Chen Baisha (1428— 1500), a famous naturalist thinker, educator, calligrapher, poet and life scientist in Ming Dynasty, was the first person in Lingnan Guqin. He initiated the study of Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty, and founded the "White Sands Theory" or "Jiangmen School", which was based on Taoism, took nature as a religion, and was complacent in learning what is expensive and knew what is doubtful. Chen Baisha's original name was Chen Xianzhang (1428- 1500), with the word Gongfu,No. Shizhai, andno. Lao Jasper, Yutai lay man, fisherman in Jiangmen, woodcutter in Nanhai and old man in Huang Yun. In the third year of Xuande (A.D. 1428), on October 21st, Ming Xuanzong was born in Metropolitan Village, Xinhui County (now Xinhui District, Jiangmen City). It is Chen's posthumous son, and his mother is a virtuous woman.
In September of the third year of Xuande, Chen died at the age of 27. About one month after his death, Chen Xianzhang was born. His brother Chen Xianwen is five years old and his mother Lin is twenty-four. At the age of ten, Chen Xianzhang's mother, Lin Shi, followed the story of Meng Mu and chose a neighbor to live in. Her family moved from Metropolis Village to Baisha Village. After that, Chen Xianzhang gave lectures in Baisha Village, and became famous all over the world. He was called Mr. Baisha in academic circles.
Smart and studious since childhood, he was raised by a virtuous mother, Lin. He can write poetry, which is very good and ambitious. When he was weak, he was born. At the age of twenty, I took the provincial examination and got the ninth place in the jury. At the age of twenty-one, he took part in the imperial examination in Chen Wu, and was ranked as the top scholar and deputy top scholar. Sue went to imperial academy to study. Jingtai took the exam again in the second year and ranked first. At the age of twenty-seven, Chen Xianzhang abandoned his son's career and found another way to seek artificial sanctity. He went to Jiangxi to learn from Wu Yubi, a famous scholar, to explore the origin of Elo. Wu Yubi (Mr. Kang Zhai) urged him to make progress. At the age of 28, I returned to Baisha Village, built a spring balcony, stayed at home, browsed ancient and modern classics, and let my family eat food outside the window every day, which is called "cave wall feeding". When he is sleepy, he washes his face with clean water. If he does, he still has no clue in his studies, because he studies hard day and night, and his body is almost exhausted. Of course, he still didn't get any benefit from this method of studying the dead, but this kind of heart doesn't conform to this principle. Fortunately, Mr. Baisha woke up to his lost way, so he gave up the complicated dating and only meditated and developed clues from it. "Over time, I will see that my heart is exposed. If I have something important, I will have all kinds of entertainment for daily use, as I wish, such as the title of royal horse. Understand physics, collect hadith, and have their own ideas, such as the active Committee of water. " Therefore, Jiangmen School, which is "based on Tao, based on nature, learning to doubt and learn to be complacent", was finally founded with morality. Mr. Baisha advocates rejuvenating the country through education. He said: "The beauty and evil in the world lie in people, and whether people have virtue lies in teaching." "Since ancient times, there has been a state-owned family, and it has never been a career to promote learning and education." Set up a small Lushan Academy to teach. Pursue Confucius' thought of "teaching without class", "it is an academic work, rich and poor, and talents are not shared." Others have no choice. " "Going out is more about poverty and self-reliance than wealth. Its high winds are far away. Zhan Ruoshui, who served as a minister in the Ritual Department, the Official Department and the Military Department of the Ming Dynasty, was a student of Mr. Baisha. He further put forward the idea of "understanding the principles of nature everywhere in daily life" based on Mr. Baisha's theory of "taking Tao as the foundation and teaching nature", which won Mr. Baisha's appreciation. Before his death, Mr. Baisha gave Zhan Ruoshui his lecture place Diaoyutai to show that it was passed down from generation to generation. Mr. Baisha is good at writing poems, and he often teaches poems when giving lectures, which is called "poetry teaching". Baisha's poems are good at expressing nature's wishes, and there is no abuse of affectation or moaning. At that time, they were as famous as Zhuang Dingshan, a poet of Han and Yuan Dynasties, and were called Chen Nanbei Zhuang. At the age of thirty-nine, Mr. Baisha visited imperial academy. Xing Rang, the wine waiter, tried his hand and asked Mr. Baisha to write a poem. Mr. Baisha wrote a poem "Today is nothing and Yang Guishan", which was greatly appreciated by Xing Rang, and even called it "Your mountain is not as good as yours". Mr. Baisha became famous in North Korea, when North Korea rushed to walk with him. At the age of fifty-six, Mr. Baisha was recommended to Beijing, and the capital was declared a saint. Because of his mother's illness, Mr. Baisha begged Emperor Chenghua for support, granted permission, and was awarded the post of review by imperial academy. After his death, he still works in the future. Mr. Baisha Xie Yinan returns. In the thirteenth year of Hongzhi, Wu Shizhong recommended eight people, including Shang Shuwang, Assistant Minister Liu, Xie and Mr. Baisha, to serve in the DPRK. The letter of appointment came, and Mr. Bai Sha died on February 10th at the age of 73.
Jiangmen has many relics of Mr. Chen Baisha, except the long-lost Chu Yun Terrace, Spring Balcony, Lushan Academy and Jiahui Building, as well as Baisha Temple, Jade Pagoda and Jie Zhen Monument Square, all of which are buildings of the Ming Dynasty. Among them, chastity archway has also been designated as "key cultural relics protection unit in Guangdong Province". In addition, there are memorial buildings such as the former site of Diaoyutai and Baisha Park.