Wu Xun (1838 ~ 1896), male, Han nationality, originally named Wu Qi, later renamed Wu Xun, was born in Wuzhuang, Liulin Town, Tangyi County (now guanxian). A poor family, who lost his father in his early years, asked his mother for help, which is called "begging for filial piety". Later, I worked as a long-term worker in the Li family. Li bullied Wu Xun into being illiterate and lost three years' salary. He was also beaten and fired for fraud. Wu Xun angrily refused to eat and remained silent. Persuaded by his neighbors, he gradually recovered and decided to set up a voluntary school.

In the ninth year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty (1859), Wu Xun began to beg for money to promote his studies. Any short-term worker who grinds cultivated land, no matter how hard and tired, is willing to be employed as long as he can get money by hard work. Throughout the year, he has no fixed place to live, no fixed place to eat, a bag of spoonfuls, begging along the street. Those who earn poor food and clothing eat themselves and sell better clothes to others, so as to accumulate wealth and promote their studies. Because he founded the theory of benevolence and righteousness, people are more willing to give alms. For every 65,438+00 yuan begged, the squire or wealthy family was asked to manage and live on their behalf. Most of the money saved is used to promote the development of schools and help the poor.

In begging, he did not hesitate to make a fuss about the public. He cut off big braid, leaving only a handful of hair tied into braids, playing with a big top, climbing like a scorpion, beating wheels, and riding horses for rich children. He also eats scorpions, snakes, bricks and drinks dirty water. In order to interest evil boys and young boys. When grinding flour for livestock, he sang: "No need to pull, no need to cover, no need to grind the road with dry soil." When learning to ride a horse, he sang while climbing: "Climb once, hang money, climb ten times, hang money ten times, it is not difficult to build a voluntary school." When begging, he sang, "I want a meal. You can do good deeds and have a look."

Wu Xun used his savings from begging in Liulin to build the "School of Advocacy for the Immortals", and in the 18th year of Guangxu (1892), he bought the homestead of Shi Yu Lane in Linqing with 400 taels of silver. Four years later, he built the "School of Justice in Shi Yu Lane in Linqing", which was officially opened in the 22nd year of Guangxu (1896). Every time school starts, Wu Xun kowtows to the teacher and worships all the children. Prepare a banquet and invite the county gentry to entertain the teacher. I stood outside the door, ate some leftovers after the banquet, and never sat with the teacher. Those who are not diligent in teaching, or those who have children who are not diligent in learning, can't afford to kneel, prompting teachers and students to be diligent in teaching.

Zhang Yao, the governor of Shandong Province, heard about Wu Xun's righteous act, so he summoned him, ordered him to be exempted from his silver and corvee, and donated 220 silver to support his righteous act. He also asked the court to grant him the title of "righteous man" and put him in a yellow jacket. Since then, his reputation has increased day by day, and many counties and towns around him have addressed him as "Wushan man". Tangyi county magistrate advised him to get married in order to spend his old age safely. Hearing this, he sang: "Life is seventy years old and rare. 53 years old, never married. Relatives and friends were all broken and died of a righteous disease. "

Wu Xun worked hard all his life and was very frugal with himself. Finally, in the 22nd year of Guangxu (1896), he died with a smile on April 23rd. At the age of 59, he was buried in Chongxian Yixuedong, Tangyi.

After learning of Wu Xun's death, Yuan Shuxun, the governor of Shandong Province, ordered the court to declare his life to the National History Museum and incorporate it into the Zhong Yi Temple. During the Republic of China, Zhao, commander and Commissioner of the militia, built a military training memorial hall near Linqing Jinde Branch (now in the park). General Feng Yuxiang wrote "The Biography of Mr. Wu Xun, a Wonder Beggar through the Ages". On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the birth of Wu Xun/KLOC-0, Linqing City built a memorial hall for Wu Xun in experimental primary school (formerly Yishu in Yushixiang) to commemorate his begging spirit of running a school.