Epitaph of Zongliang of Tengdai

Teng Jun's name is Zong Liang, and his name is Amethyst. 1988 In the spring, Dazhong Xiangfu and I took the entrance exam together and made friends with him. But he doesn't know much about him. After he worked in Weizhou, Lianzhou and Taizhou successively, when I was in Taizhou, I worked as a salt official in Taizhou (Xixi Town). I saw that Teng Jun was diligent in collecting books and writing articles after work, and liked (making friends with) guests. Also participated in the task of guarding the seawall with me. When the strong wind came, the tide rose that night, and the soldiers and the people were worried and ran away. Officials are too scared to stop. Only when Teng Jun's look remained unchanged, and he slowly talked about the interests of the seawall, did everyone's mood stabilize. I only know that Teng Jun must be an unusual person, and I like him from the bottom of my heart. Teng Jun left Hailing, got the opportunity to be interviewed by the emperor, and was admitted to a bachelor's college. Later, he was promoted to Cheng in the Temple. At that time, it was the time when Empress Su Ming did not return the power to the emperor in her later years. Teng Jun once commented bluntly. After Su Ming's death, the court promoted the people who dared to express their opinions at that time, recommended them to the right minister (Teng Jun), granted the left official position, and was promoted to the left minister. The western minorities invaded the frontier fortress, and the court was embarrassed about who would be the chief officer guarding the frontier. So he promoted Teng Jun to Yuan Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Punishment, and Jingzhou, and gave him a goldfish bag and a purple suit. Ge Huaimin lost the battle of Dingzhou, thieves invaded on a large scale, and all counties were frightened. Due to the lack of soldiers in Jingzhou, Teng Jun called thousands of farmers, put on military uniforms and boarded the city wall, and Jingzhou talents settled down. They also used gold, silver and wealth to recruit brave and agile people to scout day and night to understand the distance and situation of the enemy. Teng Jun, with a manuscript in his hand, reported to the counties two or three times a day, and the counties were very moved and admired. At that time, I served as the strategic deployment of the celebration road. It is said that Ge Huaimin lost the battle, and led the foreigners and the Han army into three roads to help the soldiers in Jingyuan. At that time, it was after the battle of Dingzhou, and the ice and snow were bitter for nearly ten days. The foot soldiers were depressed and timid. Teng Jun greeted them with beef wine, and the soldiers were in high spirits. In addition, most of the soldiers in Jingzhou died in Dingzhou, and Teng Jun registered all their names, listed them in Buddhist temples, and cried and sacrificed. They also comforted their wives and children to satisfy their ideas, and no one was homeless. When Teng Jun left Jingzhou, hundreds of wives and children of soldiers who died in battle gathered around the building where he lived to see him off. Everyone they saw shed tears.

It happened that it was not thrifty to impeach Teng Jun on Liang Jian's throne, so that Jingzhou Road used160,000 of the national treasury. It was not until the emperor sent a special envoy to inspect that Teng Jun just took office, and more than 1,000 Qiang leaders under the jurisdiction of various ministries came to see him, and they all paid nearly 3,000 yuan. This is probably an old practice. Liang Jian talked about this with the monthly salary of each army (3,000 yuan) and framed him with that figure. I served in the court and tried my best to defend him. Teng Zongliang was demoted to a higher official position, and still served as Tianzhangge, the state magistrate of Guo and the state magistrate of Yuezhou. Teng Jun knows his destiny and is willing to perform his duties, and all kinds of government affairs have been rectified. He was promoted to Suzhou, and soon became ill. He died one day in Tanghuang, Suzhou, at the age of 57.