Yaoguang Xu believes that poetry should be based on life experience, and every poem should pay attention to its own life. The preface to "Snow Gate Cao Shi" reads: "When the world is closed, people know how to write beautiful poems; However, the praise of beauty is not true, it is straightforward. When in trouble, people know to write satirical poems; However, the irony is improper and goes straight to Shantou. " Some people also said, "The wording of Yi Yun should be ancient, and lyrical scenery should be written from now on, otherwise songs or cries will follow. Songs are at their best, unbiased and in between. If the poet is a righteous year, if the poet sees what happened at that time, it is true. " There are many works on poetry in Yaoguang Xu's poems, and he has his own opinions on poetry.
Xue Men Cao Shi has sixteen volumes and is divided into four episodes, including 2,030 songs, including You, Gui Ji, Shang Ji and Shang Yuan, which lasted from the 20th year of Daoguang to the 8th year of Guangxu. Attached are fifty-five proverbs from Yan Guzhi.
You Ji You is a poem written by Xianfeng before he went to Zhejiang two years ago. I have been studying for many years, and I have heard about it. The trip to Yanzhou, the trip to Mianyang's daughter, the snake shooting platform to look back on the past, the songs, the visit to Jinshan Temple, Xiangjiang Ci, and the West Lake miscellaneous poems are all excellent. Rereading Forty-two Poems and On Thirty-two Poems are enough for collection.
When commenting on poetry in Rereading Forty-two Poems of the Book of Songs, he said, "How dare you speak lightly of scripture without careful study? Only benevolent people see benevolence, wise people see wisdom, and fools are not allowed to see stupidity. " These poems show that he was in his prime when he was young.
"Return to Jim" is a poem before Tongzhi became the magistrate of Jiaxing for three years. Yaoguang Xu "lived very late in Wu Chu, witnessed the military, enumerated the right and wrong of officials, the gains and losses of management politics, the rise and fall of the people's hearts, and was unknown, but slowly published with pen and ink". "Wen Changsha was besieged with anger", detailing the Taiping Rebellion. Every important battle since then has been heard and recorded in poetry. After the fall of Zhuji, on the way back to his hometown in Changsha to visit relatives, he visited Zeng Guofan in Anqing and returned to Zhejiang with him, writing many poems about the war disaster. "Disease" wrote that Longlan was not sleepy, and the soldiers fought with the people. (Qingjiang) Zhang Yuliang killed thousands of people, ... is "disease";
The grass in the field is as tall as a person, and the trees in the mountains have no nests.
Houses in the village have been burned frequently, and fires have continued.
There is a disease in boiling Artemisia selengensis. Chenopodium is too old to swallow.
The world of blood and tears broke the surface of yellow dust, packed their bags and begged for food from neighboring villages, which were lonely and nobody saw them.
Last year, the building was cloudy, and this year, Chibi stayed oblique.
The white tone is wrapped around the roots, which is terrible and shocking the soul.
Yaoguang Xu was very generous to opium, and the Qing court even donated opium to pay for it. He wrote in the poem "Zhi Ci": "Foreign cigarettes entered China by sea, which was seen in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. Shi Li's Department of Materia Medica, named A Furong, is a kind of opium, commonly known as opium, which can stop dysentery and astringent essence. ..... this thing is dry and fine, and it gradually flows and dyes. China people are fascinated by it, but it is not as good as foreign products. With the precious silver in the mainland, it is easy to harm people from other places. ..... Please smoke, but not use. Donate foreign medicine to help the army adjust today. " And pay tribute to China people who borrowed foreign soldiers. As our people are pro-foreign, their people are also entering the mainland. It's called Qianjiang Song:
Penglaigang is located on the east bank of Qianjiang River, where foreign tourists are still stationed.
On the west bank of the Qianjiang River is Hangzhou, and the loyalists are in a thin countercurrent in February.
Please draw the feather fan as a river and press down the tide from your own warship.
Who ends the colorful silk, the rhetoric is convincing and relatively sad. Hu didn't drive back to the seaside to rest.
