Wang Erlie (1727- 180 1) was born in Jiajiapuzi, Liaoyang County (now Fengshuigou Village, Lanjia Town, Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province). At the age of 16, poetry and calligraphy have become household names. At the age of forty-four, he was admitted to Jinshi. It is said that in the year when he was a scholar, he was the first in the exam, and he was ranked fourth only because of the private examination room in Gan Long. The examiner reversed his ranking with that of Gan Long. Later, when Qianlong saw that Wang Erlie's literary works were very good, his scholarship was outstanding, and his writing was amazing. In other words, Wang was appointed as a teacher to read, and the prince stayed in the palace to teach him. Later, the saying that "the old master is in the same place, but the master is less" refers to this story.
Wang Erlie wrote many couplets in his life, and a famous historical couplet in Mengjiangnu Temple in Shanhaiguan is his masterpiece.
(a) Wang Erlie to abbot yuan empty.
Wang Erlie had just finished four years of private school, and his father asked him to work as a handyman at Longquan Temple in Qian Shan, south of Liaoyang City, to make a living independently. Whenever he is free, he asks the learned monk for poems and essays. Once it snowed heavily, and the young monk and handyman in the temple came to sweep the snow. They even played while sweeping, and even made a Guanyin statue out of snow. At this time, the abbot monk Kong Yuan came to see him and made a pair of couplets on the snowman for the young monks. Outgoing:
Snow accumulates Guanyin, and sunrise incarnates the South China Sea.
Hearing this, the young monks stared at me, and I stared at you, shaking my head and scratching my head, unable to answer. At this moment, Wang Erlie aside said "I'm right", and then casually read aloud a way:
Clouds turn into arhats, and the wind blows west.
Wang Erlie associated "snow" with "cloud", so he regarded "cloud turned into ocean" as "snow accumulated Guanyin". The sunrise melted and the wind dispersed the clouds, so "the wind blows west" means "the sunrise incarnates in the South China Sea". The mind is galloping, the image is vivid, and the right is really smart. After listening to this, the monk Kong Yuan repeatedly said, "Amitabha!" Young monks also praised it.
(2) Wang Erlie to little nun.
One day, the abbot Kong Yuan led a group of young monks boating to Da 'anji. Dai Anji's little nun is drawing water by the lake. She saw the shadow of the little monk punting on the boat reflected on the lake, and the boat pole just hit the shadow of the little monk, so the little nun made a top allied with a smile:
Monks punt boats and fight arhats in the middle of the lake;
This couplet is so vivid that the monk on the boat turned red when he heard it. You look at me, I look at you. Wang Erlie Chou Chou pumping little nun, freely answer the bottom allied:
A nun draws water, and the rope is tied to Guanyin at the bottom of the pool.
People will consider this bottom line, won't they? When the little nun was pumping water, people and the shadows in the lake set each other off, and it happened that two beautiful women were tied by a rope. When you bring water, you also bring your own shadow. This couplet made everyone breathe a sigh of relief. Hearing this, the monk Kong Yuan couldn't help secretly praising him.
The abbot of Kong Yuan saw that Wang Erlie was so talented and liked him very much. He officially accepted him as a student and cultivated him carefully. Wang Erlie made great progress in his studies and later became the emperor's teacher.
③ The unstoppable Sanjiang Wang Erlie.
Wang Erlie is called "a gifted scholar in Sanjiang", and his brother is also very famous. During the Qianlong period, Jiangnan scientific research was in trouble. The examiners who took the exam were all local celebrities, and several examiners were beaten back by the examiners. The emperor ordered Wang Erlie to leave. Hearing that Wang Erlie is a northerner, the children look down on him even more. Some people say, "northerners had better learn when they have problems." Wang Erlie didn't mind when he heard that. According to the regulations, you must take the exam three times in a row. Wang Erlie's three questions are all about "learning from time to time", and he asked not to repeat them, which made it difficult for teachers. Some people were unconvinced and said, "We don't do such articles." And put up half a couplet in Wang Erlie's residence, saying:
Jiangnan Qianshui Qian Shan Qiancaizi
Wang Erlie came back, wrote the bottom allied, and posted it on the door:
Saibei is a saint day by day.
Then, he published three articles on the topic of "learning while learning". When everyone saw it, the three articles were different in style and brilliant, and I couldn't help admiring Wang Erlie. A student asked Wang Erlie to write a picture. Wang Erlie wrote, "There are three rivers in the world, three rivers in my hometown, and my hometown is in my hometown. I changed the article for my brother." Since then, the good name of "Three Rivers Flowing Together in Wang Erlie" has spread.
(4) remain uncorrupted and have nothing.
In the thirty-eighth year of Qianlong, Wang Erlie was appointed as the editor of Sikuquanshu and Santongguan, and engaged in the compilation of Sikuquanshu. Two years later, he was appointed as the examiner of Beijing Normal University.
In A.D. 1796, Emperor Qianlong gave way to the 15th Prince Jia Pianyan and appointed Wang Erlie as a Bachelor of The Cabinetshi Read. Jiaqing ascended the throne and summoned Wang Erlie and said, "Old Ai Qing, how is your family?" Wang Erlie replied, "My family is still:
Three straw houses, half a collection of Shimada Hanzo farm tools;
A few acres of thin land, watching the spring breeze and watching the rain!
Jiaqing said: "I know that old Ai Qing is an honest official. Just do it, don't stay in Beijing, go to Tongshan, Anhui and invest money! " After three years in Tongshan, Wang Erlie returned to Beijing. When Jiaqing saw Wang Erlie coming back, he asked, "Old Ai Qing, that's enough this time."
Did you spend more than a year?
Wang Erlie smiled and said, "I'm still innocent, and there's nothing left."
Jiaqing shook his head and said, "Old Ai Qing, this statement may not be true, right?"
Wang Erlie returned and took out three big copper coins from his sleeve. One is ten yuan, the other is five baht, and the other is Jiaqing Bao Tong. Three copper coins were polished. Because these three copper coins were used by Wang Erlie when he was in charge of the minting furnace, he took them to check the quality every day and put them in his hand, so they sparkled. When Jiaqing saw it, he nodded and praised again and again, saying, "Old Ai Qing is so incorruptible that he is really an upright king." This is how Emperor Jiaqing called Wang Erlie an "honest king". Someone sent a pair of couplets:
The moon is on the shoulder,
Keep my hands clean.
When Wang Erlie was 54 years old, Emperor Jiaqing appointed him as the official of Shaanxi Daoyu, responsible for inspecting coins minted in this area by the Qing Dynasty and handling some criminal cases in Shaanxi. Wang Erlie died at the age of 665438. Considering that he had passed the age of obedience, the Qing court transferred him back to Beijing to serve as Shun Tianfu (now Beijing) Cheng. Jiaqing also sent people to Liaoyang to build a Hanlin mansion for him. When Wang Erlie got home, he saw ten foreyards and ten backyards, with rooms in each wing. Wang Erlie transformed the front yard into a museum of Yi Studies.
At the age of 72, Wang Erlie became an official in Dali Temple and returned to Liaodong to teach Shenyang Academy. He died at the age of 74 (A.D. 180 1).