Qu Dadu has a high literary talent, and by understanding Qu Dajun's literary works and poetic works, he can spy On Qu Dajun's literary achievements. "Folk Songs", "Qiu Xi Bei Cen Gong", "Qiu Xi Qiu Xi", "Bai Ju", "Reading Chen Sheng's Biography", "Lu Liantai", "From Confessions down to Que Li and the Sons About To Travel in Shanyin" are all representative works of Qu Dajun's poetry. It can be seen that one of Qu Dajun's literary achievements is his achievements in the field of poetry.
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When later generations evaluated Qu Dajun's literary works, they believed that Qu Dajun's poetry was the most accomplished. According to Zhu Xizu's article "Qu Dajun's Writings Examination", Qu Dajun wrote about thirty kinds of works. Qu Dajun had already published collections of poems such as "Daoyuantang Collection" and "Weng Shan Poems Outside" before his death, and after Qu Dajun's death, "Qu Weng Shan Poetry Collection" and "Selected Poems of Lingnan Three Greats" were published one after another. The content of Qu Dajun's poetry works is mainly to promote national integrity. In addition, Qu Dajun's poetry works also involve the issue of people's livelihood, Qu Dajun will be the people's suffering and life feedback in the poetry works, through the understanding of Qu Dajun's poetry works, it can be seen that Qu Dajun is a poet who pays attention to society and sympathizes with the sufferings of the people.
Qu Dajun's poetry works were highly sought after by the Qing Dynasty, during the Kangxi Dynasty, the famous scholar Zhou Bing once wrote a preface to the "Selected Poems of Weng Shan", and Zhou Bing mentioned in the preface that Qu Dajun's poetry works were representative works of the "Weng Shan School" and were highly respected by people of all walks of life. Later, some scholars pointed out that Qu Dajun's poetic works were modeled after the patriotic poet Qu Yuan, so Qu Dajun's poetic works were full of strong patriotic colors. Secondly, Qu Dajun also pays attention to realism, so his poetry works are very realistic.
How Qu Dajun died
Qu Dajun was not only a famous patriotic poet during the Ming Dynasty, but also a major general who opposed the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty. As we all know, the anti-Qing restoration movement lasted for more than a hundred years, and in order to stabilize the Qing regime, the Qing court used harsh punishments to punish anti-Qing and restoration activists. Since Qu Dajun was an anti-Qing and Ming general, what was Qu Dajun's fate, or in other words, how did Qu Dajun die? In the books that record Qu Dajun's life experience, there are all stories about how Qu Dajun died.
Sculpture by Qu Dajun
In other words, Qu Dajun had already perished before he could realize his career ambitions. Under the influence of his teacher Chen Bangyan, Qu Dajun joined the anti-Qing and restoration teams. With the suppression of the Qing court, many anti-Qing and Ming revivalists were persecuted. In order to realize his desire to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, Qu Dajun successively pinned his hopes on Zheng Chenggong and Wu Sangui. When Qu Dajun threw himself into Wu Sangui's men, he found that Wu Sangui was only using the guise of opposing the Qing Dynasty to realize his wish to fight for hegemony and division. After Qu Dajun saw the actual situation, he returned to Guangdong on the grounds that his health was not safe.
After returning to Guangdong, Qu Dajun has been living a life of poverty. In 1674, when the Qing court recovered Taiwan, Qu Dajun knew that the situation was already decided, so he stopped all anti-Qing activities. In his later years, Qu Dajun devoted all his energy to his works, and through Qu Dajun's efforts, he compiled many works such as "Guangdong Anthology", "Guangdong Anthology", "Guangdong New Language" and so on. The most admirable thing is that Qu Dajun disregarded the Qing court's heavy pressure policy and wrote an ode to the anti-Qing heroes. According to records, Qu Dajun died of illness in his hometown of Guangdong on June 27, 1696, at the age of 66.
