Monday, 29 October 2007

Pictures of Wen Tian Xiang (大宋忠賢文天祥)





Wen Tian Xiang (文天祥) aka Wen Yun Sun (文雲孫), born in Year AD1236 (南宋寶祐四年), hometown at Ji Zhou Lu Ling 吉州廬陵 (today: Jiang Xi Ji An Area 今江西吉安).

AD1256, he got the Official Title from the Imperial Court after scoring the 1st Position in the Imperial Examination.

AD 1275 Lunar 1st Month, Yuan Army invaded China, Wen Tian Xiang was the 1st Imperial Officer to donate out all his private properties to the Imperial Court as the fee for Warring. Due to Yuan Army were being well trained in the battling strategies, Song Army lost in the initial round of battle.
　　
AD 1276, the Yuan Army entered the Capital of Song Dynasty, in-order to withhold the Unity of the Song Army, Empress Xie 謝太后 (Mother of the Emperor) appointed Wen Tian Xiang as the 2nd-Position-Premier (右丞相), and on the very day, Wen Tian Xiang was ordered to go for a negotiation session with the Yuan Army.

Immediately after Wen Tian Xiang entered the Yuan Army compound, he was captured by the Marshal-in-charge.
　　
AD 1276 Lunar 5th Month, Wen Tian Xiang managed to escape from the Yuan Army compound and went to Hokkien Province Fu Zhou area (福州市).

AD 1279, after another round of lost battle, Wen Tian Xiang was again being captured by the Yuan Army, this time, he was being jailed at the Yuan Army compound for 3 years.

AD 1282 9th Day of Lunar 12th Month, Wen Tian Xiang was being executed, at the time of his death, he was only 47 years old.

From then, the folks respect him as a Deity due to his loyalty and willingness of protecting his uprightness till his last breath.

Together with the other 2 loyalty Officers Zhang Shi Jie and Lu Xiu Fu, the folks address them as Da Song San Zhong Gong (大宋三忠公), Song Mo San Jie (宋末三杰) or in S.E.A., Da Song San Zhong Wang (東南亞一帶: 大宋三忠王).
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19 comments:

  1. nicky ooi29 October 2007 at 12:13

    感觉韩国的官服有点像
    这个朝代的。 宋朝

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  2. Foo Sac Phoon29 October 2007 at 12:14

    Shi Fu Jave.....why Wen Zhou Hou Wang not together with them when they fight the invader (Yuan) as they "protected" the Emperor all the way to Wen Zhou????........hahahaha.

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  3. jave wu29 October 2007 at 15:51

    韓國官服的確與宋朝官服相似﹐根據記載﹐韓國文化是在宋朝時期被引進的﹐因此很多方面都與中國宋朝文化很相近。

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  4. jave wu29 October 2007 at 15:54

    To be more accurate, Wen Zhou Hou Wang were with them at that time, just that the folks didnt really pay much attention on them.

    Without the help of Wen Zhou Hou Wang, in several battles, San Zhong Gong wont be able to escape from the capturing.

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  5. nicky ooi29 October 2007 at 16:33

    难怪拉。。终于明白了谢谢您的解释 。

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  6. jave wu29 October 2007 at 16:38

    哈哈﹐不用客氣 :P

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  7. Poh Tiong Bio Poh Tiong Bio29 October 2007 at 22:17

    care to share all the link???

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  8. jave wu30 October 2007 at 00:37

    Hi Bro, what you mean by the Link?

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  9. Poh Tiong Bio Poh Tiong Bio30 October 2007 at 10:05

    those link to the webbie which you got all the fotos from

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  10. jave wu30 October 2007 at 17:49

    Hahahahaha.. you can just find some of them on googles..

    If not, you can just perform a download from my web here.

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  11. Foo Sac Phoon14 November 2007 at 13:04

    Shi Fu...saw 大宋三忠王廟 today...didn't know they were at Zion Road (facing the Jade Emperor temple)...got any Mantra for three of them....drive past and saw the statues very old....thanks.

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  12. jave wu14 November 2007 at 13:56

    Yup, that temple is called Shui Xian Temple, going to demolished in no time, due to enbloc event going on there.

    That's one of the few oldest temples in Spore, quite pity that they going to demolish.

    Praise/Invitation Mantras for them, dont have....

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  13. John zorro9 April 2008 at 00:30

    hi, there is another temple at toa payoh...near Chen Huang Miao...

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  14. jave wu9 April 2008 at 00:47

    Yes, that is dedicated to One of the San Zhong Wang.

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  15. John zorro9 April 2008 at 20:26

    Hi Javewu...i m new here.by chance i come to your website where i search for chinese war history & related stories on today's taoism. i have been a temple visitor for years but know little because i can't read chinese well ...but keen to understand more about each deities.really some impressed by this details info and pictures here....thanks for sharing ....hope to meet u soon as a new friend.can i call u shifu too :) ??
    btw, why the both temple have only 1 of the San Zhong Wang ? is he Wen Tian Xiang or Lu Xiu Fu?

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  16. jave wu9 April 2008 at 23:57

    I see, are you in Singapore?

    If you are in singapore, definitely we will have a chance to meet someday :P

    For most of the weekends, I will be traveling around in Singapore to visit Temples and observe the current Taoist situation.

    If you are keen, can always PM me your contact number.

    You can call me whatever you feel ok :P

    C u soon.

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  17. viriea chen2 December 2009 at 10:02

    Hello Bro....
    How about History for Zhang Shi Jie and Lu Xiu Fu
    Thank...

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  18. jave wu2 December 2009 at 12:05

    Will slowly do a intro on them, do keep a close look out.

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  19. viriea chen8 December 2009 at 14:51

    Ok, Thank Shi Fu...

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