The Collection of the Early Yuan Dynasty was written at the beginning of Jiaxing. There are poems such as Ode to Xiuzhou and Sigh of Despair, Poems such as Pray for Rain to Plant Sang Yong, Poems such as Tingshi and Xue Quota, satirical exclamations such as Cold Official Sigh, Rice Donation Sigh and Exile, and Poems such as Topic Xiushui.
The second episode of Shangyuan was written during Jiaxing's second term. There are poems about "strengthening the country" and "seeking wealth", such as "seeing Sheng off from Yanghu to Guangji Pankou for coal mining", "The feeling of working in Zhapu on September 18", "Leaving Jiashou on July 25 to stay away from the old", "Five verses in a long garden" and "Looking at Jade Emperor Mountain on January 26".
Yaoguang Xu's later experience was greatly enriched, and his poems became more mature. In the poem Middle Age, I feel that people are worried about middle age, and I am happy for middle age. I learned from reading that it is a pity that the chapters are very thin. He also said to himself in the poem "Poetry has become this": "He fought for the door in the Song Dynasty and was unable to fight the similarities and differences between Korea. Only the thunderstorm changed in the year of the book, and it was written with flowers and birds. "
Yaoguang Xu's good books were first taught by Dong Xiangguang, and later by Su Huang. Can write poems, like inscriptions. I like drawing orchids, too. I refuse to be lighter than words.
As a poet in the Qing Dynasty, The Collection of Poems in the Qing Dynasty published by Culture and Art Publishing House made a detailed comment and summary on Xue Men's poems, and attached one with high value and the best historical materials. "Xue Men Cao Shi" is collected in all major libraries in China. Yaoguang Xu is not only a poet, but also famous for his historical works. His four-volume Talk about Zhejiang is an important historical record of the Taiping Army's wars in Jiangnan and Zhejiang, which was selected by China Academy of Social Sciences and published by Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House as a Dictionary of China History (historical volume).
Talking about Zhejiang consists of four volumes, which was written in the tenth year of Tongzhi (187 1) and published in the fourteenth year of Guangxu (1888). "Talking about Zhejiang" preface says: "Gu Zi, a Taoist priest, once lived in Xianfeng, ruled Xin Wei for 20 years, and went to eastern and western Zhejiang. Everywhere I went, it was mostly red and tight, the fire was thrilling, and the feather book was thrilling. The weather changes of ordinary people, the dangers of geographical location and the entanglements of human feelings are all quiet observations. I have long known the reasons for its success or failure. I am here to make friends, take notes, make a series of talks about Zhejiang and talk about my life experience. "
The China Historical Dictionary (Historical Records Volume) commented on Zhejiang as follows: "From the third year of Xianfeng (1853), the story of how to defend Hangzhou in February of Xianfeng's tenth year, the story of Shaoxing's fall in September of Xianfeng's eleventh year, and the story of Ningbo's fall in November of Xianfeng's eleventh year. Among them, the military deployment of both sides and the preparation of relevant subordinates, the looting of the Qing army and the annihilation of Chang are described in detail, which is beyond his book. "
For example, it is recorded in "Talking about the Beginning of Building a City of Ningguo in Xianfeng Three Years": "Ningguo is brave, and there are many people in Sichuan, Guangzhou and Chu provinces. Raising Taizhou in the province, such as Xia and Tao, is a thief in Taiwan. " After the Taiping Army entered Changshan, Zhejiang, "Taiyong took the opportunity to plunder and left with a large number". "Taiwan yong plundered Changshan, collapse in Ann. In the name of killing Tai Yong, Longlan Yong Yong Yong took all his goods and killed all his people. He also stopped the river for inspection, and those who were slightly burdened were killed because of suspicious behavior. "
Another example is "Talking about the story of Chinese and foreign officers and men recovering the city of Ningbo in April of the first year of Tongzhi": "On the 27th, they led 700 men, with Li Hongzhang as the lieutenant, attacked Ningbo City and were shot in the chest, so they were paid to surrender Ning on the 8th."
Yaoguang Xu's account of Taiping Army's war in Talking about Zhejiang, as the preface says, comes from "making friends notes". Among them, the only personal experience is probably that the Taiping Army invaded Zhuji after the fall of Jinhua in March 19th, 11th year of Xianfeng.
