Chang Jing (?~550), a writer in the Wei Dynasty in the Northern Dynasties. The name is Yongchang. A native of Wenxian County, Hanoi (southwest of Wenxian County, Henan Province today). The eighth grandson of Wei Taichangqing Chang Lin and the grandson of General Xuanwei Chang Shuang.
Character profile
Chang Jing, who served in the Northern Wei Dynasty and the early Eastern Wei Dynasty, rose to the rank of General of Chariots and Cavalry, Doctor Youguanglu, and Jiayi Tongsansi. He was "frugal and self-sufficient, not engaged in industry", "loved classics and history, and loved to play with literature and poetry" ("Book of Wei·Changjing Biography"). He was an older writer in the late Northern Wei Dynasty who "judged his clan through literary meaning" ("Northern History·Chang Shuang Biography"), and Wen Zi became famous because of his praise.
Main experience
When Xiaowen was a doctor, he was a doctor of law, a doctor of Li family, and a doctor of Taichang. When Xuanwu was declared, he moved and shot generals one by one, and he was in trouble. When Xiaoming came to the throne, he summoned the people who paid homage to him, Pushe, and joined him as General Ningyuan, who was also a member of Zhongshushe, and moved to the rank of infantry school captain. In the early days of Zhengguang, in addition to General Longxiang and Dr. Zhongsan, he advanced to conquer the generals. At the beginning of Xiaochang's reign, he was concurrently given the rank of Shilang of Huangmen, except General Zuo, Changshi of Sanqi, Shangshu, and Governor of Xuzhou with the title of Pingbei General Youzhou Xingtai, and was awarded the title of Guanglu Doctor. The second year of Yong'an. In addition to the general of the Chinese army and the minister of Huangmen, he was given the title of Gaoyangzi. At the beginning of Putai, in addition to the general of chariots and cavalry, doctor Youguanglu, secretary and supervisor, he was granted the title of Puyang county son. After moving to Ye, the three divisions of Yitong were removed. In the sixth year of Wuding's reign, he became an official and gave Youguang the power to serve him throughout his life.
Related Works
Most of Chang Jing's articles are about imperial edicts, inscriptions and discussions on feudal etiquette. The more distinctive one is "Praise to Tuguxiang", which expresses his thoughts of being wise and protective in the chaotic political situation in the late Northern Wei Dynasty. Its sentences are neat, and it uses a lot of antitheses. It is close to parallel prose, but it is not very particular about rhetoric, which is different from parallel prose in the Southern Dynasties.
Historical records say that Chang Jing once went out of the fortress and "went through the mountains and rivers, feeling sad and nostalgic for the past. He imitated the twelve poems of Liu Kun's "Fu Feng Song"", but it has been lost. The present "Ode to the Four Sages of Shu" was written when he was recording affairs under Yan Zhi's family in his early years. It is composed of four five-character poems praising Sima Xiangru, Wang Bao, Yan Junping and Yang Xiong, "all of whom have great talents but no important positions." The old poems that describe one's failure as an official may be classified as "literary" due to the title "praise". In fact, they are obviously similar poems influenced by the Southern Dynasties Yan Yanzhi's "Ode to the Five Kings" and Bao Zhao's "Ode to the Four Sages of Shu". The four poems are composed of five characters and eight sentences, with two antithetical couplets in the middle, and the beginning and end are informal. They are intended to be similar to later five-character rhyme poems. Although the rhythm is not irregular, attention has been paid to the relative balance of oblique and oblique lines. He once wrote "Praise to the Four Tones" (quoted in "Wenjing Mifu Lun·Four Tones" by Japanese Shi Kongkai), and was influenced by the "Four Tones Theory" of Zhou and Shen Yue in the Southern Dynasty. This situation shows that the poetry of the late Northern Wei Dynasty has developed in the direction of modern poetry like the Qi and Liang Dynasties of the Southern Dynasty.
"Book of Wei Chang Jing Zhuan" said that he "wrote hundreds of articles that have been published in the world. He edited Sikong Zhanghua's "Natural History" of the Jin Dynasty and wrote "The Scholars" and "The Biography of Women" "There are dozens of pieces each", but only 3 articles and 4 poems are extant today. Chang Jing's essays are collected in Yan Kejun's "The Complete Antiquity of Three Dynasties, Qin, Han, Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties", and his poems are included in Lu Qinli's "Poems of Pre-Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties".
Book Collection
Book collector and writer in the Northern Wei Dynasty. The courtesy name is Yongchang, a native of Wen, Hanoi (southeast of Wen County, Henan today). He is a man of few talents, elegant and good articles, and devoted to classics and history. Lei moved to General Pushe and gave him the positions of Shizhong and Yongzhou Sima. In the first year of Xiaochang (525), he became the general of Peiping and suppressed the Du Luozhou uprising army. He was repeatedly defeated by the rebels. After becoming a general of chariots and cavalry, he served as a secretary and supervisor, and was responsible for the management of national book collections and archives. He was ordered to write 40 volumes of "Edicts under the Men", and dozens of volumes each of "Biography of Scholars" and "Biography of Lienu". It was most appreciated by Cui Guang and Lu Chang, the famous literary figures of the time. Apart from being an official, he especially likes to collect books. Whenever you encounter a new and unique book, regardless of its price, you will be diligent in asking for a visit, either copying it and purchasing it, or borrowing the book to copy it, and you will get it quickly. Because of his position as Secretary and Supervisor, he copied the books in the National Secret Pavilion. In his later years, he was granted the title of Son of Puyang County, and eventually became the same as the Third Division. He wrote nearly a hundred articles, many of which are missing today.