Synonyms are "Only Chu Youcai"
"Only Chu Youcai" is not "Only Chu Youcai". "Wei" is a modal particle, which is understood as "Chu Youcai".
The source comes from Zuo Zhuan's Twenty-six Years of Xianggong: "Jin Qing is not as good as Chu, and his doctors are wise, and they are all talented. Such as qizi and leather, from Chu to also. Although Chu has materials, Jin is practical. "
Wei, as an initial auxiliary word, is universal in ancient books, such as "Book Thai Oath", "Only for one year, the king of Wu attacked Yin."
[ Old archway of Hubei Gongyuan ]
Old archway of Hubei Gongyuan
In p>1655, Lin Tianqing went to Wuchang Fuxue (now west of Jiefang Road in Wuchang, north of Dacheng Road) to pay homage to the Confucius, and all the students told him that Wuchang Fuxue was the highest in rural schools in Hubei Province, but the school building was in disrepair. The students expressed their understanding of the country's temporary economic difficulties and were willing to donate their allowances to repair the school buildings. With the strong support of Lin Tianqing, the repair project was completed in two years. According to Hubei Tongzhi, after the completion of the new government school, Lin Tianqing wrote down the audience of the students two years ago, and issued a heartfelt sigh: "I am thoughtful and talented, and I am envious of myself." I am clear about the situation, and I have been the best in the past. After the dragon is full of enthusiasm, how can it be counted? " Since Lin Tianqing, Wuchang Fuxue's words that "the successor is the generation that has the repair" and attaches importance to the cultivation of "Chu Cai" are often found in Hubei local chronicles. In 1732, Governor Wang Shijun said that "Chu Cai has been in the world for a long time" and hoped that "Chu Cai will come forth in large numbers from now on".
There is another legend that Yuelu Academy is a famous association of "only Chu has materials and prospers in Si". This is a typical set of couplets. The first couplet "Only Chu is talented" comes from Zuo Zhuan's Twenty-six Years of Xianggong. The original sentence is: "Although Chu is talented, Jin is practical",
[ Yuelu Academy Couplet ]
The second couplet "Prosperity in Si" comes from The Analects of Confucius. Legend has it that during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, Yuan Mingyao, then the head of the mountain, went out to the upper part, while Zhang Zhongjie, a tribute student, went down to the lower part. "Wei" is a modal particle here. "Only Chu has materials, and it is prosperous in Si" means that "Chu has talents, and the talents here are the most prosperous".
However, since it is said to be "Chu Cai", it certainly originated from the State of Chu, and it should be closely related to Chu talents. "Only Chu has material" is transformed from "although Chu has material" and is extended because of its meaning. Although there is a word difference between "although" and "only", they are actually the same in content. They all say that Chu (the land) has material, which is in line with historical facts and logical laws, so it has become a conclusion.
Chu is an outstanding person. There are many talents, including political, military, economic, ideological, scientific, cultural and other fields, and there are a number of first-class talents, even world-class talents. Therefore, there are many and outstanding talents in Chu State, and their tastes are extremely high, so they can board the halls of talents in China and the world. The four people named by Cai Rensheng in the Twenty-six Years of Xianggong in Zuo Zhuan are just the materials used by Jin in the hegemony between Jin and Chu, far from representing the real materials of Chu. Here, there is a leak, so I might as well give some representative figures in various fields and make a brief introduction to see it.
