The literature name Bang refers to Putian City, which is the nickname of Putian City.
It is amazing how many Puxian people have become Jinshi since the Tang Dynasty. Jinshi is a product of the feudal imperial examination system. It is the protagonist on the Chinese political stage and the mainstream of civil servants in China's feudal society. The Puxian area produced more than 2,300 Jinshi from the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty.
Among the many Jinshi, 12 people won the first prize, including Xu Duo, Xue Yi, Ye Ji, Huang Gongdu, Zheng Qiao, Chen Conglong, Wu Shugao, Chen Wenlong, Lin Jisun, Lin Heng, Lin Huan and Ke Qian. , 7 people won the second place, including Chen Mu, Fang Tianruo, Cai Dian, Li Zongshi, Chen Junqing, Huang Ai, and Li Qiao, and 5 people won the third place, including Weng Chengzan, Huang Yang, Lin Wen, Li Renjie, and Dai Dabin.
Many outstanding talents in Puxian, both ancient and modern, devoted themselves to writing in a certain profession or department and became famous scholars in the annals of history. For example, in education: there are the Zheng Lu brothers, who pioneered Putian cultural education, and Neo-Confucian Lin Guangchao; in literature: Huang Tao, the founder of Minzhong essays, Xu Yin, the "Jinxiudui" poet, Liu Kezhuang, a great writer, and Huang, a famous children's writer Yi Qing, essayist Guo Feng, etc.
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Putian's title of "Famous Literature State" is not self-proclaimed, but the rational understanding and high evaluation of Putian's local characteristic culture by foreign government officials. Because it is said well and can be used to express the past and inspire others to learn, it was accepted by the people of Putian and has been used to this day.
This is because after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty in 1368, it was stipulated that county magistrates and magistrates should stay away from home and serve in other provinces. As local government officials, it is their job to build monuments and write inscriptions. How can they allow others to give random orders and gossip? Moreover, "the authorities are confused, but the onlookers know clearly", and "flowers inside the wall are fragrant outside the wall". This has always been the case.