He was famous in Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, but he was not reused for a long time. In the end, he only chose a director of the Yunnan Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Such an honest and capable official was not reused in the current dynasty, but was taken out to set an example for future generations of honest officials and let others learn. Few people aim at Harry and strive to achieve this ideal realm of life.
This has a lot to do with Harry's poor life and sacrificing his wife and daughter for the belief of honesty.
Harry was born in Qiongshan County, Hainan Province. His ancestors have been scholars for generations. Apart from his father, his parents have great expectations of him. His father died at the age of four and his mother was very strict with him. The outlook on life established by teenagers' reading and learning can most affect people's life. At that time, Wang Shouren thought was popular and advocated the unity of knowledge and action. Harry was influenced by this thought, and he set a standard for being an official in his life. He just took his own name.
It is this principle that binds one's life and makes one's clear name passed down from generation to generation in history.
In order to be an honest official, Harry offended many people. No matter how big or small his official position was, he could answer some people's questions with the law afterwards, leaving those who tried to deal with him helpless.
Harry is worthy of his ancestors and the court, as well as his own heart and the people under his rule, but he is not a good husband and son in the family.
Harry's family is poor because of his incorruptibility. He lives in a shabby house with his old mother. For his mother's birthday, she bought two pounds of meat, which can be spread as the world's big news.
Harry married three wives, the first one was kicked out of the house, the second one divorced in January, and the third one died for no reason.
He also has a daughter. Because the family was poor, the five-year-old girl accepted a little boy's cake and was just seen by Harry. He said to her on the grounds that men and women are not close, how can you accept a man's things casually? You have to starve to death to prove that you are my daughter.
The daughter, like Harry, is a strong-willed temper, determined to fast for seven days and starve to death.
This kind of person, who has a belief in life, does not recognize anyone's relatives, only acts according to the rules and does not give any reason, is certainly impossible and unacceptable to most people. Zhang once said that people like Harry can't be reused.