Is the old woman in Taoyuan County, Hunan Province accurate in fortune telling?
Hu's name is Erlin. Qing Tongzhi (1867) was born in an intellectual family in front of Yanqiao Village, Beixiang, Wuxi County. His father, Hu Hemei, was an Oracle in Taoyuan County, Hunan Province. Hu studied under his elder brother, was taught by his father since childhood and was familiar with Confucian classics. Guangxu fifteen years (1888), Jinshi. When he was young, he was ambitious and opposed all kinds of superstitious activities popular in the countryside at that time. He often exposes the cheating tricks of witches and fortune tellers, and makes them admit cheating in public. He advocated banning tobacco gambling, and he and his brother Yixiu often gave speeches in teahouses in the towns of Beixiang, Wuxi, to publicize the dangers of tobacco gambling. He also opposed the exorbitant taxes and levies imposed by the Qing government. On one occasion, he supported farmers to attack the Huangbudun checkpoint. He is called "Mr. Boss" because he ranks second among his brothers, is honest, detests evil as hatred, likes to fight against injustice and dares to do things.
In the 24th year of Guangxu (1898), under the influence of Wei Xin's ideological trend, Hu was admitted to Nanyang Teachers College, and then went to Tokyo Teachers College in Japan to study. At this time, he actively participated in the revolutionary activities of overseas students and joined the Sun Yat-sen League.
In the 28th year of Guangxu (1902), Hu returned to China to establish a new school and engage in education. With the support of his father, he and his younger brother Yixiu co-founded "Hu's Public School" (later changed to Hu's Public School). In order to break the feudal shackles, a girls' school was attached. At the same time, a teacher training college was established in Youjiatan to train teachers. Under the advocacy of Hu and his son, listed companies in Beixiangtian have set up new schools. He initiated the compound teaching method of single-level independent teaching and advocated that each village should run a single-level school. The school's equipment and office expenses are funded by Hu's Yi Shu and the local government. Tuition fees paid by the school are used for teachers' salaries. On the eve of the Revolution of 1911, Northwest Field was listed, and every village had a new school, which set an example for the whole county 17 towns at that time. He also donated books from home and set up the Sky Library in front of the village. Also mobilized relatives and friends to give books. In its heyday, the library collected more than 654.38 million volumes, making it the first modern library in Wuxi. In the first year of Jian 'an (1909), Hu Ying went to Beijing as the provost of Beijing Women's Normal School.
19 1 1 year, with the rise of the Revolution of 1911, Hu returned to Wuxi to participate in the revolutionary activities of recovering Wuxi, and was elected as the first speaker of Wuxi County Council. The deputy speaker is Hou Hongjian. Hu and Hou were both famous educators at that time.
Hu cares about rural water conservancy and engages in water conservancy research. 19 1 1 was employed by jianghuai water resources survey bureau in. He spent two years investigating the disaster situation and water conservancy in the Jianghuai area, and wrote two books, Notes on the Investigation of Water Conservancy in Jianghuai and Measured Map of Iraq and Sri Lanka.
19 12 Hu was hired as the principal of Nanjing Middle School in Jiangyin. In any year, Nanjing Middle School is carefully planned. 19 13 went north to be the principal of Beijing Women's Normal School. A year later, he went south for the second time as the headmaster of Nanjing Middle School. 19 18 at the invitation of Rong Desheng, he returned to Wuxi to set up a public welfare industrial and commercial middle school as the first principal of the school. While engaged in education, I served as a counselor of Taihu Water Conservancy Bureau, a joint examination officer of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Water Conservancy Bureau and a researcher of Jiangsu Water Conservancy Association at 1920. After repeated field visits, in order to control the flood and drought disasters in Taihu Lake basin, he put forward the management policy of dredging Baimao River to make it the main drainage channel in the lower reaches of Taihu Lake, and at the same time opening the upstream channel into the lake to realize the simultaneous storage and discharge in the north and south. However, it was opposed by powerful people in Taihu Water Conservancy Bureau. Despite the long-term argument, his correct opinion has never been implemented.
19201On October 24th, at the initiative of Hu et al., Wuxi County Water Conservancy Research Association was established to study and control the flood and drought disasters in Wuxi. On April 1923, Wuxi County Water Conservancy Research Association recommended Hu and others as investigators to investigate the water conservancy situation in the county. After two months of on-the-spot investigation, in August of the same year, I wrote "Drought Control Scheme of Wuxi County", and put forward two schemes: palliative and radical. The palliative plan is to gradually open the river port connected with the canal and Taihu Lake, so that the waterlogged water can flow into Taihu Lake quickly. The radical plan is to gradually expand the river ports (Dubo, Xingtang, Tang Sheng, Yangjian and Dahe) connecting the Canal and the Yangtze River, so that the Baimao River will become the main channel for water to flow into the river.
1924 1 month, after the county water conservancy research conference, the water conservancy project was carried out in stages. And set up Wuxi County Water Conservancy Bureau. First, dredge the Lujiang River estuary, arrange the moat outside Ximen, rebuild Ximen Bridge and Xianying Bridge, and make Liangxi River pass through the moat outside Ximen and reach the Jingkang Canal directly. Therefore, Hu suggested rebuilding Ximen Bridge, widening the bridge hole from 2 feet 2 feet to 6 feet 5 feet, which is equal to the width of the river body, so as to facilitate flood discharge and protect dozens of acres of farmland in northwest township from drought and flood. However, this proposal was opposed by the local feudal forces in Southeast Township because it touched their interests. This matter caused a heated debate in the county Council. To this end, Hu published a letter to the gentry of the Water Conservancy Research Association and an open letter to the elders of the whole city, in which he denounced the local feudal forces for exploiting farmers and turning a blind eye to floods and droughts and farmers' lives. But at that time, Wuxi was in a melee among warlords, and Hu could not sing solo, so Ximen Bridge failed to be rebuilt according to his suggestion.
Hu was not discouraged by this setback, but continued to go to the countryside to care about water conservancy. Whether in the hot dry season or in the rainy flood, the masses saw him check the water situation, measure the water level and write the book Taihu Water Conservancy Manuscript. He envisaged opening a canal from Taihu Lake in Wuxi to Huangtian Port in Jiangyin, so that the Yangtze River trade ships could reach Taihu Lake directly, which was not only conducive to the exchange of materials and economic prosperity, but also enabled the vast farmland in Xicheng area to achieve the purpose of dry fishing and ensuring harvest.
1924 became the principal of Yixing middle school. At this time, he was nearly sixty years old, but he was in high spirits. In his spare time, he also led teachers and students to the south of the city to help workers reclaim land and build school buildings. He not only directs students to work, but also carries stones and hoes by himself. He is extremely strict with teachers and students in teaching. He also attaches great importance to students' physical exercise. He advocated that a person "has good knowledge and needs good health".
1925 In the middle and spring, he led teachers and students to walk around the mountains and rivers in the southwest and southeast of Yixing County to exercise their physique and will. He worked in Yixing for three years and never received any remuneration. Yixing Middle School built five rooms with balconies in the northwest corner of the big playground to commemorate the founder, and named them "Rain Man Building".
Hu died in 1928+0 at the age of 6 1 year. Wuxi people built a full-length bronze statue for him in the park in front of his village on February 1935 to commemorate his achievements in running schools and managing water. This is the first bronze statue in Wuxi, but it was destroyed in the Cultural Revolution.