Mao Changran's "Kanyu Records" records a case in which ancient county schools (schools in ancient times) promoted outstanding scholars and revitalized the economy.
Liang Shaoren was the Xiaolian of the dynasty (Xiaolian was a subject of the examination system established by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to appoint officials. Xiaolian means "filial piety to relatives and elders, honesty and integrity". Descendants, The title "Xiaolian" also became the elegant name for Juren in the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty), describing his father's case of establishing a county school, promoting outstanding scholars and revitalizing the economy.
The ancients often said: The fate of literature comes from heaven, literary talent comes from the land, and literature comes from people.
said that the imperial court at that time valued Confucianism and Taoism, and every county had a county school. However, the educational results produced are different. Some counties are full of talented people, while some counties are lonely and unknown. People are confused, is this because there is some bias in education? Or do some teachers want to talk and some don’t? Come to think of it, this is not the reason. Could it be that the location of the temple is not suitable? It's also unknown if we lose the appropriateness of getting along with each other.
The county school began. During the Jiading period of the Song Dynasty, the county school was built in Baishigang, which was a time when humanities flourished.
Talents like Tan Huan and Liu Zao have emerged one after another. In the Yuan Tianli , it first moved to Guotou, and then moved to the west of the county.
In the Ming Dynasty Jiajing Ji Chou year, the county magistrate Zhong Shiyan moved the school to Dongmen Street. In the middle period of the Wanli Dynasty, Jiang Shixie, the county magistrate, relocated to the west of the county. In the Xinhai year of Wanli, the county magistrate Yang Dashun, who was proficient in Kanyu studies, still moved back to Baishigang.
The original site of the old school in the Song Dynasty was built in Guishan Dingxiang. Since its completion, talents have emerged in large numbers, and seven out of ten people have passed the first grade.
During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Wei Keyu, the county magistrate, misunderstood the advice of Xingjia scholars, demolished the old school, and re-erected Zishan Wuxiang. More than forty years after the new school was built, the local people were saddened by the decline of the department, the decline of the wealthy families, and the loneliness of the official families.
Later, Yang Yaozu came to be the county magistrate in Guilin, Guangxi. Local people requested that the county school be rebuilt. So Liang Shaoren's father (who was proficient in the art of Kanyu) was asked to choose a location. After looking over and over, he couldn't find the address of the old school as good. The only thing I feel is that the current Zishan Wu direction is not suitable, and the ancients said that the construction of the school building must be connected with the dragon's energy. So he changed the old direction and still established the Ding direction of Guishan. When the construction started, the soil was dug more than a foot deep according to the determined location, and indeed the foundation of the old school hall was dug out. Measure it before and after, it's not bad.
By the twelfth lunar month of the year Dinghai, twenty-three months later, the new county school was finally completed. It is indeed not easy to choose the timing and location of construction and to think carefully before and after. Mainly rely on local people with lofty ideals, they are knowledgeable.
After the completion of the county school, Liang Shaoren recorded the entire process of establishing the county school in detail. (The completion of the temple was recorded by Yu. Yu could not manage it from the beginning, but it was Yu Guan Jue who completed it. How lucky he was. The book was written after the completion of the book, in order to express the sincerity of the former Yihou Yun Yun and his love for the people, and to show the love and respect of the people in the hometown. Learn and practice diligently to predict the prosperity of people in our country. In the ninth year of Daoguang's reign, in the middle of winter, I learned about Shixing County . Mao Changran said: Wu and Ding. , based on the calculation of Zhou Tiandu, there is not much difference. The old system of Kui Tower is on the left side in front of the temple. Why is it inconsistent with the dragon's energy, and why does it match the talent's prosperity? The Three-Yuan Dharma is the Three-Yuan Dharma. A slight difference can lead to a loss of a thousand miles. If the three talents are consistent, a person can control the world. The Kanyu family has truly captured the spirit of creation!
As the saying goes: The rise and fall of a place has always been worth a thousand pieces of gold. We can also see some clues from the case of the ancients.
