A country, because it carries the past civilization, can highlight the profoundness of modern culture; A nation, because it has continued its past culture, can interpret the characteristics of the times with a long history; A place, because of the accumulation of past literature and history, can show the richness of contemporary style.
The wise man said: forgetting the past means betrayal. Actually, that's not all! On the one hand, soil and water raise a person, and the degree of excavation and protection of history and culture in a place not only reflects the depth of humanistic connotation in this place, but also reflects the degree of understanding of the interaction between literature, history and economy in this place.
Undoubtedly, the collection, research, development and utilization of local literature and history have great influence and penetration on local economic development, and its potential is immeasurable. But for individuals, this job is a "drudgery" that is laborious and difficult to get economic returns. In Xinghua, there are only a few "ascetic monks" who are addicted to it and enjoy it. Zhang Peiyuan, worthy of this title.
The special family background became the inducement of his strong interest in root-seeking.
Not confused, Zhang Peiyuan is a native of Xinghua. When I was a child, I had my own thoughts and understanding about the compulsory course of listening to my mother's stories every night: Are the legends about Yue Fei, Fan Zhongyan, Gao Gu, Li Chunfang and Zheng Banqiao true, and what is the relationship between the roots and differences of folk customs? How is the local culture passed down and evolved? Although it is rather vague, it has left an indelible mark on Zhang Peiyuan's young mind.
With the growth of age, Zhang Peiyuan gradually came into contact with and learned about his special family background. His mother's family is also famous: her mother is a famous family, and her grandfather Yang Zuoshan is an industrial and commercial tycoon in Xinghua. He inherited and expanded his ancestral business, and managed Wanshun South Goods Industry, Pawnshop, Bank, Silk Factory and Iron Factory. He was called "the first in northern Jiangsu" and his poems were handed down from generation to generation. My aunt is also a poetess with a embroidered mouth, and my uncle Li is even better. She is a member of Nanshe and is good at calligraphy. She was a reporter of Zhao Bao, a newspaper in Xinghua before the founding of the People's Republic of China. The paternal line is also unusual: my father was born in a Confucian merchant family, and his ancestral home was Zhangjiatai, jiangling county, Jingzhou Prefecture, Huguang (now Shashi City, Hubei Province), and he was a descendant of Zhang, a political reformer during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. In the early years of Qing Emperor Kangxi, his descendants moved to Nagato, Suzhou, and their descendants moved to Xinghua. Zhang Peiyuan was one of them.
1982 in the summer, Zhang Peiyuan talked about a topic of special interest to both sides-the story of Xinghua historical celebrities. During the conversation, I learned that there was another famous figure in his clan, Zhang Daozhong, a Neo-Confucianist in the late Qing Dynasty. At the age of 22, he was admitted to Teacher Fan in Yangzhou and Huaibei. Zhang Daozhong was a painter and calligrapher in the Republic of China, a member of the Cold Society, and was good at drawing donkeys. Representative works include Hundred Donkeys Map and Bashan Donkey Team. He was admitted to Peking University in, majoring in Chinese studies and devoted himself to education. Zhang Daozhong, who later joined the Law Department of China University and listened to Cai Yuanpei's speech, was very enthusiastic about education. Zhang xun restoration, Zhang Daozhong returned to Xinghua, sold his fortune and set up Peide Primary School (now Chengxi Primary School), which was later dedicated to the country. Zhang Peiyuan learned that while he was proud of his ancestors, he became interested in exploring the origin of family history.
The special working environment became the condition for his persistent pursuit of literature and history research. Zhang Peiyuan never gave up the collection and research of local literature and history, whether in the club office or as a substitute teacher.
