Portrait of Qu Dajun
After the demise of the Ming Dynasty, Qu Dajun joined Chen Bangyan and others in the anti-Qing struggle. After Chen Bangyan and others were killed, Qu Dajun risked being caught to restrain their bones. In order to avoid the persecution of the Qing court, Qu Dajun became a monk. After Qu Dajun entered the temple, he cut his hair and became a monk to warn the world that he would never work for the Qing court. When Qu Dajun became a monk, he often wandered around in the name of alms. Wherever Qu Dajun went, he actively organized the masses to participate in the struggle against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of sight.
Qu Dajun also sent people to send information to Zheng Chenggong, the anti-Qing leader, hoping that Zheng Chenggong could lead his troops to attack from the coast. Qu Dajun has been to Shaanxi, Guanzhong, Nanjing, Beijing and other places, and met some famous people such as Gu and Zhu Yizun. In A.D. 1660, after Qu Dajun arrived in Nanjing, he took part in the anti-Qing movement organized by the Qi brothers. 1662, Wei Jing and Qian Zhanbai, who resisted the Qing Dynasty, were killed. Seeing that there was no hope of anti-Qing and regaining sight, Qu Dajun returned to Guangdong to devote himself to repairing. Guangdong Anthology and Guangdong Anthology are Qu Dajun's representative works. Among them, his "Guangdong Xinyu" tells the astronomical geography and customs of Guangdong, and is praised by later generations as the most valuable love letter in Guangdong.
Qu Dajun's Literary Achievements
Qu Dajun has a high literary talent. By understanding Qu Dajun's literary works and poems, we can get a glimpse of Qu Dajun's literary achievements. Folk songs, farewell to Cengong in the autumn night, autumn night in the mountains, white chrysanthemum, reading Chen Sheng's biography, Lu Liantai, confessing to the plum blossoms, and traveling with various schools of thought. Are the representative works of Qu Dajun's poems. Thus, one of Qu Dajun's literary achievements-his attainments in the field of poetry.
Qu Dajun's literary works
When evaluating Qu Dajun's literary works, later generations think that Qu Dajun's poetry is the highest achievement. According to Zhu Xizu's Textual Research on Qu Dajun's Writings, there are about 30 kinds of Qu Dajun's writings. Before his death, Qu Dajun published poems such as Dao Ji Tang Ji and Weng Shan Wai Shi. After Qu Dajun's death, Poems of Qu Wengshan and Poems of Three Masters of Lingnan came out one after another. The content of Qu Dajun's poems mainly focuses on promoting national integrity. In addition, Qu Dajun's poems also involve people's livelihood. Qu Dajun feeds back the sufferings of the people in his poems. Through the understanding of Qu Dajun's poems, we can see that Qu Dajun is a poet who cares about the society and sympathizes with the sufferings of the people.
Qu Dajun's poems were very popular in Qing Dynasty. During the reign of Kangxi, Zhou Bing, a famous scholar, prefaced Selected Poems of Wengshan. Zhou Bing mentioned in the preface that Qu Dajun's poems are the representative works of "Wengshan School" and are highly respected by people from all walks of life. Later, some scholars pointed out that Qu Dajun's poems were written after the patriotic poet Qu Yuan, so Qu Dajun's poems were full of strong patriotism. Secondly, Qu Dajun also pays attention to realism, so his poems and prose works are very realistic.
How did Qu Dajun die?
Qu Dajun was not only a famous patriotic poet in Ming Dynasty, but also a major general who fought against the Qing Dynasty and regained his sight. As we all know, the anti-Qing movement lasted 100 years. In order to stabilize the Qing regime, the Qing court used harsh laws to buy off anti-Qing people. Since Qu Dajun was a general who fought against the Qing Dynasty and regained sight, what happened to Qu Dajun, or in other words, how did Qu Dajun die? In that book record Qu Dajun's life experience, there is a story about how Qu Dajun died.
Qu Dajun sculpture
In other words, Qu Dajun died in the Ming Dynasty before he realized his political ambition. Under the influence of Chen Bangyan, Qu Dajun joined the anti-Qing and anti-Ming teams. With the suppression of the Qing court, many people who opposed the Qing dynasty and regained their sight were persecuted. In order to realize the desire of anti-Qing and regaining sight, Qu Dajun pinned his hopes on Zheng Chenggong and Wu Sangui successively. Qu Dajun arrived at the door of Wu Sangui's house, only to find that Wu Sangui had realized his desire for hegemony and separatism under the guise of fighting against the Qing Dynasty and regaining sight. After seeing the actual situation clearly, Qu Dajun returned to Guangdong on the grounds of poor health.
Qu Dajun has been living in poverty since he returned to Guangdong. In a.d. 1674, the Qing court recovered Taiwan Province province. When Qu Dajun knew that the situation was settled, he stopped all anti-Qing activities. In his later years, Qu Dajun devoted all his energy to his works. Through Qu Dajun's efforts, he has compiled many works, such as Selected Works of Guangdong, Selected Works of Guangdong, Guangdong Xinyu and so on. The most admirable thing is that Qu Dajun wrote an anti-Qing ode regardless of the heavy pressure policy of the Qing court. According to records, Qu Dajun died in his hometown of Guangdong on June 27th, 696, at the age of 66.
Qu Dajun tomb
Qu Dajun Tomb is located in Baozhugang, Sixian Village, Xinzao Town, Panyu District, Guangzhou, and has now become a cultural relic protection unit in Guangdong Province. Qu Dajun is a famous patriotic poet, and his poems have been handed down to this day. After Qu Dajun's death, later generations built Qu Dajun's tomb to commemorate this anti-Qing scholar. According to statistics, Qu Dajun Tomb covers an area of about 150 square meters, including Qu Dajun Tomb and Qu Dajun Family Tomb.
Qu Dajun tomb
From the appearance, Qu Dajun's tomb is trapezoidal, and Qu Dajun's tomb is14.5m wide on the front, 6.8m wide on the back and 9.8m long on both sides. Qu Dajun's tomb is in the middle with a raised surface. Qu Dajun's tomb is made of lime sand, with a length of 1.7m and a width of 2.8m Seen from the square, Qu Dajun's tomb looks like a bell, with a bluestone tablet in the middle, and the words "Mr. Wengshan's Tomb in the Ming District" are written on it. Judging from the inscription, the inscription on the stone tablet was written by Mr. Chen Yue in the 18th year of the Republic of China. There is also a rectangular altar in front of the bluestone memorial tablet.
In addition, there is an epitaph on the left and right of Qu Dajun's tomb, with a height of1.78m and a width of1.8m, on which Qu Dajun's life experience and contribution are written. There is also a stone tablet on the right in front of Qu Dajun's tomb, which reads "Tomb Song Tu Ming" in five big letters. Due to the long time, the words on the stone tablet have been blurred and it is impossible to distinguish the contents above. Qu Dajun's father's tomb is located at the upper left of Qu Dajun's tomb, Qu Dajun's mother's tomb is located at the upper right of Qu Dajun's tomb, and Qu Dajun's tomb is located at the lower left of Qu Dajun's son's daughter-in-law's tomb. 1986 is the 290th anniversary of Qu Dajun's death. In memory of Qu Dajun, the local * * * specially built Sixian Pavilion.