Su Xun thought the article was well written and his attitude was not serious. He looked down on his peers and thought it was not difficult to study. In an examination held by the imperial court, even the scholar was not admitted.
Su Xun felt ashamed and resentful, returned home, dug up the manuscript and set it on fire. He took the Analects of Confucius, Mencius and Han Yuwen out and reread them from the beginning, and continued to study the Book of Songs and the books of a hundred schools of thought throughout the ages.
Sitting in the study every day, people study hard for six or seven years and swear not to write any articles, which is considered mature. Finally, after years of accumulation, Su Xun finally became a generation of famous artists, leaving a lasting name.
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The Characteristics of Su Xun's Articles
Su Xun, a native of Meishan, Sichuan, was a writer in the Northern Song Dynasty. He is famous for his literature with his sons Su Shi and Su Zhe. Su Xun is good at prose, especially political theory. His exposition is clear, his writing is vigorous, and many works have been handed down from generation to generation.
The most prominent feature of Su Xun's prose is that its language is sharp, its words will be out of date, and it mercilessly exposes and lashes out at the darkness of the Northern Song Dynasty. At the same time, in the process of analyzing the seriousness of the problem, Su Xun will skillfully turn the pen to make people accept his sharpness and euphemism, which is mostly reflected in articles criticizing the current shortcomings.
Structurally, Su Xun's articles are carefully laid out, shaped by things, neatly conceived, rigorous and changeable, catchy to read and full of artistic conception.
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