politically and militarily, Chu has been on the battlefield for more than 8 years, and a large number of outstanding politicians and military strategists have emerged from the beginning to the end. For example, judging the situation, Zhou Wenwu became the founder of Chu who was respected as a teacher by three generations; Claiming to be the king, creating the county system, setting up the Lingyin and Chen Bing, they carried out a series of reforms, such as Xiong Tong (Chu Wuwang), Nanding Duying, and Beitong "going to the country" to counter Xiong Zi (Chu Wenwang) in the middle summer; Xiong Yun (Chu Chengwang), who came from behind to compete for hegemony with Qi Huangong, humiliated Song Xianggong and "strengthened the Chu Lord's Club" and ascended the hegemony of China after Qi Huangong; "Twenty-six years into the country, three thousand miles into the land" and "everything in the world is in Chu", and he became the Xiong Lv (Chu Zhuangwang), one of the famous "five tyrants" in the history of China in the Spring and Autumn Period; Insight into the situation, and make every effort to expand eastward, so that Chu can still enter Xiong Zhang (Chu Huiwang), one of the "seven heroes" in the Warring States period, with the majestic posture of being a great power; Boldly reuse the foreigner Wu Qi to preside over the political reform, "the south is not quite over, so there are Dongting and Cangwu", which makes the State of Chu rejuvenate and strengthen Xiong Yi (Chu mourns the king); From Suisi to Surabaya in the north, Bashu in the west, and wuyue in the east, Chu became a great country, Xiong Liangfu (Chu Xuanwang) and Xiong Shang (Chu Weiwang). These monarchs (kings) are all important figures in the history of China. They have made great contributions to the historical process of Chu and China, and to the integration and formation of the Chinese nation. Their achievements are immortal. They can be called geniuses and generalists, and they are a valuable legacy of the Chinese nation. Of course, under the administration of these monarchs (kings), there are also many talents who lead the country, such as Dou Ziwen, Sun Shuao and Ye Gongzi. Besides, there are three great talents who should be mentioned, namely, Wu Zixu, Fan Li and Reese. Wu Zixu, after the loyalty of Chu. Because King Chu Ping's stupor was unknown, Wu Zixu fled with a grievance, and later helped the State of Wu to attack Chu, thus committing a crime against his own nation. This is an indelible stain left by Wu Zixu's narrow-minded revenge psychology, which should be condemned. However, he helped the State of Wu to develop rapidly and become strong. From the general historical trend, it is conducive to the development of the southeast region and the reunification of the motherland. Moreover, he is also a strategist, and The Art of War is the crystallization of his military thoughts, of course, of Chu. Therefore, Wu Zixu is an influential politician and strategist in the history of China, and should be regarded as a good material of Chu. After Fan Li entered Vietnam, he first endured humiliation for Vietnam in Wu Zuoren for two years, then returned to Vietnam to help Gou Jian revive and finally destroyed Wu. After you're done, you'll retire from the torrent and "go into the sea" to do business until you die. He is also a thinker and financier, and a rare treasure of Chu. Li Si, a student of Xunzi, became an official in Qin after Chu Xuecheng. He offered Qin the strategy of destroying the six countries and unifying them, advocated abolishing enfeoffment, establishing counties, burning poems and books, seeking private studies, and ruling the country by law, and made great contributions to the reunification of Qin Wang Zheng (the first emperor). Although these three men were used by Wu, Yue and Qin, they all made great achievements in foreign countries, fully displayed their talents and made indelible contributions to the development and progress of Chinese history. They are all genuine "Chu materials" and must not be excluded from the Chu people.
In the field of economy and science, it is said that Zhu Rong, the ancestor of Chu, was a great scientist who watched the fire and gave time during the period of Three Emperors and Five Emperors. Sun Shuao, Su Yan, Gan Gong, Tang Muwei and others have made outstanding contributions in the fields of economy and science. Sun Shuao is not only a politician, but also a water conservancy expert and scientist. He initiated the Kubeichi Water Conservancy Project, first of all, built dikes and embankments for the great river, and formed an irrigation network in the south and north of Chu. "The beauty of heaven and earth will be celebrated, and the benefits of nine rivers will be reaped, so that the country will be enriched and the rich will be happy" (Sun Shuao Monument). He paid attention to science and technology, and when he built Yicheng (now Zhengyang, Henan), he sent specific organizers to measure the project, time, personnel, materials and grain, and worked out a concrete and scientific plan, which was successfully completed completely according to this plan. Su Yan, a Sima of the King of Chu Kang, was ordered to rectify the military tax and plan armaments, which was the earliest reform of the military tax system in the history of our country, and was called "Su Yan Fu" in history. Su Yan's Fu is to investigate nine different fields in the whole country, and then according to the standard of Jingtian system, "measure the amount of Fu, give the car and the horse, and give the number of Jia soldiers, disciples and Jia Xun" ("Zuo Zhuan Xiang Gong Twenty-five Years"). The nine kinds of farmland he investigated accurately reflected the topography of the mountains in Shui Ze, Chu, and it still looks amazing today, which proves how practical and rigorous a politician and scientist Su Yan is. Gan Gong and Tang Mu were not civilized people. Gan Gong, Shi Ji refers to Qi people, Ji Jie refers to Lu people, and Justice refers to Chu people, making eight volumes of Tian Wen Xing Zhan. Tang Muwei is also a famous astronomer. Chu people have made outstanding achievements in mathematics. For example, The Book of Calculations, which was unearthed from the tomb of Zhangjiashan in Jiangling in the early Han Dynasty, is a mathematical work left by Chu people. The smelting and manufacturing of Chu's ironware and bronzes should have condensed the painstaking efforts of many skilled craftsmen and famous artists, which fully demonstrated their exquisite skills. Unfortunately, they were unknown and became a talented anonymous group.