200 1 was hired as a librarian by the municipal library, responsible for the collection, research, development and utilization of local literature and history materials. The library undertakes the functions of "preserving cultural heritage and spreading scientific knowledge", and has rich information resources and profound cultural accumulation. Zhang Peiyuan is at home in the city library. His research needs not only the guarantee of time and space, but also the evidence of literature, so he has a special liking for the rich ancient books here. This coincides with the idea that the city library puts "developing and researching ancient books" as the focus of its work. Since then, Zhang Peiyuan began to study local literature and history as a professional researcher and entered a productive period of his life. Zhang Peiyuan's fruitful achievements are as follows: first, in the process of sorting out ancient books, he found some historical materials with great research value that are considered by the academic circles to be non-existent or unknown to the academic circles, serving academic research at home and abroad. For example, Chen Zhi, the founder of the world health care and dietotherapy for the aged, found a new book about caring for the aged, which provided valuable information for the research of Professor Chen Keji, an academician of China Academy of Sciences and a national expert on health care for the aged. The discovery of some works in Wang Zhongru's chronological collection of poems "Xizhai Collection" destroyed by the literary inquisition in the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty is of great reference value to the study of the famous literary inquisition "Poems on the Column by Xu Shukui" and "Xizhai Collection" by Wang Zhongru. Found the woodcut "Lu Zhongzi's Legacy" by Lu Zhongyuan, a teacher and scholar in Zheng Banqiao during the Yongzheng period of Qing Dynasty. This legacy was only a manuscript before, and there were many mistakes. This discovery is helpful to study the inheritance of Zheng Banqiao's poems more scientifically. The discovery of Zhou Enlai's grandfather Wan Qingxuan's relevant information is of great benefit to confirming Zhou Enlai's mother's ancestral home and studying the great influence of Wan Qingxuan's book collection in Huaiyin on young Zhou Enlai's life ... Secondly, Zhang Peiyuan, together with his peers in local literature and history research, excavated and sorted out a large number of historical materials circulating among the people through online inquiries and field visits. While constantly improving the historical and cultural resources of our city and enriching the collection, they also refined and processed these historical materials to form secondary documents. For example, Zhang Peiyuan and Hao Tong co-authored many articles, such as Information on Confucian Street Cultural Blocks in Ming and Qing Dynasties, Catalogue of Ancient Books in Collection, Catalogue of Ancient Books in Collection, Tracing the Origin of Hundreds of Family Names in Xinghua, History of Confucian Street, Twelve Scenes in Zhaoyang, and Xinghua Centennial Store. , and through Xinhua Jiangsu Channel.
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In addition, Zhang Peiyuan, together with other people of insight, used the existing literature and history materials to go deep into urban and rural streets and villages. While visiting historical figures, places of interest, natural scenery and folk customs in Xinghua, he newly discovered and confirmed nearby cultural relics and historic sites. Such as: Fan Kuai's Tomb in the Western Han Dynasty, Kuai Tong's Tomb, Yanmen in the Northern Song Dynasty, Nanmutang in the Yuan Dynasty, Jieshi Ancestral Temple in the Ming Dynasty, Jianzhong Tomb in Huang Yushi, Taoist Temple, Wanshou Palace in Jiangxi Guild Hall, Dafudi in Xu Chengjia, Yangjialou in Chen Jinshi, Tongdeda Drunken Crab Processing Workshop in Bao Zhong, and the former residence of Lu Dianpeng, a scholar in the Ming and Qing Dynasties (as described by the famous writer Bi Feiyu).
The special dedication mission became the basis of his profound understanding of serving the society. Genealogy is a kind of historical document with rich collection, accurate records and unique style, which can truly reflect the historical features, spirit of the times and social fashion, and reflect the splendid cultural light of the Chinese nation.
As early as the beginning of the last century, Liang Qichao, a great scholar, put forward: "Every family in our country has a musical score, which is really a treasure in history. If there is a national library in the future that can collect all the genealogies of the world for scholars to study in different disciplines, it will be immortal. " It is of irreplaceable value for studying the history of various historical periods, regions and even nations, clans and families. China's genealogy with thousands of years' history is a huge and precious treasure house of cultural historical materials, which provides inexhaustible literature resources for people to study history, sociology, talents, ethnology, local chronicles and other disciplines.
Zhang Peiyuan's interest in family history from his teens to becoming a genealogist has gone through a long process. If the patrilineal and matrilineal family backgrounds are special, Zhang Peiyuan's preliminary understanding of genealogy research has been triggered. Then, two things further encouraged his determination to set foot on the family tree. First, as early as 1977, Zhang Peiyuan went to the home of Yang Jian, a classmate who studied painting together. Emperor Wen of Sui's father introduced his family history to him: Yang Jiazu lived in Suzhou, and there was a famous figure, Yang Nianru, in the late Ming Dynasty, who was one of the five righteous men mentioned in the masterpiece "Tomb Monument of Five People". It also tells that Xinghua also has descendants of Zhou Shunchang, who moved to Xinghua to settle down after fleeing Suzhou because of the events described in the Tomb of Five. Zhang Peiyuan, who was studying the text Five Tombstones at that time, was suddenly attracted. While listening with relish, he gained a deeper understanding of the meanings of surnames and hall names. 1984 Zhang Peiyuan consulted five famous teachers in Xinghua Middle School: Liu Yinsheng, Ren, Xie and Ren Shuzeng. When it comes to genealogy research, all five teachers agree that it may be considered as "unpopular" at that time, but it can be asserted that it will definitely be "hot" in China in 20 years. The teacher's analysis strengthened Zhang Peiyuan's wish.
