In the history of our country, many outstanding talents have emerged, who have made remarkable achievements in their respective fields and become a bright page of Chinese culture, and people often give them high praise. For example, Wang Xizhi, the author of the "Orchid Pavilion Collection", is called "Shusheng", Wu Daozi, who is famous for painting, is called "Painting Sage", and Sima Qian, who writes "the masterpiece of shijia, the departure of no rhyme", is called "shisheng".
So, what other figures in the history of our country can be called "saints"?
In the thousands of years of history, xu who can first be called a saint is the legendary "wine saint" Du Kang. People lived in daily fireworks, and the wealth, rice, oil and salt in life were all put into wine, and the Shang and Zhou Dynasties had become part of the aristocratic life. When he arrived at Cao Cao, he simply had the miraculous effect of healing the spirit. The sigh of "how to relieve worries, only Du Kang" is still talked about by people today.
And who is Du Kang? Regarding his identity, some say that he is a minister of the Yellow Emperor, and some say that he is the monarch of the Xia Dynasty.
Some people believe that Du Kang was responsible for managing grain during the Yellow Emperor, and he found that the surplus grain was stored in a cave, slowly decaying to produce a liquid, and since then, he has invented wine. However, the "Commentary on the Interpretation of Words" says: "The ancient Shaokang first made a ji, a broom, and a straw wine." ShaoKang, Du Kang also. ”
Because of winemaking, Ducan is known as "Dionysus".
In the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius advocated benevolence, righteousness, and etiquette, promoted the indoctrination of virtue, and advocated the people-oriented, and was praised by later generations as "the most holy" and "wensheng". After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty proposed the deposing of the Hundred Families and the exclusive respect of Confucianism, Confucianism influenced future generations for more than two thousand years.
Confucius's three thousand disciples and seventy-two sages can be seen in their influence. The key is that Confucius theory was later highly respected and continuously developed, and famous figures such as "Fusheng" Yan Hui "Zongsheng", "Zengzi" and "Yasheng" Mencius appeared. They continued to build on the teachings of Confucius and develop Confucianism.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the "medical saint" Hua Tuo appeared. In that era of low productivity, Hua Tuo brought a touch of warmth to the cold and chaotic world. He invented craniotomy, traveled in all directions, and saved the world. Comparable to him is Zhang Zhongjing, the author of "On Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases", who established the basic theoretical system of Traditional Chinese medicine from the aspects of medicine and pharmacy, and was known as "Jian'an Divine Doctor" and "Nanyang Five Saints".
Also living in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there is Guan Yu, who is revered by the world as a "martial saint", is a well-known figure, and his story is well known to women and children. He guarded Jingxiang, and the Northern Expedition made Cao Cao move to move the capital, behead yan Liang in the midst of the ten thousand armies, and establish a great name. Even in the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu is portrayed as a hero who is loyal and perfect.
The Tang Dynasty was strong in national strength, all kinds of heroes showed their skills, and talents in various fields sprung up like mushrooms. Du Fu pays attention to the life at the bottom, perceives the wind and rain of the times, and lyrically describes the state of reality, and his works are full of feelings of worry about the country and the people, and are praised by posterity as "poetic saints".
Also in the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Xu, who liked to drink alcohol and was good at cursive writing, was an important figure in the history of calligraphy art. In the eyes of Tang Wenzong Li Ang, Zhang Xu's cursive writing is unparalleled in the world, and it has become the "three absolutes" with Li Bai's poetry and Pei Min's sword dance. Because of his extraordinary achievements in the field of cursive writing, Zhang Xu was called "Grass Sage" by posterity.
Tea originated in China and has long been loved by people around the world. The world's first monograph on tea, the Tea Classic, was written by the Tang Dynasty tea scholar Lu Yu. Lu Yu has devoted his life to the study of tea, from tea planting, to picking and processing, to appreciating taste and tasting, he is a big winner in the industry. Therefore, posterity honored him as a "tea saint".
"It is a good scenery in Jiangnan, and the flowers fall at the right time." This is a famous sentence written by Du Fu when he met the former court musician Li Guinian in Jiangnan. In fact, Wang Wei's famous poem "Red beans are born in the southern country, and a few branches are sent in the spring." May the king pick more, this thing is the most acacia" is also written to Li Guinian. As a musician who was once loved by Tang Xuanzong Li Longji, Li Guinian was widely recognized and loved. Because of his proficiency in musical rhythm and exquisite skills, he was revered by posterity as "Le Sheng".
Ouyang Xiu, who wrote "The Tale of drunken Weng Ting" and "Oil Seller", was called "Wensheng"; Su Shi, who wrote "Nian Nu Jiao • Chibi Huaigu" and "Water Tune Song Head • When the Bright Moon Is There", was called "Word Sage"; Guan Hanqing, who composed "Dou E'er", was called "Qu Sheng".
The "saint" is not a myth or a god-man, he represents a height, an identity, an emotion.
(Invited Author of Ancient and Modern Affairs Platform)