Yaoguang Xu attached great importance to the collection of historical materials, which was recorded in detail when he was an official. Be cautious about the historical materials collected. Its preface says: "If you can still judge right and wrong by what you see, then you can speak." He also said: "If you are afraid of the evil of the country, you can say it directly, you can say it strictly, or you can brag about it. You don't have to do what Wang Ting threatened. Pasture satirical discussion, with different idle, no taboo, endless talk. Because of Yaoguang Xu's extensive exposition and detailed description in Talking about Zhejiang, he "watches its dynamics"; The treatment of "avoiding the evil of making a pact with the country" dares to express one's mind directly, which does not conform to the threat of the court and the harmony, and has the leisure of similarities and differences with the official historical materials of the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, "Talking about Zhejiang" has become an important historical volume to study the Taiping Army War and the figures of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and has been widely quoted by related works.
In Xue Men Cao Shi, there are also many records about the Taiping War, such as the siege of Changsha and the fall of Wuchang. There are also some poems describing the internal and external relations, such as Ryukyu tribute and envoys passing through China, describing the traditional tribute of Ryukyu, and the situation that this tribute is supplemented and the envoys will be called China when talking with people in China along the way. Another example is "Korea is hard to make a foreign work", which was published and introduced as a precious document by "Poems of the Qing Dynasty". Poetry cloud:
White round neck, windy in the East China Sea. Wandering and saving to China,
A political party with equality between China and foreign countries. Give the ship clothes and food, and send a special envoy to escort the horizon.
Listen carefully to the constraints and return to the old country, and you should feel the royal virtue. Ryukyu newspaper, it is difficult to survive again.
The width of the Southeast Sea is really unpredictable. It is very sad to live a vain life, and the demand is great. I am afraid that foreign hooligans will rely on it to do their careers. )
In the first year of Guangxu (1875), Yaoguang Xu organized the reconstruction of Jiaxing government records. He was appointed as the editor-in-chief, formulated the style and was responsible for presiding. Guangxu finalized the manuscript in three years, and it was engraved in the autumn moon. It was completed in the late summer of four years, and the version was collected in Yuanhu Academy. In the fifth year of Guangxu, one hundred copies were reprinted at the request of all parties. This "Jiaxing Prefecture Records", commonly known as "Continued Records", has 48 volumes and 88 volumes. It is well written, rich in information and well documented, and is regarded as the best work in local chronicles.
In November of the eighth year of Guangxu (1882), Yaoguang Xu died of illness in Hangzhou. Buried outside Liuyang Gate in Changsha, Hunan Province, Dongxiang, Guitang, Xujiachong, and Zufen Mountain of Xu Ancestral Hall. His books were donated to Fu Xue, Jiaxing, and later Changsha people donated all the remaining books in Changsha to Jiaxing Library.
Yaoguang Xu loved books all his life, studied hard and liked writing. Poetry is solid, historical facts are respected and officials are pragmatic. Stubborn personality, that is, Hunan people's "stubborn" temper, resigned. The first-class entrance examination was sent to Zhejiang because he dared to write illegally. In the war against Taiping Army, he dared to write a straight book, praising the imperial court for using foreign soldiers and denouncing the Qing army for burning and killing indiscriminately. When Jiaxing took office, I did what I dared to do in my position. The departments of provincial hospitals are all jealous talents, and they have not been promoted in 18 years. In the big case of "checking wasteland", they wronged the people.
If you dare to make a mistake, you will eventually be fired.
However, Yaoguang Xu was an official in Zhuji County and Jiaxing Prefecture of Zhejiang Province, which won the hearts of the people and made great achievements. His Poems of Snow Gate and Talking about Zhejiang have spread all over the world and are of literary and historical value. There were many famous people in the Qing Dynasty, so it is impossible to go down in history. Yaoguang Xu is a historical figure with outstanding achievements and works handed down from generation to generation. He was included in China Personal Names Dictionary by the Commercial Press, and his life story was introduced in the book.