Author: Wang Weikai (Researcher of Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences, Doctor of History)
It is said that the Internet is magical, in fact, only personal experience can further feel its magic. During the National Day holiday, the northern area is rainy and rainy, and there is nothing to do in leisure. Swiping the phone at home becomes the best way to pass the time.
As a greasy uncle born in the 1970s, I pay more attention to the news every day, so today's headlines has become a fixed APP on mobile phones. On the morning of the 2nd, when I was flipping through today’s headline page, I came across an article written by the signature "Xibian Fangcao" "Walking in troubled times-commemorating my great-grandfather Wang Gengtang". Because I have been paying attention to family history before, I have sorted out many families. An anecdote, I was naturally interested in similar articles, so I hurried to read it, but made new discoveries while reading. The protagonist of the article, Wang Gengtang, was a Juren who lived in the early last century, and the time was Guangxu 28. Nian (1902 AD) Gengzi Xin Chouenzheng was born in Yongnian County, Quang Binh Prefecture. These two details made me very kind, because my great-uncle (great-great-uncle's brother and brother) Wang Shaoting was also the imperial examiner. , My hometown Weixian also belonged to Guangpingfu during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Official Documents of the Late Qing Dynasty
The family ancestor once said that at that time the great uncle was driving a small wheelbarrow to take the imperial examination in Quang Binh Mansion. Quang Binh Mansion came to my village (Pangu Village, Wei County) to send the good news. At that time, the great ancestor Wang Ming Shao Gong was responsible for opening the family temple and receiving the Annunciation.
So decisively read carefully from beginning to end. After , I found that the old man Wang Gengtang had many ties with my family. In addition to the same imperial examination with the great uncle Wang Shaoting, there were also some with my other two great uncles. At the same time, the great uncle Wang Laiting and Wang Luting were both studying at Guangpingfu Middle School from the fourth year of the Republic of China (1915) to the tenth year of the Republic of China (1921). At this time, Wang Gengtang also taught here. The two of my family Whether the ancestors have been taught by him is unknown,But living in the same school and being a teacher-student relationship is an indisputable fact.
Guangping Fu Xuetang
To further verify the information, I checked the "Records of the Gengzi Xin Chou En Zheng and Ke Shun Tian Township Examination in the 28th Year of Guangxu", which was kept at home by , as an official file. It clearly records: "Wang Gengtang, aged twenty-nine, was a superintendent of Yongnian County, Zhili Province", "Wang Shaoting, aged twenty-three, was an attached student of Weixian County, Zhili". Wang Gengtang and his great uncle have no objection to the same imperial examination person. There are a total of 440 candidates in the undergraduate test in Shuntian Township, but less than 20 in Quang Binh Fu. It is now speculated that as the same imperial candidate and the same Quang Binh Fu, it is not known whether the two have an intersection, but After all, as fellows and fellows, at least they should know each other.
The "official list" posted at that time
So I hurried to leave a message below the article, I hope the author can see it, and at the same time, I sent a private message to the author using the private message function of today's headline, and soon received the author Mr. Wang Ling Replies, add WeChat to each other, and exchange more information with each other. As a descendant of the Wang family, according to Chinese traditional folk culture, people with the same surname were regarded as a family five hundred years ago, and naturally there will be more topics. According to Mr. Wang Ling’s visit, after Wang Gengtang was elected to the public, he served as a teacher, provincial assemblyman, county governor, and examiner in Quang Binh Mansion, Linxian County, Xin'an, Tangshan and other places. In 1928 He died when he took office in Tangshan; after Wang Shaoting was elected to the public, when the Qing Dynasty implemented the New Deal, he went to Beiyang Special Training School (located in Zhicheng Road, Hebei District, Tianjin City) for two years, and stayed at Tianjin Tianhe Normal School (later renamed) Hebei Provincial Tianjin Normal School) teaches and author of "Chinese Cultural History" (photocopied and published by Nankai University Press in 2019). In 1937, the Japanese invaded China. Shao Ting left his job and returned to his hometown due to long-term worries about the country and the people. Suddenly died of heart palpitations the following year.
Information on Xin'an and Linzhou County, Henan Province
Mr. Gengtang’s great-grandson, Mr. Wang Ling, and my age, are both very concerned about the family’s past. Looking back now,If there is no internet, without the affection and care for each other's family, we would not know each other thousands of miles apart.
Recall that 120 years ago, our great grandparents met through the imperial examination. 120 years later, later people were connected through the Internet. Isn't this the light of civilization benefiting from social progress and scientific development?
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