"One person is a teacher for a hundred generations, and one word is the law of the world" is the first sentence of this inscription. The general idea is that an ordinary person has become an example for generations to come, but one sentence has become the norm that everyone in the world follows.
Besides being a writer, Han Yu has a more widely known identity-a teacher. Han Yu served as Dr. imperial academy for three times.
Imperial academy is actually the highest institution of higher learning and educational administration in ancient times, and Dr. imperial academy, served by Han Yu, is equivalent to a professor at the highest institution of higher learning. Being qualified for this position requires strict requirements in literary creation and academics, so it can also show Han Yu's literary accomplishment.
Regarding the role of education or teachers, Han Yu gave an incisive answer in his masterpiece "Teacher's Theory": "Teachers are teachers, so they preach, teach and dispel doubts." Han Yu believes that a teacher is not only imparting knowledge to students, but also including his care for students, inculcating them and high hopes for them.
Han Yu, a native of Heyang, Henan Province, called himself "Han Changli" because of his ancestral home in Changli. The ancient prose movement advocated by Han Yu is actually an important means to revive Confucianism.
"The decline of eight generations of literature" refers to Han Yu's contribution in the field of literature. This sentence is Su Shi's praise for Han Yu, which is pertinent from the perspective of Han Yu's position in the history of China literature and his literary achievements.
In the middle Tang Dynasty, writers headed by Han Yu launched a massive ancient prose movement, advocating writing prose in the form of scattered sentences and single lines, gradually replacing the previous parallel prose.
The ancient prose movement is Han Yu's greatest achievement in literature. His theory of ancient prose mainly has three aspects: first, it emphasizes the unity of literature and Taoism, and "Taoism" is Confucianism, which is the content of "literature" and plays a decisive role; "Wen" is a tool to carry Tao and a form of expression; The second is to put forward the famous argument of "only words and deeds", and Han Yu advocates that the article should be innovative; The third is to put forward the argument that "things are unfair". Han Yu believes that the article is a reflection of the writer's thinking about real life.
In the "ancient prose movement", Han Yu not only had a profound theory, but also practiced his theory with his creation. His ancient prose has various forms, which can be roughly divided into two categories, one is narrative and the other is argumentative. In narrative articles, many characters with distinctive personalities have been created, such as Biography of Zhang Zhongcheng and Wall of Pavilion in Lantian County.
Among the argumentative essays, eloquence, rigorous structure and strict logic are the most remarkable characteristics of Han Yu's argumentative essays, which have formed a unique style of vigorous and unrestrained brushwork and have had a great influence on contemporary and future generations.
Liu Zongyuan, a good friend of Han Yu and one of the "Eight Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties", once commented on Han Yu: "The people (Han Yu) revere are Zi Chang and Zi Yun. The length of the child is comparable to retreat. " Zi Chang is talking about Sima Qian, a writer in the Han Dynasty. Liu Zongyuan thinks that Han Yu is the most outstanding essayist after Sima Qian. He created a generation of writing style and led the trend of the times.
Han Yu's contribution to literature is groundbreaking, such as Preface to Gift. Ancient scholars often give each other poems when they send them away. This style is called "Preface". Han Yu's preface represents the highest achievement of the preface in Tang Dynasty.
Han Yu broke through the simple lyrical style of the Preface to a Gift and Answers, and integrated arguments and opinions into the Preface to a Gift and Answers, enriching the depth and artistic expression of the Preface to a Gift and Answers. Even Su Shi, who has always refused to praise others easily, couldn't help but say, "As I said, there was no article in the Tang Dynasty, and Han tui's Send Li Pangu is just one."
For example, Han Yu put forward the famous view that "everything can't be settled before it rings" in the preface to seeing Meng Dongye. On the surface, this sentence means that objects vibrate because of uneven placement, but the deeper meaning is that people will express their thoughts and opinions when they encounter unfair things.
The writing techniques of Han Yu's Preface to Giving and Answering are varied, and metaphors are often used in this paper to make the language vivid and appropriate, which not only makes Han Yu's Preface to Giving and Answering a great innovation on the basis of predecessors, but also makes Han Yu's Preface to Giving and Answering a Great Factor in literary prose.
What has to be mentioned here is that Han Yu's Preface to Gifts also has a great feature, that is, he creatively "invented" many words, which have entered the idioms we are familiar with today, such as: injustice makes a sound, chaos, staying in a simple place, being familiar with the laws of the jungle, and embracing sharp weapons ... It can be said that Han Yu not only left a good article for future generations, but also added a variety of postures to the treasure house of idioms.
Essays are also a major feature of Han Yu, and Ma Shuo is an essay that Han Yu has to mention. Han Yu speaks for himself with a swift horse. He hopes that managers can know how to identify and appreciate talents, and they can be reused, so that they can fully display their talents and ambitions in their posts like real "swift horses".
This article embodies Han Yu's idea that things are unfair. He wants to tell the world his ideals and ambitions so as to attract their attention to himself and people like him.
In addition to the literary achievements mentioned above, Han Yu has also made great achievements in poetry creation, and his artistic achievements are mainly manifested in artistic innovation. Han Yu's poetry creation has a tendency of "taking prose as poetry".
Whether describing scenery, expressing emotion or describing sound, Han Yu's poems have high attainments in describing material state, which not only makes the image of poems prominent and colorful, but also constitutes the unique artistic characteristics of Han Yu's poems.
Well, I have made a simple summary of this problem by combining Han Yu's life, his literary achievements and literary characteristics. I hope my answer is helpful to you.