Translation of Ancient Poems and Biography of He Jingming —— History of Ming Dynasty (Volume 286)

He Jingming, Zhong Mo in every word, is from Xinyang, Henan. When he was eight years old, he could write poems and imitate ancient Chinese. In the eleventh year of Hongzhi, he won a place in the senior high school entrance examination. When he was just fifteen years old, the rich people in the Ho clan rushed to fund him to take the exam. The people who came to his door gathered like a wall. In the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, He Jingming was a scholar, and was awarded the official position of Zhongshu Sheren. Both he and Li Mengyang advocated the use of classical poetry. Li Mengyang's poems are the most magnificent, Jingming is a little behind, and they are basically equal. In Zheng Deyuan, eunuch Liu Jin stole the authority of the emperor. He Jingming wrote to Xu Jin, the official department minister, urging Liu Jin not to interfere in state affairs, and his words were fierce. After that, he said he was ill and went home. In the second year, Liu Jin dismissed all the officials who sued him, so He Jingming dodged a bullet. When Liu Jin was killed, the emperor listened to Li Dongyang's recommendation, restored the previous official order, and He Jingming became the cabinet. Later, Li Mengyang was imprisoned for his crimes, and everyone dared not intercede for him. He Jingming wrote to Yang Yiqing, the official department minister, to save him. In the ninth year of Chongzhen, Gan Qing Palace suffered a disaster. He Jingming wrote that the emperor should not adopt adopted sons, guard the frontier, be partial to monks or appoint eunuchs. After a long time, Jin Guan is a member of the official department, but his handwriting is still the same as before. Qian Ning wanted to make friends with him, brought him an old saying and asked him to write an inscription. He Jingming said: "This painting was written by a famous artist. Don't pollute other people's hands. " Finally, I threw the painting on the ground and returned it to him. Soon, He Jingming was promoted as the deputy envoy of Shaanxi Province (deputy director of the Education Department). Liao Peng's younger brother eunuch Luan is guarding Guanzhong, and he is very arrogant. When he met three secretaries' officials, he refused to dismount to meet him. He Jingming whipped him with a whip. He Jingming educates students and specializes in studying the world. Only by selecting excellent students to Zheng Xue College and giving them lectures in person, instead of using all your exegesis, will intellectuals know that there are classics. In the early years of Jiajing, He Jingming resigned due to illness and went home. It wasn't long before he died and lived for 39 years.

He Jingming's ambition and moral integrity are honest and frank. He advocates integrity and loyalty, despises wealth and reputation, and has the demeanor of an ethnologist with Li Mengyang. The poems and essays written by two people liked each other at first, but they criticized and refuted each other after they became famous. Li Mengyang mainly advocates imitation, while He Jingming mainly advocates personal creation. They both hold the same view. When they go out for a walk, they also walk on the left and right respectively. Some people say that He Jingming is not as talented as Li Mengyang, but his poems are elegant and steady, and he exaggerates Meng Yang. However, the world's poetry and prose are also called Why, Li, and Bian Gong, and they are also called Four Masters. His argument is: "Poetry drowned in pottery, Xie Lizhen wrote it, and the method of ancient poetry died in Xie. The text was destroyed in the Sui Dynasty, and it was shaken, and the ancient Chinese law died in North Korea. " Qian wrote "Poems on Huai" which strongly criticized this.