明代名宦文林温州治绩述略

A Brief Account of WEN Lin’s Achievements in Wenzhou in the Ming Dynasty

明代长洲人文林两仕温州,任职期间以廉洁自守,体恤黎民,移风易俗,在德、行及事功上之表现,均堪称贤吏。其治绩主要表现在四个方面:一是较早注意到了乡约的社会教化功能,开始有意识地借助官方的力量在民间推广乡约,并以乡约来整合乡村社会,推行礼俗教化;二是针对当时温州“敬鬼好祀”的风俗,着手厘清境内的神祠、庙宇,并建立正祀以取代淫祀,引导民众的信仰取向;三是面对民间的“好讼”风气,决冤狱、理积案,并制定了一系列“息讼”的制度;四是在任期间重视民生,通过厘田定赋、兴修水利、革除陋习等举措纾解民困。

WEN Lin,born in Changzhou in the Ming dynasty,was an official in Wenzhou.During his tenure,he was honest and self-controlled,showed solicitude for people,and transformed social traditions.He could be called a virtuous official in terms of morality,behavior and contributions.His achievements were mainly manifested in the following four aspects:First,he noticed the social enlightenment function of the township covenant early,and began to consciously promote the township covenant among the people by the power of the government,and to use the township covenant to integrate the rural society and promote the etiquette and civilization.Second,for the custom of“sacrifice”in Wenzhou,he began to sort out the shrines and temples in the territory,and led the public to establish a correct belief orientation by establishing orthodox sacrifice to replace excessive sacrifice.Third,in the face of“pursuit of lawsuit”in the folk,he decided to go to the jail to right the injustices and sorted out the unsolved cases.He also formulated a series of“lawsuit quelling”systems.Fourth,he paid attention to people’s livelihood during his term of office,and alleviated the plight of people by dividing farmland,setting taxes,building water conservancy,and eliminating bad habits.