At the age of thirteen, Yao Sui met Xu Heng, a famous scholar of the Yuan Dynasty who came to visit Yao Shu, in Sumenshan (now huixian city, Henan). At the age of eighteen, he formally took Xu Heng as his teacher and studied Neo-Confucianism in Chang 'an. Historically, Xu Heng was good at teaching. "Although his words were warm and warm, he was afraid of hurting the boy." He can also teach students in accordance with their aptitude and guide them according to the situation. Yao Sui learned a lot from Xu Heng, plus he studied hard and made rapid progress. It can be said that under the influence of Xu Heng and others, Yao Sui mainly appeared as a Neo-Confucianism in his early days, which had a significant impact on his later growth as a writer. Neo-Confucianism in Yao Sui's literary thoughts has a great relationship with Xu Heng, which also influenced his creation.
At the age of twenty-four, Yao Sui "began to read Korean" and was deeply attracted by his tough style of writing, which made him even more dissatisfied with the style of inheriting, living in Song Dynasty and Shanghai Soviet Union, and drifted to a slippery style of writing. He is determined to find a way to change his writing style through his own practice.
In the eighth year of Yuan Dynasty (127 1), Xu Heng resigned from Zuocheng, a national scholar, and was transferred to a university in Jixian County to offer wine to the nation. He founded the school and chose Mongolian disciples to teach him. He called twelve disciples to be Bandu, and they were appointed leaders of Lent. Sui Yao is one of them, so he was recruited to Dadu. 12 years, Sui Yao was appointed as Qin Gong Literature, and he embarked on his official career. In the following five years, he went with the Yuan Army to collect people, set up schools, and tried to heal the wounds left by the Yuan and Song wars. These five years left a deep impression on him: "In five years, three people went to Shu, and ten diseases and nine returned to Qin." This poem is full of infinite nostalgia. In the 17th year of Yuan Dynasty, Sui Yao, except the assistant to the governor of Hanzhong Road, Shaanxi Province, "released all those who committed innocent mistakes and brought trouble to prison" and "made people obey their clear decisions". In the last three years, he was transferred to Shannan Hubei Road as an assistant inspector. The following year, he worked in Lizhou, helping the people in disaster relief, promoting advantages and eliminating disadvantages, and being "diligent". His career experience made him see the corruption and darkness of bureaucrats at that time, and also made him realize the great damage caused by the war to society and deeply realized the plight of the people at that time.
In the summer of the 23rd year of Zhiyuan (1286), the imperial court called him the Hanlin. Since then, he has intermittently served as a senior minister, a bachelor of Hanlin, an inexpensive envoy stationed in Jiangdong and a political representative of Jiangxi Province, all of whom are famous for their due diligence. In the winter of the eleventh year of Dade (1307), Yao Sui ushered in the biggest and last turning point in his life: the Yuan Dynasty imitated the stories of four outstanding men in the Han Dynasty, and used Yao Sui as a doctor in Rong Lu, a scholar in Jixian County and a scholar in Hanlin, and studied the history of China, majoring in Records of Emperor Chengzong and Records of Wu Zong. In the literary world, it lasted for a long time and reached this lofty position. At that time, the literati praised his historical writing, and all the literary celebrities who visited Yao's library (such as Yan Fu, Shang Ye, Wu Cheng, Deng, Yuan Mingshan, etc.) praised him as a leader. ), and the people who followed him to learn ancient Chinese also gathered in the shadows (such as Zhang, Guan Yunshi, Li Yi, Xie Duan). In his fourth year of senior year (13 1 1), he finally compiled the Record of Wu Zong and Cheng Zong. Shortly after entering the customs, Sui Yao had to report to the south. In the second year of Guangxu reign in Qing dynasty (13 13), he died at home at the age of 76.
In addition to politics, like the ancient traditional literati, Yao Xiang also likes to travel around the mountains and waters. He said in "Don't Determine the Revision Order": "From the Jing Xian Calendar to now, I have been looking forward to twenty-four strings. One-third of them live in the government, and two-thirds live on land and water boats and horses in Lixia, Guangxi and Ding in seven counties of five States. The mountains and rivers are strange and steep, and the talent standard is unique and unique. It is really rich in the heart. " In the book "Creation of the General Affairs Office of Ningguo Road in Shengyuan", he added: "Sishi's life is mixed with joy and sorrow, which is also a rare one in a thousand years. The shape of the country wins, the customs are slightly evil, and the folk customs fall. "Yao Yisheng moved north and south several times and traveled to China several times. Today there are Changsha, Wuchang, Longxing, Jiujiang, Peng Li, Tongling, Hukou, Yueyang, Jinling, Hangzhou, Jingde, Jiangzhou, Huiji, Wucheng and Yangzhou, among which he has been to Wuchang, Longxing and Wucheng many times. Beautiful landscapes and colorful folk customs not only broadened his horizons, enriched his social experience, but also cultivated his sentiment and character. Yao sui left a lot of literary works during his travels, which also brought folk color to his Sanqu poems.
