Monk Wanyan Chen is a native of Fengzhou, according to the genealogical relationship, he came from the grandson of King Xiao, his father Wanyan beggar brother, participated in the war with the Song Dynasty in the sixth year of Jinzhang Zongtaihe (1206), and awarded the military of Tongzhi Jiezhou with military merits. Later, the Southern Song Dynasty counterattacked the Jin Dynasty and occupied Jiezhou, and Wanyan Qige died in battle, dying on the bank of the Jialing River. Monk Wanyan Chen grew up in a family of military generals, and was deeply influenced by his father during his upbringing.

In the early years of Jin Xuanzong's Zhenyou (1213), the Mongol army invaded the Central Plains and plundered Fengzhou (the former site of Fengzhou is near Baita Village, about 20 kilometers southeast of present-day Hohhot), when Monk Chen was more than 20 years old, he was captured by the Mongol army, and the Mongolian army marshal liked him very much and kept him by his side. At this time, Monk Chen's mother still lived in Fengzhou and was raised by his brother Wanyan Xilie. Monk Chen stayed in the north for more than a year, and under the pretext of visiting his mother, he asked to return to his hometown, and the commander of the Mongolian army sent soldiers to monitor him and arrived in Fengzhou together. Subsequently, Monk Chen and Xianlie robbed and killed the soldiers who were watching, seized more than ten horses, and served their mother to flee south to return to Jin. Unexpectedly, the Mongol soldiers discovered and gathered cavalry to chase after them, and they escaped in another direction. On the way, the horse was lost, and the mother was too old to walk, so she used a kind of rickshaw to pull it together, and the two brothers dragged it together, walked south, crossed the Yellow River and returned to the Jin country.

Yahao literary history

When the slanted martyr traveled to the palace of the marshal of Shouzhou and Sizhou, he invited Monk Chen to go with him, and the imperial court appointed Monk Chen as the commander of the Xuancha and wore a golden talisman.

Soon, Wanyan Xilie served as the marshal of Xingshou (now Fengtai, Anhui) and Si (now northwest of Xuyi, Jiangsu), and invited Monk Chen to go with him, and the imperial court appointed Monk Chen as the Xuancha and wore a golden talisman. Corporal Xian Xian, Wang Wu (word Zhongze) of Taiyuan is experienced. Wang Wu's article is on a par with the famous Confucian Lei Yuan and Li Xianneng at the end of the Jin Dynasty, and is very highly valued by the oblique martyrs. Monk Chen is extremely intelligent and loves literature and history. When he was in the forbidden place, he had the reputation of showing talent. Wang Wu taught him "The Book of Filial Piety", "The Analects", "Spring and Autumn", and "Zuo's Biography", which fully understood its meaning. When there was nothing to do in the army, he practiced writing small characters as thin as a cow's hair under the window, like a poor scholar, and he looked down on all kinds of happiness in the world.

Went to prison for something

In the second year of Zhengda (1225), Xilie dismissed the commander and reappointed as the commander-in-chief, and Monk Chen guarded Fangcheng (now Henan) with his brother. He participates in or understands all the affairs of the army. When Xilie was sick, Li Taihe, the general of the army, and Ge Yiweng, the general of the Fangcheng Town Defense Army, fought with each other, and complained in front of Monk Chen. Ge Yiong had a violent and fierce personality, and he was ashamed of being succumbed to the rod by Eli, and died of depression, and his last words asked his wife to avenge him. His wife complained to Monk Chen, saying that Monk Chen had violated his duties and deliberately killed her husband because of personal grievances, and she complained to the Imperial Historical Observatory, Shangshu Province, and close attendants, and piled up firewood and grass in the south of Longjin Bridge, claiming that if Monk Chen's crime was not cured, she would self-immolate and apologize to her husband.

Therefore, when Monk Chen was imprisoned, the Taiwan officials suspected that he had been a janissary and had military power, so he must have been arbitrary and arbitrary, violating the law of the country, and should be sentenced to death. They reported this opinion to Jin Aizong, but due to insufficient evidence, they have not been able to make a decision. Monk Chen spent 18 months in prison, gathered books to read, and calmly dealt with them.

