Second, the introduction:
Yu Zhong Yuan Zhen refers to an essay published by Zhu Yuanzhang, King of Wu at the end of Yuan Dynasty, on 1367 when Ying Tianfu (now Nanjing, Jiangsu) sent troops to the Northern Expedition. It is said that it was drafted by Song Lian. He elaborated on the chaos of the Yuan Dynasty's rule and the tragic situation of people's displacement, and came to the conclusion that the Yuan Dynasty had lost its destiny and the qualification to rule China. Then it shows that Zhu Yuanzhang is the new owner to whom destiny belongs, and he will be equal, destroy Chen Hu and unify China. Therefore, in the campaign, he put forward the slogan of "expelling Land Rover, restoring China and benefiting the people", which became the platform of Zhu Yuanzhang's Northern Expedition. This essay is centered on "destiny", and at the same time, it has a nationalist color to distinguish between China and foreign countries. It is straightforward, magnificent, conforms to the people's hearts, effectively cooperates with the military actions of the Northern Expedition, and lays the foundation for the establishment of the Ming Dynasty. The influence of this article is also very far-reaching, and many Han nationalists praised it, among which "expelling Land Rover and restoring China" also became the slogan of the revolutionary party in the late Qing Dynasty.
Third, the author:
Song Lian (13101.4-1381.20 June), whose real name is Shou, whose real name is Jing Lian, whose real name is Qian Xi, posthumous title Longmenzi. , is the Han nationality. Originally from Jinhua, he moved to the west (now Yiwu, Zhejiang) and later moved to Pujiang, Jinhua (now Pujiang, Zhejiang). Together with Gao Qi and Liu Ji, they are called "three great poets in early Ming Dynasty", and together with Zhang Yi, Liu Ji and Ye Chen, they are called "four gentlemen in eastern Zhejiang". Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, praised him as "the head of the founding civil servants", and scholars called him Taishigong and Song Longmen.
Song Lian was ill since childhood, and his family was poor, but he was smart and studious, so he was known as a "child prodigy". He was employed by Ji Meng, Wu Lai, Liu Guan, Huang Cheng and others. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he resigned from the imperial court and ordered monks to write books. In the early Ming Dynasty, he was hired by Zhu Yuanzhang and was honored as a teacher of the Five Classics, giving lectures for Prince Zhu Biao. In the second year of Hongwu (1369), he was ordered to major in Yuan history. Most of the court etiquette was formulated for him when he was tired of being an official and learned the imperial edict from the Hanlin bachelor. Hongwu ten years (1377), resigned as an old man and returned to his hometown. Later, because his eldest grandson was involved in the Hu case, he was demoted to Maozhou and died in Kuizhou at the age of 72. Ming Wuzong pursued "Wen Xian", so he called it "Song Wenxian".