Two visits to Yuetang Village, Jinxi County, Jiangxi Province, where descendants of the famous Prime Minister Wang Anshi lived. Why?
The author has heard that Yuetang Village in Jinxi County, Jiangxi Province is the ancestral tomb of the Wang Anshi family, one of the eight famous families in the Tang and Song Dynasties. It is also the folk legend that Wang Anshi’s tomb was relocated in the early Ming Dynasty, so the author went to Yuetang Village twice. Want to find out.
On the 29th day of the seventh lunar month last year, a group of people finished their lunch and set off from Huwan, passing through Huwan Huangfang towards Liuli Shangzhuang. They got off the car at a small forest not far from Liuli Yuetang. Then Mr. Wang Huaming from Jinxi County, who was traveling with us, introduced that the small forest in front of us is located directly in front of Yuetang, which is equivalent to the screen wall of Yuetang. Yuetang was originally the location of the ancestral tomb of Wang Anshi's family. This is an excellent Feng Shui treasure land. Its surrounding mountain topography completely conforms to the Feng Shui standard of "hugs on both sides, leaning on the back, photos in front, and bubbles in the photo." Therefore, the Wang Anshi family was very prosperous in the Song Dynasty. In particular, Wang Anshi paid homage to the prime minister and was granted the title of Duke of Jing. "The Genealogy of King Yuetang" records: "The Duke died in Banshan Temple and was buried in Zhongshan Zhiyang. I, Taizu Qianling of the Ming Dynasty, asked: 'What was the old grave?' The assistant minister replied: 'Shuikou is Sun Quan, King of Wu. The tomb was built by Wang Anshi, Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty. Taizu said, "Sun Quan lived in Shuikou and was left to guard the mausoleum. Wang Anshi could call his descendants to move it to the tomb of his ancestor in Yuetang, Linchuan." Later, the Wang clan members who moved the stone tomb of Wang An back to Jinxi from Jinling settled here and continued to be responsible for guarding the tomb. Therefore, the "Jinling Yanpai" gatehouse was built in the village, with a "half-moon-shaped" pond directly in front of it. The pond got its name from this. There is also a "Jingguo Family" gatehouse at the entrance of Yuetang Village. Its style and structure are simple and elegant, and it has a strong temperament of the Ming Dynasty.
Going along the road towards the village, there is a stone tablet at the foot of the mountain beside the road, with the words "Xu Taibao Mountain Boundary" engraved on it. Mr. Wang Huaming introduced Xu Taibao as Xu Qiong, who was ranked second in the first year of Tianshun in the Ming Dynasty. He was Taibao, the crown prince and a native of Jinxi. Why is there the Xu Family Boundary Mountain near the village where the Wang family lives? "The Genealogy of the Wang Family in Yuetang" records: "(Yuetang) Ninth Generation: Zheng Sangong (Zhengzi Sect, ranked third), whose courtesy name was Dexiang, and the whole village was drinking wine Guest. When the Xu family conquered Jinggong Mountain and all the tombs were exhausted, Duke Xu came to the mountain to offer sacrifices. Xu Gong said: "The old man came to recognize his ancestors? What should he say?" How dare you dare to attack!" Xu was ashamed, so he stopped the attack. "This record is quite interesting. Xu Qiong, who was equivalent to the prime minister at that time, saw that the mountains and terrain around Yuetang were very good, so he relied on his power to dig out the former prime minister. Wang Anshi's tomb and ancestral grave were built, and his mother's tomb was built, but the Wang family had no choice but to swallow their anger. Bao Bao was heartbroken but Bao Bao did not say it. From then on, Wang Anshi died without a burial place. At the same time, it also reflects from the side that Wang Anshi was still a typical negative historical figure at that time. The Ming Dynasty had not yet recognized his historical achievements, so it did not pay attention to his tomb. Due to the complete destruction of Wang Anshi's tomb and its age, the location of Wang Anshi's tomb has still not been verified. In recent years, the Yuetang Wang clan had to rebuild the "Tomb of the Famous Northern Song Dynasty Prime Minister Wang Anshi" on Jinggong Mountain in front of Yuetang. Jinggong’s spirit is in heaven.
