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I was addicted to learning when I was young. Because my family is poor, I can't get books to read. I often borrow money from the library, copy it myself, and send it back on the appointed day. It's cold, the inkstone is hard, my fingers can't bend and stretch, and I'm lazy. After copying, please go back to China, and dare not exceed the agreed time limit slightly. So many people regard books as fake (Ji m:), and I also want to read a lot of books. Being crowned (guān) will benefit the saints. He has also suffered from celebrities and tourists who have no masters. He has traveled hundreds of miles and asked his ancestors in his hometown for advice. First, Delong looked at the statue. His disciples filled his room with Jiang. He never bowed slightly. Around Lishi, he assisted the suspect and leaned over to ask questions; Or when you meet him (Chi) and duh (Du Bu), the more respectful and humble you are, the more you dare not say a word; Have a nice time (s √), please ask again. So I was stupid and finally learned a lot. When he was a teacher, he walked in mountains and valleys. The wind in winter is fierce, the snow is several feet deep, and the skin is cracked. To give up (shè), the limbs are stiff (jìng, disyllabic word) and can't move, while Yi people (Yü ng) hold soup to fill the quilt (Qοon), which is a long-term harmony. If you travel against the trend, your host will eat again every day, and you won't enjoy the taste of fresh fat. She was embroidered by (pρ) Qi (qǐ), wearing a hat decorated with Zhu yěng(yρng), a circle of white jade around her waist, a sword on her left and a stench on her right, while Ye (yρ) looked like a god. I am not interested in clothes, clothes, and clothes. Because there are enough things in your heart to make you happy, don't feel that the enjoyment of food is not as good as others. My efforts and efforts are probably like this. Today, although Mao is old, he has accomplished nothing. Fortunately, he is a gentleman, and he is respected by Tian Zi. After he was appointed to a public office, he worked as a consultant every day, and his name was called wrong by all countries. What else? Send dongyang horse

Now all the students are studying in imperial academy, the county magistrate has a little (shāo) for (gê ng) every day, and the parents are 20 years old and have the legacy of Qiu Ge, so they are not hungry and cold (Nò I). Sit downstairs and recite "poems" and "books" without running around; Some are teachers, some are teachers, some don't ask, don't tell, and some ask but don't; All the books should be kept here. There is no need to record them through other people's hands and read them later. If they are not proficient in their studies and their moral character is not cultivated, if they have no talent and qualifications, they will not be as single-minded as I am. Can you say it's someone else's fault? Dongyang Ma, who studied in imperial academy for two years, was praised by his peers for his virtue. In the capital of song dynasty, he was born with the son of a fellow countryman (yè), and wrote a long book (zhàn) thinking it was a ambition, and his words were very fluent. He argued with it and made peace with it. He said that when he was young, he studied very hard and was a good learner. He was going home to visit his parents, and I told him about the difficulties in his studies. It is said that Yu Mian's fellow villagers are all scholars, and so is Yu. Those who despise me, brag about my wealth and prosperity, and be arrogant to my hometown know the rest! -selected from the Song (also known as Wen) anthology ("Mao is old and accomplished, but fortunately he is among the gentlemen, and he is the respect of the son of heaven. After he was appointed as an official, he sat as a counselor every day, and the four seas were also hollow; Is there too much? "and" Yu Mian is a scholar, Yu Ye; Those villagers who laugh at me and brag about the prosperity and arrogance of my wealth know the rest! " Omitted in the Chinese textbook of the second day of junior high school)

