Jiang Liyong: Official of the Qing Dynasty. The word sequence is east, the name is Zhishan, and the name is Shengye. A native of Jingling (now Tianmen, Hubei). In the 16th year of Jiaqing's reign, he became a Jinshi; in the palace examination, he won the first prize in the imperial examination. He was awarded the title of editor of Hanlin Academy, compiler and co-editor of National History Museum, and later served successively as bachelor of Hanlin Academy, Minister of Imperial Examination Marking and Bachelor of Cabinet. When he was an official, he assisted in flood control in his hometown Jingling. He is good at calligraphy and has a large collection of ink by his predecessors. He is the author of "Collection of Incense Cases".
When he was young, Jiang Xiangchi placed his son Liyong in a cave called "Sudong" in his hometown, so that he could isolate himself from worldly affairs and concentrate on his studies. As time went by, although his legs suffered from arthritis, after rigorous training, he became more knowledgeable and agile. In the 16th year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (1811), he won the first prize. The top four in the second and fourth classes are Lin Zexu, the anti-smoking hero. After Jiang Liyong won the first prize, he was taught by the Hanlin Academy to compile and compile. He has successively served as co-editor and editor of the National History Museum, and examiner of imperial examinations. In the 18th year of Jiaqing's reign, he served as deputy examiner of the Henan Provincial Examination. In the 24th year of Jiaqing's reign, he served as the chief examiner of the Guangxi Provincial Examination. Because Jiang Liyong had an upright personality and did not like flattery, his official career was not smooth. There are many stories about his quickness and good manners circulating in his hometown of Tianmen, Hubei.
Qing Jin fights for the Jade Palace; (Emperor Jiaqing)
The Zhu pen touches the Tianmen alone. (Jiang Liyong)
——Jiang Liyong’s response to Emperor Jiaqing
According to legend, after Jiang Liyong participated in the palace examination, Dong Hao, the scholar of Wenhua Palace, Cao Zhenyong, the minister of household affairs, and others initially planned to rank first. Third place. In the afternoon of the same day, Emperor Jiaqing met with all the Jinshi in the Imperial Garden for "imperial approval". He looked through the papers for the top ten of the first class he had drafted, and suddenly discovered that Jiang Liyong was from Hubei, so he asked: "Are you from Hubei? People from Hubei have to open the Tianmen to get the yuan." Jiang Liyong replied calmly: "I am from Tianmen, Hubei. I came here from Tianmen to take the exam this time." When Emperor Jiaqing heard this, he thought to himself, I was just making a joke. I didn't expect where the person came from. However, Jun Wuxi said that just when he was about to select him as the number one scholar, he thought again, didn't this make him easily the number one winner? No, I still have to try his talents. After making up his mind, Emperor Jiaqing said kindly: "I am going to make a couplet, and I hope you can respond immediately." He glanced at the lotus pond next to him and recited the first couplet "Qing Jin fights for the Jade Palace". "Qingjin" is the name given to scholars in ancient times; "Jade Palace" refers to the imperial palace. The meaning of this first couplet is that scholars gathered in the palace and competed to stand out. When Jiang Liyong heard this, he thought: Although the connotation is so, on the surface it still refers to the object in front of him: "Qingjin" can also be understood as lotus leaves; "Jade Palace" can also be understood as the Crystal Palace. This sentence is interpreted in this way, and it becomes a description of the beautiful scene of green lotus leaves vying to emerge from the jasper-like water surface. He noticed that the emperor had glanced at the lotus pond, and he also secretly glanced there. He saw pink lotus plants in buds, pointing straight to the sky. His heart suddenly brightened, and he read out the second line of the couplet "Zhu Bi Zhi Point". Tianmen". After hearing this, Jiaqing couldn't help but marvel. So with a wave of the ink pen, Jiang Liyong became the number one scholar. Thousand-year-old tree clothes drying rack; (Yang Jianting)
Wanli Yangtze River bathtub. (Jiang Liyong)
——Jiang Liyong responded to the private school teacher Yang Jianting
When Jiang Liyong was young, his father Jiang Xiangqi hired Yang Jianting, an old private school teacher known for his strictness, to teach at his house. Mr. Yang trained many talented students, including Jiang Xiangqi, a member of the Imperial Academy. Mr. Yang talks about Yabei again. Every time a lesson is taught, students must repeat it carefully and memorize it thoroughly. He punished students harshly and strangely. If a student made any mistake, he would immediately slap his palms and buttocks with a ruler or a piece of bamboo. After the beating, he would also ask the students to match the couplets. If they couldn't match the couplets, they would be put in solitary confinement. He never leaves the classroom casually and forbids students from running around. For the lively and active Xiao Liyong, this is like entering a cage. One day, Xiao Liyong couldn't stand it any longer, so he carried his teacher and several classmates on his back and slipped into the river to swim. After a while, the teacher came over with a ruler in hand and shouted to the students to come ashore. The students were afraid of being beaten and no one dared to come forward. Seeing this, the husband said: "Okay! Let's face each other first this time. Whoever can face each other will be spared!" After saying that, he hung his clothes on the tree by the river, twirled his beard, and read out in a measured tone. First couplet. The youngest Jiang Liyong looked at the wide and long river, and then read the second couplet in a childlike voice. The old gentleman couldn't help but secretly marveled after hearing this.
