Eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties? At first, it sounded like the Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties? Great writer? The meaning of being called? Everyone? He must be a top figure in the literary world, so we will have doubts about Du Li's failure, right? Eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties? Is there something wrong with the statement?
In fact, there is no problem with this statement.
Different literary genres
These eight masters refer to the ancient prose writers among the literary masters, that is, the essayists we are talking about today.
The Eight Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties first appeared in the early Ming Dynasty. Scholars such as Han and Liu were selected as Mr. Liu's anthology. Because of the merger of the three Soviet Union, actually? Selected works of Mr. Ba? . In the middle of Ming Dynasty, Mao Kun, an ancient prose writer, selected the Eight Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties *** 164 Volume, which was widely circulated. Eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties? This name has also become popular.
Why did You Zhu choose these eight articles as the corpus?
Because these eight people are all prose masters. By the Ming Dynasty, the status of poetry in politics had declined. In fact, in the eyes of the big bosses in the Song Dynasty, poetry is only the last skill. Apart from occasionally satirizing and expressing their ambitions, it is of little use in governing the country and leveling the world. How to write a political paper well, an article expressing one's complete views, is the selection standard for talents who are more useful to the country and society.
Therefore, You Zhu's selection criteria, in our words today, are actually the selection of composition guidance materials for the college entrance examination.
Shall we write a composition for the college entrance examination today? The topic is self-made and the style is not limited (except poetry)? All right. So this tradition has long existed.
The achievements of Li Bai and Du Fu are all in poetry. Even if they are talented, they will not be selected across borders, and they will not be elected because of their great reputation.
Category of literary wind direction
This is another reason why You Zhu chose these eight great essayists.
For example, for literary theory and politics, Fan Zhongyan's poems are full of feelings about home and country, paying attention to the national economy and people's livelihood, and can also benefit one party politically, while Liu Zongyuan feels depressed in personal politics, especially his prose is mostly landscapes and travel notes. Why wasn't Fan Zhongyan in the Tang and Song Dynasties? Liu Zongyuan occupied a place in the Tang Dynasty.
Fan Zhongyan's Yueyang Tower is a masterpiece through the ages. Isn't it even worse than the following?
In fact, this involves another rule of You Zhu's essay selection.
When the Ming Dynasty was first built, everything had to be done. The literati's atmosphere advocates a positive and radical style of writing. Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan elected in the Tang Dynasty were very effective in correcting the style of writing in the Six Dynasties. The people selected in the Song Dynasty made great achievements in changing the style of writing in the Five Dynasties, starting with Ouyang Xiu. Fan Zhongyan is earlier than them, and the tendency of parallel prose is still obvious, which is not quite in line with them? Ancient prose? Aesthetic standards.
Speaking of the history of poetry, as we all know, it was four outstanding poets in the early Tang Dynasty who corrected the flashy poetic style of the Six Dynasties, while it was Han and Liu who corrected the prose (ancient prose) in the middle Tang Dynasty. The first few in the Song Dynasty were also the standard-bearers of the revision of the writing style in the Five Dynasties, and the last one was mainly because of the prosperity of Neo-Confucianism in the Southern Song Dynasty. Zhu Dui's articles were particularly fond of and often quoted. In the future imperial examinations, Zhu's Neo-Confucianism is often used as a topic, and the teaching AIDS for natural examinations should also focus on this.
What do we see? Eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties? These eight people are honest and clean, and they can become the masters of ancient Chinese in the imperial examination.
As for Li Bai and Du Fu, apart from poetry, there is no opportunity to teach supplementary materials.