Jade Seeking Fate

The prototype of the characters in the novel "Jade Seeking Fate": Wu Bozong (1334-1384), surnamed Wu Mingyou, surnamed "Bo Zong", was born in Jinxi (now Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province) in the early Ming Dynasty. He was the number one scholar in the Ming Dynasty and an astronomer. He was served as a foreign minister of the Ministry of Rites, an assistant professor of the Imperial Academy, a Hanlin classics scholar, and a Hanlin reviewer. He was a bachelor of Wuyingdian. Wu Bozong was quick-thinking since he was a child. He passed the examination at the age of 10 and ranked first in the provincial examination in the third year of Hongwu (1370). Wu Bozong was a kind-hearted man with considerable talent and learning. He wrote poems and essays immediately, with clear and new words and majestic momentum. He was soft on the outside and strong on the inside. He was an honest official and lived in poverty all his life. He did not succumb to the powerful and dared to speak out about the current ills. Because he reported that Hu Weiyong had formed a clique for personal gain, he was banished to Fengyang. Zhu Yuanzhang recalled him and sent him as an envoy to Annan (now Vietnam). He fulfilled his mission and was awarded the title of assistant teacher of Guozi. Zhu Yuanzhang once wanted to make him the Prime Minister of Taichang Temple, but he refused and was appointed as the Secretary of the Imperial Academy. However, he refused to leave and was demoted to Jin County (today's Yuzhong County, Gansu Province). On the way, he was called to the Imperial Academy for review. In the seventeenth year of Hongwu's reign, Zhu Yuanzhang offended the emperor by asking for advice, so he was demoted to Yunnan and died on the way. Novel story location: Huaiyu Mountain, also known as Yushan, is located in the northwest of Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province. Since ancient times, there has been a legend that "the emperor of heaven bestowed jade, and the mountain god hid it". From the Yuan Dynasty to the early Ming Dynasty, it was affiliated to Xinzhou Road of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces (in 1360 AD, Zhu Yuanzhang captured Xinzhou Road and was renamed Guangxin Prefecture). In 1371 AD, it was placed under Jiangxi Province due to inconvenient water and land transportation. Controversy: It is rumored that the number one scholar in the Ming Dynasty should be Guo Chong. Because Zhu Yuanzhang disliked Guo Chong's ugly appearance, he promoted the handsome Wu Bozong to be the first. However, whether in history books or folk records, there are very few records about Guo Chong, and it is difficult to distinguish the authenticity of the rumors.

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