The Eight Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties are the combined names of the eight essayists of the Tang Dynasty Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan and su Shi, Su Xun, Su Rui, Wang Anshi, Zeng Gong, and Ouyang Xiu of the Song Dynasty.
The new wave of the ancient Cultural Revolution set off by Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Ouyang Xiu and Su Shi successively made the old appearance of the development of poetry take on a new look.
Eight people of the Tang and Song Dynasties, eight of them, all of them have experienced vicissitudes and ups and downs several times, but they are not inhibited, wild and wild, cynical or not, they have each lived out their true selves.
Han Yu: Reading, writing, and maintaining discipline
Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan were both advocates of the Tang Dynasty Ancient Literature Movement, advocating learning the prose language of the pre-Qin and Han dynasties, breaking through the gaps, and expanding the expressive function of the wen and yan.
The gentleman of the ancients also weighed heavily on himself, and treated people lightly. Heavy on the week, so not sluggish; light on the covenant, so the people are happy for good.
- "Original Destruction"
A true gentleman must be strict with himself and lenient with others, demanding that he be strict and comprehensive, and treating others with tolerance and simplicity. Be strict with yourself, and there will be no slackness. Be tolerant and simple to others, and others are willing to do good deeds and good deeds.
Karma is good at being diligent and absurd, and doing is destroyed by thinking and destroying.
- "Advanced Learning Solution"
School is specialized by diligence, abandoned by play; virtue is accomplished by independent thinking, corrupted by conformity.
There is no nobility, no low, no length, no less, the existence of the Tao, the existence of the teacher.
- "The Master Says"
Whoever has the ambition to be young is not high, the knowledge is not distinguished between the noble and the low, and whoever masters the real knowledge should be respected, and everyone should learn from him.
Rather than having a reputation in the front, if it is not destroyed after it, if it is happy with the period, it is better to be carefree than its heart.
- "SendIng Li Wish to Return to pangu"
Rather than being praised in person and gaining power, it is better not to be slandered behind your back and when you lose power; instead of enjoying physical pleasure, it is better to be carefree in your heart.
Liu Zongyuan: Beauty is not self-beauty
Liu Zongyuan has nearly 100 articles, and the prose is strong in argumentation, sharp in pen, and poignant in irony. Travelogues write scenes, many sustenance.
Beauty is not self-beauty, but is manifested by people.
- "The Tale of Maoting of Ma Retreat Mountain in Yongzhou"
Beauty is embodied on the basis of man's understanding of things, and it varies from person to person, and without anyone's understanding, there is no such thing as beauty.
Those who choose the people of the world will be called to their offices, and those who live in the world will be at peace with their work.
- "The Legend of Zi Ren"
To select the world's most talented non-commissioned officers as officials and to enable them to fit their posts; to enable all the people of the world to live in peace, and to enable them to feel at ease in their lives and work.
It is better to die for smell than to live for nothing.
——" Wen Qi by Li Jifu Xianggong of Shangyang Prefecture
It is better to die than to live silently all your life.
Ning Zheng is the heart, and the evil is not afraid.
- "The First Emperor of the Imperial Household"
To be a man is to maintain a righteous nature, a firm discipline, jealousy and hatred, and fearlessness.
Ouyang Xiu: Calm down in everything
Ouyang Xiu was a drunkard and a late June 1 resident, an outstanding writer and historian of the Northern Song Dynasty. He led the Northern Song Dynasty Poetry Reform Movement.
Jade is not a tool, it is not a tool; people do not learn, they do not know.
- "The Doctrine of Teaching"
People must be carved and polished in order to make a difference, people's habits are the most susceptible to the external material environment, if you can not always temper yourself, improve the cultivation of knowledge and moral connotation, you will give up the gentleman and become a villain.
Gentlemen and gentlemen take the same way as friends, and villains and villains take the same profit as friends.
- "The Theory of Partisans"
"Things are clustered in groups, and people are grouped." Gentlemen and gentlemen become friends on the premise of like-mindedness, and villains and villains become friends because of the same selfish interests.
Misfortunes often accumulate in the slightest, while wisdom and courage are mostly trapped in drowning.
- "The Preface to the Biography of lingguan"
People often fail to do things because they don't pay attention to details, and smart and brave people are mostly forced into trouble by the people or things he dots on.
Su Shi: Make life a dashing life
Su Shi was a famous writer, calligrapher and painter of the Northern Song Dynasty. Su Shi's prose was on a par with Ouyang Xiu and Wang Anshi in the Song Dynasty.
There are great brave people in the world, who come without being alarmed, and without anger without reason. The people they support are very big, and their ambitions are far-reaching.
- "The Theory of Staying behind"
People who really have great courage in the world, events are sudden and not alarmed, and they are insulted and not angry for no reason, because their ambitions are very big, their ambitions are far-reaching, and they do not give up the boundless scenery because of the shade of a leaf in front of them.
The so-called heroes of the ancients will have a festival of excellence.
There are many kinds of courage, this is the realm of being a person, how many people can really do the heart like stopping water, Taishan collapsed in front of the color and the color did not change?
Those who have established great things in the past will not only have supernatural talents, but also have the will to persevere.
——Su Shi's "TheOry of Chaotic Error"
Those who have been able to achieve great deeds since ancient times must not only have extraordinary talents, but also have the courage to face problems and solve problems and the will to persevere.
