Research On The Coushu Corpus Of Chaian

Wu Shen lived in Yangzhou XingHua.He was born in Wanli 17 years(1589)and been Ju-ren in Wanli 27years(1609),then be a Jinshi in Wanli 37 years(1613).He later had been the magistrate of Shaowu County in Fujian Province,officially into the official career.He went through three serious tribulations and the frustration of political career.In his later years,he lived in seclusion at the Situ’s Poor in Gaoyou county,and devoted himself to writing.He was died in Kangxi 9 years(1670),at the age of 82.He has been an officer for more than twenty years,according to the time can be divided into Wan-li,Tianqi and Chongzhen three stages.During tenure as an official,Wushen served in the central government departments both the observes the courtyard,Dali temple,office of transmission,the ministry of war and even the cabinet,but also had long tour was eventful District Henan,Shanxi,Shanxi,therefore has rich experience.He has made extensive friends,in addition to Xinghua’s local friendship,there are many frienfs in other place such as Guangdong,Fujian,Henan,Shanxi.The Coushu Corpus of Chaian is a personal Coushu corpus of Wu Shen,which selected from the Tian Qi Times of Ming Dynasty to he first year of South Ming Dynasty and assembly for a book.The whole book consists of 20 volumes,including 179 memorials and 7preface articles,respectively written by Wu Shen,Wen Zhenmeng,Jie Yinyue,Lian Guoshi,Song Mei,Li Qing,Shi Kefa.The book is roughly arranged according to his official order,which can be divided into seven parts,involving all aspects of military and political affairs handled by him as an official.With rich contents,it is an important historical material to understand the situation of the government and local military affairs at that time,and of high historical value.At present,the important collation results and popular editions are the edition of "four storehouses ban and destroy books series" and the school edition of Zhejiang ancient books publishing house in 1989.The memorials The Coushu Corpus of Chaian contains are records of current affairs during his tenure,as well as suggestions and methods to solve current problems,which reflect Wu Shen’s concept of officialdom,involving political,economic,military and education.Political thinking is mainly manifested in the selection of talents,with a focus on talentreserves,selection of honest and upright ministers,long-term appointments,and severe punishment of corrupt officials.The economic thought involves the salt government,the relay,the mining and so on,starts from the common people,must not damage the common people’s interest.In terms of military,first of all,he solved the problem of lack of soldiers and less pay through cooperation,and strict rectification.In terms of military affairs,he eliminated redundant troops and food to solve the problem of insufficient food.At the same time,he paid attention to selecting generals who can play a leading role in order to strictly enforce military discipline and reward and punish them respectively.In terms of education,he advocated respecting Confucianism and honoring rites,honoring ancestors and those who were loyal,filial and righteous.The Coushu Corpus of Chaian is the study of important works of his official thinking.The Coushu Corpus of Chaian recorded the current events of the Tianqi and Chongzhen years,which are mostly wu’s personal experience,which can be used as a supplement to Wu Shen’s deeds in the official history and help clarify wu’s life experience.It also have about other historical figures and the late Ming dynasty peasant war,help read both late Ming dynasty,has important historical value.