In the above information, we should pay attention to the sentence that Yuan Shikai's father "has two daughters and six sons". One of the two daughters born to Yuan Baozhong, Yuan Shikai's father, married Mao Changxi's son as a daughter-in-law. Before marriage, Mao Changxi's son had died of illness, and his daughter-in-law married Mao Changxi's family with her husband's spirit tablet. To this end, the Mao family held a particularly large-scale "wedding", and the entire Mao family especially respected and cared for this daughter-in-law. This incident attracted the attention of the Qing Dynasty, and Cixi advocated that the emperor issue a decree to build a chastity archway in Wuzhi. Mao's daughter-in-law, because she had no husband, had to fast and recite Buddha at home, and invited the Buddha statue back from Baijiayan, Yuntai Mountain, Xiuwu, to devote herself wholeheartedly. Even the invitation to the Buddha statue in Baijiayan was instructed by Cixi, and the emperor ordered Mao Changxi to handle it himself. Up to now, Baijiayan still has a tall stone tablet left by Mao Changxi.
Mao Shi of Wuzhi and Yuan of Xiangcheng have this special relationship. Yuan Shikai is the younger brother of Mao Changxi's chastity daughter-in-law. Mao Changxi and Yuan Shikai have this special relationship. Three-no-let-go principle: When Mao Changxi was alive, he set himself a "three-no-let-go principle". This "three-no-leave principle" is: no ink left; Second, don't leave a manuscript; Third, don't leave any money. Mao Yunxi, a street seller of paintings, can know his talent and recommend him to the official career, which shows his love for art and sincere heart. Why do you only allow your calligraphy works to "stand on the wall for two hours"? Then burn it mercilessly, really leaving no word for future generations, no word for art history!
Mao Yunxi did this to his calligraphy works, and so did his articles. The article must be written. If the thought is not written, it means that the thought is not finished after all. Mao Changxi devoted himself to writing all his life and advocated improvement and tempering in his articles. However, his attitude towards his article is: the book is only two hours; It's just a season. All burn with the furnace.
Mao Yunxi did it without leaving an article for future generations. At the same time, I left no money for my family and future generations. I am not an official. I don't know what an official's mentality is about money, so I won't discuss it. It was only after the fall of the Qing Empire that Wu Zhi's Mao Shi family was defeated so quickly and thoroughly, and Mao Yunxi did it without leaving any money. After Mao Changxi's death, the descendants soon fell into poverty. The poor descendants didn't even believe that their ancestors were the best officials, left no money, and even stole their ancestral graves, and got nothing.