Who was the last champion in Fujian?

In Qiantou Village, Chidian, Jinjiang, there is a five-bay red brick pavilion. There is a red wooden plaque hanging under the eaves of the pavilion, and the three gold-plated characters "No.1 scholar" are written on it. On the wooden pillars on both sides, there is a couplet "Ruiteng Tianma Peak is here, and people climbed up from Jin Ao". The word "Wei Zi shines high" is hung under the eaves behind the door, and there are couplets on the pillars of the lower hall. "Wealth is impermanent, and poverty is not forgotten. Sages can learn to stand up and remember to study." This ancient building is the former residence of Lu Wu, the last top scholar in Fujian imperial examination era.

(A.D. 1845- 19 12), whose real name is Su Tang, whose real name is Yuyuan, whose real name is late and old, whose real name is Lu Wu (because there is an nunnery in Putuo Mountain). People from Qiantou Village, Chidian, Jinjiang, Quanzhou.

In the 16th year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (AD 1890), he was the champion. Qing Daoguang twenty-five years, Jinshi Jilin. He is a famous calligrapher and poet. He is good at calligraphy, and his works are mainly in small letters. His early calligraphy style was mainly strict and European, and his brushwork was more vigorous and neat. Later, the combination of middle and large block letters and Zhao Meng's brushwork made its style beautiful and elegant, which was cherished by scholars.

Lu Wu has been very clever since he was a child. At the age of five, he began to study beside her husband. Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty entered imperial academy in 12 (AD 1873). The following year, he was awarded the official position of punishments, appointed as the director of punishments, and served as the general manager of the autumn trial office. In the 12th year of Guangxu (AD 1886), Zhang Jing, a military aircraft, was inspected. Lu Wu is honest and self-disciplined, and is famous for his poems. Because all his articles are written in calligraphy, they are all selected temporarily, so that candidates compete to imitate the book "Wushu" temporarily, hoping that the examiner will take care of them and rank first.

In the 14th year of Guangxu (A.D. 1888), Wu Luying was selected for the rural examination in Shuntian, and in the 16th year of Guangxu (A.D. 1890), Geng won the first prize with the first place. It is said that Sun Yuwen, the minister of the Ministry of War, was the minister of reading orders (one of eight people) during Wu Ludian's examination, and once gave Wu a wonderful reward. Knowing its handwriting, I want to present the first volume to the court audience (the first ten volumes are presented by readers and supervisors from bottom to top, and the first one is the champion appointed by the emperor, followed by the second one, Hua Tan and Er Qi), and Jiangxi humanities should also be imperial examinations, and its teachers are also prominent. He is also among the reading officers, so he must also want to put the first volume. At loggerheads, an assistant minister proposed to review two volumes and make a majority decision. When comparing the two volumes (the content has been ignored), one person pointed out that there are knife marks on the volume (the palace examination paper is extremely thick, and mistakes can be cut off with a knife), which is a small flaw on the white jade and should be ranked second. Everyone echoed, and Wu Lusui was a top student in high school. Later, he was awarded the editing of the Hanlin Academy, and successively served as Shaanxi Imperial Examiner (examiner), Anhui Yunnan Inspector, Yunnan Examiner and Jilin Scholar. Because of his outstanding achievements in promoting learning and cultivating talents, he was promoted to senior minister.

After the abolition of the imperial examination system, Lu Wu was sent to visit Japan in the 32nd year of Guangxu (A.D. 1906), and immediately became the first Jinshi ambassador of Jilin Province, striving to implement the New Deal, advocating education, establishing new learning, and advocating that "the battlefield is not as good as a fighter", striving to train talents for the country, writing handouts in person, training soldiers, going to school, giving lectures, traveling all over the Northeast, and taking the lead in donating money for education. Not long after, with the help of the style of study, primary schools, normal schools, legal schools, girls' schools, middle schools and other schools were established one after another.

