Hou Fangyu detailed data collection

Hou Fangyu (1665438+April 2008-165565438+1October), a native of Guide House (now Shangqiu, Henan Province) in the Ming Dynasty, was one of the three great essayists in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, and one of the "four schools" in the late Ming Dynasty.

Hou Fangyu was the son of Hou Xun, the minister of the Ming Dynasty. His grandfather and parents were both Lindong party member, who were both deposed for opposing the eunuch's autocracy. With Mao Xiang, Chen Zhenhui and Fang Yizhi, they were also called "Four Childes" in the late Ming Dynasty, and they made a deep friendship with Chen Zhenhui. After the demise of the Ming Dynasty, Hou Fangyu lived in Jiangnan. After entering the Qing Dynasty, he took part in the imperial examination and was ridiculed by people at that time: "The two dynasties should raise Hou Gongzi and forbear to say that Li Xiang Peach Blossoms." Regret this move in my later years.

In the second year of Qing Shunzhi, 28-year-old Hou Fangyu returned to his hometown Guide House. Unwilling to be lonely, he actively made suggestions for suppressing the peasant army in the Qing Dynasty and made outstanding contributions to suppressing the biggest peasant uprising in the early Qing Dynasty-Yuyuan Army Uprising.

At the suggestion of Hou Fangyu, Zhang Cunren, the governor of Zhili, Shandong and Henan provinces of the Qing army, accurately opened the Yellow River levee in Jinglongkou, turned many areas in Zhili, Shandong and Henan into no-man's land, slaughtered millions of people, and suppressed the ministries of Yuyuan Army, which claimed to be millions of people, and successfully solved the crisis in the early Qing Dynasty. Later, the Qing court did not dare to mention the story of the Qing army tearing apart the Yellow River and replacing soldiers with water, nor did it give Hou Fangyu a corresponding reward.

At the age of 35, he recalled his repeated setbacks and accomplished nothing, so he renamed his study "Zhuang Regret Hall" to show his regret in his prime. Here, he completed two collections of his own, "Collected Works of Zhuang Regret Hall" 10 and "Poems of Siyitang" 6 volumes.

In the 11th year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (1655 65438+1October 30th)1February13rd, 37-year-old Hou Fangyu died of depression because he could not be an official.

The Peach Blossom Fan by Confucius, a writer in the early Qing Dynasty, describes the love story with Li, a famous prostitute in Qinhuai, and reflects the historical background of the demise and revival of the Ming Dynasty.