Brief introduction of Fan Chengda

Fan Chengda (1126-1193) was called a Shi Hu layman. People from Wuxian County, Pingjiang (this county is now Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province). Poets in Southern Song Dynasty. His parents died young and his family was poor. In the twenty-fourth year of Shaoxing, Song Gaozong (1 154), he was a scholar, first awarded Hu Cao, then served as a supervisory and agency bureau, and served as a magistrate in the government. He was sent to the Jin Dynasty and lived as a scholar in the palace of Lang and a fake senior minister. In order to change the etiquette of accepting Guo Xu's imperial edict and ask for Henan's "Mausoleum", he was generous, not afraid of rape, and was killed several times and returned without disgrace. Later, he served as CEO of Jingjiang, Xiandu and Jiankang. In Xichun, the official took part in political affairs. Because of disagreement with Xiaozong, he left his job two months later. In his later years, he lived in seclusion in his hometown of Shihu. Died in Fan Chengda Wen's tomb. He is as famous as You Mao, Yang Wanli and Lu You, and is known as the "Four Poets of ZTE". He sent people from Jiangxi, then studied poetry in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, inherited the realistic spirit of poets such as Bai Juyi, Wang Jian and Zhang Ji, and finally became his own family. His poems have a wide range of themes, simple style, freshness and charm. Poetry has a wide range of themes, and the works that reflect the content of rural social life have the highest achievements. On his way to Shanxi, he wrote 72 quatrains such as Qingyuan Store, Qiao Zhou and Shuangmiao, which reflected the painful life and national feelings of the northern people. Patriotic feelings are passionate and tragic. His Rent Collection Bank, Post Rent Collection Bank, Reeling Bank and Lao She Geng exposed the cruelty of feudal exploitation and sympathized with the people's suffering. In his later years, he wrote 60 pieces of "Four Seasons Pastoral Fun", describing rural scenery, local customs and farmers' life. The style is fresh and lively, beautiful and smooth, full of charm, with the characteristics of folk songs, and it is a master of ancient pastoral poetry. This kind of poem had a great influence in the late Southern Song Dynasty. His prose was also famous at that time. Ci is close to Qin Guan, and his later works are close to Su Shi. Fan Chengda's works had a significant influence in the late Southern Song Dynasty, especially in the early Qing Dynasty. At that time, there was a saying that "the sword is in the south and the lake is in the lake". For example, one of the songs "Summer" said: "You go out during the day and perform well at night, and the children in the village take care of each other. Children and grandchildren are not prepared to farm and weave, but also learn to grow melons in mulberry shade. " Write about the hard work of a peasant family, which is kind and simple and has a strong local flavor. He also wrote some works about making friends, traveling, mourning for the old and sad, and even talking about Buddhist scriptures and meditation. Yang Wanli's Preface to the Poems of Shihu Jushi said: "(Fan Chengda's poems) are big and short; Without brewing, it will shrink without brewing. Fresh and charming, there is Bao Xie in the election; Run away vigorously and chase Taibai. Chen chen, seeking his words, can't win the world by singing. " For details of his life, see History of Song Dynasty (Volume 386). There are poems by Shihu laymen and Shihu Ci.