Scholars in the late yuan dynasty. He used to be Cheng, Gao 'an County, Jiangxi Province. When he was promoted as a deputy, he slipped away from Confucianism and abandoned his official position. Later, he became a local official in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and was dismissed for opposing "Zhao Fu" Fang Guozhen. He returned to his hometown to organize landlord armed forces and suppress local rebels. He also wrote The Fisherman, which criticized the tyranny in the late Yuan Dynasty in the form of fable. In the twentieth year of Yuan Dynasty (1360), he went to Yingtian (now Nanjing, Jiangsu) to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang to leave and take part in the confidential work of planning to use troops. In the early Ming dynasty, he was both an imperial adviser and an imperial adviser, and he was sincere. Hongwu resigned in the fourth year (137 1 year). Later, he was humiliated by Hu and died of grief and indignation. Said he was poisoned by Hu. Qiao Wencheng. Poetry is vigorous and prose is unrestrained. There is a "sincere collection". He knows astronomy, and later generations make superstitious "pancake songs", often under the guise of its name.
Liu Bowen, a Ming Dynasty strategist, was famous for his calculation. He said, "Zhuge Liang was a strategist in the former dynasty and Liu Bowen was a strategist in the later dynasty.". His almost dreamy predictions, such as "Today's lights are on, tomorrow's lights are off" and "Today's Niu Gengdi is alive, and tomorrow's iron cows will be cultivated", have now come true. According to legend, Liu Zuobowen passed by Chizhou that year and made a bold prediction on the geographical change trend of Chizhou.
At that time, the geography of the Yangtze River flowing through Chizhou was very complicated: Fengyizhou, Chang 'an and Nizhou on the river divided the Yangtze River into four parts; The river bank is deeply sunken and low-lying, and only the Miao Yin Tower is located in a higher position; There is also a Wushazhou upstream, Jiajiang is called Wushajia. Liu Bowen predicted that "five hundred years ago, the river swam, and five hundred years later, the river went upstairs; Thunder hits Qingxi Tower (commonly known as Miaoyin Tower), and there is no sand trap in the sand. " This prophecy has really come true. Nizhou has merged with the south bank. There are not only buildings here, but also docks, passenger stations and factories. The Miao Yin Tower was really struck by lightning. Although it survived, its spire was broken. Wushazhou has also changed from an island to a peninsula.
However, even smart people sometimes nod their heads. Chizhou city is surrounded by water and low-lying. At that time, there were only three narrow ridges in the land passage. Liu Bowen predicted: "Chizhou was originally a row-like place (shaped like a bamboo raft), and three cables (referring to the ridge of soil) connected Chizhou. One day, the cable was broken and Chizhou became Hunzhou. " Today, Guichi has not only become a "mud state", but also a new city that has begun to take shape and is thriving. Liu Bowen lost his understanding of the great truth that "man can conquer nature".
As the only national key cultural protection unit in Zhejiang celebrity tombs, Liu Ji's tomb is actually an earthen tomb, unlike other celebrity tombs, which are relatively luxurious stone tombs. According to legend, before Liu Ji died, his sons Mclynn Killman Liu and Liu Wangjing presented stone tombs paved with stone horses, stone lions and general Shi, which were torn to pieces by Liu Bowen. They urged, "If the grave is paved with stones, how can grass grow?" The ancients were very particular about word-making, and people could not build memorial archways by building graves. "
In Xiling Village, Nantian Town, Wencheng, Liu Ji's tomb faces north to east and is built on the mountain, showing an escalator shape. The mausoleum is semi-circular, and the monument of "The Tomb of Liu Wencheng, the Founding Emperor of the Ming Dynasty" stands in front of it, which is very simple. After Liu Ji retired to his hometown in his later years, he was framed by Hu, the powerful minister, and occupied Wencheng, the "King Road", hoping to use it as a cemetery, which led to Zhu Yuanzhang usurping the throne. Is Liu Ji's low-key handling of the cemetery at his deathbed also for the sake of avoiding disaster in his later life?