Reflections after reading Yan Zhenqing from the Baijia Lecture Forum
Yan Zhenqing, a famous calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, is famous and has his own school, especially good at regular script. But in addition to being a calligrapher, he is also a loyal and patriotic person. Their family has a strict family tradition, original source search, and a strong sense of mission and responsibility. There have been many celebrities in the past generations, and most of them can be patriotic and love the people. Yan Zhenqing is one of the representative figures.
Yan Zhenqing lost his father when he was three years old, and his mother Yin personally educated him. When Yan Zhenqing grew up, he was knowledgeable, good at writing articles, and served his mother very filially.
In the 22nd year of Kaiyuan, Yan Zhenqing became a Jinshi and entered the Jia Department. Was ordered to inspect Hedong and Longzhou. At that time, there was an unjust case in Wuyuan that had not been resolved for a long time, and the weather was dry. After Yan Zhenqing vindicated his injustice, it rained heavily. The people in Wuyuan called it "yushi rain". He also inspected Hedong County and wrote to Xuanzong to impeach Shuofang County Magistrate Zheng Yanzuo for not burying his mother thirty years after her death. Xuanzong ordered that Zheng Yanzuo should not be employed for life. Everyone who heard about this was frightened.
The treacherous prime minister Yang Guozhong began to exclude Yan Zhenqing and transferred him out of the capital to serve as the governor of Pingyuan. Pingyuan County was under the jurisdiction of Anlushan. At that time, signs of Anlushan's rebellion had emerged, so Yan Zhenqing secretly raised the city wall, dredged the moat, recruited strong men, and stored grain and grass under the pretense of constant rain. On the surface, he went boating and drank with guests every day to numb Anlu Mountain. In the fourteenth year of Tianbao, An Lushan raised troops in Fan Yang. Most of the counties in Hebei were captured by the rebels, and only Pingyuan City, where Yan Zhenqing was stationed, was tightly defended.
In the first year of Xingyuan, the upright Yan Zhenqing was framed by the treacherous Prime Minister Lu Qi and was sent to the rebel general Li Xilie's ministry to inform him. He sternly resisted the thieves and was eventually hanged.
Professor Yu Gengzhe of Shaanxi Normal University is a guest on "Hundred Forums" to tell you about the patriotic chapter of "China Story", the sixth episode "Yan Zhenqing", so stay tuned.