in the field of philosophy and thought, the pre-Qin period was the most active, and by the Warring States period, there was a situation of "a hundred schools of thought contend". The so-called hundred schools, the most important are Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, Legalism, Yin and Yang, Farmhouse, Strategist and Military Strategist. In these schools, Chu people are either their main spokesmen or founders. The founder of Taoist school was Lao Zi, the sage of Chu, and many successors. By the middle of the Warring States period, Zhuangzi, a Chu, inherited and developed Lao Zi's theory, and was a representative of Taoism in the Warring States period. Laozi and Zhuangzi also said that they would become a complete system of philosophical thoughts and ascend to the hall of the history of world philosophy (for example, Hegel thought that Laozi was the spiritual representative of the ancient oriental world). Another family, Lao Laizi, who was still poor, once taught Confucius the way to be a monarch. At the end of the Warring States period, the book "The Bird's Guanzi" was written by Gou Niaozi, which took Taoism as the main body and adopted the thoughts of legalism and military tactics, which was another development of Taoism. Although the Confucian school was not created by Chu people, Confucianism was divided into eight after Confucius, among which Sun Shi's Confucianism was created by Xunzi. Although Xunzi was a Qi man, he lived in Chu for nearly 2 years, and also served as an official of Chu Lanling. His writings were completed in Chu. When he was infiltrated by Chu's ideology and culture, he was inspired by Chu people's extensive experience, openness and tolerance, so he criticized and absorbed all the thoughts of the south and the north, and began a great integration of pre-Qin thoughts and became a great thinker in the pre-Qin period. Xunzi's achievement was completed in Chu, and it is necessary to say that Xunzi is a good material of Chu. Legalists flourished in Sanjin, and Chu also provided a stage for legalists to practice. For example, Wu Qi, a famous legalist, reformed in Chu, which enabled his ideas and talents to be fully displayed. Later legalists Han Fei and Li Sitong were students of Xunzi. Han Fei became a master of legalism, while Li Si became a great talent in Qin Dynasty and became the right-hand man of Qin Shihuang's great cause of unification. There are military strategists in all countries, and Chu's military commanders come forth in large numbers. As one of the "five tyrants" in the Spring and Autumn Period and "seven heroes" in the Warring States Period, how can Chu be without military strategists? Unfortunately, their military practice did not leave a systematic summary, so it is difficult to get a glimpse of their ideological brilliance. However, Wu Zixu and Fan Li can be regarded as authentic military strategists. The theory of Shennong advocated by Xu Xing, a representative farmer, is an enduring ideological essence bred in the land of Chu. He advocated "the cultivation of both the monarch and the people" and "the city is better than the city", demanding that the society be "equal" and won the hearts of the people, so that Confucian disciples also abandoned Confucianism and turned to Xu Behaviorists. Xu Xing spoke on behalf of farmers' interests, so his ideas had a far-reaching impact in the history of China. Xu Xing is a model for Chu people to persist in carrying forward the ideological tradition of Chu. Although Mohism was not founded by Chu people, after Mozi, ink was divided into three parts, among which the representative figure of southern ink was Deng Lingzi, a Chu person, known as Deng Lingzi's ink. Mohism was regarded as a prominent school in the pre-Qin period, representing the interests of small producers and emerging landlords, with distinct class nature and times. One of the ancestors or founders of the strategists was Guiguzi, a Chu man, who was known as Mr. Guiguzi in history. According to Historical Records, Zhang Yi and Su Qin, famous strategists in the Warring States period, were all students of Mr. Gui Gu. Guiguzi, a book written by him, is a good textbook for diplomacy, psychology and tackling key problems at that time, commenting on the techniques of lobbying and the strategies of "chuai", "mo", "power" and "scheming", which contains rich dialectical thoughts. Yin-yang scholars advocate the theory of Yin-yang and Five Elements, which explains natural phenomena and social phenomena with the concept of Yin-yang and Five Elements. Although it is full of superstition, it also contains certain dialectical factors. At the end of the Warring States period, Nan Gong, a Chu Yin-Yang scholar, wrote 21 articles, which can be described as the master of Yin-Yang school. When Qin destroyed Chu, Nan Gong said, "Although there are three Chu families, Qin will be destroyed." Only ten years later, the Chu people Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rose up, followed by Xiang Liang, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, who overthrew the rule of the Qin Dynasty and established a new Han Dynasty. This Nan Gong knows the social development situation very well, and his prediction is full of dialectics, which is a historical story.
