see him. Bin went to the hall, sat firmly and moved the sundial, recited the poem of Bai Ju, looked around and left. Cai Yurong, the governor of Sichuan and Lake, wrote from Jingzhou to ask for his paintings. He was reluctant to answer the letter and returned the coins, but he did not paint. He said: "The Ming Dynasty is in Yin Jingzhou, and I care about Changkang and don't care." The only contacts between Shen Shoumin and Laiyang Jiang Gai, Tongli Yang Wujiu, his disciple Wujiang Pan Lei and Nanyue monk Hong Chu.

The family is poor and has no food, but they are resistant to hunger and cold, and they don’t receive a drop from anyone. When Hong Chu was in a hurry, he looked around, and Fang said: "This is the purest food in the world." A donkey can understand people's thoughts. If you need it during the day, you can put the calligraphy and painting scrolls on the donkey's back and drive it away. The donkey walked alone, stopping at the gate of the city without taking a step behind. Those who saw it were interested in it and said: "The noble man's donkey has arrived!" He quickly took the roll and took the daily necessities as pointed out. Died at the age of seventy-three.

At that time, when Nao of the Song Dynasty in Shangqiu was fussing over Wu, Fang gave a warning: "The Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty knows me very well. If I die, don't accept his legacy." by. If he dies, he cannot be buried because he is poor. One day, a high-ranking scholar came from Wulin and asked him to serve as Ni Qiong. He was also poor, and he was a special agent in seal script and Li, so he rented his residence in the county. The word "黻" is used for burial utensils, and paper can be used to obtain hundreds of coins. After two years of accumulation, Naike was buried at the foot of Qingzhi Mountain and returned home with Xian. He said: "I want to be called a rich man who borrowed money, but I am afraid that my husband will spit it out, so I will try my best to know what your husband wants." He left immediately after the burial without naming his family name. Some knowledgeable people may say: "This Shanyin is Dai Yi!"