清朝冀州廉吏张廷湘的历史贡献

The Historical Contribution of Zhang Tingxiang, Jizhou Incorruptible Government Official in the Qing Dynasty

张廷湘,字楚航,冀州张家庄人(现冀州市徐家庄乡西张家庄人)。清光绪年间,为实现知州吴汝纶兴复信都书院的计划,多方筹款,使信都书院成为"畿辅冠"。并顺应社会变革兴办新式"冀州中学堂"和初等小学堂。庚子事变后,对知州贪官侵用信都书院学款,他不畏权势,屡次上诉,使贪官尽还所侵。在西方列强大兵压境的紧急关头,他以超群的胆识,临危不惧,火速奔赴前线,舌战敌魁,从而避免了冀州历史上一场兵戈之灾。在他主持"吴公渠"的开凿疏浚工程中,不顾寒暑,鞠躬尽瘁。他佐政30余年,经他手公款数万金,从不贪一文。

Zhang Tingxiang, who was styled Chuhang, was born in Zhangjiazhuang, Jizhou city. During Guangxu period of the Qing dynasty, in order to realize the plan of recovering Xindu College, which was actually the magistrate Wu Rulun’s idea, he raised fund in every way and eventually made it the best college in Zhili province. And he also established the new-typed Jizhou middle school and Jizhou primary school to go with the social reform. After the Geng Chen incident, he lodged several appeals about the corruptible government officials’ embezzling the fund of Xindu College, and made them turn it all back. In the critical moment of western powers’ invasion, he, who was extremely courageous and fearless in the face of peril, rushed to the front and negotiated with enemies successfully to avoid the disaster of war. He devoted himself to the digging and dredging Wugong Canal in spite of cold and heat. In the 30 years when he assisted the emperor, although he handled thousands of gold, he never embezzled a single coin.