From the first year of the Apocalypse (162 1), the first draft of Guoque was completed, and based on the records of Ming History, the book group was searched for six years. In the first year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (1644), Tu, a cabinet college student, was highly valued by Tu and Zhang. He was recommended as a calligrapher and secretary of the Ministry of Rites in China, and participated in the revision of history, but he didn't want to "learn from the misfortune of the country".
In the second year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (1645), he returned to his hometown and supplemented the historical events of Chongzhen and Hongguang Dynasties in Guoque. In the fourth year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (1647), the manuscript of Guoque was stolen. At that time, he was 53 years old and was angry to rewrite it. After four years of hard work, he finished a new draft. Shunzhi ten years (1654), took the manuscript to the north and stayed in Beijing for two and a half years. He visited the old ministers of the Ming Dynasty to collect the relics of the Ming Dynasty, and made on-the-spot investigations on historical sites to supplement and revise them.
He once wrote to the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, suggesting that "legislation should be customized" and "taxes should be frivolous". 13 summer (1657), returned to Haining. Fourteen years (1658), he went to Pingyang, Shanxi Province to pay homage to his former teacher Zhang, and died in the hostel.
He has never been an official in his life. He makes a living by copying, ghostwriting or working as a secretary. His works include Zaolin Miscellaneous Notes, Zaolin Notes, Zaolin Collection, Zaolin Poems, The Journey to the West, Haichang Overseas Records and Historical Review.
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Selected Poems of Tan Qian: Crossing the River
The great river is limited to the southeast, so it's a pity to lower the sail that day.
How generous Kong Wen is. After all, it is heavy to vote for him.
Long Tianhao robbed the rest of the solitary tower, and Serene scholar left the old temple.
I heard that beavers used to be stationed in Malaysia, but it was because of their delicious taste that they got oranges.
The translation is as follows:
The Yangtze River separated the north and the south with its amazing waves, and it was a shame that Wang Mingfu was reduced to the Qing Dynasty.
Although Nanming had the lofty ideal of reviving the Central Plains, the axe kings and ministers indulged in debauchery and eventually perished.
After the disaster, people were displaced after Zhenjiang was robbed of the compassion tower on the idle Jinshan.
It is said that Tuoba Tao once stationed military forces in Zhenjiang, and the Qing army invaded the south not to covet the delicious oranges.
The full text is appreciated as follows:
The first couplet of this poem is that the Yangtze River is still there and Nanming is dead. Nanjing, the "state of emperors" since ancient times, has a dangerous terrain, long mountains and rivers, lush and lush, vast rivers. Six dynasties were built here in history. After Nanming established its capital here, it did not take immediate measures to defend against the enemy. Ma Shiying was still talking about "the moat of the Yangtze River, the enemy was careless", and the axe king became a prisoner of the Qing army because of his indulgence.
When the poet crossed the river by boat, when he saw the river flowing eastward, he remembered this past, conveyed his inner feelings with "old shame" and thought of sadness from his eyes, which can be described as a blend of scenes. Taking up historical events and allusions to express the deep hatred of national subjugation is more exciting and sad than using physical objects to describe the scenery.
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Baidu Encyclopedia-Crossing the River (Tan Qian's Poems in Qing Dynasty)