Word count: Meng Zao
Time: Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty
Ethnic group: Han nationality
Place of birth: Qingtian, Zhejiang
Date of birth: 1348.
Time of death: A.D. 1379.
Main achievements: from 65438 to 0377, he served as an examination supervisor and tried to supervise the imperial history.
Liu Lian, the son of Liu Bowen (1348- 1379), also known as Meng Zao, was born in Nantian, Wencheng, Zhejiang (formerly Qingtian, Chuzhou) and really became the eldest son of Liu Bowen. Born in Hangzhou for eight years, his father Liu Ji was appointed as the deputy director of Confucianism in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. He died in June, 12th year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu, at the age of 32. There are literary works. In the tenth year of Hongwu (1377), he tried to supervise the imperial examination. In April of the 11th year of Hongwu (1378), Qin Chu was appointed as the government secretary of Jiangxi and other places, with the official title of Dr. Zhongfeng. Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, always wanted to put it to good use, but Mclynn Killman Liu, who was "loyal to filial piety and righteous", finally fell ill. In this regard, in September of the 12th year of Hongwu (1379), Zhu Yuanzhang offered sacrifices to the emperor and sent envoys to offer sacrifices to the spirits, which shows Zhu Yuanzhang's support and esteem for courtier Mclynn Killman Liu. Wu, editor of Hanlin National History Institute in the Ming Dynasty, also has a preface to mourning, which has a pertinent evaluation of Mclynn Killman Liu's life achievements and moral articles: "The family is a virtuous son, a good minister in the state, a noble title, no regrets in death, no regrets in life!" In the second year of Yongle (1404), the academician Wang commented on Mclynn Killman Liu's ambition: "Praise the imperial edict with sincerity. It can be said that it shines before and shines after. " (See "Lu Chuan") In addition, Liu Jichuan of the Ming Dynasty also briefly described Mclynn Killman Liu's life biography "Ren Minhui Police Ying".
Mclynn Killman Liu wrote Zi Yi Ji, which was published in the world and compiled by philosopher Liu Gao. It was published in the early Ming Dynasty. As one of Liu Lian's own poems, Zi Yi Ji only contains 94 poems. Why are Liu Lian's poems not handed down enough? Huang Bosheng, Mclynn Killman Liu's best friend before his death, prefaced The Collection of Self-Satisfaction, written by Huang Bosheng, the author of Honesty of Behavior. There is a pertinent explanation: "(Liu Lian) died at the age of 32, and his writings were scattered. What he saw stopped here."