Brief introduction of Gong Zizhen's life
Gong Zizhen, a famous thinker, writer, poet and reformist pioneer in Qing Dynasty, was nicknamed Ding 'an and Renhe.
1On August 22nd, 792, Gong Zizhen was born into an official family for generations. His grandfather Gong Zishen and his father Gong Dou were officials in North Korea, and his mother Duan Xun was the daughter of the famous writer Duan Yucai. Gong Zizhen was taught by her mother since childhood. She likes reading poetry, is knowledgeable and has extraordinary creative talent in literature. At the age of thirteen, he wrote Perceptual Discrimination, which lasted 65,438+0,865,438+00 years. He wrote lyrics by voice, and ranked 28th in the Chinese language list after Shuntian Provincial Examination. However, Gong Zizhen's career was not smooth, and she lost many elections. It was not until the sixth time that I was admitted to Jinshi. However, due to his reform proposal, he was not included in the top draft and was not allowed to enter the Hanlin Academy. 1839, Gong Zizhen was repeatedly pushed out and hit by powerful people, repeatedly ignored his chief executive and decided to resign and return to the south.
184 1 year, Gong Zizhen taught at Yunyang College in Danyang, Jiangsu. After the death of his father Gong, he worked as a lecturer at Ziyang College in Hangzhou. Later, he wrote to Liang Zhangju, the governor of Jiangsu Province, and wanted to quit his teaching post and go to Shanghai to fight foreign aggression. However, on September 26th this year, he died of a sudden illness in Danyang. Gong zizhen advocates? More laws? 、? Change maps? He exposed the corruption of the Qing rulers and was full of patriotic enthusiasm. He is the author of Ji Hai Miscellaneous Poems in Ding 'an.
Gong Zizhen's Achievements
Gong Zizhen, whose real name is Wan Ding, moved to Yushan Museum in Kunshan in his later years, so he was also called Yushan.
Gong Zizhen's most outstanding achievement is his political thought. He believes that politics and learning are unified and indispensable, and advocates that the scholar-officials should combine the social status quo with knowledge and put forward ideas that are in line with current events. Practical use? Thought; He strongly criticized the decadent autocracy of feudal rule in Qing Dynasty and analyzed a series of drawbacks of bureaucratic system and imperial examination system. He thinks that the Qing Dynasty has declined. He advocated political reform and economic reform, and suggested reasonably adjusting the relationship between monarch and minister and changing the way of paying taxes in order to promote national development and achieve long-term stability. Gong Zizhen's achievements also include his strong patriotism. Facing the powerful threat of foreign capitalist invaders, he supported Lin Zexu's anti-smoking movement, resolutely resisted the opium trade, and wrote poems to express his concern for the anti-smoking struggle. He also stood in the position of defending the country and asked the Qing emperor at that time to consolidate the border defense to resist the aggression of Russia. He also put forward a concrete plan to develop agriculture in border areas and train a large number of actual soldiers to realize the stable development of the country.
Gong Zizhen's achievements also include his literary creation. He believes that literature is bound to be useful, and his poetry creation is based on social reality, because most of his poems focus on current events to express their views, unify lyricism, current affairs and artistry, and express emotions through diverse forms, eclectic styles and rich imagination. It is this kind of expression that he used that is completely different from previous poems, which created a new chapter in the history of modern China literature.
Gong Zizhen's son
Gong Banlun is Gong Zizhen's son. His name is orange and his word is filial. Gong Banlun, the son of Gong Zizhen, was fond of learning since childhood, gifted and well-read, but he was withdrawn and taciturn. There is quite a romantic nature of Gong Zizhen, but there is no shadow of Gong Zizhen academically. Gong Banlun, Gong Zizhen's son, gave up the imperial examination despite his extensive reading. Gong Banlun is more romantic, complacent and arrogant than his father. According to historical records, Gong Banlun is not interested in anything except his little wife.
Although Gong Banlun is the second generation of officials, he is not as greedy for power and money as the second generation of officials today. Although Gong Banlun is knowledgeable and personally taught by Gong Zizhen, Gong Banlun is arrogant and loves to talk empty words. Although Gong Zizhen taught him to study hard, Gong Banlun refused to listen and failed Gong Zizhen's expectations. After Gong Banlun arrived in Shanghai, he took refuge in the British minister. Gong Banlun can speak English, and Wade attaches great importance to him, giving him extremely high treatment and providing him with guards.