Nancheng Grudge 大河颂
Chinese title (trad.):
大河頌
Chinese title (simpl.):
大河颂
Russian title:
Гимн великой реке
Other titles:
Da He Song
Release year:
2005
Country:
China
Number of episodes:
38
Episode running time:
45 minutes
Genre:
historical, drama
Language:
mandarin
Type:
TV series
Description:
In the 11th month of the 12th year of Kangxi's reign, Wu San-Gui, together with Geng Jing-Zhong and Shang Zhi-Xin, launched the Revolt of the Three Feudatories. They occupied most of Jiangnan. The 20-year-old Kangxi Emperor sent troops in three columns to meet the enemy, and the situation was extremely tense. At this moment, the Yellow River flooded.
Anhui governor Jin Fu was ordered to collect additional relief taxes. During the fundraising, Tang Min, the magistrate of Shexian, in order to curry favor with his superior, ignored the lives of the people, pressed and extorted them, and handed in the largest surplus, so Jin Fu, who knew nothing of this, praised him publicly. Show more Having won the governor's favor, Tang Min became even more unbridled. But Yu Cheng-Long, the magistrate who handed in the smallest amount, refused to play along; he not only talked back to Jin Fu but also mocked him as an incompetent official.
Jin Fu knew Yu Cheng-Long was an honest official, did not hold it against him, and did not reject good advice because of the man. He sent Prefect Xu of Huizhou to Shexian to investigate. Unexpectedly, Tang Min, ruthless and vicious, poisoned Prefect Xu. Jin Fu then sent Yu Cheng-Long to investigate. But just as Yu Cheng-Long was about to look into the case, famine broke out in the flooded disaster area of Anhui. The so-called Third Crown Prince Zhu, a remnant of the Ming, sent Yang and his daughter and others to the disaster area to incite rebellion, stirring up the starving people to riot in support of Wu San-Gui's revolt.
The starving people rushed into the county town to seize the granary. Tang Min sent troops to suppress them, and disaster was about to erupt. Yu Cheng-Long arrived and discovered a conspiracy behind it. He opened the granary to distribute grain while arresting two of the Third Crown Prince Zhu's henchmen. A confidant of Suo E-Tu, who had come to transfer grain, immediately detained Yu Cheng-Long and hurriedly reported to Suo E-Tu that privately using military grain was a capital crime. Suo E-Tu reported back to Kangxi, and Kangxi, already anxious about the war, was furious. He sent men to escort Yu Cheng-Long to the capital to make an example of him.
Kangxi, mindful that Yu Cheng-Long had acted for the people, ultimately pardoned him. At this time the Yellow River dike burst, and the original River Director took his own life out of fear of punishment. Kangxi appointed Jin Fu as River Director, charged solely with managing the Yellow River. Tang Min, having ingratiated himself with Suo E-Tu, was promoted to a capital post.
Jin Fu wanted to begin by investigating the disaster situation in Henan. On the way, at the Ancestral Temple of Lu in Handan, he met the commoner Chen Huang. In their conversation, Jin Fu saw that Chen Huang knew the history of Yellow River floods like the back of his hand and had many brilliant ideas for managing the Yellow and Huai rivers. So he took Chen Huang on as his advisor.
Along the way Jin Fu saw the disaster-stricken people suffering unbearably and was eager to cure the Yellow River once and for all. He submitted eight memorials to Kangxi in succession.
Jin Fu began the river management project. Tang Min made trouble for Jin Fu at every opportunity. The Third Crown Prince Zhu also came in person to Qinghe to stir up chaos and caused Jin Fu much trouble. Fortunately, with Chen Huang's help and the support of the starving people who had once received his kindness, Jin Fu finally sealed the breach and returned the river to its channel.
