赐进士第中顺大夫福建按察司副使（缺字）
赐进士第中顺大夫湖广按察司副使（缺字）
赐进士第朝列大夫江西布政司右参议（缺字）
云南左方伯致仕俞公既没，其仲子豸史深持其友太平守刘君忠器所撰行状， （缺字）托交
豸史，父子间辞不获，为之志曰：公讳铎，字振文，别号养和，其先为青州青社人（缺字）
浙，散居郡邑。宋（唐）时有讳珣者，为少师昱之孙、睦州刺史稠之子，拜奉议郎弗就， 卜
筑（缺字）有讳寿者，公之曾祖，国初任营通县丞，有善行。祖熙，父叔晦，俱隐弗耀。后
叔晦父以公贵封刑部主（缺字）继母丁氏，俱以公贵封赠太安人。公性仁厚而聪颖，出其等
□年若干，为正统丁巳(1437 年) （缺字）推乡荐连捷春闱，观政礼部几二年，授南京刑部广东司主事，景泰辛未(1451 年)，以年（缺字）敕封承德郎，配陈氏封安人，逾年升本司郎中，献狱、平允、休声著闻。甲戌(1454 年)升江西南昌（缺字）下车即励精为治，划
剔奸豪，速决滞狱，民畏且感时。值岁太侵，饥殍相枕，藉公闻之（缺字）赈之而劳勋不恤，
民赖以全活者甚众。在任六载，始终不易其所操持。民之寡弱者（缺字）其非，农劝于亩，
士勤于学，其政治乃褒然，为列郡大夫称首。天顺庚辰(1460 年)考最（缺字）没，丧葬之事
举尽乎礼，又买田结庐于墓侧，而使人营守之。由是蒸赏有需， （缺字）服阕，赴吏部授
宁国府，公以其民颇淳，乃更以宽仁。驭之岁大旱，公竭诚以祷□□（缺字）刹人而匿其尸
者，所司考掠数载，狱淹不成，公阴使人踪迹之，得尸于泽中，犯（缺字）道荐，升云南右
参政，佐治有方。有土官昂姓者，兄弟争袭，日相雠杀。朝廷命公偕阄宪重臣往直其事，同
事者或受赂，有所左右秋毫无犯，事既宜受诏（缺字）巳擢本司右布政使。时布政虚左，公
独署事，敷施大陳人。甲午(1474 年)冬，述职还治，镇守（缺字）成藩司之长，惟公为宜，
交章荐之，遂得。俞旨公荷朝廷委寄之重，自谓： “吾以书生叨冒至此，敢不尽吾心力，
竭吾底蕴，以求无眉□□□政（缺字）。”朝廷命都宪大臣巡抚之，一日问公：“治夷何策为
优？”公曰： “班定远有言，水太清则无鱼，人太（缺字）辈若一以华法绳之，其将益不
堪。”巡抚然其言。由是，棘夷向化，边鄙以宁。戊戌(1478 年)春，以□（缺字）诏许之，
公即日解组归，营副墅于越城蕺山之侧，以养和名堂结诗门，俱侣徜徉会稽，集（缺字）若
尘外人。丙午(1486 年)冬，以豸史贵，诰封正奉大夫、正治卿，职如故，加封安人陈氏为夫
人，乡党咸以有子多之。弘治改元，戊申(1488 年)，夫人先（缺字）公亦婴疾。己酉(1489
年)春，公自越归新昌祭扫，疾革，遂于四月十三日卒于正寝。据其生永乐乙未(1415 年)，
享年七十有五。子男三人：长湘、克家，先公一年卒；次即豸史、深，举进士，任休宁尹，
以清慎擢今官，远到未可量；次（缺字）忝阀阅。孙男十三人：松、楼、楩、栩、极、榦、
集、檀、杲、椑、休、□、□。孙女四：长适同邑吕□□□□□（缺字）宇；次在室。曾孙
男三：时英、时□、时□俱幼。兹深将以庚戌(1490 年)二月二十日，举葬与陈氏合（缺字）
原。于乎！公居常孝友，处乡党间惟以谦和自持，故人无亲疏、智愚，一概其欢心。至（缺
字）公亦真吾乡之伟人也哉！是宜铭。
铭曰：
新昌有山，屹立千仞，公之材行，几与之准。新昌有川，汤汤其流， （缺字）千万年其永
休。
Yu Duo (1415–1489), courtesy name Zhenwen, alias Yanghe, descended from Qingzhou immigrants to Zhejiang. His Tang-dynasty ancestor Yu Xun, grandson of Grand Mentor Yu Yu and son of Muzhou Prefect Yu Chou, declined the post of Gentleman for Court Service to settle in Xinchang. Great-grandfather Yu Shou served as Assistant Magistrate of Yingzhou Tong County in early Ming, renowned for benevolent governance. Grandfather Yu Xi and father Yu Shuhui lived in retirement.