In the third year of Zhengda (1226), Xianlie recovered from his illness, Jin Aizong ordered him to raise troops to guard the west, and when he entered the court, Jin Aizong was very surprised by his thin body, so he asked him: "Are you because the lawsuit in Fangcheng has not been resolved?" Go ahead, and I will forgive him now. However, because the officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory and the Imperial House raised their opinions again, Jin Aizong did not dare to pardon them.

Soon after, he died. After Jin Aizong learned about it, he sent someone to pardon Monk Chen, and Jin Aizong said: "There is a priest who sued you for killing people with personal grudges, your brother died, and I lost a famous general. In the future, if you work hard to build up your fame, and the country will receive your great support, people in the world will always think that I am not pardoning you at will. Monk Chen cried and worshipped, and his sad attitude moved everyone around him, and he couldn't even say a word of thanks.

Repeatedly break Mongolia

Monk Chen served as the commander of the Ziwei Army.

In the fourth year of Zhengda (1227), he was transferred to the Zhongxiao Army to take control. The loyal and filial piety army is composed of Hui Hui, Naiman, Qiang, Hun and the Central Plains people who were captured and plundered to avoid crimes, and the situation is complex and difficult to control. Monk Chen is well-governed, and the loyal and filial piety army is obedient to orders. The prefectures and towns that passed, there were no crimes in the autumn, and there was no longer their noise in the streets and alleys, and they were the first to enter the battle in each battle, and they were like wind and rain, and they were a strong force.

In the fifth year of Zhengda (1228), the Mongol army attacked Dachangyuan (now southeast of Ningxian County, Gansu), and the commander-in-chief Pingzhang asked who could be the striker, and Monk Chen responded to the call. He had bathed himself in a change of clothes, sworn to fight to the death, put on his armor and mounted his horse, and went away without looking back. On this day, Monk Chen led the loyal and filial piety army of 400 cavalry to fight, breaking the Mongolian soldiers of 8,000 people, the soldiers of the three armies bravely participated in the battle, and achieved the victory of Dachangyuan, since the Jinmeng War has been more than 20 years, this is the first time that the Jin Dynasty has achieved such a big victory. When reporting to the imperial court, Monk Chen was the first to talk about merit, and Jin Aizong personally issued an order to commend and encourage, and awarded the Yuanda General and the judge of Pingliang Mansion.

Monk Chen and the loyal and filial piety army led by him were relied on by all armies.

In the seventh year of Zhengda (1230), the Mongolian Zhending Wanhu Shi Tianze led the Hebei Mongolian and Han armies to besiege Weizhou (now Ji County, Henan), Chen Monk followed the Pingzhang political affairs to complete Yan Heda, and the deputy privy envoy moved to the rescue of Pua, he led the loyal and filial piety army as the vanguard, defeated the Mongolian army, and relieved the siege of Weizhou.

In the eighth year of Zhengda (1231), the Mongol Subutai Department attacked Shaanxi, and the soldiers went to Tongguan, he led the loyal and filial piety army to the rescue, defeated the Mongol army, and chased to the valley (now southeast of Lantian, Shaanxi). In the four or five years after his release, Monk Chen made many military exploits and became a general.

Monk Chen is upright and upright, and although the deputy privy envoy is the commander of the Jin army, he has no far-sighted strategy. He often led troops to the nearby areas occupied by the Mongol army to plunder the population and livestock, making the soldiers tired and tired, and no one in the army dared to admonish them. Monk Chen said privately to his colleagues: "As a great general, the deputy privy councillor has done things to rob people of money, capturing 300 people today, and getting 12,000 cattle and sheep tomorrow, but how many soldiers are tired and dead does not take into account, the strength that the country has accumulated over the years will one day be lost by these people." ”

Someone told Pu Ah these words, one day, Pu Ah set up a banquet to invite the generals to drink, and when the wine was poured to Monk Chen, Pu Ah asked: "You have talked about me, and said that the country's army will be lost by me, is this really the case?" After Monk Chen finished drinking, he said unhurriedly: "Yes." Seeing that his face was not afraid, Pu A had no choice but to give up and said a decent word: "I am at fault, you should argue with your face, not behind your back."