Introduction to Qu Dajun
Qu Dajun was a person from the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and through understanding Qu Dajun's profile, it is known that Qu Dajun was born in 1630 AD and died in 1696 AD. In today's place names, Qu Dajun is a person from Guangzhou's Liwan District. Qu Dajun developed a strong interest in literary knowledge since childhood, and in the early years, Qu Dajun studied under Chen Bangyan. In the process of study, Qu Dajun was deeply influenced by Chen Bangyan's thought.
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After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Qu Dajun followed Chen Bangyan and others to participate in the anti-Qing struggle, and after Chen Bangyan and others were killed, Qu Dajun risked being arrested and went to collect their bones. In order to escape the persecution of the Qing court, Qu Dajun showed himself as a monk. After Qu Dajun entered the temple and cut his hair as a monk, he specially named himself the Death Temple, in order to warn the world that he would not serve the Qing court in death. During his cover as a monk, Qu Dajun often traveled in all directions in the name of huayuan. Everywhere Qu Dajun went, he would actively organize the masses to participate in the struggle against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty.
Qu Dajun also sent someone to send information to zheng chenggong, the leader of the anti-Qing dynasty, hoping that Zheng Chengfu would lead the soldiers to attack from the coast. Qu Dajun has traveled to Many places such as Qin and Jin, Shanxi, Guanzhong, Nanjing, and Beijing, and has successively met famous people such as Gu Yanwu and Zhu Yizun. In 1660, after Qu Dajun went to Nanjing, he participated in the anti-Qing movement organized by the Qi brothers. In 1662, the anti-Qing people Wei Wei, Qian Zhanbai and others were killed, and Qu Dajun saw that there was no hope of restoring the Qing Dynasty, so he returned to Guangdong to devote himself to cultivation. "Guangdong Anthology" and "Guangdong Anthology" are all representative works of Qu Dajun, among which his "Guangdong New Language", which tells about the astronomical geography and human customs of Guangdong, has been praised by posterity as the most valuable Guangdong love letter.
Tomb of Qu Dajun
Qu Dajun's tomb is located in Baozhugang, Sixian Village, Xinzuo Town, Panyu District, Guangzhou, and has now become a cultural relics protection unit in Guangdong Province. Qu Dajun is a famous patriotic poet, and his poetic works have survived to this day. After Qu Dajun's death, in order to commemorate this anti-Qing zhishi, the descendants built Qu Dajun's tomb. According to statistics, Qu Dajun's tomb covers an area of about 150 square meters, including Qu Dajun's tomb and Qu Dajun's family tomb.
From the appearance point of view, Qu Dajun's tomb is trapezoidal, And Qu Dajun's tomb is 14.5 meters wide in front and about 9.8 meters long on both sides of the back 6.8 meters wide. Qu Dajun's tomb is in the middle position, and the tomb surface is in a "convex" shape. The tomb of Qu Dajun was built of ash sand and is 1.7 meters long and 2.8 meters wide. From the square, Qu Dajun's tomb is like a clock shape, and there is a bluestone stele in the middle, on which are written the seven characters "Tomb of Mr. Ming Qu Weng Shan". From the falling money, it is known that the text on the bluestone stele was inscribed by Mr. Chen Fan in the eighteenth year of the Republic of China. There is also a prayer platform in front of the bluestone monument, which is rectangular in shape.
In addition, on the left and right sides of Qu Dajun's tomb, there is a tomb watch with a height of 1.78 meters and a width of 1.8 meters, on which is written Qu Dajun's life experience and character contributions. There is also a stone stele on the right side of Qu Dajun's tomb, on which are written the five characters of "Tomb Pine Stele". Because of the long time, the text on the stone tablet has been blurred, and it is impossible to distinguish the content of the above. Qu Dajun's father's tomb is located in the upper left of Qu Dajun's tomb, Qu Dajun's mother's tomb is located in the upper right of Qu Dajun's tomb, and the lower left of Qu Dajun's tomb is the tomb of Qu Dajun's son and daughter-in-law. In 1986, on the 290th anniversary of Qu Dajun's death, the local government built the Sixian Pavilion to commemorate Qu Dajun.