Chapter 390: Dongpo Academy

Zhonghe Town was once the seat of the Guchang Chemical Army and the residence where Su Dongpo lived after being demoted to Danzhou. It is located on the eastern outskirts of Zhonghe Town in Danzhou, where it is Dongpo Academy.

Nowadays, Dongpo Academy is a beautiful tourist attraction. However, under the historical conditions at that time, this place was very barren at that time.

After Su Shi and his son were expelled from their official residence due to Zhang He's demotion, they used their own savings to buy land under the palm trees in the south of the city and built a thatch as a resting place. With the help of local people and dozens of students, they built a The five thatched huts were named "Juanlang Nunnery" because there were many sugarcane palms (now betel nuts) planted on the land at that time. The reason for this name was purely due to the temperament of the literati.

Since local scholars and students from Hainan often come to visit the Juanlang nunnery, they must spend time in the guest house: "asking for advice, drinking wine and having fun". At the invitation of Hainan students, Dongpo took the "Hanshu. Yang" "Xiong" was an allusion to the word "Zaijiu", so he named one of the rooms in his residence: "Zaijiu Hall".

From then on, "Zaijiu Hall" became Dongpo's cultural and auspicious place for meeting friends through literature and promoting literature and education.

Don't underestimate this simple "Zaijiu Hall". It has made a huge contribution to the history of Hainan and is also a label of Hainan's history and culture. "Zhaijiu Hall" is not just a place where Mr. Dongpo likes to drink and have fun with his friends. It is a place where Mr. Dongpo passed down the civilization of the Central Plains after his profound understanding of life, history and life.

Because of this place, the civilization of the Central Plains and the local culture of Hainan were connected, and the prosperity of Hainan in later history, especially in the Ming and Qing dynasties, emerged in large numbers.

Dongpo lived in Danzhou for three years, and his most outstanding contribution to Hainan was to train several famous local students.It ended the history of Hainan's lack of official officials and, in current terms, created a new situation for Hainan's examiners.

Jiang Tangzuo, a student from Qiongshan County, was once a well-known local writer in Hainan and a local rural private school teacher.While he was teaching and educating people to earn some living expenses to support his family, he was also concentrating on studying in order to seek fame. However, at that time, Hainan was far away from the Central Plains culture. In today's terms, Hainan's basic education was too poor, with a lack of guidance from famous teachers and poor information. After hearing that Master Su was in trouble in Danzhou, he and his mother came to Zaijiu Hall to worship Su as his teacher and served him for eight months.

There is also a local student in Danzhou named Fu Que. This man has a wealthy family. Although he has taken the imperial examination for many years, there are no results. However, his father is very discerning. After learning that Master Su was exiled to Danzhou, he not only improved his life He often helped out, and also used local connections to protect Su Shi from persecution to a certain extent, and sent his son to Master Su's home as a student.

These two people became the first Hainanese to win the imperial examination and become the first Jinshi.

After Hainan was incorporated into the jurisdiction of the Central Plains government as prefectures and counties in the Western Han Dynasty, it was abandoned by the Central Plains government in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was not until the emergence of "Mrs. Xian" that Hainan was re-incorporated into the jurisdiction of the Central Plains.

During the 650 years when Hainan was abandoned by the Central Plains government, naturally no one took part in the imperial examinations and other examinations, and naturally there were no Hainanese officials in the Central Plains government.

After Mrs. Xian led Hainan to surrender to the central government, she nominally made her the leader of Hainan and implemented the "chieftain system". However, in fact, the appointment of officials in the counties and counties was still decided by the imperial court. In other words, it was a "official transfer system". County magistrates The above officials must be appointed by the court.

In order to appease this "heroine", only "Tangmuyi", which was a fiefdom awarded to Mrs. Xian, was given to "[-] households in Linzhen County" at that time.

In this county, Mrs. Xian had the final say in the appointment of all government officials, and officials naturally did not have to take the imperial examination.In addition to the country's land ownership, all management rights, taxation, public security, administration, etc. on the land have the final say. Mrs. Xian is named "Mrs. Qiaoguo", which is equivalent to the queen's political treatment, and this "Linzhen" County" was later called Ya County, which is where Sanya is now.

However, these privileges were withdrawn after Mrs. Xian's death, and the appointment and dismissal of government officials in all counties and counties in Hainan returned to the court.

However, in the 326-year history of the Sui and Tang dynasties, Hainan did not produce a single official or Jinshi. All officials in Hainan's counties and counties were moved from the mainland and abroad.

Because, in that era, to become an official, you first had to pass the imperial examination. From the scholar examination, to the candidate, Jinshi, to the number one scholar, no one in ten or eight years could not pass the imperial examination. If there was no Jinshi, the official It can’t be done on a large scale, at most it can only reach the county level.

