The excavation of "Chen Tomb" has been widely concerned by Xiamen literature and history experts and citizens from the beginning, because it is expected to uncover the mystery of "Chen Tomb". As to who "Chen Nan" refers to, there are currently three versions of Chen Yize, Chen An and Chen in Xiamen literature and history circles.
Chen yize
3 million bought the island.
Chen Yize's deeds are not recorded in other ancient books except Chen's Genealogy. According to legend, Chen Yize's four brothers were admitted to Jinshi, but according to the official history, only Chen Yixing, who ranked third, had a biography, saying that he had served as an assistant minister in the Ministry of Industry, and none of the other brothers recorded it. There is no record of Chen Yixing's brother in his biography.
According to Yingchuan Genealogy, Chen Yong, a scholar in the second year of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty (AD 706), was exiled to Fujian because of his disagreement with Prime Minister Li. He took his father, four sons and one daughter, lived in Putian and Hui 'an successively, and then settled in Zhangzhou.
One night in the second year of Tang Jianzhong (AD 78 1 year), in a room in Zhangzhou, Chen Yi, the eldest son of Chen Yong, dreamed that he was sleeping on an island full of rice. In order to find this coveted "Wodao", Chen Yi led more than 300 people from his family to "Wodao" (now Xiamen).
In addition, there is another folklore about Chen Yize's first development of Xiamen: Chen Yize's father, Chen Yong, was a scholar at that time, and was the official teacher of the Prince. Later, due to disagreement with the then Prime Minister Li, he was forced to move his family to Nanxiangshan in Zhangzhou, Fujian. When he was in Tang Wenzong, Chen Yi became prime minister again, and since then, his descendants have flourished and developed into "Taifu School" Chen in Fujian. During his tenure as prime minister, Chen Yi spent 3 million yuan to buy a paradise that was only an island at that time, which is now Xiamen Island.
Chen An
Established jinbang mountain
As for the representative of "Chen Nan", there is a popular saying about An Chen. According to Yingchuan's genealogy, Chen An is the tenth grandson of Chen Yize, the son of the tomb owner on the east side. According to legend, he built the Jinbang Mountain. According to Zhu's "Jin Bang Shan Ji", he failed in the Jinshi examination for 18 times, and then lived in seclusion in Jin Bang Shan, calling himself "Chang Lao", so Jin Bang Shan is also called Chang Lao Shan.
Zhu said in the article: "Jinbang Mountain is located in the twenty-third capital of Jiahe, and there is a ridge in the north. South of the ridge, Chen An, a scholar of the Tang Dynasty, lived in a public place. North of the ridge, Ling Xue's grandson moved here. It is understood that this is the earliest record of the name "Xue". According to Zhu's records, the division between the north and the south is the boundary, and he lives in seclusion in Jinbang Mountain in the south, and his grandson lives in the north, so he is called "South Chen Bei Xue". But who is the grandson, Zhu did not make it clear.
Li Qiyu, deputy editor-in-chief of Xiamen Local Records Editorial Committee, believes that Chen An is unlikely to be the first person to develop Xiamen. First of all, from the available information, it is difficult to determine whether Anchen is from Jiahe. Tang Shi called him a Nan 'an person in literature and art, which is consistent with Jiahe Li's statement, because Jiahe Li belonged to Nan 'an County in Tang Dynasty, but Zhangzhou House called him a Putian person. Secondly, from the personal experience, Chen An was born in a poor family, and he failed to pass the examination of 18 times. How can he become a local celebrity to develop Xiamen? In addition, according to historical records, his father died early, but the unearthed epitaph of Chen said that Chen lived at the age of 75, which is obviously another contradiction.
In addition, the unearthed epitaph of Chen overthrew the theory. According to Chen's epitaph, he has come to Xiamen, and according to Chen's genealogy, he is Chen's son. If this identity is reliable, then Chen An is definitely not the first person to develop Xiamen University.
the Chen Dynasty
An epitaph leads to Kai Jizu.
Gong Jie, the former director of Xiamen Museum, is the main representative of "Chen Nan Chen Xi". It is said that the historical records about "Xue Zai" are all with Xue Lingzhi. According to legend, Xue Lingzhi lived in seclusion in Xiamen during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and died in the reign of Kaiyuan. It was also during this period that Chen Yong led his troops south. Xue Lingzhi and Chen Yong lived in the Kaiyuan period, while Chen An is the 11th descendant of Chen Yong, with a difference of more than 300 years, so it is impossible to develop Xiamen and Zhangzhou at the same time.
Gong Jie said that Zhu, a new philosopher, first discovered this question. He had calculated by himself that perhaps "Northern Xue" should be Sha Xue, the grandson of Xue Lingzhi, who was close to Chen An at that time, but this was groundless. "Nan Xue" is a statement with Xue Lingzhi, which was really overthrown after the epitaph of Mrs. Chen in Quanzhou Shijing was found in Xu Shi. Mrs. Chen is Ann Chen's cousin. She married Xu of Quanzhou and died of puerperal fever after giving birth to a child. Xu was very sad, so he put the epitaph of the late Mrs. Chen in Xu Shi in the Tang Dynasty.
1973, several villagers in Shijing village, Quanzhou dug a grave without a tombstone in a forest, and a smooth epitaph in the grave was taken home by a villager as the cylinder head of a pickle jar.
1978 One day, Ye, director of the Quanzhou Chengdong Town Police Station, stumbled upon the epitaph on this jar. Ye realized that the epitaph belonged to the Tang Dynasty, so he asked the villagers for the epitaph and put it in the yard in front of the door. In the early 1980s, when Quanzhou cultural relics workers visited Ye Jia, this epitaph in the yard caught his attention. The value of the Epitaph of Mrs. Chen of Xu Family in Tang Dynasty subsequently attracted the attention of Xiamen historians.
According to the epitaph, in the fourth year of Tang Zhenyuan (788), when the Fuzhou army was in chaos, the general Hao Jieyi wanted to launch a rebellion and was in charge of "staying behind". Chen led more than 65,438+000 people who didn't want to take part in the rebellion of the Fujian army to move back to Xiamen Island, which was then called "New City", and "took Sichuan as a field and a garden as a cultivation" and "refused to be an official all his life to pursue lofty ideals". Gong Jie said that this shows that Chen's ancestor who first developed Xiamen was not Chen Yi, but Chen. He also believes that Mrs. Chen's epitaph reveals two mysteries: one is the reason why Chen entered Xiamen, and the other is that Xiamen called ""from the Tang Dynasty rather than the Song Dynasty.
However, the epitaph of Mrs. Chen of the Xu family in the Tang Dynasty only provided an orphan's evidence for the theory of belonging to Chen Yi. Therefore, the excavation of Chen's tomb once again attracted the attention of Xiamen literature and history experts. Although the excavation finally confirmed that the owners of the two tombs on the east and west sides of the "Chen Tomb" were not Chen himself, the time, name and generational relationship recorded in the epitaph can be said to echo the epitaph of Chen, the late wife of Shi, unearthed in Quanzhou in 1973, further confirming the authenticity of the epitaph recorded in Quanzhou, which is more likely to develop Xiamen into Chen. In addition, the name "Jiahe Li" appeared in the Tang Dynasty, which was once again confirmed, and the conclusion that Xiamen history had not been tested before the Song Dynasty was once again overturned.