Sending ephemera to heaven and earth, a millet in the sea.
- Su Shi, "Former Chibi Fu"
Like an ephemera, it places its short life between heaven and earth, as small as a grain of rice in the sea. In the bustling world, everyone is just a passer-by, coming and going in a hurry, as small as an ant.
Su Xun: For the sake of the way, we should first cure the heart
Su Xun is the father of Su Shi Su Rui, who is good at prose, especially good at political theory, clear in discussion, and strong in writing.
Thinking is obtained, so its words are deep; when it is felt, it is cut to its words; and it is obtained when it is touched, so its words are easy.
- "On the Metaphysical Theory"
Speaking must be through thinking, through feelings, through practical contact, in order to be easy for people to accept, otherwise it is exaggerated and empty, and it will be laughed and generous.
Intentions are positive, one vibration and group program; intentions are deceitful, hundreds of supplements and thousands of holes are defeated.
- "Use Room"
Putting one's mind into justice, shaking one's arms and shouting is like a program of day and day, and responding a lot; spending one's mind on fraud is like filling in a hundred loopholes and thousands of loopholes.
For the sake of the way, first cure the heart. Tarzan collapses in front of the same color, elk is happy on the left and does not look at the moment, and then it can control the interests and harms, and can wait for the enemy.
- "The Art of the Heart"
To be a general, you must first temper your mind, Tarzan collapses in front of his eyes but his face does not change, and the elk suddenly appears around but his eyes do not blink. Calm and self-assured in case of trouble, not affected by the outside world. Only then can you have a clear mind, analyze the pros and cons, and fight against the enemy.
Knowing everything, saying everything, a hundred people's reputation is not encrypted, and a hundred people are destroyed without neglect.
- "Far-sighted"
Tell each other everything you know and be extremely honest with each other. Many people praise him, and they will not be more intimate with him because of the introduction, many people will denigrate him, and they will not alienate him because of this.
Su Rui: Everything is looked down upon, and every inch of the heart will be at peace
Su Ruizi was called "Three Sus" along with his father Su Xun and brother Su Shi.
Thinking that the qi of the writer is in the form, but the text cannot be learned but can be, and the qi can be cultivated.
——Su Rui,"Book of Shangshu Secret Han Taiwei"
Qi can be obtained through cultivation, Su Rui directly said that the article is the tangible embodiment of the author's qi, so if the qi is well cultivated, the article will naturally become.
If there is a text that can push the heart of sincerity and continue to be kept, then the heavens and the earth can move, and the golden stone can be moved.
- "Three Treatises on the Separation of Evil and Good"
Writing articles with great sincerity and diligence can move the world and change things that are as solid as gold and stone.
Wang Anshi: Infinite scenery in the dangerous peak
Wang Anshi has outstanding achievements in literature. His prose arguments are clear, logical and rigorous, and very convincing.
The wonders, wonders, and extraordinary views of the world often lie in the dangers and distances, and the places of people are rare, so those who do not have lofty ideals cannot reach it.
- "Journey to the Zen Mountains"
The wonderful, majestic, rare and peculiar landscapes of the world are often in places where there are treacherous, remote, and rarely visited, so people without will cannot reach them.
Think before you go, choose when you say.
- "Renzhi"
After thinking and acting, blindness will be reduced and mistakes will be reduced; after choosing to speak again, it will remove arbitrariness and rashness, and avoid gaffes.
The water of the bad cliff and the rock is originally trickling; the wood of the dry clouds and the sun, starting from the green onions.
- "Customs"
The water that damaged the rock walls of the cliffs came from that trickle. Trees shaded by clouds grow from green seedlings. The of a thousand miles, collapsed in the ant nest, the truth of preventing micro-gradually is self-evident.
Zeng Gong: Be a serious person and do serious things
As soon as the article written by Zeng Gong came out, it was taken and copied, and in less than a month it was circulated all over the world, and the readers copied and recited by hand, lest they fall behind others. He always has a straight face, and he speaks unceremoniously, very particularly, very seriously.
And the deeds of man are good and wrong, intentional and adulterous, good and hanging together but can not be really pointed, there is more truth than name, and there is fame and luxury. Judas employs people, not animal morality, can evil be discerned and not confused? If you are not confused, you are fair and righteous.
—— "Sending Ouyang Sheren Book"
People's character is different, not related to appearance, not related to reputation. Only those who cultivate virtue in their hearts can not be confused, not bend the law for personal gain, and truly be impartial and truthful.
There are many people who can be worried about the affairs of the world, and the troubles of the world are greater than the fact that people cannot speak or refuse to speak, and even those who dare not speak.
- "The Book of Sealing with Sun Si"
There are many things in the world that are worrying. But the most worrying thing is that people can't talk and won't talk, and some don't even dare to talk bigger.
The book of Xizhi is good in the evening, then it can be done, and the cover is also self-sufficient with energy, not Tianchengye. Then those who have not been able to reach it in the world, how can they not learn as well as others? Then learning can be less.
- "The Ink Pond"
Wang Xizhi relied on his diligent practice and achieved great success in calligraphy in his later years. What the future generations are inferior to Wang Xizhi is not as talented as him, but because the work is inferior to Wang Xizhi.
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