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Third Preface (excerpt)
Created by: Bill B.
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Third Preface (excerpt) |
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When the Investigating Censor [Lu] Rui (盧睿, 13th gen., 1390-1462), as a new metropolitan graduate was serving as a trainee in the Directorate of Astronomy, he informed me of a score of virtuous actions by his grandfather, the Master of Pine-Hall (Songzhai 松齋, 11th gen., given name Daoqing 道淸, 1325-1393), and asked me to write his biography. So, I wrote it on the basis of the facts so that [the Lus] could show it to their neighbors and youth as an exemplary model and in addition encourage his descendants to avoid disgracing [their ancestors.] Before long Rui was appointed to his current office and he then brought me the Genealogy of the Lus he had done for me to write a postscript. Since we are friends by virtue of having passed the metropolitan examination in the same year, I did not decline…. This genealogy contains not a small number of renowned and virtuous gentlemen from the Tang and the Song, but they are in the distant past. It is a great thing that since the establishment of this dynasty there has been virtue and goodness such as that of the Master of Pine-Hall which has been able to shelter his descendants! [Lu] Hua (盧華,13th gen., 1384-1447), Rui’s elder brother, is working as a vice magistrate of Ninghua county and has been praised by the populace for his virtuous administration. Rui is currently a Censor and has been accomplished a great deal, all of which can bring splendor to this genealogy. If one seeks the source of [his accomplishments] does it not lie in the virtues of his ancestors? If Hua and Rui carry out the blessings [of their ancestors] ever more widely, worthy descendants will continue to come forth to the point that they are too numerous to record. Master of Pine-Hall’s given name was Daoqing (道淸), his honorific was Yizhong (怡仲), he was a native of Dongyangcounty in Zhejiang. Read his biography and you will know I have not misled you. Written on the first day of the second month, the second year of the Xuande reign period of the Ming (1427), by the Metropolitan Graduate with High Rank, Compiler at the Hanlin Academy, Zeng Heling 曾鶴齡 (1383-1441) from Taihe(泰和). |
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Collection: | Texts: Lu Family Compound |
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