Endowed with innate kindness and brilliance, Yu passed the provincial examination in 1437 and consecutively earned the jinshi degree. After a two-year apprenticeship at the Ministry of Rites, he was appointed Secretary of the Guangdong Office, Ministry of Justice in Nanjing. In 1451, he received the title Gentleman for Virtuous Service, while his wife Lady Chen was honored as Matron. Promoted to Director in 1452, he gained fame for impartial judgments.
As Prefect of Nanchang (1454–1460), he eradicated local tyrants, cleared legal backlogs, and personally directed famine relief during catastrophic crop failures, saving countless lives despite exhaustion. For six years he maintained unwavering integrity: protecting the vulnerable, exonerating the wronged, encouraging farming, and promoting scholarship – his governance topped Jiangxi’s prefectures.
After his father’s death in 1460, he observed full mourning rites: building a hut beside the grave, purchasing tomb-guarding farmland, and ensuring perpetual sacrifices. Reassigned as Prefect of Ningguo, he governed with compassionate leniency. During a severe drought, his sincere prayers brought rain; he solved a monastery murder cold case by discovering a hidden corpse in marshland.
Promoted to Administrative Assistant of Yunnan’s Provincial Administration Commission, he mediated a tribal chieftain succession dispute where colleagues accepted bribes. Yu alone remained incorruptible, resolving the feud impartially. As Acting Left Administration Commissioner during a vacancy, he administered effectively. In 1474, after imperial review, regional commanders petitioned: "None but Yu is fit to lead the Commission."
When a Grand Coordinator sought advice on governing tribes, Yu cited Ban Chao’s adage: "Fish flee crystal-clear water – applying Han laws rigidly to tribesmen invites rebellion." Adopting this wisdom brought lasting frontier peace. Retiring in spring 1478, he built the "Hall of Nurtured Harmony" beside Jishan Mountain in Shaoxing, founding a poetry society and wandering landscapes like a transcendentalist.
In winter 1486, his son Yu Shen’s promotion to Censor earned Yu Duo the titles Grand Master for Meritorious Service and Minister for Governance, with Lady Chen elevated to Esteemed Consort – hailed by locals as a model father. After Lady Chen’s death in 1488, Yu fell ill. Returning to Xinchang for ancestral worship in spring 1489, his condition worsened; he died at home on April 13.
Family
Sons:
Xiang (deceased household manager)
Shen (jinshi, Magistrate of Xiuning promoted to Censor for integrity)
Third son (unnamed, heir to the lineage)
Grandsons: Song, Lou, Pian, Xu, Ji, Gan, Ji, Tan, Gao, Bei, Xiu, and two unnamed
Granddaughters: Four (eldest married Lü of Xinchang; others unmarried)
Great-grandsons: Shiying and two unnamed
On March 12, 1490, Yu Shen buried his parents together at Buzheng Mountain’s southern slope. Yu Duo’s domestic filial piety and communal humility endeared him to all – a truly monumental figure of his homeland.
Epitaph Verse
Xinchang’s peaks pierce heaven’s gate –
His virtue scaled commensurate height.
Xinchang’s rivers surge unending –
His legacy flows through eternal night.