Wang Anshi, one of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties
This essay is a classic in China's ancient argumentative essays and the origin of refutation. The full text is as follows:
People all say that they can learn from others, so the wise men attached themselves to him, and finally escaped from the fierce state of Qin with their strength. Ha ha! Meng Changjun is just the head of a crow and dog thieves' group, which can be said to be a wise man who received it! If not, Qi, which has a strong national strength, should be able to rely on the strength of the southern countries to deter Qin, but also rely on the strength of crowing and stealing? A cock crow and a dog thief appeared at his door, which is why the wise man did not obey him.
This is the whole content of this rebuttal paper.
Meng Changjun has trained 3,000 scholars.
The full text is only 88 words, but the viewpoint is very novel. In the author's opinion, Meng Changjun is not a "master" as the world calls him, but in fact, he is just a "cock crow and dog thief". Otherwise, with the help of the power of Qi, if we can get a real "scholar", we can completely check and balance the state of Qin, and we don't need the power of partisans. Therefore, the author finally said that "the husband is a chicken and a dog is a thief, and this person is not here."
Wang Anshi Reading Biography of Meng Changjun
Compared with previous articles, this article can be described as a unique way to interpret Meng Changjun from a brand-new perspective. In previous comments, people thought that Meng Changjun was a knowledgeable aristocrat at that time. However, in Wang Anshi's view, this is just an effect of deliberately raising Meng Changjun.
Statue of Meng Changjun
This article is one of Wang Anshi's important representative works. Because the whole content is fully discussed, clear and concise, and the requirements of the ancient prose movement are well practiced, it has long been selected as a Chinese textbook for primary and secondary schools. This article, in particular, as the first refutation in the history of China, is well-founded, affectionate, righteous and temperate, which is very helpful for students to form meticulous logical thinking ability.