Entering the village from the gatehouse of Jinggong Family, there are only a few ancient buildings in the village. Among them, next to Zhizhi Guzhang Village, there is a Five Saints Temple rebuilt during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty that is particularly conspicuous, and the foundation pillars are very exquisitely carved. There is also a public inscription of the He clan on the wall, which reads: "My clan has been at odds with the great Geng Xu for a long time. Reading a few words from the lineage of the ninth ancestor Dexiang Gong, I imagine that I was outnumbered and bullied by Xu. Dexiang There is nothing I can do about my grief and pain. Even if my descendants cannot express their gratitude to their predecessors, they should also appreciate the painstaking efforts of their predecessors and never forget their ambitions. This is a warning to the descendants, and they will not be allowed to take on other people's surnames. It has been a long time since we passed away, and there are unscrupulous people who are greedy for small profits, betray the ancestral teachings, and want to take over. This is really disrespectful to our ancestors. It was decided by the public that all members of his family, Ding Xun, would be expelled and driven out of the country. If there was anyone who showed favoritism and indulged his feelings, he would be guilty of the most serious crime. Yuan Ping, the people of the clan, reiterated the old proposal and set up a stone in the temple to pay tribute to the descendants. I hope that future generations will always protect him and never replace him. Clan chiefs: Huinan, Shengcai, Zhancheng. *** Discussion: Chunqing, Yingshun, Shoushan, Meiqing, Yuwen, Weisan, Nanshan, Xianmao, Panzhen. January auspicious day.
"This is a precious historical material that studies the feuds and grievances between traditional Chinese families. It also confirms the authenticity of the grievances and grievances recorded in the genealogy between the Wang and Xu families.
A few days ago, on the 28th day of the fourth lunar month, the yin There was light rain. In the morning, Mr. Xiaoyao invited us to go to Yuetang, Jinxi, where we met a scholar studying Wang Anshi, and then went to Yuetang. At about 9 o'clock in the morning, the author went to Yuetang Village, Liuli Township, Jinxi County. The fields were full of green in early summer and the birds were singing. The sound reached my ears, and soon many scholars also arrived, including Shanghai Shangfang Xiaoyi, Gaomi Liu Chengguo, Fengcheng Mao Jing, Jinxi Zeng Ming, etc. Why did so many scholars come from far away to visit the Yuetang Wang family? Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Wang Anshi's descendants to move Wang Anshi's stone tomb from Nanjing back to the ancestral graveyard of Wang Anshi's family in Yuetang. It is even said that Wang Anshi was born in the Yuetang area, so the scholar came to visit the Jingguo family first. Gatehouse. Since Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty decreed that Wang Anshi was the Duke of Jingguo, the descendants of his family were called the Jingguo Family. The gatehouse is a three-bay porch structure on the top of a hard mountain. The gate is oriented to face the southeast according to Feng Shui, with a "penholder-shaped" mountain peak in front. Near Yuetang is Anshiling, which was also named after Wang Anshi. Some scholars believe that the naming of Anshiling indicates that later generations were rude and rude, because since ancient times, Chinese people have tabooed calling sages by their names, such as "Jingguo Family" instead of "Anshi". The name Anshiling should have come from the ignorance of future generations.
Afterwards, the group visited the Five Holy Temples rebuilt in the sixth year of Guangxu’s reign in the Qing Dynasty, the “half-moon-shaped” pond, and the Daoguang Jiu Temple in the Qing Dynasty. The Jinling Yanpai Gate Tower was rebuilt in 2001. Jinling is another name for Nanjing. The Jinling Yanpai indicates that the Yuetang Wang family may be the descendants of Wang Anshi who moved back to Yuetang with Wang An's stone tomb and settled in Nanjing. The "Jinxi County Place Name Chronicle" records: "The Yuetang Wang family. , in a mountain ridge 7.5 kilometers west and south of Liulicang. 33 households, 162 people. lt;Wang Clan Harmonygt;: In the early years of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1398), Wang Dynasty Li (descendant of Wang Anshi), whose ancestral home was Yanbu Ridge, Ximen, Fuzhou, was separated from Luocheng, the original city. Because there is a pond in front of the village that looks like a moon, hence its name. "Luocheng is now Luocheng Village, Huwan Town, Jinxi County. In the fourth year of Chunyou of the Southern Song Dynasty (1244), the Wang family moved here from Yanbu Ridge, Ximen, Fuzhou. This shows that the Yuetang Wang family did not move back from Nanjing, and the Jinling sect may have just It indicated that the Yuetang Wang family had a certain relationship with Wang Anshi. Then the group went to Yangyou Anshiling for on-site investigation.
Finally, there was a question about Yuetang being Wang Anshi’s birthplace and the move of Wang Anshi’s stone tomb back to Yue. Regarding the Yuetang issue, relevant scholars believe that the former is a myth. It is generally accepted by historians that Wang Anshi was born in Qingjiang County, Linjiang Army, in the fifth year of Song Dynasty (1021). The latter is doubtful and needs to be verified. The archaeological community has not yet discovered the site of Wang Anshi's burial in Yuetang. The specific location is only one side of the Wang family genealogy, and the historical records of Wang Anshi's tomb include the Southern Song Dynasty's "Jingding Jiankang Zhi": "The cemetery is behind Banshan Garden (later changed to Banshan Temple)" and the Yuan Dynasty's "Jinling New Chronicles·Volume 12" "Contains: "The tomb of King Wang Shu, named Anshi, is behind Banshan Temple."