Martyrdom

In the first year of Tianxing (1232), Wanyan Heda and Yijian Pua were stationed in Dengzhou to fight a decisive battle with the Mongol army, but the commander of the Mongol army avoided the main force of the Jin army and diverged to Kaifeng. In the first month, Wanyan Heda and Yijiao Pua led 20,000 cavalry and 130,000 infantry, and rushed to Kaifeng from Dengzhou, and Monk Chen was also in the army. The Mongol army adopted the tactics of avoiding reality and making up for nothing, and constantly invited the Jin army to the north, and the soldiers of the Jin army fought all the way and were exhausted. Entering the Sanfeng Mountain of Junzhou (now the southwest of Yu County, Henan), it was suitable for heavy snowfall, the sergeant did not eat for three days, the armor was stiff in the snow, and the gun lance was frozen like a rafter. The Mongol army took advantage of the opportunity to rest well, and then attacked on all fronts, and the Jin army suffered heavy losses. In the end, the Mongol army deliberately made way of a road to Junzhou, let the Jin army go north, and took advantage of the situation to attack, and the Jin army was annihilated. Moved to the assassin Pua was captured, Wanyan Heda and Wanyan Chen led the remnants of the Jin army to defeat hundreds of cavalry into Junzhou (now Yu County, Henan).

The Mongol army invaded Junzhou, and Monk Chen fought tenaciously with the sergeants in street battles, and was finally captured. Monk Chen said to the Mongolian soldiers: "I am the general of the Jin State, and I want to see your general to discuss things." The Mongolian soldiers carried him with several cavalrymen and came to the general's account.

The general asked him his name, and Monk Chen said: "I am Monk Chen, the commander of the Loyal and Filial Piety Army, it is me who defeated Dachangyuan, I am also the one who defeated Weizhou, and I am the one who defeated Huigu." If I die in the rebellion, people will still think that I have turned my back on the country, and today I will die clearly, and there will be people in the world who understand me. At this time, the general wanted to make him surrender, but Monk Chen would rather die than give in, first cut his feet and shins, and then cut his face from mouth to ear, Monk Chen spurted blood and cried until death. He was 41 years old. The Mongol commander admired his loyalty, and prayed with wine: "Good man, he will be reborn one day, and I will be able to get it." ”

In June of the same year, in order to commend the loyalty of the monk Wanyan Chen, Jin Aizong gave the Zhennan Army Festival envoy, set up a statue of Baozhong Temple, and carved a stone monument to record his deeds.

Historical evaluation

"Golden History": Monk Chen is talented, elegant and good at literature and history, and he is a self-proclaimed Janissary Day, and he is regarded as a talent. As a result, Wu gave the "Book of Filial Piety", "Primary School", "Analects", and "Spring and Autumn Zuo's Biography", which slightly understood its meaning. If there is nothing to do in the army, there are fine characters under the window, such as a cold and bitter person, who looks at the world indifferently.

"Gift to the Southern Army of the Town to Make Liangzuo Death Festival Monument": China has only raised a Chen monk's ear for more than 100 years.

Yuan Hao asked: The reason why His Majesty is the imperial general, and the reason why Zhennan serves the country, can be worthy of the eternal between the monarch and the minister.

Liu Qi: Loyalty, righteousness and courage are famous. Tasted the Northern Dynasty, returned to the dead, promoted to Shousi, and had great prestige. Sexual good man, the shogunate extended to the literati. Changed to Anping Lieutenant. Taste anger and depression and do nothing, get sick and die. Liang Zuo from his brother in the army, brave for a while, try to sit and kill people, will die, strange material, pardon. As the commander-in-chief of the loyal and filial piety army, he was promoted to the general of the imperial insult. Tianxing changed the yuan, the northern army entered Henan, and Liangzuo fought Juntai from Wanyanhe, and the army was defeated and captured, and he did not give in to death. Liang Zuo is a favorite doctor, Wang Wu Zhongze is in his brother shogunate, Liang Zuo travels from it, and learns Zhong Ze's book, which is very impressive. and also lectured and studied, never stopped reading, and was also a good general for a while.