Of course, it is not easy for Zhang Peiyuan to study genealogy. In order to find music, it is necessary to "walk around, the road is long, the water is long, and village after village"? We asked Zhang Peiyuan, "Under what circumstances did you do a good job in genealogy research?" His answer is simple: "Bitter, really bitter!" Yes, in order to find the music, I broke the threshold and my mouth. Sometimes it takes several trips and dozens of trips to run a family, and sometimes it takes miles and dozens of miles to find a genealogy. Zhang Peiyuan walked for years and decades with two legs and a bicycle. But if Zhang Peiyuan's research is supported by two legs and a bicycle, it is better to say that it is supported by his sincerity and enthusiasm. It is precisely because of this that someone will take out a genealogy that even his own son can't show, and willingly show it to Zhang Peiyuan. When we were moved by Zhang Yuanpei's insistence, Zhang Yuanpei told us a short story: Recently, curator Kong Xiangnian and I went to Daiyao and found an old man who claimed to be a descendant of Shi Kefa-Shi Maolin. At that time, due to Alzheimer's Harmo's disease, the old man was shivering and had difficulty speaking. But when I expressed my respect for Shi Kefa and sang the couplet "A few tears of plum blossom's national subjugation" by Zhang Erqi, a poet of the Qing Dynasty, I was very moved. The old man still treasures the Portrait of Shi Gong Ke Fa, which was painted by Sun, a famous scholar in Jiangdu (now Yangzhou) during the Qing Dynasty, and inscribed with a long postscript. After searching (including the process of reading and sorting out music scores), it is confirmed that the old man is the 12 grandson of Shi Kefa's lieutenant Stilwell, and Stilwell is Shi Kefa's adopted son, which is well documented in the famous book Meihualing. The confirmation of the result that "the descendants of Shi Kefa are in Xinghua" is not only a comfort to the elderly, but also something that all Xinghua people should be proud of.
Not only the descendants of Shi Kefa, but also the descendants of Yan Zhenqing, a great calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhu and Zhou Dunyi, the leader of the peasant uprising in the late Yuan Dynasty, Zhang Shicheng, one of the Ming Sijia in the Ming Dynasty, and Shi Dakai, the wing king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. In addition, Zhang Peiyuan also discovered and explored the family history and clues of important figures in modern times, such as Nantong industrialist Zhang Qian, Wuxi industrialist Rong Desheng and Rong Yiren, and their relationship with Xinghua. Of course, Zhang Peiyuan didn't look at other people's genealogies for nothing. After careful study, repeated textual research, extensive quotation and detailed comparison, he will help people sort out their genealogy and guide people how to continue it.
At present, Zhang Peiyuan has collected more than 20 versions of genealogy through various methods and channels, and found more than 30 clues to genealogy collection. At the same time, we have provided comprehensive services such as genealogy renewal, inquiry, root-seeking, relatives-seeking, etc. for Mr. Xie Gang, representative of Ericsson Insurance Group in Hong Kong, Mr. Qian Wansheng, research institute of Qian's culture at home and abroad, Mr. Zeng Tianjing, vice chairman of the editorial board of Tongshu, Mr. Xu, a famous agricultural expert in Greater Vancouver, Canada, and Professor Li Dechang of Nanjing University of Science and Technology. Help Mr. Gu, a well-known scholar in Yangzhou, and Jiang, a native of Yancheng who works in Dai Nan, Xinghua, find Gu Family Tree and Jurong Jiang Family Tree respectively; A Brief Introduction to Some Genealogies in Xinghua provides evidence for Jiangsu linguist Bao and Taizhou dialect experts to study the formation of Taizhou dialect and Xinghua dialect.
Zhang Peiyuan believes that the significance of genealogy research is threefold: first, many blank and vague things in Historical Records can be found in genealogy, and historical facts that cannot be verified by other methods can be verified, thus providing evidence for the study of local history and even China history; Second, strengthen national cohesion, revitalize national spirit, promote the reunification of the motherland, unite more people through genealogy, and eliminate the estrangement and indifference of interpersonal relationships caused by money worship; Third, Lisang, through the "ties" of genealogy, has triggered people with the same surname to carry out activities such as seeking roots, remembering ancestors and confessing clans, which can attract people at home and abroad to travel, invest and do business in Xinghua.
Far beyond the threshold of the Millennium, Zhang Peiyuan's expression of looking in is so dedicated and pious.