Research On Tang Peng 's Travel

Tang Peng was a famous thinker and writer between Jia Qing and Dao Guang years of Qing Dynasty. He was One of the representatives of Hunan statecraft school. Tang Peng was very smart and studious since he was young, when he grew up, he learned from a famous scholar called Ou Yang Hou Jun who was the headmaster of Yue Lu Academy. He succeeded in The imperial examination at the age of twenty three, since then he has been an official in the capital.Tang Peng’s association has a very wide range, including the well-known politicians, poets and scholars of this period. More than one hundred and thirty people were recorded, among which there are twenty or thirty people who were intimate with Tang Peng. This article discussed the eleven representatives, trying to show the overview of Tang Peng’s friendship. At the same time, we can learn about the state association of scholars between Jia Qing and Dao Guang years.People who associate with Tang Peng can be divided into three parts according to the official level:The first part statemates the senior officials such as Cao Zhenyong, Tao Shu, Lin Zexu and Huang Juezi.They were knowledgeable and outstanding talent.They were well known at that time and had a profound influence in the history. Tang Peng respected them greatly, treating them as teachers, consulting academic and political.In this way, Tang Peng learned a lot.The second part statemates the middle and lower officials such as Gong Zizhen, Wei Yuan, Yao Ying and Zeng Guofan. They were upright and detesting evil, so their career was not successful, most of them took an idle position in the cabinet. Tang Peng got along with them for a long time, so they understand each other, like-minded, cited as confidant. It should be noted that Zeng Guofan’s official position was not prominent as he had just entered the career at this time.The third part statemates the commoner scholars such as Pan Deyu, Yao Xie and Zhang Jiliang. Though they are talented and bearing extraordinary, their fate was unfortunately that they failed imperial examinations repeatedly. Tang Peng admired their talents very much. They often wrote poetry and appreciated paintings together. Finally, they became close friends under this frequent contacts.These people who were scholarly and academic had a great influence on Tang Peng. For example, Tang peng began to write chester’s poety under the influence of Zhang Jiliang and Pan Deyu. Many of his reform advocates were learned from Tao Shu. Responding to friends’ underappreciated status, he criticized the examination system. Meanwhile, Tang Peng also had a certain impact on his friends, Wei Yuan’s academic and reform thought was deeply affected by Tang Peng. Tang Peng and these people who were all outstanding talents leaded national scholars.They cared about current events and politics and dominated the public opinion all over the country.They made an enormous and far-reaching influence in the history.