Written by: Dragon Tiger.
Based on cultural relics, taking historical materials as a shield, looking at the tiger, looking at the eagle and interpreting the history.
At a glance, some cliffs are easy to look at the meaning of the text, and feel "inexplicable". For example, it is located in the small water well group of Qifeng Street, Anlong County, and the specific location is in the Meizi Pass on the west side of the village. The cliff is engraved on the cliff face a few meters above the ground, and is 25 meters, 5 meters long, the horizontal regular script is engraved with the four words of "independent three sides", the gesture is strong, and the stone is three points. There is a paragraph on both sides, and the vertical regular script is inscribed: "Guangxu Yi Weiqiu of the Qing Dynasty;."Xingyi Shou Shi Tingdong Title". What is the "independent trilateral"?
Independent trilateral "cliffs."
Although the "independent trilateral" is not commonly used, it does have a source, ** Tang Dynasty poet Liu Changqing's "Send Li Zhongcheng to Hanyang Farewell". Shiyun: "The exiled southern general, once drove 100,000 divisions. There is no old business for dismissal, and when you are old, you will love Ming. Independent three sides are quiet, and a sword is known. On the vast river, what do you want at dusk. "In the Tang Dynasty, Zhongcheng was a five-grade **, and in the poem, Li Zhongcheng once commanded 100,000 troops, loyal and brave for the country. When "Sunset" grew old, the rabbit died and the dog cooked, was abandoned by the imperial court, was ostracized by his colleagues, and was exiled to a foreign land. The two sentences of "independence on three sides are quiet, and one sword knows by suicide" is to describe the young Li Zhongcheng galloping on the battlefield and guarding the border passes alone, ensuring that the "three sides" do not dare to change and the country is peaceful. The poet Liu Changqing finally felt that Li Zhongcheng's "suicide" spirit of not being afraid of sacrifice may only be known by the sword he carries. The term "trilateral" first came from the "trilateral disturbance" in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty: The Biography of Yang Zhen, which refers to the enemy in the east, west and north, and was later extended to the frontier. From this point of view, the cliff of Meizi Pass is a military theme. If we dig deeper into the inscription, its military connotation becomes more and more obvious.
Production of "independent three-sided" cliff rubbing.
According to the "Guiyang Visit", Shi Tingdong is a native of Kunming, Yunnan, a prisoner, and joined the army with his father Shi Huchen in his early years, and moved to the Kaizhou area in the northeast of Chongqing. After Shi Huchen died in battle, Shi Tingdong "served the Guizhou camp with military merits, accompanied the thieves, repeatedly made great achievements, and promoted (zhuó, promotion) to the six grades of the general judgment". In the fifth year of Tongzhi (1866), the "Acting Naturalization Department", that is, the highest military and political chief of Ziyun. At that time, the Xiantong ethnic uprising in Guizhou, Ziyun City was "full of thieves on all sides, full of beacon smoke, and was besieged for 17 days, and the water and rice were exhausted." There were only more than 500 warriors and more than 2,000 thieves in the city." Shi Tingdong led "all the brave swore to break through the siege and kill, and more than 17 battles of all sizes were fought in ten days (ten days), and the thieves began to collapse", which should be Shi Tingdong's first tough battle in Guizhou. During Shi Tingdong's reign in Ziyun, he also wrote a five-character long poem of "Ziyun Cave" to praise the local scenery, which was engraved on the left cliff wall of Ziyun Cave by Hu Yingxi a few years later. In the third year of Guangxu (1877), Shi Tingdong acted as the Sizhou Mansion (now Cen Gong, Yuping, Zhenyuan Qingxi area), when "Miao bandits were at the beginning of peace, and a hundred ends were to be taken care of". After Shi Tingdong took office, he carried out a series of routine operations, such as "revitalizing schools, persuading farmers and mulberries, and clearing up the backlog of cases", which "the people deeply felt."
