In ancient China, there were only eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties. So what? And then what? Let's get to know each other.

Tang and Song Poets

Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan in Tang Dynasty. Ouyang Xiu, Su Xun, Su Shi, Su Zhe, Ceng Gong and Wang Anshi were collectively called in the Song Dynasty.

1. Han Yu * * * 768-824 65438+February 25th * * *, a native of Heyang, Henan, Han nationality, called himself "County King Changli", known as "Han Changli" and "Mr. Changli". An outstanding writer, thinker, philosopher and politician in the Tang Dynasty.

2. Liu Zongyuan * * * 773-8 19 * * *, with thick words, was born in Ruicheng and Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, and was one of the eight famous writers, philosophers, essayists and thinkers in the Tang Dynasty. He is called "Liu Hedong" and "Mr Hedong". Liu Zongyuan and Han Yu are called Liu Han, Liu Yuxi is called Liu Liu, and Wang Wei, Meng Haoran and Wei Wuying are called Wang Meng.

3. Ouyang Xiu *** 1007-1072 * * *, a native of Yongfeng County, Ji 'an City, Jiangxi Province, was a politician and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty and was politically famous. Because Jizhou originally belonged to Luling County, it called itself "Ouyang Xiu of Luling". Official to Hanlin bachelor, deputy envoy of the Council, participating in the discussion of state affairs, posthumous title Wenzhong, known as Ouyang Wenzhong. Later generations also called him "the four great writers of the ages" with Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan and Su Shi. Together with Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Su Shi, Su Xun, Su Zhe, Wang Anshi and Ceng Gong, they are called "the Eight Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties".

4. Su Xun * * *1May 22, 2009-1May 20, 066 * * *, whose real name is Mingyun, whose real name is Han nationality, was born in Meishan, Meizhou. Writers of the Northern Song Dynasty, together with their sons Su Shi and Su Zhe, are world-famous for their literature, known as the "Three Soviets" in the world, and both of them are included in the "Eight Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties".

5. Su Shi * * *103765438+1October 8-1* * August 24, the word Zizhan, also known as He Zhong, was called Dongpo layman. Han nationality, Meishan, Meizhou, Northern Song Dynasty, Meishan, Sichuan. Born in Luancheng, Hebei Province, he was a famous writer, calligrapher and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty.

6. Su Zhe * * *1March 03918-12 years 10 years1October 25th * * *, with the word Zi You and the word Shu Tong, who is a welcome guest. Meishan, Meizhou, is from Sichuan. A writer and prime minister in the Northern Song Dynasty, one of the "Eight Great Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties".

7. Ceng Gong * * *1019-1083 * * *, a native of Zigu, Han nationality, Jianchangjun * * was born in Nanfeng County, Jiangxi Province, and later lived in Linchuan. He was an essayist, historian and politician in the Northern Song Dynasty.

8. Wang Anshi * *1021year1February 18-1May 2, 0861day * * *, Character Festival, No. Wang Anshi successively signed judgments in Yangzhou, and decided cases in Yinxian and Zhou Shu, with remarkable achievements. In the second year of Xining, *** 1069 * * *, he served as a political adviser, and the following year he worshipped the ministers and presided over the political reform. Because of the opposition of the old school, Xining went on strike in *** 1074 * * seven years. A year later, Song Shenzong was put into use again and retired to Jiangning. In the first year of Yuan You, *** 1086 * * *, the Conservative Party took power and all the new laws were abolished. EULAN SPA01 died in Zhongshan * * * and now in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province * *, and was given to a teacher. Shao Shengyuan was named "Wen" in *** 1094 * *, so he was called Wang Wengong.

On the Historical Background of the Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties

The title of "Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties" first appeared when Han, Liu and other humanities were recorded as "Collected Works of Mr. Liu" in the primary election of Ming Dynasty. Due to the merger of the three Soviet Union, it was actually "Collected Works of Mr. Eight". Among the Wenbian compiled by Tang Shunzhi in the middle of Ming Dynasty, there were only eight in the Tang and Song Dynasties. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Mao Kun selected Notes of Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties 160, which was widely circulated in the old society, and the name "Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties" became popular. Since the eight schools were named in the Tang, Song and Ming Dynasties, ancient writers have taken the eight schools as their Sect. Eight Great Banknotes in Tang and Song Dynasties 164, including the Ming Wanli engraving and the Qing Dynasty bookstore engraving. In Qing Dynasty, Wei Yuan had eight volumes of Eight Great Readers in Tang and Song Dynasties.

Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan jointly advocated the "ancient prose movement", so they were collectively called "Han Heyang Liu An". The rise of Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan and the flourishing age of Kaiyuan in the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty started the ancient prose movement and made the prose of the Tang Dynasty flourish. For a time, writers of ancient Chinese prose rose up to attack it, forming a * * situation of "everyone coughs and spits, everything becomes a pearl".

Su Shi, Su Xun and Su Zhe are called "Three Sus", Su Xun is the father of Su Shi and Su Zhe, and Su Shi is Su Zhe's brother. Ouyang Xiu is Su Shi's teacher, and both Wang Anshi and Ceng Gong once worshipped Ouyang Xiu as their teacher. Therefore, the Eight Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties were divided into two Tang Dynasty * * * Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan * * * and six Song Dynasty * * * Su Shi, Su Xun, Su Zhe, Ouyang Xiu, Ceng Gong and Wang Anshi * * *.

Eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties were the central figures who presided over the ancient prose movement in Tang and Song Dynasties. They advocated prose and opposed parallel prose, which had a far-reaching influence on the literary world at that time and later generations.