The imperial examination system in ancient China still had many scientific principles and ideas of equality. No matter how history evaluates it, there is one thing: there is a golden house in the book.In other words, no matter you are rich or a commoner, as long as you study hard and take the imperial examination, you are all equal.As long as you pass the imperial examination or above, you will naturally have the opportunity to participate in the management of the country and be qualified to be an official.

Before Su Dongpo was exiled to Hainan, Hainan had not produced a single official or dispatched official.

The reasons are: first, the traffic is remote and information is not effective; second, the teachers are limited and the Central Plains culture is not deeply infiltrated in Hainan.

Think about it, occasionally candidates go to Beijing to take the exam, cross the sea to the Central Plains, cross the Qiongzhou Strait, cross the muddy path of the Nanling Mountains, and then go nearly a thousand miles deeper to the Yangtze River to reach the seat of the Central Plains government on the Yellow River. How can you get there without a few months or half a year? Come on, besides, nothing can happen in the middle.

From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Northern Song Dynasty, the civilization of the Yellow River has always been the center, and the capitals were all located along the Yellow River, from Xianyang, Chang'an, Luoyang to Kaifeng. Before the Northern Song Dynasty, people from Hainan wanted to go to Beijing. Under the traffic conditions at that time, it was What a difficult thing.Maybe you haven't arrived at Kaifeng Mansion and the imperial examination has been completed. You just arrived in a hurry. You are not acclimatized to the local environment and don't understand the language. Your condition is definitely not good. How can you get the honor?

Official historical records of Hainan becoming an official.It was not until the arrival of Su Dongpo and the advent of the "Zaijiatang" that Hainan had Juren and Jinshi. From then on, through the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, Hainan produced a total of 767 Juren and 97 Jinshi. This cannot be It cannot be attributed to Mr. Dongpo’s great contribution to Hainan education.

This is not big talk or flattery.In Hainan's historical records, the people of Hainan have always remembered Mr. Dongpo's contribution to Hainan education.

"Qiongtai Chronicles" records: "Song Dynasty Su Wen Gong was relegated to Dan'er. He gave lectures and education, and the prosperity of Qiongzhou's humanities was actually started by Gong."

Hainan people's history books all spoke highly of Su Shi, which shows that Su Dongpo's influence and contribution to local culture and education after his demotion were real and objective.

As a result, Master Su's study room where he lived in exile in Danzhou, like Mr. Dongpo himself, became a brand of Hainan's history and culture and was remembered by the people of Hainan.

The Wugong Temple in Fucheng today is actually the Su Gong Temple worshiped by the people of Hainan in history. It expresses the memory of Su Dongpo by generations of Hainanese.

After Su Dongpo, government officials of all dynasties will rebuild the "Zaijiu Hall" left by Master Su. Although it has been destroyed and rebuilt several times, the Zaijiu Hall has evolved into the current "Dongpo Academy" and is also famous for it. The world...

It is worth mentioning that Jiang Tangzuo, Su's student, was loyal and upright, with extraordinary temperament, majestic and upright writing style, and gentle words and deeds. He had the style of a Zhongzhou person and was highly regarded by Su Shi.

When Jiang was going to Guangzhou to take the exam, Mr. Dongpo wrote two poems on his fan: "The sea has never broken the earth's veins, and the white robe has been reunited for the first time." He also said that he will resume the exam after you win the exam.

Jiang Guo lived up to the teacher's high expectations and became famous in one fell swoop. , concentrate on reviewing your homework in preparation for next year’s exam.

The next year, Jiang went to the north to take part in the examination, and passed by Ruzhou, Henan to visit Su Shi's brother Su Che. He learned that his mentor Dongpo had passed away after returning to the north. Jiang was very sad when he heard that, and silently took out the teacher's inscription fan. Su Che saw the remains of his deceased brother. After a moment of deep sorrow, he wrote a poem on the fan.

There is a strange fragrance among the grass growing in the grass, and there are many ancient gingers under the wind and grass.

It is suitable to go to Qiongguan Yulong Cave and show off the Yangcheng calligraphy and ink field.

How can the sea cut off the earth's veins, and the white robes unite together for the first time in history.

Thousands of people soon saw the brocade clothes, and they began to believe that Dongpo had good eyesight.

Having finished the poem of his late brother, Jiang Tangzuo held the inscription fan in his hand, with tears in his eyes, and resolutely turned around and returned to his hometown. From then on, he no longer participated in any imperial examinations, and declined any official positions. He hunkered down in his hometown, opened lectures, and accepted apprentices. He teaches and becomes a rural teacher for the rest of his life.

During the Southern Song Dynasty, some officials visited the old site of Juanglang, purchased three halls to enshrine the statue of Su Gong, built a house for the children of the county people to study as teachers, planted a tree of juanglang as a forest, and re-erected the inscription of the juanglang nunnery to commemorate it.

Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, scholars have set up accounts and lectures here one after another, so it is called Dongpo Academy.

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