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I especially liked reading when I was a child. As the family is poor, there is no way to buy books to read. They often borrow books from people who collect books, copy them by hand, calculate the date and return them on time. When it is very cold, the water in the inkstone pool forms hard ice, and the fingers can't bend and straighten, so they don't stop. After copying, return the borrowed books as soon as possible, and dare not exceed the agreed time limit slightly. So people are more willing to lend me books, so I can read a lot of books. In adulthood, I admire the theory of ancient sages, but I am worried that there is no knowledgeable teacher to associate with celebrities (consult). Once ran a hundred miles away, holding a book to consult the moral predecessors in the village. His predecessors were highly respected and his family was crowded with disciples. He never expresses his language and expression euphemistically. I stood beside him respectfully, asking questions and reasons, bending down for advice; Sometimes when I meet someone he scolds, my expression is more obedient and my behavior is more considerate, and I dare not say a word; He will ask again when he is happy. So although I was stupid, I finally learned a lot. When I went to ask for advice, I carried my books and dragged my shoes in the ravine. In the middle of winter, the cold wind blows hard and the snow is several feet deep. I don't know. The skin on my feet is frozen. Back to the hotel, my limbs were frozen and I couldn't move. The waiter brought hot water (for me) to wash hands and warm feet, and took the quilt (for me) to cover it. It took a long time to warm up. Stay in a hotel, eat only two meals a day, and there is nothing delicious to enjoy. The students who live in the hotel together are all dressed luxuriantly, wearing hats decorated with red tassels and precious stones, white jade rings around their waists, knives on their left and sachets hanging on their right, which are as dazzling as immortals. But I live among them in rags and have no jealousy. Because I have my own fun in my heart, I don't feel that the enjoyment of food, clothing, housing and transportation is not as good as others. I am diligent and hardworking at school, and that's about it. Now, although I am old and have no achievements, I am fortunate enough to be among the gentlemen, bearing the honor of the son of heaven, following the emperor every day, waiting to be questioned, and praising my name inappropriately under the sun. Besides, who can surpass me? Now these students are studying in universities, the government provides meals every day, and parents issue winter clothes and summer clothes every year, so there is no need to worry about freezing and hunger. Sitting in a big and spacious house reading "poems" and "books", there is no fatigue of running around; Some teachers and doctors don't ask themselves, and they can't get knowledge; All the books should be concentrated here, so that I don't have to copy them myself as before, and I can borrow them from others first. If they are (still) not proficient in their studies and (still) lacking in virtue, (then) it is not that (his) intelligence is low, but that (his) thoughts are not as concentrated as mine. Is it someone else's fault? Ma has been studying in this university for two years, and his peers praise him for his talent. After I became an official, I went to Beijing to see the emperor. He saw that I was a junior in the same town. I wrote a long letter as a gift, and my words are very fluent. Compared with the essay on the same topic, the language is euphemistic, pleasant and pleasing. Claiming to study very hard when I was a child, I can be called a person who likes to study. He was going home to visit his parents, so I told him about the difficulty of studying. If I encourage fellow villagers to study hard, that is my ambition; If you denigrate me, brag about my experience and be proud in front of my fellow villagers, do you know me?