In the twelfth year of Guangxu (1886), Shi Tingdong acted as the governor of Dading Mansion (now Dafang County), and at the beginning of his tenure, "the first wires were set up, and the people were different", that is, according to the requirements of the Qing court, electric poles were erected and cables were laid for telegraphs. The common people think that the electric wire will absorb the earth's qi, hurt the dragon vein, and damage the grave, and strongly oppose it. So "an incident arose in an instant, swords, guns and flags were planted all over the mountain." Xiong Shimin, the deputy general of the Dading Mansion, went to "be injured by bullets", and Shi Tingdong "risked arrows and stones", that is, at the risk of being attacked by bows and arrows and stones, he went in person, and persuaded him again and again, and finally understood that the common people "began to disband one after another". I don't want this matter to be taken advantage of by bandits, "I heard the wind and wanted to take advantage of the situation to break the city". Shi Tingdong "dismal management, strict precautions, and the city in danger", that is, careful planning, painstaking efforts, and strict defense, finally held Dafang City and kept it peaceful.
In the eighteenth year of Guangxu (1892), Shi Tingdong was awarded the prefect of Xingyi Prefecture, and the following year he arrived at Anlong. At that time, Guangxi's "bandits advocated chaos" and "haunted impermanence" on both sides of the Nanpan River Valley, Shi Tingdong aimed to participate in the "suppression of the three provincial capitals" on the border of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guizhou. This cliff at the Meizi Pass of Yutang is inscribed in "Guangxu Yiweiqiu of the Qing Dynasty", that is, the third year of Shi Tingdong's arrival in Anlong, the twenty-first year of Guangxu (1895). When the war is probably over, the reason for the inscription is to ensure that the ancient post road is smooth, and there is a sense of deterrence and bravery. In the winter of the same year, Shi Tingdong went down to the dam less than nine kilometers away from the Meizi Pass of the Pond, on the cliff wall next to the ancient road, and the inscription "Ancient Cliff" was on the cliff side, which was 15 meters, the length reaches 62 meters, which also means "swearing sovereignty" to You Yong.
Shi Tingdong served as the prefect of Xingyi, intermittently, and always fought with You Yong. According to the record of "Qing Shilu", in the spring moon of "Xinmao" in the twenty-sixth year of Guangxu (1900), "Shi Tingdong, the prefect of Xingyi Prefecture in Guizhou", was "awarded by the Qing Dynasty" on the grounds of "effective border guard". In the twenty-eighth year of Guangxu (1902), "Xingyi County was lost" and was captured by You Yong crossing the Nanpan River to the north. Shi Tingdong sat in the Fucheng Anlong, "supervising the battle, and then resuming". According to the "Records of Zhongyi Ancestral Hall" engraved in Liu's manor, the time of the loss of Xingyi County was "the sixth day of the ninth month", and more than ten days later, the "county town was restored", and the time of recovering the city was very short. The following year, that is, in the twenty-ninth year of Guangxu (1903), Shi Tingdong left Anlong, and the post of prefect of Xingyi was succeeded by Li Dachun, the governor of Zhejiang Huiji Yinsheng (who was chartered as an official qualification for his ancestors' meritorious service).
In the thirty-second year of Guangxu (1906), Shi Tingdong was selected and screened by the imperial court, and "Jian Renyue Changli Dao", that is, he was promoted to the Taoist platform of the deputy minister. Before going to office, he had a short ** "Guizhou Political History". In July of the same year, Shi Tingdong went to Li County, Hunan Province to take office, but he never thought that "he would die in October". Pang Hongshu, the governor of Guizhou at that time, believed that Shi Tingdong "had been in Guizhou Province for a long time, fought for many years, and was quite honorable", so he went to the imperial court and was allowed to set up the spiritual seat in the ancestral hall of his father Shi Huchen for future generations to pay respects to.
Shi Tingdong cliff payment.
Looking at Shi Tingdong's resume, he not only has outstanding military achievements, but also is a "master" who is keen on cliff carvings, just like the Xifeng Wang Zuo described in the previous issue. It is worth noting that its "independent trilateral" cliff settlement is "Xingyi Shoushi Tingdong Theme". The "Ancient Cliff" cliff is "Xingyi Shou Shi Tingdongzhi". In the summer of the 26th year of Guangxu, when the Zhenfeng Huajiang Chain Bridge was completed, the inscription "Wanyuan Bridge" and "Rainbow Double Reflection" were written on the two cliffs, respectively, "Xingyi Shou Shi Tingdong Title" and "Xingyi Shou Shi Tingdong Book". That is to say, in these cliff stone carvings, Shi Tingdong only uses the word "Shou" to indicate his official position as the prefect of Xingyi Mansion. The prefect of the Qing Dynasty is also commonly known as Taishou, Shi Tingdong deliberately wrote one less word "Taishou", could it be because he was an official in a different place and wanted to lower his posture?