Fan Zhongyan was not only a famous politician and strategist in the Northern Song Dynasty, but also an outstanding writer and educator. As the leader of Xianfeng Mountain and Shilin in Song Xue, he should be a Confucian and a benevolent person to start the atmosphere. He set an example with personality charm, devoted his life to preaching and teaching, and carefully cultivated and recommended talents; Even in his later years, "the countryside has not been established" and he has no fixed place to live. A dying "heritage list" is not as private as a word.
His thought of "worrying about the world first" and the integrity of people with lofty ideals have set a new benchmark for the enterprising spirit in Confucianism and are a brilliant spiritual wealth in the history of Chinese civilization. Today, the remains of Fan Zhongyan in various places have been protected and commemorated by people.
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In poetry, Fan Zhongyan advocates "harmony but difference" and "keeping pace with the times". Fan Zhongyan inherited Mencius' noble spirit and integrated Cao Pi's poetic thoughts of "literary spirit", Lu Ji's and Zhong Rong's "feeling things" and "harmony between man and nature". He believes that the impulse and intention of the poet's creation is to inherit the "spirit" of the avenue, feel everything, and be reflected through everything.
Fan Zhongyan's Keep pace with the Times inherits Liu Xie's viewpoint of "doing things for feelings" and Bai Juyi's thought of "doing things for times", and organically combines political education with doing things for feelings. Fan Zhongyan criticized the blind imitation and moaning in the poetry circle in the early Song Dynasty, and advocated that poetry creation should be loyal to the reality of life, conform to current events and not empty talk.
Fan Zhongyan's 305 poems have spread all over the world, with extensive contents, or expressing their thoughts or great political ambitions; Or pay attention to people's livelihood and express their concern for the country and the people; Or tour the mountains and praise the great rivers and mountains of the motherland; Or praise things and show personal integrity.
Poetry is pure and sincere, with various artistic techniques, especially the beauty of purity. The tendency to take prose as poetry and discussion is very obvious. At the same time, we should pay attention to the use of line drawing and overlapping words. Compared with the white style, late Tang style and Kunxi style at that time, it showed a completely different look and became an important part of the transformation of poetry from Tang tone to Song tone in the early Song Dynasty.
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