When Wen was seven years old, he studied under the school teacher Li Yujiu and often taught himself Selected Works after class. At the age of ten, he wrote metrical poems, which showed his talent as a poet. Later, I studied in Xuehaitang, Guangzhou. /kloc-at the age of 0/7, he began to learn lyrics from Chen Li, a scholar in Panyu, and read Qian Daxin's "Yan Qian Tangji" to gain a historical path so that he could give up flying high for Jupo; I have also attended classes in Yuexiu College, read Atlas of Overseas Countries and the Discipline of Popularizing Law, and gradually learned about the general trend of five continents and the prosperity of western European countries. He loves science and has read widely since he was a child. In the 16th year of Guangxu (1890), he was the second scholar (second place). Known as "Xiaoliu Golden Gate" (that is, Liu), it is also called "Four Gongs" with Fushan Wang, Nantong Zhang Jian and Changshu Ceng Zhi. He was a teacher of Zhenfei, edited by imperial academy, and served as a bachelor, which was highly valued by Emperor Guangxu.
In the early summer of the 20th year of Guangxu (1894), the Japanese naval fleet attacked China ships in Bohai Bay and carried out naked aggression. Empress Dowager Cixi advocated concession and peace in the face of national crisis. At this time, Wen is only a four-level scholar in imperial academy, but he is not afraid of powerful people and does not avoid interests. He joined 57 people in imperial academy to advocate fighting against Japan, boldly proposed to close the anniversary-the 60th birthday of Empress Dowager Cixi, and used this huge expenditure as military expenditure. He also criticized Li Hongzhang, a close confidant of Cixi, for being afraid of Japan and betraying his country for glory, thus angering Cixi. Due to the poverty, corruption and incompetence of the Qing government, the Beiyang Navy was wiped out and the army was defeated in the Yellow Sea War between China and Japan. The capital shook, and Cixi panicked, forcing Guangxu to send someone to Japan for peace. Wen holds different opinions, holding that the active resistance against Japan and the final victory lie with me, and puts forward the strategic thought of "moving the capital to fight a protracted war". In April of the 21st year of Guangxu (1895), Li Hongzhang went to Japan to sign the traitorous treaty of shimonoseki, and the news came back to Beijing, which shocked the ruling and opposition parties. Wen Shiting was even more worried and called on everyone to write a letter urging them to refuse the contract. He said bitterly: "It is nothing more than humiliating the country and the people." "Why can't we see our ancestors living underground?" . Empress Dowager Cixi and Li Hongzhang were even more furious with him. In order to avoid being framed by the peace faction, Wen, persuaded by his friends, left Beijing in the name of returning to his hometown to repair his tomb.
At that time, Kang Youwei and others launched a "bus petition", demanding to refuse to sign the contract, resist Japan and move the capital. Wen Shiting supported Kang Youwei's idea of political reform, but thought that the power of individuals or a few people was limited, and there should be a group to create public opinion for political reform and reform. In August of the same year, Wen returned to Beijing to advocate the organization of "strengthening the society", explore the road of reform and reform, and founded the magazine "Chinese and foreign news" for enrichment. The "strong learning society" conforms to the historical trend and is becoming more and more powerful. Shanghai established a strong club branch and published "Current Affairs"; Nanshe was established in Hunan, and new newspapers such as Xiangxue and Box were published. Guangxi Shengsheng Society; Guangzhou has set up 10,000 mu of thatched cottage. Just as Wen made great achievements, Li Hongzhang instructed his in-laws Yang Chongyi to impeach Wen, "often gathering people of the same kind in temples, flaunting each other and discussing current affairs", and called on the order to strengthen the society. 1February, 896, Wen was "dismissed, never used, and immediately deported back to his hometown, not allowed to stay".
The heavy political blow did not discourage Wen. After leaving Beijing and returning to his hometown, he embarked on the road of saving the country through industry. "Iron can't cast China's fault, and cold can't dye the hearts of martyrs." He is determined to make unremitting efforts to realize the ideal of enriching the people and strengthening the country. In August of the same year, he returned to Pingxiang, and the first thing he did was to raise funds to buy shares and open the "Guangtaifu" coal number for Hanyang Iron Works. He also works as a mine owner, integrating coal mining, coking and transportation, supplying 2,000 tons of coal a month, and becoming a comprehensive industrial and commercial enterprise in Jiangnan. Guangtaifu No.7 Factory and No.18 Well are the basis of mine construction in Anyuan Coal Mine, Pingxiang. In addition to setting up industries, Wen advocates new learning and changing academies and temples into schools. For example, Australian academies are changed into Pingxiang schools, and colleges such as Lingyun, Lianxi, Lijiang and Nantai are changed into higher primary schools, so that higher primary schools in Pingxiang are distributed throughout the county. Pingxiang's "middle school students are the tallest in all provinces and counties" and "students studying in the east and west have heard about it from time to time".
In April of the 24th year of Guangxu (1898), Emperor Guangxu announced the reform. In August, Empress Dowager Cixi staged a coup in Wude Palace, arrested reformists in Beijing, killed six gentlemen including Tan Sitong, and Kang and Liang Yuan took refuge in Japan and placed Emperor Guangxu under house arrest. Cixi found Wen's correspondence in the archives. After learning that she was dismissed from office, she still actively participated in the political reform movement and ordered him to be wanted. Wen was saved by a friend and fled from Hong Kong to Japan. In the summer of the 26th year of Guangxu (1900), Wen heard the news of Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion of China, resolutely gave up the generous treatment given to him by Japanese academic circles, and hurried back to Shanghai to attend the China Parliament held by the reformist Tang in the British Concession, pinning his hopes on the success of the Self-Defense Forces Uprising. However, during the period of 1 1, the general organ of the Guard was destroyed, Tang was secretly killed, and the uprising of the Guard failed. Wen's patriotic action was dealt a heavy blow again.
In the thirty-eighth year of Guangxu (1904), Wen died in his home in front of Chenghua Temple in Pingxiang at the age of 49. After his death, he was buried halfway up the mountain behind an ordinary temple in Yang Qi Scenic Area. There is still his grave there now, and many tourists admire him, admiring his unswerving patriotic enthusiasm and his integrity of not being afraid of power and daring to struggle.
Wen is knowledgeable and writes about great wealth. His works have been handed down from generation to generation, such as Poems by Chao, Chao and Wen Daoxi, Zi Zhiyu, Bu Wenyizhi, and Ou Ji by Chen Wen. [Pingxiang Taiwan Affairs Office]