Official career experience
Li Minbiao, his ancestor Li Bingxun was Yixuanlang during the Duanping period of the Song Dynasty. His tomb is now in Luogang Village, Taiping Town, Conghua. His father, Li Guanchang, was once an official and censor. Li Minbiao was born in the tenth year of Zhengde in Ming Dynasty (1515). He has been very smart since he was a child, with an honest nature. He only studies hard, has a comprehensive knowledge of the classics, and the history of hundreds of schools of thought. Talented and heroic, independent for a while and arrogant for eternity. Tian Rucheng, the school inspector, and Dai Z, the imperial attendant, once tested him on the topic of political theory and were greatly surprised by his answers. He studied under Huang Zuo and was particularly respected. Huang Zuo had to discuss everything he wrote. Li Minbiao was admitted as a Gongsheng student at the age of 13 and as a Juren at the age of 18. After that, he failed in many examinations until he was 43 years old when he was awarded the Confucius Institute at the Hanlin Academy. Two years later, he moved to the Ministry of Personnel to handle the affairs of the cabinet system. He had the opportunity to read the books in the inner palace and become familiar with the stories of the three dynasties. In the forty-fourth year of Jiajing reign (1565), he moved to Nanjing and became a member of the Ministry of War. At that time, the army wanted to mutiny due to lack of food, but the people of Li sent an edict and earnestly dissuaded them. After that, Ding's mother was worried. After completing his service, he was appointed as a member of the Household Department in Zhejiang Province and supervised the warehouse in Tongzhou (now Nantong, Jiangsu Province). He was transferred to Yunzhong County (today's Datong, Shanxi Province). He was recalled to the Secretariat in Beijing to serve on the Sutra Banquet. He participated in the revision of "Records of Emperor Shizong" and "Records of Mu Zong" and was promoted to the Chief Secretary of Henan Province for consultation. The people showed that the officials were honest and refused to accept bribes. Relatives, friends and old friends donated money to help with the funeral. In the seventh year of Wanli (1579), he became an official after being begged for three times, and was finally allowed to do so. Li Minbiao returned to Guangzhou, built a Qingquan Jingshe at the foot of Yuexiu Mountain, and spent his whole life reading and writing. He died in the ninth year of Wanli (1581) at the age of 66. Literary achievements
When Li Minbiao was still young, he formed a poetry club with his brothers and friends Wu Dan, Liang Youyu, Ou Daren, Liang Zi, etc., and revitalized Lingnan poetics since the fifth son of Nanyuan. . After entering Beijing, he became friends with many celebrities at home and abroad, such as Wen Zhengming and his son, Wang Shizhen, Li Panlong and other famous poets in the Central Plains. They socialized and sang, and their poems were famous. Li Minbiao's classical poetry has a rigorous structure and calm writing style, which are most praised by people at the time. Wang Shizhen said of him: "Peaceful and elegant, he travels between Jian'an, Qi and Liang." For example, "Looking at Baiyun Mountain Ten Miles Out of Guo":
Yi Tuxia's external heart has long been associated with Cangzhou.
In Fangchun, we give up hairpins to our friends, and in Qingxi, we only have two friends.
The clear dew is clear, and the white clouds are everywhere.
The sun rises over Xiyang Cliff, and the wind scatters the forest.
The plank road is slender, and the river is also rippling.
Qianlu has a strange atmosphere, and the shadows of the built trees are unique.
Zhiyun has donated, and my heart is full of joy.
Xuanpu is not a miraculous place, how can Danqiu be an external image?
Gu Jiaolingfenghan, always enjoying the mountains and springs.
On the whole, Li Minbiao’s ancient style poems are too imitative and are not as fresh and profound as his modern style poems. For example, "Reminiscing about the Ancients in the Guangdong and Taishan Mountains", climbing up the beautiful mountains and remembering Zhao Tuo's achievements in protecting the country and the people and maintaining unity, the realm is grand and sonorous and can be recited:
Chatting in Beijing and Taiwan, looking around at the willow spring.
Xiangjun Yuan swallowed Chu, and Longchuan separated from Qin.
A hero has no home, but there is dust in battle.
The leniency edict in Chinese still feels like a remnant of the people.
Li Minbiao is good at writing in cursive, seal script and official script. The calligraphy works are called "super-quality". Wen Zhengming often told people that only Li Minbiao could inherit his calligraphy. The three characters "Huabiao Stone" written by Li Minbiao on Jinshi Mountain in Liushui Village, Huilong Township, Deqing, each character is about 7 meters in diameter. It was the largest cliff carving in Guangdong at that time and is known as the masterpiece. On the large stone wall surrounding Xinwu in Xinnan Township, Guancun District, Conghua on the mountainside, there is a 3-meter-long and 2.8-meter-wide character "Shou" carved on it, signed "Shaoshan Zi Shu". There is also a stone carving with the words "Xiao Taoyuan" about 30 meters below and left of this stone. These two stone carvings were both written by Li Minbiao. This is a precious souvenir he left to the people of his hometown. Character writings
Li Minbiao’s works include 16 volumes of "Yao Shishanren's Poetry Manuscript", "Meihua Society Manuscript", "Beiyou Manuscript", "Quotations of the Empress", etc. He also participated in the compilation of "Yao Shishanren's Poetry Manuscript". "Guangdong General Chronicles", "Conghua County Chronicles" and "Luofu Mountain Chronicles".