Kangxi inspected the Yellow River and summoned Jin Fu at the Qingjiang river office. Kangxi explained that the war against the Three Feudatories was going well and that the management of the Yellow River must be accelerated. Kangxi's urgency moved Jin Fu, who promised that within three years he would make the Yellow River clear. Suo E-Tu immediately seized on this promise, made a great fuss about it, and sent an explicit decree to every province. Afterward, Chen Huang told Jin Fu that three years was far too short and that it was simply impossible to make the Yellow River clear. Jin Fu had no choice but to steel himself and lead everyone in the river works, working until he collapsed on the dike.
The next year the Yellow River flooded again, and several more breaches appeared. Suo E-Tu mobilized his confidants to submit memorials impeaching Jin Fu. Ming Zhu vigorously defended Jin Fu. Fortunately, the Kangxi Emperor held that success or failure could not be judged by a single breach. He sent Cao Yin to transfer funds from the Jiangnan Silk Administration to support the river works and disaster relief. Jin Fu was deeply moved.
Afterward, Yu Cheng-Long was appointed Anhui provincial judge and advocated dredging the mouth of the Yellow and Huai rivers in the manner of Yu the Great. He accused Jin Fu's methods, such as narrowing the channel to flush out silt and building water-reduction dams, of violating ancient teachings. Kangxi asked Jin Fu to respond. Jin Fu and Chen Huang submitted a memorial explaining that the Yellow River of today was no longer the Yellow River of antiquity and that one must not rigidly adhere to Yu the Great's established methods. Narrowing the channel to flush out silt was the best way to deal with a perched river. At the sea outlet, where the land was low and wet, digging ditches was inferior to building dikes. Kangxi could not decide and sent men to investigate. The first envoy was a member of Ming Zhu's faction and came back supporting Jin Fu; the second was a member of Suo E-Tu's faction and came back supporting Yu Cheng-Long. Kangxi could not take a stand.
Just then came the autumn floods. To save the newly built dikes, Jin Fu wanted to use the water-reduction dams to lower the flood pressure. Yu Cheng-Long, to protect the interests of the people on his side, personally risked his life leading laborers to raise the water-reduction dams. As a result, Anhui was spared flooding, but the dams downstream burst. The yellow water poured into the Grand Canal, cutting off grain transport and hindering Kangxi's preparations for the liberation of Taiwan.
Kangxi was furious. Suo E-Tu seized the chance to attack Jin Fu and had him arrested. Later, Jin Fu explained the hidden circumstances in person, and only then did Kangxi dismiss him from the post of director and allow him to redeem himself by his deeds.
When Tang Min was allocating funds for the river works, he embezzled a huge sum. Jin Fu discovered it, but as a man awaiting punishment he was suppressed by Suo E-Tu's confidants. Jin Fu informed Ming Zhu. Ming Zhu sent men to investigate Tang Min, and Tang Min played his old trick again, dragging the investigators down with him. At this point Yu Cheng-Long intervened in the case and uncovered Tang Min's old crime of murder. Tang Min was executed by slicing, and the embezzled river funds were recovered.
Jin Fu was overjoyed and thanked Yu Cheng-Long, but Yu Cheng-Long believed that Jin Fu, handling silver like flowing water every day and still not having cleared the Yellow River after three years of work, must also be a corrupt official. He continued to take an uncooperative attitude.
With Chen Huang's help, Jin Fu finally repaired the long dikes on both banks of the Yellow River and built the inner dikes and water-reduction dams. The silt was flushed away, the river ran clear, and grain transport flowed smoothly. Kangxi traveled incognito to inspect the river channel and was very pleased. On the dike he saw the gaunt Jin Fu and praised him. Jin Fu recommended Chen Huang to Kangxi. He said he had not recommended him earlier because river management was too risky and officialdom was treacherous, and he feared that if something went wrong it would implicate Chen Huang. Sighing with emotion, Kangxi granted Chen Huang the rank of a third-grade assistant commissioner.