The rice straw is used by the father to hold his son; (Jiang Xiangchi)
The bamboo basket carries the bamboo shoots and the mother holds her son. (Jiang Liyong)
——Jiang Liyong responded to his father Jiang Xiangchi
Once Jiang Xiangchi returned to his hometown from the capital to visit relatives. It was spring plowing, and the villagers were pulling out seedlings in the rice fields, planting handfuls of them with straw as they did so. Jiang Hanlin was in high spirits and played the first couplet to the county officials and Confucian scholars who came to greet him. Everyone present was thinking hard, but none of them could answer the question. Hanlin turned to question his son. Li Yong smiled and said: "What's so difficult about this?" and blurted out the second line. After hearing this, everyone praised in unison: "I made a good move, and my son made a good match." Jiang Liyong's ability to be agile and good at making mistakes from a young age came into full play when he won the top prize in the future. The pagoda stands tall, with seven floors and four sides; (Li Hanlin)
The jade hand is shaken, with five fingers, two short and three long. (Jiang Liyong)
——Jiang Liyong responded to Li Hanlin
In the early years of Daoguang, Li Hanlin was sent to Hubei Province to take the examination. As soon as he took office, he saw a plaque hanging high in front of the entrance of the examination courtyard, which read "Only Chu has talents." He thought to himself: "Hubei people are so conceited, I want to give it a try." After the results of the provincial examination were released, he summoned the newly elected candidates to the examination hall, pointed at the plaque and sneered: "The people of Hubei call themselves 'only Chu has talent'. I don't think so. If a pair appears, please leave this plaque. If you can't, take it off and hide it." After saying that, he pointed to the seven-story pagoda in front of the courtyard and chanted with a smile. Out of the first couplet. All the officials looked at each other and waved their hands, but no one responded. When Li Hanlin saw this, he laughed loudly and ordered his followers to remove the plaque. After returning to Beijing, during a business break, he spoke sarcastically about the matter to Jiang Liyong, the number one scholar from Hubei. The general asked the champion, "What action can you take?" Li Hanlin said disdainfully, "What else can you do? Just wave your hands." Jiang champion said, "I, Hubei people, like to ask for words with my hands. They are right. It's: 'The jade hand is shaking, five fingers are two short and three are long.'" After hearing this, Li Hanlin blushed and sighed: "Absolutely!" When the news spread to his hometown, the villagers praised him: "Jiang Zhuangyuan is really talented. He won glory for the people of Chu."
Shi Jin Henan
Jiang Liyong became famous for his answer to Emperor Jiaqing's palace examination. Emperor Jiaqing admired Jiang Liyong very much and gave him ten thousand taels of gold. When Jiang Liyong passed through Henan with ten thousand taels of gold in Tanzhao Zhuangyuan Mansion, he saw that there were hordes of hungry people and everything was in depression in Henan at that time, so he donated ten thousand taels of gold to the local government. Therefore, there is no trace of Jiang Liyong in Zhuangyuanwanwanjiatai, Jingtan Township, Tianmen, his hometown today. Jiang Liyong's charitable deeds are also widely spread in some places in Henan.
Posthumous legends
It is said that in the 1980s, people from Jiang Liyong’s hometown, Zhuangyuan Village, Jingtan Township, Tianmen City, Hubei Province, dug up Chiang Zhuangyuan’s grave in Wanjiatai, and the things they found were It was so rare that a member of the Jiang clan in Group 5 of Zhuangyuan Village (then the principal of Zhuangyuan Primary School), after discussing with the clan members, sold Jiang Zhuangyuan’s relics and bought a water pump for the village to provide water for the people in the plains.