Yao sui was born in a noble family and studied under Confucianism. This environment, coupled with his nature and talent, made him arrogant and developed a heroic, honest and frank character. He admired Li Yong, a great writer and calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, who was "famous all over the world and full of heroic spirit". In yuan dynasty history, he was recorded as "relying on talents, but despising Zhao Mengfu and the good generation in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties".
At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, Wang and his son in Shenyang, North Korea, even married into the emperor's mansion and took wealth as courtiers, which moved many ministers. On New Year's Eve, Yao Sui became a bachelor of Hanlin and became a famous scholar in Beijing. At that time, many literati were seeking literature with things. "Those who are not good are ashamed." The arty Shenyang Wang and his son also presented Yao Yaoshi with treasures. Yao Xiang despised the greed and failure of courtiers at that time, and looked down on the behavior of Shenyang Wang and his son who only served goods and paid bribes. This eventually led to the court's decision, and he managed to write a composition. Shenyang Wang and his son were very happy after receiving the article, and immediately presented coins, silks, jade articles and famous paintings, up to 50 baskets. Yao Aiping likes collecting antiques and famous paintings very much, but this time he immediately distributed them to officials, officials and attendants, leaving gold and silver for the Hanlin Academy to pay for, but he didn't take them at all. Some people don't understand. He said, "As a small country, Belgium's goods and interests are the most important. I can handle it lightly and let us know that big countries are not equal. " It fully embodies the consciousness and demeanor of a courtier of a big country. Later historians praised his "heroic knowledge"
In order to rule, Mongolian aristocratic rulers adopted a preferential and inclusive policy towards various religions. In the early Yuan Dynasty, Buddhism and Taoism were quite popular. At that time, there were many Taoist temples in the north, and the sects developed rapidly, especially many famous schools appeared. In such a social environment, Yao Sui was ordered to write inscriptions for Buddhist temples, but he often publicly declared himself a Confucian in his articles. Writing an inscription is really a last resort: "A person who studies Confucianism doesn't know that this is the words of a Buddhist", "He was born in Zhou Kongshu, and his son is unique and in vain." How dare you know without looking? But I was forced by the emperor's orders, and I didn't dare to mention it. I just said a word from Abel Tamata. "Consciously draw a line with Buddhism. Not only that, he also took this opportunity to criticize the situation of Buddhism flooding, numerous temples and monks in the Yuan Dynasty, such as rebuilding the Nanquan Mountain Flower Sting Temple Monument and storing palaces for longxing temple Yongyechang, showing extraordinary courage and courage. Finally, at the age of seventy-four, there was an incident of "grinding the monument". In this year, he was ordered by Yuan Wuzong to write the Monument to Chongen Fuyuan Temple, which contained the words "May you be blessed with the former saints and how to lean on the Buddha". At that time, some monks thought that "all laws" were insults to family members, and "strictness" was an interrogative word, indicating negation. They were very angry about this and complained to the Queen Mother. After this incident, Li Zongshi and others argued to avoid being investigated, but the inscription was erased and transferred to others. It is inevitable that you are talented but still have your own personality, honest, frank, indomitable and dare to take the world by storm. This is probably one of the reasons why he often resigns soon after taking office.
As a literary giant, Yao's personality is romantic and free and easy, which conforms to the social fashion of Yuan Dynasty. On top of the banquet, wine is refreshing and poetry is rewarded. He is quite free and easy, showing his romantic personality. Influenced by secularism and debauchery, Yao Sui often goes in and out of Chu Museum and lives as a prostitute. Judging from the available information, Yao's contacts are mostly famous prostitutes. The Collection of Brothels contains anecdotes that he and Yan Fu often drink and play at Haizi's home. The prostitute's name is Zhang, who "can write poems and laugh harmoniously". There are many records in the existing works, such as Langtaosha, To the Slave of Chongyang, Sanqu (Yuediao) and Pinglan Xia. When Yao Sui is in a high position and feasts with his colleagues, there are naturally scenes of geisha drinking. In some poems, he also wrote this point, showing his free and easy personality. In the communication with geisha, Yao Sui sympathized with them, respected them, understood their unfortunate situation and complained for them. When he was a bachelor of Hanlin, he happened to meet a beautiful and refined geisha at a banquet, playing Nanyin. Yao Sui called her to the table and asked her repeatedly. Finally, she learned that she was a descendant of Zhen and was sold into a prostitute's house because her father was unable to repay the public debt, so she sent someone to ask the Prime Minister to settle down for her. Later, he betrothed her as his own daughter to a historian he was familiar with. This matter was spread as a major event in the capital, and Que of Jiaxing County wrote more than 300 poems for it. The record of dropping out of farming recorded the whole thing in the name of "Yutang married a prostitute"