Chen Huang then suggested to Kangxi that the Middle River be opened. Because one section of the grain transport route ran through the main current of the Yellow River, during windstorms or floods the grain boats could only moor at the docks and wait. Yu Cheng-Long immediately opposed it, saying it would drain the nation's strength and increase the burden on the people. Jin Fu and Chen Huang said that in the course of river management much land had been reclaimed from the water and could be sold to farmers, and the silver obtained could be used to open the Middle River. Yu Cheng-Long opposed this too, saying the reclaimed land should be returned to its original owners. Each side held its ground. For the sake of keeping the great north-south artery open, Kangxi still approved Jin Fu and Chen Huang's proposal to open the Middle River.
Ming Zhu's misdeeds became more and more evident. Yu Cheng-Long, together with capital officials, submitted a memorial exposing him. Ming Zhu fell, and Jin Fu and Chen Huang were both regarded as members of Ming Zhu's faction and dismissed from office. Chen Huang was even thrown into the imperial prison. With no money and no influence, he endured every torment in prison, while Jin Fu, worn out in body and mind, fell ill.
Yu Cheng-Long replaced Jin Fu and managed the river according to his own ancient principles. As a result, when a great flood came, the Yellow River burst in more than twenty places. Yu Cheng-Long put himself in chains and went to the capital to beg for punishment, admitting that to clear the Yellow River only Jin Fu and Chen Huang could be employed. By the time Kangxi understood, Chen Huang had already died in prison.
The decree reached Jin Fu's home. Jin Fu, though ill, set out with his son, but died on the way to take up his post. When Kangxi learned of it, his regret was boundless.
Yu Cheng-Long arrived in the capital and knelt outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation begging to die. Kangxi did not kill him. He handed him Chen Huang's surviving writings and let him remain as River Director, entrusting him with the great task of river management.
Yu Cheng-Long boldly managed the Yellow River according to Chen Huang's methods, exhausting his strength and spirit, rising early and sleeping late. Through the arduous struggles of several successive river directors, generations of river soldiers, and millions of river workers, by the year of Kangxi's fiftieth birthday, Kangxi finally announced with relief to the world: the realm is at peace, the people are prosperous, all hearts are one, and the river works are complete! The great management of the Yellow River rendered an immortal service to the founding of the Kangxi prosperity. And the river management measures and theories of Jin Fu, Chen Huang, and others are a precious treasure in the history of Chinese river management; some still have practical value today and have been continually drawn upon and applied.
Anhui governor Jin Fu was ordered to collect additional relief taxes. During the fundraising, Tang Min, the magistrate of Shexian, in order to curry favor with his superior, ignored the lives of the people, pressed and extorted them, and handed in the largest surplus, so Jin Fu, who knew nothing of this, praised him publicly. Show more Having won the governor's favor, Tang Min became even more unbridled. But Yu Cheng-Long, the magistrate who handed in the smallest amount, refused to play along; he not only talked back to Jin Fu but also mocked him as an incompetent official.
Jin Fu knew Yu Cheng-Long was an honest official, did not hold it against him, and did not reject good advice because of the man. He sent Prefect Xu of Huizhou to Shexian to investigate. Unexpectedly, Tang Min, ruthless and vicious, poisoned Prefect Xu. Jin Fu then sent Yu Cheng-Long to investigate. But just as Yu Cheng-Long was about to look into the case, famine broke out in the flooded disaster area of Anhui. The so-called Third Crown Prince Zhu, a remnant of the Ming, sent Yang and his daughter and others to the disaster area to incite rebellion, stirring up the starving people to riot in support of Wu San-Gui's revolt.
The starving people rushed into the county town to seize the granary. Tang Min sent troops to suppress them, and disaster was about to erupt. Yu Cheng-Long arrived and discovered a conspiracy behind it. He opened the granary to distribute grain while arresting two of the Third Crown Prince Zhu's henchmen. A confidant of Suo E-Tu, who had come to transfer grain, immediately detained Yu Cheng-Long and hurriedly reported to Suo E-Tu that privately using military grain was a capital crime. Suo E-Tu reported back to Kangxi, and Kangxi, already anxious about the war, was furious. He sent men to escort Yu Cheng-Long to the capital to make an example of him.