Hao Jing: Chen Hou is brave and peerless, and he has also been deeply trapped in the enemy. The prancing horse returned south overnight, and the chasing horse did not dare to reach it. Entering the dynasty and reinstating the envoy as a general, Lingge Xiao Ran saw the quantity. Zhengnan is known for his Spring and Autumn fetish, and he retreats from Shifu. Knowing well that the enemy situation has repeatedly offered advice, he often talks without worrying about it. When worrying about the country, he sat with his hips, tears and speechlessness. Sanfeng was still held after the defeat, and Zhili was especially angry if he didn't worship. If they are both handsome, they will die, and their shins will not give in. On his deathbed, he shouted Miao Jilie, and the leopard died and left its skin today. There is no strong countryman in the contemporary era, and once he dies, he wins and moves the thorn capital.

Li Dongyang: What official are you? General Kim. What is your name? Monk Chen. Good man, understand death. Born gold people, dead gold ghosts. The shin can be broken, the kiss can be split, and the seven-foot body is full of blood. The Jin people wept angrily and boasted, and they wished to come to my house again. Whew! It is not shameful to be well-dressed, but so is the minister of Yidi.

Zhang Lun: "At the end of the Jin Dynasty, there is a monk who completes Yan Chen, and he will be a strong general for a while." When Mongolia first entered the Central Plains, it won three battles and three victories, and the northern soldiers won the glory of it. “

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The Sixty-First Biography of the Golden History

1. "Jin History": Wanyan Chen monk, the name Yi, the word Liangzuo, also in small characters, Fengzhou people. The grandsons of King Xiao are lineaged. Father Brother Qi, Tai and the Southern Expedition, with merit to the military of Tongzhi Jiezhou, and Song Fu Jiezhou, Brother Qi died in the Jialing River. Zhen Youzhong, Monk Chen was more than 20 years old, plundered by the northern soldiers, and the marshal loved him very much, and put it under the account. When the mother of the monk Chen stayed in Fengzhou, he was very cautious from his brother Anping. Monk Chen was in the north for more than a year, entrusted to the provincial mother, and begged to return. The marshal is the most abundant of the prisoners, but he robs and kills the prisoners with the oblique fierce. Seize the horse and run south to his mother, and the soldiers feel that they will ride together to chase him, and he will be spared. After losing the horse, the mother and the old man could not walk, so they carried the antler cart, and the brothers crossed the river in the south. Xuanzong Qizhi. Xilie was awarded the capital by the official of the world, and Monk Chen tried to make up for the guard, and he was not transferred to the palace in a few days.

2. "Jin History": and the oblique lie Xingshou, Marshal Si's affairs, playing Chen Monk with himself, the edict to fill the Xuan mission to raise control, Pei Jin Fu. The oblique lie is the experience of the king of Taiyuan. Wu Zi Zhongze, the article discussion is on par with Lei Yuan and Li Xianneng, so he has a mentor and friend. Monk Chen is talented, elegant and good at literature and history, and he calls himself a janitorial guard, and he is regarded as a talent. As a result, Wu gave the "Book of Filial Piety", "Primary School", "Analects", and "Spring and Autumn Zuo's Biography", which slightly understood its meaning. If there is nothing to do in the army, there are fine characters under the window, such as a cold and bitter person, who looks at the world indifferently.

3. "Jin History": In the second year of Zhengda, he fell into the position of commander, such as the commander-in-chief, Tunfang City. Monk Chen followed the past, and everything in the brother's army was predicted. When he was sick, Li Taihe in the army fought with Ge Yiweng, the defense army of Fangcheng Town, and sued Monk Chen. Yi Weng is fierce, ashamed to accept the rod, depressed to death, leaving a message to his wife, will report to Monk Chen. The wife sued Monk Chen for personal resentment and intrusion on the official, so he killed his husband, sued in Taiwan Province, and served in the near service, accumulating salary in the south of Longjin Bridge, and if he could not report it, he set himself on fire to thank his husband. Therefore, Monk Chen was imprisoned. The speaker suspected that Monk Chen was forbidden to approach, relying on the weight of the soldiers, and he would violate the law arbitrarily, and he should be reckless. Played on, I can't make a decision for a long time. Monk Chen gathered to read it in prison, and there were August in October. Next year, when he recovered from his illness, he raised troops to the west and entered the court, and Mourning Zong blamed him for being very thin, and asked: "Qingning is unresolved in Fangcheng Prison?" But if you do, I will forgive you now. "I don't dare to forgive you if you have a reprimand. Not a few, obliquely martyred. Hearing this, Shi Chi pardoned Monk Chen and said: "There is a Si Gong who kills people with personal anger." Your brother died, and I lost one of my generals. Now with your brother, bend the law to pardon you, and there will be people in the world who will discuss me. On other days, you will work hard to make a name for yourself, and the country will gain your strength, and you will not forgive me. Monk Chen wept and worshipped, moved sadly, and couldn't say a word of thanks.

