Eight Great Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties (Eight Great Talents):
Eight famous writers in Tang and Song Dynasties are Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan in Tang Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu, Su Xun, Su Shi, Su Zhe, Wang Anshi and Ceng Gong in Song Dynasty. Among them, Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan were the leaders of the ancient prose movement in Tang Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu and Su San were the core figures of the ancient prose movement in Song Dynasty, and Wang Anshi and Ceng Gong were the representatives of Linchuan literature. They set off a wave of innovation in ancient Chinese prose, which made the old face of poetry development look brand-new.
Historical background:
The title of "Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties" first appeared when Han, Liu and other humanities were recorded as "Collected Works of Mr. Liu" in the primary election of Ming Dynasty. Due to the merger of the three Soviet Union, it was actually "Collected Works of Mr. Eight". Among the Wenbian compiled by Tang Shunzhi in the middle of Ming Dynasty, there were only eight in the Tang and Song Dynasties. According to their theories, Mao Kun compiled *** 160 volume Notes of Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties. This book was widely circulated in the old society, and the name "Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties" became popular. Since the Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties, writers of all ages have taken the Eight Masters as their religion. Eight Great Banknotes in Tang and Song Dynasties 164, including the Ming Wanli engraving and the Qing Dynasty bookstore engraving. In Qing Dynasty, Wei Yuan had eight volumes of Eight Great Readers in Tang and Song Dynasties.
Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan advocated the "ancient prose movement", so they were collectively called "Han Heyang Lu 'an". The rise of Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan and the flourishing age of Kaiyuan in the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty started the ancient prose movement, which made the prose of the Tang Dynasty reach its peak. For a time, ancient Chinese writers sprang up like mushrooms after rain, forming a climax of "everyone coughs and spits, and everything becomes a pearl."
Su Shi, Su Xun and Su Zhe are called "Three Sus", Su Xun is the father of Su Shi and Su Zhe, and Su Shi is Su Zhe's brother. Ouyang Xiu is Su Shi's teacher, and both Wang Anshi and Ceng Gong once worshipped Ouyang Xiu as their teacher. Therefore, the eight masters of Tang and Song Dynasties were divided into two Tang Dynasties (Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan) and six Song Dynasties (Su Shi, Su Xun, Su Zhe, Ouyang Xiu, Ceng Gong and Wang Anshi).
Eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties were the central figures who presided over the ancient prose movement in Tang and Song Dynasties. They advocated prose and opposed parallel prose, which had a far-reaching influence on the literary world at that time and later generations.