Lu Wu lived in the turbulent era of the late Qing Dynasty before the Revolution of 1911. With the change of the Boxer Rebellion, Eight-Nation Alliance captured Beijing, and then Empress Dowager Cixi fled the city. Lu Wu is trapped in a lonely city, full of sadness and hatred, and can only express his heart through poetry. He wrote the famous Prozac. The Hundred Mourning Poems is divided into two volumes, *** 155. It is about Eight-Nation Alliance's attack on Tianjin, Empress Dowager Cixi's expedition to the west with the emperor, the chaos in the capital, the miserable situation of the people being abused, and the spirit of the people struggling to resist. Historians believe that his Poem of a Hundred Mournings is a history of Gengzi's belief.

Lu Wu was deeply saddened by the corrupt Qing court's failure to cheer up when the people were poor and the country was dying. He was an official for 40 years, but he failed to make up for it. Although he is full of patriotism, it is difficult to put it into practice. He finally had to thank Shi and resigned in three years (A.D. 19 1 1). The year after his retirement (A.D. 19 12), he died in Liu Zhuang Garden in Gulangyu. I have read Collected Works of Economics, Diary of Jean Yong and Wan Xue's Journey to the West of Yunnan, Manuscript of Zhengqi Yanzhai, Poems of Zhengqi Yanzhai, Poems of White Mourning, Essays, etc., and I have written The First Edition of Mongolian Studies, Lectures on the History of Military Studies, Educational Aims, National Character and Discipline.

Lu Wu is good at calligraphy. His regular script is popular in Europe, and Yan Yu and Zhao are almost as good as Jin and Tang Dynasties. The pen won the will of the ancients, and the person who got a word from him was lucky. Before winning the highest prize, Lu Wu's calligraphy was well-known in Beijing, a city with rich humanities. Jiang Chunlin called it "excellent calligraphy, famous far and wide". Its running script is dignified and elegant, beautiful and refined, and its charm is fresh. Chinese characters not only have the style of Magu's immortal altar, but also are good at breaking Chinese characters, with strong brushwork and a beautiful legacy. Small letters are stable and beautiful, quiet and smart, with distinctive personal style and unique style. Lu Wu left a large number of calligraphy works and family letters in his life, but most of them were spent in exile. When collecting cultural relics, Jinjiang Museum collected four volumes (eight volumes) of Lu Wu's unpublished manuscript "Introduction to the National Dynasty" and two volumes of "Preliminary Compilation of Mongolian Studies"; Lu Wu has 4 ink manuscripts, 30 letters from home and 52 calligraphy works; Lu Wu read 20 essays and answered 15 essays, most of which were collected by his descendants from the people.

Lu Wu is good at calligraphy and collection, and he is also quite accomplished in Gu Shuhua appreciation. For example, in Postscript of Liu Tong New Year Pictures, he commented: "Look at the small print of this inscription, which is far from the brushwork and the seal is also elegant ... In Postscript of Mr. Dongpo's original work, he wrote:" Look at this post today, it is fat, elegant and graceful. "His family has a number of cultural relics, such as calligraphy and painting, bamboo slips and so on. Among them, Guangdong inkstone used by Yue Fei, Wen Tianxiang and Xie Fangde is the most precious. In the manuscript of Zhengqi inkstone Zhai, he described it like this: "The Yu family keeps Zhengqi inkstone, which is an old relic of Yue Zhongwu. He recited the words "stick to the white road, do not fight without phosphorus" for Zhongwu, inscribed the postscript of Wen Xin's service to the country, and inscribed the record of thanking Mr. Dieshan. The three fairs are all lonely and loyal to the Song Dynasty, and those who practice the righteousness of Kun also ... Lu Wu regards this "righteous inkstone" as a treasure, which has been treasured for many years. After his death, this inkstone was preserved by later generations, and his study was named "Shouyan Temple". Wu's descendants also preserved it well for 72 years in the Five Dynasties, but unfortunately it was lost in modern times.