明朝初年,湖广省(辖今天湖北、湖南两省)安化县新任知县海源善走马上任,他清廉务实,体恤民情,尤其是“以熟麂皮为鞭,使民知愧而已”的故事在历史上传为佳话。他在任期间,安化县政风、民风为之一振。本文初步考证出海源善出身于元代官员海鲁丁家族,其父是宁夏孟塬海氏始祖海宁,祖籍系波斯。
In the early Ming Dynasty,Hai Yuanshan,the new magistrate of Anhua county goes to take office in Huguang province which has jurisdiction over today's Hubei and Hunan province.He was honest and upright,and showed solicitude for the people.Especially the story “using the chamois leather to make people ashamed” becomes a favourite tale in history.During his tenure,the politics and morals of Anhua county were greatly developed.In this paper,a preliminary research result is founded that Hai Yuanshan comes from the family of Hai Luding who is an official of Yuan Dynasty.His father Hai Ning,from Meng Yuan,Ningxia,is the ancestor of the surname of Hai,and Persia is his ancestral home.