Kangxi, mindful that Yu Cheng-Long had acted for the people, ultimately pardoned him. At this time the Yellow River dike burst, and the original River Director took his own life out of fear of punishment. Kangxi appointed Jin Fu as River Director, charged solely with managing the Yellow River. Tang Min, having ingratiated himself with Suo E-Tu, was promoted to a capital post.
Jin Fu wanted to begin by investigating the disaster situation in Henan. On the way, at the Ancestral Temple of Lu in Handan, he met the commoner Chen Huang. In their conversation, Jin Fu saw that Chen Huang knew the history of Yellow River floods like the back of his hand and had many brilliant ideas for managing the Yellow and Huai rivers. So he took Chen Huang on as his advisor.
Along the way Jin Fu saw the disaster-stricken people suffering unbearably and was eager to cure the Yellow River once and for all. He submitted eight memorials to Kangxi in succession.
Jin Fu began the river management project. Tang Min made trouble for Jin Fu at every opportunity. The Third Crown Prince Zhu also came in person to Qinghe to stir up chaos and caused Jin Fu much trouble. Fortunately, with Chen Huang's help and the support of the starving people who had once received his kindness, Jin Fu finally sealed the breach and returned the river to its channel.
Kangxi inspected the Yellow River and summoned Jin Fu at the Qingjiang river office. Kangxi explained that the war against the Three Feudatories was going well and that the management of the Yellow River must be accelerated. Kangxi's urgency moved Jin Fu, who promised that within three years he would make the Yellow River clear. Suo E-Tu immediately seized on this promise, made a great fuss about it, and sent an explicit decree to every province. Afterward, Chen Huang told Jin Fu that three years was far too short and that it was simply impossible to make the Yellow River clear. Jin Fu had no choice but to steel himself and lead everyone in the river works, working until he collapsed on the dike.
The next year the Yellow River flooded again, and several more breaches appeared. Suo E-Tu mobilized his confidants to submit memorials impeaching Jin Fu. Ming Zhu vigorously defended Jin Fu. Fortunately, the Kangxi Emperor held that success or failure could not be judged by a single breach. He sent Cao Yin to transfer funds from the Jiangnan Silk Administration to support the river works and disaster relief. Jin Fu was deeply moved.
Afterward, Yu Cheng-Long was appointed Anhui provincial judge and advocated dredging the mouth of the Yellow and Huai rivers in the manner of Yu the Great. He accused Jin Fu's methods, such as narrowing the channel to flush out silt and building water-reduction dams, of violating ancient teachings. Kangxi asked Jin Fu to respond. Jin Fu and Chen Huang submitted a memorial explaining that the Yellow River of today was no longer the Yellow River of antiquity and that one must not rigidly adhere to Yu the Great's established methods. Narrowing the channel to flush out silt was the best way to deal with a perched river. At the sea outlet, where the land was low and wet, digging ditches was inferior to building dikes. Kangxi could not decide and sent men to investigate. The first envoy was a member of Ming Zhu's faction and came back supporting Jin Fu; the second was a member of Suo E-Tu's faction and came back supporting Yu Cheng-Long. Kangxi could not take a stand.
Just then came the autumn floods. To save the newly built dikes, Jin Fu wanted to use the water-reduction dams to lower the flood pressure. Yu Cheng-Long, to protect the interests of the people on his side, personally risked his life leading laborers to raise the water-reduction dams. As a result, Anhui was spared flooding, but the dams downstream burst. The yellow water poured into the Grand Canal, cutting off grain transport and hindering Kangxi's preparations for the liberation of Taiwan.
Kangxi was furious. Suo E-Tu seized the chance to attack Jin Fu and had him arrested. Later, Jin Fu explained the hidden circumstances in person, and only then did Kangxi dismiss him from the post of director and allow him to redeem himself by his deeds.
