Tomb of Fu Gang

Tomb of Fu Gang

The Tomb of Fu Gang is a cultural tourism attraction.

Tomb of Fu Gang

Fu Gang (1602–1687), styled Yunchang, was a native of Duyun. During the late Ming Dynasty (1639–1644), in the Chongzhen era, he successively served as an Assistant Minister of Personnel, an Observer at the Court of Judicial Review, a Grand Master of Splendid Happiness, Minister of War, Minister of Rites, and Grand Secretary of the Wenyuan Pavilion. After the Qing army entered the Central Plains, Fu Gang returned to his hometown Duyun, where he engaged in teaching, historical research, and the compilation of local gazetteers. He passed away in 1687 during the 16th year of the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty and was buried at the foot of Qixing Mountain, north of the city.

Fu Gang, styled Yunchang, was a native of Duyun Guard in Guizhou during the Ming Dynasty and belonged to the Buyi ethnic group.

In the 6th year of the Chongzhen reign (1633) of Emperor Sizong of Ming, Fu Gang passed the imperial examination as a Juren (recommended man), and in the 7th year (1634) became a Jinshi (presented scholar). He was appointed Assistant Minister of Personnel, an Observer at the Court of Judicial Review, a Grand Master of Splendid Happiness, Minister of War, Minister of Rites, and eventually Grand Secretary of the Wenyuan Pavilion. He is historically referred to as "Fu the Grand Secretary."

In 1644, when Li Zicheng’s peasant rebellion army captured Beijing and Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty hanged himself on Jing Hill, Fu Gang returned to his hometown Duyun after Wu Sangui invited the Qing army into the Central Plains. Later, he followed Emperor Yongli Zhu Youlang, traveling through Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou to organize resistance against the Qing... More details about Fu Gang++