During The Ming And Qing Dynasties Xinan Lushi Family Research

The Lvs of Xin’an was a famous literature family in the late Ming Dynasty andearly Qing Dynasty in Heluo Area and contributed a lot to Heluo Culture. From theancestor Lvjun living in Xin’an county in the end of Yuan Dynasty to the ninthgeneration LvWeiqi,the Lvs rose to fame in the late Ming Dynasty by passing downloyalty and filial piety. The Lvs went to decadence between Ming and Qing.With thesuccessful family education serving as the major reason for the family’s rising, the Lvswent to its highest time in Kangxi and Qianlong Period not only for the many officialsbut for the literature works, with LvLvheng and LvQianheng as representatives. AfterJiaqing Period, the Lvs declined. The rise and fall of the Lvs in more than two hundredyears reflected the changes of the dynasty.As the most important bureaucratic intellectuals in Xin’an county, the officials inthe Lvs family entered the political stratum mainly by successfully attending theimperial exam and focused on intermediate officers, civil administration officials andClaims Examiners. In their official career, they were loyal and upright, diligent andhonest.The distinctive and successful family education was the major reason for theformation of the literature family. The Lvs attached great importance to the moralcultivation, and filial piety so they were loyal and devoted to the people.They tookgreat pains to invigorate their family and appreciated the study of poetry and madefriends with literators. All these traditions were handed down from generation togeneration to promote the development of HeLuo culture.The Lvs made great contributions to the culture and education of HeLuo Area.They dabbled in the learning of classics, poetry and prose writings, dramas, phonology,textology, chorography and so on. They built academies and education groups topromote neo-Confucianism and Wang’s mind theory, which formed a strong academicatmosphere in HeLuo Area.