It was an era that valued talents and encouraged reading. Although the society was not stable in the later period, it did not affect the literati's play at all. Poetry is transmitted to us through historical time and space, and people are fascinated by it.
Important literati in the Northern Song Dynasty are inextricably linked. In order to facilitate your understanding, I attach a picture of the literati pagoda in the Northern Song Dynasty.
? Yan Shu
? Everyone in the picture is famous and talented. Let me introduce this ~ Yan Shu on the steeple. Yan Shu and Fan Zhongyan were born at the same time. Fan Zhongyan is two years older than Yan Shu, but in officialdom, Fan Zhongyan is appreciated by Yan Shu and works beside her. Yan Shu also recommended Fan Zhongyan to a more important position.
? Yan Shu, known as "the first prodigy in the Northern Song Dynasty", became famous very early. It is said that he could write poetry at the age of five. At the age of nine, Wang Bo pointed out the mistakes in history books, which I already felt incredible. Yan Shu 14 years old went to take the imperial examination. In ancient times, speaking in vain was equivalent to a child in grade one now. He took the exam with thousands of people. He didn't have stage fright and played beyond his normal level. He was admitted to Jinshi directly.
Fortunately, Meng Jiao was from the Tang Dynasty. If he had lived in the Northern Song Dynasty, he would have fainted when he heard the news, because he had taken the exam many times himself and was admitted to Jinshi at the age of 46.
? Yan Shu was brilliant, but she was once demoted. However, this demotion is really good news for the education circle in the Northern Song Dynasty, because Yan Shu was demoted to Yingtianfu, which is today's Shangqiu, Henan. (It should be noted here that the capital of the early Ming Dynasty was also called Yingtianfu. In today's Nanjing, Jiangsu, the reason why Nanjing was renamed was Zhu Yuanzhang's meaning, which means "obeying God's will").
Yingtianfu in the Northern Song Dynasty had an academy left over from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, called Yingtianfu Academy. Yan Shu, a scholar, was demoted to be the prefect of Yingtianfu and vigorously developed the academy. Later, Fan Zhongyan stayed in Shangqiu because of his mother's death, and Yan Shu asked Fan Zhongyan to preside over the academy. They trained a large number of talents for the Northern Song Dynasty. Later, Yan Shu returned to Beijing as an official and recommended Fan Zhongyan to the emperor, but later Fan Zhongyan was demoted. Fortunately, Yan Shu was not implicated.
fan zhongyan
Fan Zhongyan is a perfect man. He values affection and righteousness, works hard and complains, and cares about the country and the people. Scholars of later generations all gave him a thumbs up. No matter which era, it is character in the end, and good character can last forever. Fan Zhongyan is the one with good character.
? He always thought his name was Zhu Shuo, and it was not until he was 22 that he realized that his surname was not Zhu, but Fan. It turns out that when he was two years old, his father Fan Yong, who was an official in North Korea, died. His mother had no choice but to take him to Zhujiajian Island's house. From then on, Fan Zhongyan took his stepfather's surname. After Fan Zhongyan learned about his life experience, he realized that it is no wonder that his brothers often make fun of themselves. It turned out that he was an outsider. Later, Fan Zhongyan felt that he had to make a name for himself, or he would be sorry for his father in the grave. That year he said goodbye to his mother and went out to study.
Scholars in Song Dynasty had a high status, and reading was the only way for ordinary people to change their destiny. Fan Zhongyan doesn't have much money. When he was studying, he cooked millet porridge every day. After the porridge cooled and solidified into pieces, he divided it into four parts. He ate two tablets in the morning, two tablets in the evening, and then ate some pickles, which was very satisfying. He studies very hard. For five years, he never took off his clothes to sleep. He always gets up and reads after a while. Sometimes when he is sleepy, he pours himself a basin of cold water to wake up.
? It is said that once Song Zhenzong Zhao Huan passed by Fan Zhongyan's academy, the students rushed to see it, but only Fan Zhongyan was unmoved. He felt that he would be an official in the DPRK sooner or later, and he would have plenty of opportunities to see the emperor in the future. At the age of 27, I won the Jinshi. He is honest and clean, and will be praised by people everywhere. No matter which official he saw plundering the wealth of the people, he would go to the emperor without mercy, so he offended many people. Like Liu Yuxi, he was demoted again and again. The Story of Yueyang Tower is Fan Zhongyan's masterpiece. "Worry about the world first, and be happy about the world later" and "don't be happy about things, don't be sad about yourself" became the mottos of later literati. This spirit has been shining on Fan Zhongyan.
Ouyang Xiu
? As the examiner of the imperial examination, Yan Shu also found a great talent-Ouyang Xiu for the literary world of the Northern Song Dynasty.
