公为理堂公次子,生于嘉庆十八年癸酉,与伯祖晓瀛公同受庭训,诵习最勤。兄弟先后皆人上庠,给优廪。书法韶秀,嘉道风气,字法钟王,公揣摩精熟,期望科第綦切。年二十四,考取陪拔,终以不得上第为憾。随宦湖南时,得与城南岳麓书院文会,因与湘中宿学之士游,讲求经世之学,改试北闱,屡踬场屋,晓瀛公又早逝,遂郁郁不自得。公以儒修自厉,不屑与庸俗周旋,秉性和易,更不事家人生产,凡酬世接物,皆祖妣刘太夫人任之。刘太夫人母家丰于资,性豪爽疏财,自奉理堂公丧回黔后,施于族戚无吝,以是家中落,渐有忧生之 The public is the second son of Li Tung, was born in Jiaqing eighteen years Gui unitary, with the public court with the ancestors Xiao Zhu Ying, chanting the most diligent. Brothers have all been on the 庠, to excellent 廪. Calligraphy Shaoxiu, Kadoorien ethos, calligraphy, king, public speculation and mature, hope Section cut. Year Twenty-four, to obtain a companion, finally not on the first regret. With Huan Hunan, had with the Southern City Yuelu College Wenhui, because with the Hunan-based scholar tour, emphasis on the study of the world, to change the Beibei, Duoqianchangwu, Xiao Ying Gong and young, then unhappy . Public Confucianism self-righteousness, disdain and vulgar treatment, nature and easy, not to mention family members, all pay for the world, all ancestral 妣 Mrs. Liu too. Mrs. Liu too mother Fu Feng in the capital, generous bold Shuzai, since the Buddhism foolishly returned to Guizhou, applied to the family Qi no expense, so the family falling, gradually sad