When Tang Min was allocating funds for the river works, he embezzled a huge sum. Jin Fu discovered it, but as a man awaiting punishment he was suppressed by Suo E-Tu's confidants. Jin Fu informed Ming Zhu. Ming Zhu sent men to investigate Tang Min, and Tang Min played his old trick again, dragging the investigators down with him. At this point Yu Cheng-Long intervened in the case and uncovered Tang Min's old crime of murder. Tang Min was executed by slicing, and the embezzled river funds were recovered.
Jin Fu was overjoyed and thanked Yu Cheng-Long, but Yu Cheng-Long believed that Jin Fu, handling silver like flowing water every day and still not having cleared the Yellow River after three years of work, must also be a corrupt official. He continued to take an uncooperative attitude.
With Chen Huang's help, Jin Fu finally repaired the long dikes on both banks of the Yellow River and built the inner dikes and water-reduction dams. The silt was flushed away, the river ran clear, and grain transport flowed smoothly. Kangxi traveled incognito to inspect the river channel and was very pleased. On the dike he saw the gaunt Jin Fu and praised him. Jin Fu recommended Chen Huang to Kangxi. He said he had not recommended him earlier because river management was too risky and officialdom was treacherous, and he feared that if something went wrong it would implicate Chen Huang. Sighing with emotion, Kangxi granted Chen Huang the rank of a third-grade assistant commissioner.
Chen Huang then suggested to Kangxi that the Middle River be opened. Because one section of the grain transport route ran through the main current of the Yellow River, during windstorms or floods the grain boats could only moor at the docks and wait. Yu Cheng-Long immediately opposed it, saying it would drain the nation's strength and increase the burden on the people. Jin Fu and Chen Huang said that in the course of river management much land had been reclaimed from the water and could be sold to farmers, and the silver obtained could be used to open the Middle River. Yu Cheng-Long opposed this too, saying the reclaimed land should be returned to its original owners. Each side held its ground. For the sake of keeping the great north-south artery open, Kangxi still approved Jin Fu and Chen Huang's proposal to open the Middle River.
Ming Zhu's misdeeds became more and more evident. Yu Cheng-Long, together with capital officials, submitted a memorial exposing him. Ming Zhu fell, and Jin Fu and Chen Huang were both regarded as members of Ming Zhu's faction and dismissed from office. Chen Huang was even thrown into the imperial prison. With no money and no influence, he endured every torment in prison, while Jin Fu, worn out in body and mind, fell ill.
Yu Cheng-Long replaced Jin Fu and managed the river according to his own ancient principles. As a result, when a great flood came, the Yellow River burst in more than twenty places. Yu Cheng-Long put himself in chains and went to the capital to beg for punishment, admitting that to clear the Yellow River only Jin Fu and Chen Huang could be employed. By the time Kangxi understood, Chen Huang had already died in prison.
The decree reached Jin Fu's home. Jin Fu, though ill, set out with his son, but died on the way to take up his post. When Kangxi learned of it, his regret was boundless.
Yu Cheng-Long arrived in the capital and knelt outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation begging to die. Kangxi did not kill him. He handed him Chen Huang's surviving writings and let him remain as River Director, entrusting him with the great task of river management.
Yu Cheng-Long boldly managed the Yellow River according to Chen Huang's methods, exhausting his strength and spirit, rising early and sleeping late. Through the arduous struggles of several successive river directors, generations of river soldiers, and millions of river workers, by the year of Kangxi's fiftieth birthday, Kangxi finally announced with relief to the world: the realm is at peace, the people are prosperous, all hearts are one, and the river works are complete! The great management of the Yellow River rendered an immortal service to the founding of the Kangxi prosperity. And the river management measures and theories of Jin Fu, Chen Huang, and others are a precious treasure in the history of Chinese river management; some still have practical value today and have been continually drawn upon and applied.
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Lian Zhen-Hua, Luo Hao, Lu Feng-Lin, Huo Jun
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