? Yan Shu is good at writing ci, while Ouyang Xiu is good at writing.
Ouyang Xiu's father died when he was very young. He followed his mother to his uncle's house. My uncle's family is not rich, but he attaches great importance to Ouyang Xiu's study and tries his best to make him read more books. When Ouyang Xiu was ten years old, he got an anthology of Mr. Changli from his neighbor's house, which was Han Yu's anthology. This book opened his eyes. It can be said that Han Yu's influence on Ouyang Xiu is lifelong. Ouyang Xiu later became the leader of the ancient prose movement in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Ouyang Xiu is younger than Yan Shu 16 years old. When she debuted, Yan Shu was already famous all over the world.
Ouyang Xiu took two imperial examinations in front of him, both of which were unexpectedly dropped out of the list. For the third time, Ouyang Xiu was full of confidence and thought he would win the first prize. He even made himself a top suit in advance, ready to show off in front of the emperor. But people really can't be too high-profile. The Beijing exam hasn't started yet, so it's easy to get jealous. As a result, Ouyang Xiu didn't win the first prize, but he was easily admitted to Jinshi. Later, Yan Shu said that Ouyang Xiu's failure to win the championship had a lot to do with his sharpness. After Ouyang Xiu was admitted to Jinshi, he worshipped Yan Shu as a teacher.
Yan Shu, who worships Taoist culture and doesn't like competing with others, is called "Prime Minister of Taiping". Ouyang Xiu and honest people like to argue with others when they are young. Yan Shu is conservative and advocates a quiet and simple life, so their personalities seem out of place. Ouyang Xiu often argued with the teacher in front of everyone, which made Yan Shu feel very embarrassed, so they rarely interacted in the later period.
? However, Ouyang Xiu and Fan Zhongyan have always been good friends. Fan Zhongyan advocated political reform, and Ouyang Xiu always supported Fan Zhongyan, so he became a thorn in the side of conservatives. Finally, Fan Zhongyan was demoted to Dengzhou and Ouyang Xiu was demoted to Chuzhou. So the story of Yueyang Tower and the story of Zuiwengting were born at the same time. Although the contents of the two representative works are different, they both express the author's lofty ideological realm.
Some people say that Ouyang Xiu is a "literary leader of the Northern Song Dynasty". After Ouyang Xiu entered the Jinshi, he went to Luoyang to be an official. At that time, his boss was money. In the eyes of money, Ouyang Xiu is a great genius, so he can't be mistreated. At that time, some talented young people, such as Ouyang Xiu and Mei Yao Chen, traveled everywhere every day without too much effort. It is in this relaxed environment that Ouyang Xiu enjoys reading, writing articles and meeting friends every day.
? Once, some young friends went to Songshan to play, and it suddenly began to snow at night. Several people are worried that they will be scolded by the leaders if they can't go back. As a result, money sent someone to bring them food. Someone told them, "Lord Qian said there was nothing wrong with the house. Brothers don't have to rush back. " What a good boss! How enviable. Qian made a literary leader in the Northern Song Dynasty with his "doting".
The classical Chinese "Selling Oil Weng" tells the truth that practice makes perfect, and it is Ouyang Xiu's work in his later years.
? Ouyang Xiu not only taught an excellent student-Ceng Gong, but also found that he helped the "Three Sus" (Su Xun, Su Shi and Su Zhe).
Su Shi
? Su Xun devoted himself to the creation of ancient Chinese prose and tried to cultivate his two sons at the same time. 1056, Su Xun took two sons to Beijing to take the exam. In the second year, Su Shi and Su Zhe both graduated from the senior high school entrance examination, which is a much-told story.
? Everyone must have read The Amethyst, and there are a few words about Su Xun. "Sue, 27 years old. Read books on fire. He is old, but he still regrets it. Young man, you should consider it earlier. " These words of Saint Amethyst are also warning students that they should seize the good time and study hard to avoid regret in the future.
? When Su Shi took the imperial examination, the examiner happened to be Ouyang Xiu. Ouyang Xiu saw Su Shi's article and was full of praise. Ouyang Xiu turned it over several times and guessed that this article was written by his student Ceng Gong. He was afraid that if he gave the champion to his students, it would be easy to fall behind the population, so he found another article on the champion. Ouyang Xiu especially regretted the announcement of the Golden List and the truth. In this way, Su Shi and the champion missed it.
Ouyang Xiu once said to Mei Yaochen, "I want to avoid this person." . Su Shi's article is so well written that I should make him a head taller. Later, Ouyang Xiu gave Sue and his son and his student Ceng Gong a lot of help.
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