4. It is the command of the Ziwei army with a white collar, and it has been transferred to the loyal and filial piety army for more than a year. In the fifth year, the northern soldiers entered Dachangyuan, and Pingzhang Heda asked who could be the striker, and Monk Chen responded to the order. If you have already bathed and changed your clothes, if you will be wooden, you will not look back when you put on your armor. On that day, with 400 cavalry breaking through 8,000 people, the soldiers of the three armies enthusiastically thought about the battle, and Gai had this victory since the 20th year of the army's prosperity. The first meritorious service, the edict of praise, the appointment of the great general, the judge of Pingliang Mansion, hereditary Mouke. One day fame. The army of loyalty and filial piety, all of them returned to Hui, Naiman, Qiang, Hun and the Central Plains who were captured to avoid crimes, and they were ruthless and difficult to control. Monk Chen has a good way, sitting as a middle program for advancing and retreating, and there is no offense in the outer autumn of the state and the city, and the street is no longer noisy, and each battle is the first to enter the battle, and the wind and rain are like the wind and rain, and the army relies on it. Six years, there was the victory of Weizhou. Eight years, there is the victory of returning to the valley. Since the prisoner was not four or five years old, he was transferred to the imperial insult general. The deputy pivot moved to Pua without a heavy strategy, and tried to gallop 200 miles a day and night to make small profits, and the army did not dare to admonish. Monk Chen privately said to the same column: "The deputy cardinal takes the general as the strategy, and today he will get three hundred mouths, tomorrow he will get one or two thousand cattle and sheep, and the soldiers and soldiers will not be counted." The accumulation of several years in the country will be completely destroyed by the people. Or to tell Pu A, one day, the wine will be drunk by the generals, and the wine will go to Monk Chen, Pu A said: "You have been short and long with me, and you say that the country's military strength should be destroyed by me, is it true?" After Monk Chen finished drinking, Xu said, "Yes." Seeing that he was fearless, Pu A said good words: "There has been a face-to-face theory, and there is no afterword." ”

5. "Gift to the Town of the Southern Army Festival to Make Liangzuo Monument": In June Yihai of the first year of Tianxing, Shangshu Zuo Chengchen went to the old imperial insult Zhonglang to kill Monk Chen, and said: "The minister is to make things to Shuofang, and there are ministers who speak: 'China has been more than 100 years, and only a Chen monk has been raised. 'Begging is like a story to persuade the world. "When I heard about it, I gave the envoy of the Zhennan Army Festival.

6. "Golden History": In the first month of the ninth year, the defeat of Sanfeng Mountain, went to Junzhou. The city is broken, and the soldiers enter, that is, the column army fights in the streets. Monk Chen went to the hiding place, killed and plundered for a while, and said to himself: "I, the general of the Jin Kingdom, want to see the white thing." "The soldiers clamped them with a number of horses, and marched before the tent. When asked for his name, he said: "I am the commander of the Loyal and Filial Piety Army, Monk Chen." I am also the winner of Dachangwon, the victory of Weizhou is also me, and the victory of the valley is also the same. In the army of my death, people will say that I am responsible for the country, and today I understand death, and there will be those in the world who know me. "When you want it to fall, you don't bend your feet and shins, you open your mouth to your ears, you cry out blood, and you don't stop dying. The general is righteous, and he wishes to say: "Good man, he will be reborn one day, and I should be able to get it." "Forty-one. In June of the same year, the edict gave the Zhennan Army Festival envoy, the statue of the Praise Zhong Temple, and the stone Ji was loyal to the martyrs.