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公讳宇,字汝弘,会稽新昌人,太子太保兵部尚书五山公之长子。其先讳茂,唐时自青齐渡 江,仕吴越为轻车节度使,没,葬于邑之小东门,子孙始占籍于越。历宋迄元,代有显仕。 国朝讳泰者,永乐初,工科都给事中,公之从祖也。至五山公以县令起家,累官南京兵部尚 书参赞机务,入为大司寇,寻改本兵提督军务。时逆瑾弄权,所在盗贼皆以诛瑾为名,中外震惧。倚五山公为重,贼平,加太子太保。五山公生公,公幼聪慧,弱冠以家学补邑弟子员, 文行首先时辈,五季不第,遂就荫。初判宁国,不受常例,门无私谒。每与守争是非,守屡 默已。见时郡征逋粮数千石,民鬻妻子,无所于辨,公白政府奏罢之。以能迁南京太仆丞。 朝廷诛求各郡皮张银,又增额骑操马匹,郡县骚甚。公曰: “此厄不解,何以官为?”白兵部往复恳办,竟得旨,江南北至今赖之。当道交章荐公有独当一面之才,方将向用,以五 山公□身家居,恳一疏终养。一时缙绅多之以比之二疏云。五山公卒,遂绝意世故,不复仕进。或劝之,则曰: “吾以世禄,列职郎官,更历中外,清白二字,不愧家声足矣,有余不尽其后人乎!”教子及孙,优游泉石,以终余年。故何氏一门多贤而有化,说者谓有考之荣,有子姓之乐,内不愧亲,外不愧君,如公者可谓完人矣。以公之才,使莫为之前,则青云可自致,即以荫补官,少迟岁月,猎取华要无疑也。然较之天性真乐,所得孰多?公有诗十卷,曰《柳齐吟稿》。柳齐,公别号也。以嘉靖二十三年(1544 年)二月九日无疾而卒,距其生成化二年(1466 年)四月二十四日卯时,享年七十有九。配章氏,以公贵封安人,先公七年卒。子五:长绍,□恩授试百户;次继,镇平知县;䌹,贡士;绪,古田知县;绅,国子生。女长适浔州府照磨吕光晋;次适指挥使台李忱。孙:九霄、九川、九式、九思、九韶、九功、九皋、九华、九垓、九鼎、九章、九棘、九溪、九合、九河。孙女八。曾孙七。纲与余旧知,纲女适翰林院编修潘晟,友人石桥子也。诸孤将以今乙巳(1545 年)季冬十三日,葬于邑二十都央于山之阳,与章安人同穷。石桥以公状请铭于予,遂不辞而为之铭。

 

铭曰:

五山巍巍兮钟灵,柳齐济美兮清白相承;

昼锦承欢彩衣轻,天姥之间乐升平;

勒之贞石,吾言足徵。

 

石工王村 镌

 

 

注:测拓片得志石高 65.5 厘米,宽 63.5 厘米,20 世纪 60 年代新昌

县羽林街道央于村小石佛之南山出土。

He Yu (1466-1544), courtesy name Ruhong, alias Liuqi, was the eldest son of Grand Guardian He Jian (Minister of War). His ancestors migrated from Shandong during the Tang, serving as military commissioners in Wuyue Kingdom.

 

After five failed imperial examinations, he entered office through hereditary privilege. As assistant prefect of Ningguo, he rejected bribes and abolished oppressive grain taxes that forced peasants to sell children. Promoted to Assistant Minister of the Imperial Studs in Nanjing, he successfully petitioned the Ministry of War to cancel two harsh decrees: hide-tax silver and increased cavalry quotas – a relief still remembered along the Yangtze.

 

Resigning to care for his father during the eunuch Liu Jin's tyranny, he was compared to ancient filial exemplars. After his father's death, he declined reappointment: "My hereditary post reached the sixth rank; my integrity preserves our house's honor. What more?"

He died peacefully on March 2, 1544. Buried beside Lady Zhang at Yangyu Mountain on January 14, 1546.

 

Children:

Sons: Shao (Acting Company Commander), Ji (Magistrate of Zhenping), Gang (Tribute Scholar), Xu (Magistrate of Gutian), Shen (Academy Student);

Daughters: Married Lü Guangjin and Li Chen;
Grandchildren: 14 boys;
Great-grandchildren: 7 boys;

 

Epitaph Verse:
Wushan's peaks bred greatness;
Liuqi's purity carried the flame.
Silk robes shimmered as filial joy;
Tianmu's slopes echoed contentment.
This stone engraves his virtue –
A testament for endless ages.

 

 

Engraved by Wang Cun.

 

 

Rubbing dimensions: 65.5×63.5 cm. Excavated at Yangyu Village (1960s).

 

 

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