This sentence is from Han Yu's Shi Shuo, which was written by Han Yu to his student Li Pan in the 18th year of Tang Zhenyuan (AD 802).
On Teachers is a short essay on the important role of teachers, the necessity of learning from teachers and the principles of choosing teachers. This paper criticizes the wrong idea that "scholar-officials" were ashamed to learn from teachers at that time, and advocates learning from teachers. At the same time, it is also a public reply and solemn refutation to those detractors.
The author shows that anyone can be his own teacher and should not refuse to learn modestly because of status or age difference. At the end of the article, Confucius' words and deeds testify that it has existed since ancient times to seek teachers' respect for Taoism, and people should not abandon the ancient road.
Han Yu (768-824 65438+February 25th) was born in Heyang, Henan (now mengzhou city, Henan). Self-proclaimed "King of Changli County", known as "Han Changli" and "Mr. Changli" in the world. An outstanding writer, thinker, philosopher and politician in the Tang Dynasty.
Han Yu was an advocate of the ancient prose movement in the Tang Dynasty, and was honored by later generations as the first of the "eight masters in the Tang and Song Dynasties". He and Liu Zongyuan are also called "Liu Han", and they are known as "great writers" and "one hundred generations of literators". Later generations, together with Liu Zongyuan, Ouyang Xiu and Su Shi, are also called "the four great writers of the ages". His prose writing theories, such as "the unity of literature and Taoism", "moderation in speech", "doing good deeds" and "having a proper speech", have important guiding significance for future generations. He is the author of The Collection of Han Changli.