Shi Shuo is an argumentative essay written by Han Yu, a writer in the Tang Dynasty. Explain the truth of learning from teachers, satirize the world where teachers are ashamed, educate young people, and play a role in changing the atmosphere.
This paper lists positive and negative examples, compares and demonstrates repeatedly, discusses the necessity and principle of learning from teachers, criticizes the bad habit of "being ashamed to learn from teachers" in society at that time, shows extraordinary courage and fighting spirit, and also shows the spirit of expressing opinions independently regardless of the secular.
Although the full text is not long, it has profound implications, distinct arguments, rigorous structure, thorough reasoning and strong persuasiveness and appeal.
2. Zuo Zhuan
Originally known as Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, it was renamed Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals in Han Dynasty, referred to as Zuo's Biography for short. According to legend, it was written by Zuo Qiuming at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period to explain Confucius' Spring and Autumn Annals. Zuo Zhuan is an independent history book in essence.
It began in the year of Luyin (722 BC) and ended in the 14th year of Lu Daogong (453 BC). Based on the Spring and Autumn Annals, it illustrates the outline of the Spring and Autumn Annals by describing the specific historical facts of the Spring and Autumn Period, which is one of the important Confucian classics.
3. Mozi
Mozi is a classic of Mohism in the Warring States Period. Advocating universal love, non-aggression, Shang Xian, Shang Tong, bounden duty, Ming-gui, non-fate, non-happiness, and frugal burial involves philosophy, logic, military science, engineering, mechanics, geometry and optics. Most of the scientific and technological achievements in the pre-Qin period depended on Mozi.
The existing book Mozi consists of two parts: Mozi's own works and his disciples' accounts of Mozi's remarks, which were lost in the Song Dynasty. By the time of compiling Sikuquanshu in Qing Dynasty, there were only 53 articles left.
The article is a gradual analogical reasoning from small to large, such as non-attack. The language is plain and unpretentious, and the sentences are colloquial.
4. The book of practice
Biography is a philosophical work, written by China's philosopher in Ming Dynasty and a representative of Neo-Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties, Wang Shouren (word Bo 'an), known as Mr. Yang Ming. This book records his quotations and letters about learning. The word "Chuan" comes from "Chuan Hu" in The Analects of Confucius.
5. Wen Xin Diao Long
Wen Xin Diao Long is a literary theory monograph by Liu Xie, a literary theorist in the Southern Dynasties. It was written in 50 1 ~ 502 (the second year of Qi and Emperor in the Southern Dynasties).
It is the first literary theory monograph with a strict system in the history of literary theory criticism in China.
"Wen Xin Diao Long" also systematically discusses the relationship between the form and content of literature, inheritance and innovation, and emphasizes the basic characteristics of the concrete image of artistic thinking activities in the process of exploring and studying the concept of literary creation, and initially puts forward the problem of image thinking in artistic creation;
I have a more conscious understanding of the artistic essence and characteristics of literature, which has created a precedent for studying literary thinking with images. This paper comprehensively summarizes the aesthetic achievements before Qi and Liang Dynasties, and makes a detailed exploration and discussion on the aesthetic essence of language and literature and the aesthetic law of creation and appreciation.