The Chronicle Of Guo-Duxian

Guo-Duxian (1599-1672), whose another name is Tian’men, got a designation called Xie’an. He was a famous poet in Yiyang County, Hunan Province during the periods of the late Ming dynasty and the early Qing dynasty. He was born in a famous family, whose grandfather and father was once the officials in the government of the Ming dynasty. He was very smart, knowledgeable and ambitious in his early age. He learned about a diversity of fields, specializing in poetry and prose, calligraphy and painting, and also reached a high achievement. The article was mainly about satirical social reality and expression of personal ambition. However, he lived in a troublesome time for the country when lacking of talents. The traitors were in power over the country, while there was also the problem of foreigners invasion. Although he had the aspirations of saving the country, he felt powerless. In1643, after the demise of the Ming dynasty, he indignantly resigned from office and vagrancy around. In1646, he was ordained a monk and hermit in the mountains. During the traveling around he were most social with minded people who had a common interest in poems and articles to express the pain of subjugation in their mind, hoping to restore and revitalize the Ming dynasty.Throughout Guo’s life, he didn’t care about gains or losses for personal benefits. He behaved himself following the traditional Confucian moral standards. Adhered to his own ideas and kept to the country’s sincere. He not only wanted to use his knowledge and ability to save the country and its people, but also to be able to have his own paradise at the same time. To survive, he suffered all kinds of hardships. However, he was framed by a villain and even died with false charges in the strange country However, an outstanding talent person like Guo-Duxian conceived in the vast land in Hunan, had been buried in the flood of the history and the vast sea of books, even though his presence greatly enriched the connotation of Hunan culture. Probably as the reason that he had a relatively low popularity or lack of great masterpieces, it is a pity now that the scholars didn’t pay much attention or go on futher study in Guo’s life experiences, literature achievements and adherents of Ming Dynasty integrity.In order to completely, depth and comprehensive study Guo-Duxian, we must start with the basics. This study chose the Chronicle as the main form of writing, full use of collecting relevant literature, conducting careful and meticulous choreography, where necessary and then perform simple research. The chronicle objectively represents Guo’s life experience, completely outlines his reading, studying, politics performance and socializing activities as the goal.Chronicle records Guo-Duxian’s life, divided into the following three periods:First period, from1599to1621, during which Guo’s age ranged from one to twenty-three years old, he was living in the village, reading and study.Second period, from1622to1643, during which Guo’s age ranged from twenty-four to forty-five years old, he firstly took the imperial examination and passed the examination, and then, had been an official in the court until the demise of the Ming Dynasty in1643, in which he resigned from office and then returned to his hometown to begin a seclusion life.Third period, from1644to1672, during which Guo’s age ranged from Forty-six to Seventy-four years old, he had resigned from office. During this period, he had more than a decade of wandering in Hubei. He also had been traveling around, even though life was very poor. The exchanges were mostly like-minded friends, and they often wrote poetry and writing and gave each other gifts, poetry style had also undergone significant changes. In his old age, he was framed by the villain and eventually died in Jingzhou.