In the field of literature and art, "Chu Cai" is outstanding, well-known and well-known. Chu's literary achievements are brilliant, mainly in prose and poetry. As prose is represented by Zhuangzi and poetry by Qu Yuan's Li Sao and other works, the two schools are collectively called "Zhuang Sao". As pointed out before, Zhuangzi inherited and developed Laozi's theory and was a famous philosopher and thinker after Laozi. He is also a master of prose and a literary theorist, enjoying a lofty position in the history of China literature. Qu Yuan is the main writer of Chu Ci, and Li Sao is his masterpiece. Qu Yuan, Song Yu, Le Tang, Jing Poor, etc. are out-and-out Chu people, poets who grew up under the cultivation and education of Chu State and Chu culture. Qu Yuan is not only a poet, but also a thinker. His theory of essence and view of history sparkled with materialism and had a deep influence on later generations. His name has been included in the ranks of world cultural celebrities and admired by people all over the world. We people in Jingchu feel infinite glory and pride for having such a great man. The art of Chu is developed, whether it is calligraphy, painting, music or dance, the achievements are recognized by the world. Among them, Zhong Ziqi, a musician with profound attainments, and Boya, a master of piano playing, have reached a high artistic level and are still talked about by people.
Chu is full of talents, and many first-class talents have emerged in politics, military affairs, economy, ideology, science, culture and other fields. After the death of the State of Chu, the talents in Chu have remained immortal. There have been several peaks of talent emergence in Hubei in history. The pre-Qin Dynasty was represented by Qu Yuan. From the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period, Wang Yi, Huang Xiang, Pang Tong, Fei Yi, etc. Pi Rixiu and Meng Haoran in Xiangyang, Xiangzhou in Tang Dynasty, Lu Yu in Jingling, Fuzhou, and Mi Fei in Song Dynasty. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, Zhang Juzheng, Xiong Tingbi, Li Shizhen, "Gong 'an School" and "Jingling School" were the representatives. At the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, the initial situation of humanities in Hubei declined. However, by the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, talents had an upward trend, which was not only due to the "Hubei New Deal" presided over by Zhang Zhidong, but also related to the repeated calls for "Chu Cai" by successive officials since Lin Tianqing helped Hubei.
from the western Han dynasty to the Ming and Qing dynasties, from modern times to modern times, there are first-class talents from generation to generation, which is simply amazing. If you think about it, Jingchu has always had academic research centers and formed talent groups. After the late Qing Dynasty and modern times, with the intensification of ethnic and class contradictions, Jingchu scholars took the fate of the nation as their own responsibility and actively devoted themselves to learning from the West and Russia, forming a grand talent group in the Westernization Movement and the democratic revolution. If calculated by individuals, there are countless people since the Qin and Han Dynasties. There are excellent talents, rare materials, great talents and even powerful figures in various fields such as politics, economy, military affairs, ideology and culture, which have a profound impact on the development of China's history.