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[1] from Song Wenxuan (Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House, 1985). Dongyang, a place name, is in today's Zhejiang Province. [2] Song Lian: (1310-1381) word Jinglian, Pujiang moved to the west (now northwest of Yiwu, Zhejiang Province) [2] Yu: 1. [3] Hobbies: special hobbies. [4] No way: No way. [5] to the book: get the book. To: I see. This means buying books. Every: often. Yu: Item. [6] Under the guise of: synonymous compounds. Borrow. Fake, borrowed. Nouns as adverbials. [7] Dai: Don't slack off, don't relax. [8] Go: Run and catch up. [9] overdue: beyond the agreed time limit. [10] Therefore. [1 1] guàn: The ancient man held a coronation ceremony at the age of 20, indicating that he was an adult. [12] Suffering: Suffering. [13] Master: A knowledgeable teacher. Shuo, Da. [14] Taste: Once. [15] trend: running towards. [16] Xianda: a virtuous and knowledgeable elder. [17] Inquire about the scriptures from the township ancestors: take the scriptures and ask the local moral and learned predecessors. Knock and ask [18] Delong Wang Zun: High moral prestige. Respected. Hope, prestige, reputation. Dragon: High. The disciples crowded his room: the students crowded his room. Master, apprentice, student. Fill, fill. It means crowded here. [20] Slightly lower rhetoric: gentle words, gentle face. Words, words and faces. [2 1] The quality of aid questioning: ask questions and ask the truth. Help, offer. Quality, inquiry [22] Bend over and ask with your ears tilted: Bend over and ask with your ears tilted (indicating respect and concentration). [23] Or: Sometimes. [24] reprimand (chi) du not: reprimand, reprimand. [25] To: Deliberate. [26] A: This refers to defense. [27] I (ì): Wait a minute. [28] Carrying a book box and dragging shoes. Basket: book box. Li: Shoes. [29] poor winter: deep winter. [30] chapped skin (jūn): chapped skin due to cold and dryness. [3 1] House: refers to the study and library. [32] Branch: connected with "limb", stiff neck. [33] Yi: refers to male and female servants. [34] soup: hot water. [35] Lying off: lavage. [36] He (q and n): quilt. [37] Hug: Surround. [38] and: Undertaking table. [39] Yes, only. [40] Stay in a hotel. Live, live. Travel backwards, hotel. [4 1] embroidered by (pρ) Qi (qǐ): wearing beautiful silk clothes. Yes, pass "wear". [42] Zhu Ying: The Red Hat. [43] Waist: Hanging at the waist. Waist, nouns as verbs. [44] Liu: sachet. Smell, this refers to the aroma. [45] Ye ran: radiant. [46] robes: worn-out clothes. Silk cotton interwoven with old and new. [47] Slightly unattractive: not envious. Slightly none: none. Mu, Yan, envy. [48] People who enjoy it don't know that oral service is not like people. Because they have enough happiness in their hearts (referring to reading), they will not feel that food and clothing are not as good as people. China: Inside. Oral and physical service: refers to food and clothing. Feng: Support. [49] G: Probably. [50] Tao: Speak, speak. [5 1] Mao Lao: Old. People in their eighties and nineties are called Yao. Song Lian is sixty-nine years old at this time. [52] Fortunately, I was lucky enough to participate in it. A gentleman refers to a scholar with moral knowledge. [53] Affix: This means "follow". [54] Miscommunication: improper praise. This is the author's modest words. [55] Zhu Sheng: Too many students. [56] imperial academy: A school established by the central government in the Ming Dynasty to educate scholars was called imperial academy or imperial academy. [57] County Decree: This refers to the imperial court. [58] Lin (lǐn) omitted: food given by the government. At that time, the free food provided by the government was called "heavy" or "light". [59] Qiu (qiú): leather clothes. [60] Grid cloth refers to clothes worn in summer. [6 1] Heritage (wèi): Give, give, here refers to assistance. [62] Division and Doctor: Deputy Chief and Professor of imperial academy respectively. Represents a learned person. [63] Unborn inferiority: If it weren't for low talent. [64] Liu generation: peers. Flow: flat. [65] Chao: In the old society, courtiers appeared before the monarch. When Song Lian wrote this article, he came to Beijing from his hometown and met Zhu Yuanzhang in Nanjing. [66] To a fellow countryman: As the son of a fellow countryman. [67] Ye: Please see me. [68] Turn: Turn together and write. [69] Long book: Long letter. [70] Zhi Zhi: This is a gift to show our respect when we first met. I: Peace. [72] Yu Yu sentence: I think I am encouraging fellow villagers to study hard, which is my original intention. [73] Defamation: slander. [74] Prosperous fortune: Encountering honor refers to the emperor's appreciation and reuse. [75] Jiao Xiangren: Proud of fellow villagers.

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1, a sentence that dominates and sets the tone for the full text: I was eager to learn when I was young. 2. A sentence that can best express the author's pain in copying books when he was young: it's freezing, the inkstone is hard, and his fingers can't bend and stretch. 3. Sentences that show that the teacher is angry and humbly asks for advice: or when being scolded (chi) and (du), the more respectful, the more humble, and dare not say a word; Have a nice time (s √), please ask again. 4. Revealing the sentence of spiritual pursuit to overcome material poverty: People who have played enough in it don't know that their mouths and bodies are not like people.

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According to my personal experience of studying hard under difficult conditions when I was young, the author warned the students at that time not to live up to the good conditions, but to study hard to succeed.

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Preface to Farewell to Dongyang is taken from Song Anthology (four series). In the 11th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1378), Song Lian retired from his hometown Pujiang (Pujiang County, Zhejiang Province) to Yingtian (now Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province) in the second year. Ma Junze, a fellow student in imperial academy, came to visit Zhu Yuanzhang. This lesson only extracts the first half of the preface. In this part, the author did not preach with a straight face because of his position and elder status, but put forward his own views and described the hardships and hardships of his childhood study, in order to convince people with reason and control people with emotion. This is the author's ardent expectation for Ma Junze. After hard work, I finally achieved something.

