The concept of "literature" was formally determined in the Selected Works of Zhaoming. It is the meaning of the humanities and the canonical system.
The first to be proposed is the Analects. Confucius's Ten Gate Disciples belong to the four gate categories, which posterity calls "Four Branches and Ten Philosophies". They are: virtue, speech, political affairs and literature. The representative disciples of his Chinese study class are Ziyou and Zixia.
But at that time, literature focused not on literary style, but on smoothness, which meant that it was not expressed clearly, and whether logic could withstand scrutiny. The main thing is to value practicality, that is, a tool for communication.
In the era of Xiao Tong, it was only when the literary style, or the artistry of the text, was brought into full play.
This must start from the background of Xiao Tong's era. At that time, the literati's ability to manipulate words was much stronger than in Confucius's time.
Speaking of this, Xiao Tong has a very powerful concept, he put forward the law of "turning the fine after the out", the yangtze river after the wave pushes the front wave, and the generation is stronger than the generation. This is really precious, because the ancient times are thick and thin, more than three generations are holy kings, good at lamenting that the world's style and the people's hearts are not ancient, it is very remarkable to have this insight, and many people behind Xiao Tong can't do it.
Including now, every time I see how pure the previous love of the screen is, how the previous woman is how to be patient C. No, hard-working and hard-working, the previous marriage does not talk about money, the previous carriage is very slow in life only enough to love one person, I want to say can you not want people to take it for granted, find the previous research report data analysis is difficult? Is it difficult to ask the living people who have experienced it? The human brain is inherently greedy and greedy, and it is worthy of reincarnating a humanoid diode that does not use its brain and only moves its mouth?
In the Xiao Unification era, the development of the era was much more advanced than that of Confucius, on the other hand, the Confucians had not yet formed a strong imprisonment on thought, and people were not yet harshly demanded to "carry the Tao with the tao".
Xiao Tong's father, Xiao Yan, was the Buddhist Daxing Buddhist Temple, who advocated buddhism in the "Four Hundred and Eighty Temples of the Southern Dynasty, and how many buildings were in the smoke and rain", and sacrificed himself to enter the temple to raise money for the monks and ministers to redeem. His old man was keen on this and would not be keen on the Confucian idea of confinement.
Because of the freedom of thought, the artistry of the text is freely exerted.
Xiao Tong's criteria for selecting and compiling the "Anthology" are one: beauty.
For example, in the Nineteen Ancient Poems selected, there are ideas that are completely inconsistent with Confucian norms but have beautiful words.
The first few sentences are very beautiful, but there is no amount of information, so I will not quote it. Concluding sentences:
Once a pro-family woman, now a. To say that a retired actress in the acting industry, (advocating ancient literary and artistic workers, now stars these are these) married a husband who is out of the house and has not returned, (the prodigal son is a wanderer), lonely spring girl is not happy. So "the prodigal son will not return, and it is difficult to stay alone in the empty bed." "Does Confucianism seem shocking? Even in our modern times, long-distance couples are not a reason to be alone in an empty bed, but modern times will condemn both husband and wife.
This poem does not conform to Confucianism, or even to the moral requirements of marriage now. But moral requirements are not necessarily exactly consistent with human nature.
You have to admit that to stay apart is anti-human and requires strict moral self-discipline to do so. After all, people who love each other just want to stay together, and this is human nature.
This beautifully spoken poem does not appear in Confucian classics, but it is included in the Anthology. It is inclusive enough to be the pinnacle of ancient anthologies.
Wang Guowei said: "Those who ignore it as obscene words and despise words are true to it", and he greatly admires the sense of truth. The poem is sincere and beautiful, and he says it is a good poem.
Moral standards are always changing, and in the past, women were required to be touched by someone and had to cut off their own to be a good woman, and now this kind of moral normal people will feel crazy.
But the beauty of words can stand the test of time.