He is another great historian and writer after the Han Dynasty, and he is the author of Hanshu, which is one of the first four and twenty-four histories.
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Ban Gu's main works, of course, include this book that made him famous in history. This is a very important historical book in ancient China. The biographical chronology it created was adopted by later dynasties and became the main official issue. Moreover, Hanshu, as a literary work, narrates all kinds of humanistic history books in the prosperous period of the Western Han Dynasty and shows a complete humanistic view of the Western Han Dynasty for future generations. However, Hanshu is a book with high literary value, which is rigorous in writing, profound in meaning, accurate in praise and criticism and unlucky.
In other fields, Ban Gu also wrote some other works. Ban Gu is not only a great historian, but also an outstanding writer of Ci and Fu. Ban Gu's ability of ci and fu is reflected in his prose poems. Han Shu, his work, has always been regarded as a classic and the most influential masterpiece of his prose poems. In addition, Ban Gu's Poem Without Words is the oldest extant five-character poem of literati in China, which has a far-reaching influence on five-character poems.
In addition, the geographical influence of Ban Gu on later generations is also very far-reaching. Many official poems handed down from later generations began with geographical records. Many local chronicles and local chronicles in later generations imitated Ban Gu's Hanshu, which had a far-reaching influence.
What is Ban Gu's evaluation of Qu Yuan?
Many scholars always like to evaluate others, perhaps because they really need to express themselves, and many of them have demonstrated their talents, so many people in history have become their evaluation targets. As a weather vane of literary writing, of course, it can't escape. Ban Gu is also one of Qu Yuan's critics, but his evaluation of Qu Yuan is quite different from that of most people.
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Ban Gu's evaluation of Qu Yuan was written in the First Geography written by Ban Gu. Ban Gu thought "History of Han Geography" was the preface, but he was actually evaluating Qu Yuan. We all know that Sima Qian spoke highly of Qu Yuan, not only affirmed his literary level, but also made a preface to Li Sao, Li Sao and Zhouyi. He also spoke highly of Qu Yuan's character and ambition, saying that Qu Yuan was upright and upright, loyal to the monarch and patriotic, and his ambition could compete with the sun and the moon.
But Ban Gu doesn't think so. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Ban Gu first denied Sima Qian's evaluation of Qu Yuan, saying that Qu Yuan's ambition could compete with the sun and the moon. He also made his own evaluation of Qu Yuan's character, thinking that Qu Yuan did not serve the country when the country was in danger, but was competing with the villain for favor, which should not be. Later, when he was demoted, he blamed the emperor and the country. When he sank into the Miluo River, it seemed that all the other adulterers were miserable. In the semi-ancient mouth, Qu Yuan has completely turned into another person, a very tragic villain.
Ban Gu was deeply influenced by Confucianism and attached great importance to the status of the emperor. It seems that Ban Gu should be disrespectful when he speaks ill of Qu Yuan.
The Value of Ban Gu's Poems
Ban Gu has a masterpiece, Mandarin. In addition, the Preface to Lisao written by Ban Gu is also a very classic poem. Moreover, Han Shu written by Ban Gu is the oldest extant five-character poem of literati in China, which has high literary research value.
Ban gu's famous words
In terms of content, "Ode to Historical Poems" eulogized the story of Ti Ying, a strange man in the Western Han Dynasty, who saved his father. In this story, Ti Ying expressed his father's dissatisfaction to the emperor alone. Ti Ying's persistence and deep affection for father and daughter moved the emperor, so he pardoned Ti Ying's father's death penalty and ordered the abolition of very severe "corporal punishment".
We can analyze it. In fact, there are too many people who can recite scriptures in history. Why did Ban Gu choose Ti Ying? In fact, you can get the answer by contacting Ban Gu's life. Ban Gu was imprisoned twice in his life. The first time he was accused of writing national history privately, the second time he was framed. He was arrested and imprisoned on the grounds that his godson was lax and his son disobeyed the law. The first time Ban Gu went to prison, his brother saved him, but the second time Ban Gu was not so lucky. Ban Gu finally died in prison because no one saved him.
Therefore, we can generally speculate that this poem was probably written by Ban Gu after his second imprisonment, expressing his regret for his own experience and his resentment and helplessness for his son's failure to be rescued after his imprisonment. Therefore, poetry is used to express the poet's feelings. No matter whether the poet describes scenery, people or stories, he must express his inner thoughts, which is also reflected in Ban Gu. As far as this poem is concerned, it is a masterpiece without words.