Portrait of Liu Yong
Liu Yong's life is not like a TV series, hunched over and fought with He Kun all his life. Historically, he was neither a top scholar nor a hunchback. His career has experienced ups and downs, but he didn't fight with He Kun. On the contrary, according to historical records, although Liu Yong was an honest official, he also did something to go with the flow in an environment full of interests.
His background is relatively better. He was born in a well-known prime minister's office, and several generations of his family were scholars. His father is a prime minister and won the trust and reliance of Qianlong. Liu Yong can embark on the road of prime minister, which is closely related to his family background.
He has been an official for decades. His official career has experienced ups and downs, and the highest official position is the University of Physical Education. But on the whole, he is also very upright, inherited his father's mantle, and is an important minister of the court. As for his achievements, he is not only a politician, but also a famous calligrapher and calligrapher. He is also known as one of the four great calligraphers in Qing Dynasty. His calligraphy is not only thick and heavy, but also vigorous and solid. What he is good at is lowercase letters. Later generations praised his calligraphy not only for the testimony of famous figures Wang Xizhi, Zhong You, Yan Zhenqing and Su Shi, but also for the style of small letters in Wei and Jin Dynasties. Not only that, he is also proficient in hundreds of historical books and studies China ancient books.
Is Liu Yong Luo Guo? A TV series "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" made Liu Yong a household name. In the drama, Liu Yong's image was also popular. Emperor Qianlong loved and hated him, but he was helpless. Liu Yong on the screen does not completely coincide with Liu Yong in history. The TV series is hunchbacked, but in fact Liu Yong is not only a short, hunchbacked "Luo Guo", but probably a tall man with a height of 1 m 9.
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Is he really "Luo Guo"? This problem needs us to explore from the ancient conditions of being an official at that time. First of all, Liu Yong was born in Hakka, and he had to go through four steps: body, speech, writing and judgment before he could go through customs clearance. "Body" is shape, which requires five senses, otherwise it is impossible to pass. We all know that Liu Yong is a famous prime minister. It is conceivable that Liu Yong must have entered the DPRK as an official through these conditions, and the system of selecting officials at that time was very strict, so Liu Yong would definitely not be disabled or hunched.
Of course, there is indeed the title of "Liu" in the history books. During the Jiaqing period, Liu Yong was once called "Liu Tuozi". If you reason by time, Liu Yong should be an old man who is nearly eighty years old, and he will definitely hunchback, so the title of "Liu" is very easy to explain. There is also a saying that because Liu Yong is tall, he usually likes to read some books or practice calligraphy, which leads to hunchback for a long time.
1958. The archaeological team found Liu Yong's grave, and some villagers had seen Liu Yong's body with their own eyes. According to relevant villagers, "liuyong's leg bones look very long, and his whole body skeleton is almost one meter nine.
Liu Yong's Calligraphy Liu Yong's life is not only prosperous in official career, but also very famous in calligraphy. Before his death, he was called the four great masters with Weng Fanggang, Liang, ranking first. Kang Youwei once called him a "master of collecting posts" in Qing Dynasty.
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Liu Yong's calligraphy plays an important role in the study of calligraphy in Qing Dynasty. His calligraphy is different from the ancients and has its essence and rich charm. It has influenced calligraphers in Qing Dynasty and modern calligraphers to varying degrees. As for his calligraphy, it may be influenced by the Confucian doctrine of the mean, and the traditional artistic aesthetics is mainly "neutralization". He was born in a feudal family since childhood, focusing on learning Confucian classics and aiming at "self-cultivation, governing the country and leveling the world". Judging from Liu Yong's calligraphy, it mainly comes from Yan Zhenqing and Su Dongpo. Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy is rigorous, dignified and vigorous; Su Dongpo's calligraphy style pursues nature and has a sense of cadence. At the age of 40, Liu Yong was in a high position and contented, but his conduct was rigorous. Although his calligraphy had the shape of Yan Zhenqing and Su Dongpo, his lines had the beauty of "neutralization", and he had his own style and high aesthetic value.
He generally likes to use bold style and pay attention to the black of pen and ink. Sometimes his words are like a little black ball, but in fact this is the real genius of Liu Yong. Although his ink is thick, it is not dull. Some of his cursive works usually include regular script, running script, cursive script and these three fonts. Moreover, most of them have no fixed position, some are regular script, some are running script and some are cursive script, thus constructing a spatial daydream. In a word, his erratic brushwork not only solves the contradiction of three kinds of calligraphy, but also gives people an intriguing feeling.
Liu Yong's wife, Liu Yong, is a rare person with a long life in the Qing Dynasty and even in ancient times. She lived about eighty-five years. At that time, Liu Yong was an important official of the imperial court. He was posthumously knighted after his death. Such a well-read person, as well as an important official of the imperial court, will certainly be favored by many confidants. So who is Liu Yong's wife?
Portrait of Liu Yong
On this issue, the meaning of a wife is only to act as a partner. But in ancient times, a wife was a man's wife. So, there is controversy: Does Liu Yong really have a wife? Does he have a concubine? History has not given a detailed record of this problem. But regarding whether he has a wife, the answer is yes. According to his family tree, Liu Yong has a wife named Shan Shigao. However, there is another version, even according to the Qing dynasty literati in the "Art Boat and Twin Towers" wrote: "Zhucheng (referring to Liu Yong) has a wife surnamed Huang, who is from Jiaxing", that is to say, Liu Yong has a wife surnamed Huang. Whether these two are his wives or not, who is the wife and who is the concubine, is unknown.
As for whether he has concubines, it is said that he has concubines. In his early years, he had a wife and three concubines. In Ma Zonghuo's Chronicle of the Book Forest, it is written that "Shi 'an's three concubines are all capable of ghostwriting", so from this knowledge, Liu Yong has at least one wife and three concubines. However, some scholars say that Liu Yong had more than one wife and three wives in his life. Liu Yong didn't have a son until his later years. At that time, his medical skills were not developed now, so it is impossible to find out why. So Liu Yong married several concubines in order to continue his children. After that, there is no relevant record about how his wife died, so there is no way to know.
Liu Yong, the son of Liu Yong in Qing Dynasty, was born in the family of officials from generation to generation in Qing Dynasty. Most of his ancestors were scholars and many officials. As for Liu Yong's father, he reached the peak of being an official and a prime minister. Of course, Liu Yong is not bad either. He won the Jinshi and became prime minister. What about Liu Yong's son?
Portrait of Liu Yong
According to relevant historical records, there is no clear information about Liu Yong's son. Before describing Liu Yong, he talked about Liu Yong's grandfather, father and brother, but didn't mention his son. Probably because Liu Yong's son is not good enough to go down in history. Maybe his son is too good, but the length of the record is limited, so it is omitted. Or there is another possibility that Liu Yong has no son, so there is no relevant record.
But according to the relevant genealogy, Liu Yong has a son. Moreover, Liu Yongli's subordinates have only one son, who is also an adopted son. It is worth mentioning that this does not mean that he has no daughter. At that time, it was a feudal society. Even if he had a daughter, he was not as valuable as his son. Of course, according to current medicine, Liu Yong may not be able to have children.
The use of sons can be divided into biological and adopted sons, and there is no clear record of his biological son in history. However, some people say that there is a son in his family tree, but he is an adopted son, but as for who this adopted son is, I don't think it matters. There are two kinds of disputes about the names of his two adopted sons, one is Liu Xipeng and the other is Herry Liu. They have the same background, but different names. There are also rumors that the adopted son's biological father died very early, and Liu Yong was forced to have no children, so he adopted his nephew to himself.