Li Bai and Du Fu are not among the eight great poets in Tang and Song Dynasties, because they are famous for their poems. Eight Great Writers in Tang and Song Dynasties, also known as "Eight Great Writers in Tang and Song Dynasties", are the eight great essayists in China, namely Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan in Tang Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu, Su Xun, Su Shi, Su Zhe, Wang Anshi and Ceng Gong in Song Dynasty. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, You Zhu compiled the articles of the above eight essayists into an Eight-part Essay Collection, from which the names of the eight great writers began. The Wenbian compiled by Tang Shunzhi in the middle of Ming Dynasty only took the articles of eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties, and all the articles of other writers were rejected. This has played a certain role in shaping and spreading the names of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties. Soon after, Mao Kun, who was highly respected, selected eight articles according to the compilation of Zhu and Tang, and compiled them into Notes of Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties, so the names of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties were decided.
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Li Bai, whose name is Taibai, is a violet layman and is praised as a "poetic fairy" by later generations. He is a great romantic poet. His representative works include Looking at Lushan Waterfall, it is hard to go, Difficult Road, Going to Wine, Liang and the First Imperial City, etc., which are well-known and well received.
Du Fu
Du Fu is a great realistic poet with the reputation of "Poet Saint". His poems are called the history of poetry. His representative works include Li Shihao, Li Xinan, Tongguan Li, Newly Married, Refugees and Resignation, which are collectively called "Three Officials".
the eight great prose masters of the Tang and Song dynasties
Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan
Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan are the only two great writers in the Tang Dynasty among the eight great writers in the Tang and Song Dynasties. Han Yu was a literary leader in the Tang Dynasty. Because of advocating the "ancient prose movement", he was respected by later generations as the head of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties. Instead, Han Yu made great achievements in literature, leaving us many famous works, such as Xue Jie, Shi Shuo, See Meng Dongye Preface and so on. At the same time, Han Yu is also a politician, and once served as assistant minister of Jinghe official department. During his tenure as an official, Han Yu was concerned about the people and wrote many articles reflecting their sufferings, such as On Hunger of the Famine, which made some dereliction of duty officials dissatisfied. They wrote to impeach Han Yu, which led to his demotion several times.
Liu Zongyuan's literary achievements are outstanding. He and Han Yu are also called "Liu Han". He left us many masterpieces, such as Drama, Jiang Xue and Fisherman. During the period, Liu Zongyuan was promoted to be the minister of rites because of the same political views as the Hanlin bachelor Wang, and participated in the Yongzheng political reform led by the Prime Minister Wang. Emperor Yongzhen's innovation achieved certain results, but before long, Tang Suzong was forced to abdicate and gave the throne to Prince Chunli, and Liu Zongyuan was also implicated and demoted.
Susan
"Three Sus" refers to Su Xun, Su Shi and Su Zhe. Su Xun is Su Shi's father and Su Zhe is Su Shi's younger brother. Among these three people, Su Shi's literary achievements are the highest. He was a famous writer, calligrapher and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty. Su Shi not only left us many excellent poems, such as Fu on the Red Wall and Nostalgia on Red Cliff, but also left us many exquisite paintings and calligraphy works.
Su Shi is a man with a sense of justice. He spoke for the people, opposed Wang Anshi's political reform, participated in party struggles, and was impeached and framed by his opponents, and was demoted several times in his life. In Wutai poetry case, Su Shi was almost beheaded by the court for his words.
Both Su Xun and Su Zhe have outstanding literary achievements, and Su Xun has written such works as Politics, Lun Heng and Jia Ji. Su Zhe wrote Luan Ji Cheng, Biography of Poems and A Brief History of Longchuan. Su Zhe is a great writer, but his literary achievements are not as good as his brother Su Shi's. At the same time, my personality is not as sharp as my brother's, so my career is relatively smooth. I have worked as an official like Shangshu Youcheng.
Wang Anshi, Ceng Gong, Ouyang Xiu
Wang Anshi was a great writer in the Song Dynasty, and he wrote Wang Linchuan Collection, Linchuan Collection and other works. At the same time, Wang Anshi is also a famous politician. During his tenure as prime minister, with the support of Song Shenzong, he promoted the reform of Ning, so as to change the status quo of the sinking of officials, soldiers and wealth in the Northern Song Dynasty. Although Wang Anshi's political reform improved the financial situation of Dasong, his political reform policies such as equal loss method and young crops method were like a double-edged sword, which not only helped farmers, but also hurt them, so his political reform was opposed by Sima Guang, Su Shi and others. Later, after the death of Song Shenzong, Sima Guang became the prime minister of the dynasty, and he immediately abolished the content of Wang Anshi's political reform.
Ouyang Xiu was a literary leader in the Song Dynasty, leaving behind works such as Ouyang Wenzhong's Public Collection. He is also a historian, specializing in history books such as New Tang Book and New Five Dynasties History. Ceng Gong was the weakest among the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties. He is a student of Ouyang Xiu. Ceng Gong and Su Shi took the imperial examination in the same year, when Ouyang Xiu was the examiner. Ouyang Xiu found a particularly good article, which he thought was written by his student Ceng Gong. In order to avoid suspicion, he was deliberately put in the second place. Afterwards, it was discovered that it was written by Su Shi, which caused Su Shi to miss the top prize. Ceng Gong and Su Shi were scholars in the same year, and he left us Yuan Feng Codex, Longping Collection and other works.