Translation of Ancient Poems, Biography of He Jingming, History of the Ming Dynasty, Volume 286

He Jingming, the word Zhongmo, is Xinyang, Henan.

Person. At the age of eight, he was able to compose poems and imitate ancient texts. In the eleventh year of Hongzhi, he passed the township examination.

He had just turned fifteen years old, and the wealthy families of the He family's clan vied to sponsor him to take the exam. The people who came to his door were all gathered together, like a wall. In the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, He Jingming was awarded the official position of Zhongshusheren.

He and Li Mengyang and other cadres advocated writing ancient style poems, Li Mengyang wrote the most majestic, Jingming was a little behind, and the two were basically comparable. Zhengde.

In the first year, the eunuch Liu Jin.

Stealing the Emperor's authority. He Jingming went to Xu Jin, the secretary of the ministry, to persuade Liu Jin not to interfere in the government affairs, and his words were very fierce. After that, he said he was sick and went home.

In the second year, Liu Jin dismissed all the ** who sued him, and He Jingming escaped because of this. Waiting for Liu Jin to be killed, the emperor obeyed Li Dongyang.

's recommendation restored the previous ** order, and He Jingming was also on duty in the cabinet system. Later, Li Mengyang was imprisoned for his crimes, and everyone did not dare to intercede for him. He Jingming wrote to Yang Yiqing, the secretary of the ministry, to save him.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, the Qianqing Palace suffered a disaster. He Jingming wrote that the emperor should not adopt a righteous son, should not keep the border army, should not pamper the monks, and should not appoint eunuchs. After a long time, he became a member of the Ministry of Officials, but he still wrote in the same words as before.

Qian Ning wanted to make friends with him, brought him ancient words, and asked him to write an inscription. He Jingming said: "This painting is the handiwork of a famous artist, don't pollute other people's hands."

Finally, he threw the painting on the ground and returned it to him. Soon, He Jingming was promoted to deputy envoy of Shaanxi University (deputy director of the Department of Education). Liao Peng's younger brother, the eunuch Luan, guarded Guanzhong.

He was very arrogant, and he couldn't get off the horse to greet him when he met the three envoys. He Jingming whipped him with a whip. He Jingming educates students, specializing in the study of world affairs.

The outstanding students were selected to the Zhengxue Academy, and the scriptures were taught to them in person, and the intellectuals did not choose the exegesis of all of you, so that the intellectuals knew that there was a scripture. Jiajing.

In the early years, He Jingming resigned and returned home due to illness, and died not long after, living at the age of thirty-nine.

He Jingming's ambition and discipline are very upright, advocating integrity and righteousness, despising glory and wealth and striving for fame and fortune, and Li Mengyang has the demeanor of a national soldier. The poems and prose written by the two people liked each other very much at the beginning, and after they became famous, they criticized and refuted each other. Li Mengyang mainly advocates imitation, while He Jingming mainly advocates personal creation, each insisting on the same point of view, and the two go out to walk on the left and right sides respectively.

Some people say that He Jingming's talent is not as good as Li Mengyang, but his poetry Xiuyi said that he regarded Mengyang as excessive. However, the poems and texts in the world are called He and Li, and they are also known as Bian Gong and Xu Zhenqing.

And called the four masters. He said: "Poetry is drowned in Tao, Xie Li Zhenzhi, and the law of ancient poetry dies in Xie." Wen Mi in Sui, Han Li Zhenzhi, and the law of ancient literature died in Han. "Qian Qianyi.

Wrote "Poems of the Dynasties" and denounced it.

He Jingming, the word Zhongmo, Xinyang people. At the age of eight, he could compose poetry. In the eleventh year of Hongzhi, he was only fifteen years old.

The people of the clan vied to get closer to him, and there were many people around him everywhere he went. In the fifteenth year of Hongzhi and the first middle jinshi, he was named the central housekeeper. When talking about ancient poetry and literature with Li Mengyang and others, Mengyang is the most prominent, Jingming is a little behind, and the two are basically comparable.

During the first year of the Zhengde reform, Liu Jin stole power. Xu Jin, the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu, persuaded him to be indomitable, and his words were very sharpI tried to translate it, but it may not be very accurate.

It's too long, and the translators are going to be tired to death.

However, looking at the history of the Ming Dynasty and the like, the so-called literati pedantic and stubborn and famous people abound in the annals of history, and then they will eventually die and be humiliated, so what? It seems that the pillars are mostly rotten and pseudo-human ears. Therefore, the death of the Ming Dynasty is not due to the unclear king, but the fact that Confucianism harms the country.