Article type

Preface to seeing Ma Sheng off to Dongyang is a gift preface. "Preface" is a style, in which "preface" is not "preface" but "gift". There are two kinds of prefaces: book prefaces and gift prefaces. The preface of the book is relatively early, mostly describing the author's interest and writing origin, such as Yi Xu and Tai Shi Gong Xu. The preface of the book and the preface of the book are different in nature. It began in the Tang Dynasty. Generally, it is a kind of thoughts and feelings expressed in words between literati. Arguments are often put forward to clarify some viewpoints, which is equivalent to a style of argumentative writing. Most of the contents are words of encouragement, praise and emphasis, such as preface to Meng Dongye by Han Yu and preface to Xue Cunyi by Liu Zongyuan. Song Lian was an official in Beijing Jiankang (now Nanjing), and Ma Jun, a fellow countryman and a young man from Dongyang County, Zhejiang Province, was also in Beijing and studying in imperial academy. Ma Sheng returned to his hometown to visit relatives. Song Lian wrote this article, and combined with his own practice realized that "Tao is difficult to learn", and set an example to encourage hard study. This preface is not a deadpan sermon, nor a compliment to the other side, but a statement of self-expression, which criticizes the shortcomings of the present, so it is faithful, true and reasonable, and the words are fluent, and the truth is also very enlightening to us today.

Brief introduction of the author Song Lian's life

In the history of ancient literature in China, Song Lian, Liu Ji and Gao Qi were called the great poets in the third day of Ming Dynasty. Fang Xiaoru, a loyal minister and scholar in the early Ming Dynasty, studied under Song Lian when he was young. Song Lian (1310-1381) is called Jingxi, also known as Xuanzhenzi, Xuanzhendao and Xuanzhendun. Han nationality, a native of Pujiang (now Yiwu, Zhejiang), was a writer in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. He was once praised by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, as "the head of the founding civil servants", and scholars called him Taishigong. Song Lian, Gao Qi and Liu Ji are also called "the great poets in the third day of Ming Dynasty". In the fourth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang was angry with the poem "There was no shortage of birds since ancient times", which caused great disaster. He was born in a poor family, but he was eager to learn since he was a child. He was employed by Wu Lai, Liu Guan and Huang Cheng, masters of ancient Chinese prose at the end of Yuan Dynasty. He studied hard all his life. "From childhood to old age, he never went to school for a day and learned everything." At the end of Yuan Dynasty, Yuan Shundi asked him to organize and edit imperial academy. He resigned and wrote a book on the grounds of supporting his parents. In the 20th year (1360), Zheng Zheng was hired by Zhu Yuanzhang together with Liu Ji, Zhang Yi and Ye Chen, and was honored as the teacher of the Five Classics. Liu Ji and Gao Qi were great poets in the third day of Ming Dynasty. Hong majored in Yuan history, and the official to the bachelor accepted the imperial edict. Later, due to Hu's case, he died in Maozhou. In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor, and Song Lian became a Confucian teacher in Jiangnan, giving lectures to the Prince. In the second year of Hongwu (1369), he was ordered to major in Yuan history. Tired officials went to the academician courtyard to start a business, knowing the patent. Hongwu ten years (1377), resigned and returned home. Later, because the eldest grandson was involved in the Hu Dang case, the whole family was exiled to Maozhou (now Sichuan Qiang Autonomous County) and died on the way in Kuizhou (now fengjie county, Chongqing). In the history of ancient literature in China, Song Lian, Liu Ji and Gao Qi were called the great poets in the third day of Ming Dynasty. He took it as his duty to inherit the feudal Confucian orthodoxy, and advocated "learning from the classics" and "learning from the ancients" of the characters and learning from the Tang and Song Dynasties. His works are very rich. His works, represented by biographical sketches and narrative essays, are concise, elegant and graceful, with their own characteristics. When the Ming Dynasty was founded, most of the imperial rites and music systems were formulated by Song Lian. Zhu Yuanzhang called him "the first civil servant in the founding of the People's Republic of China", Liu Ji praised him as "the first article today" and scholars from all directions called him "Tai Shigong". He is the author of Song Anthology and New Theory of Filial Piety.

Historical evaluation

Song Lian is "the head of the founding civil servants". He insisted that Ming Dow's prose should seek truth from facts, draw lessons from classics, emphasize "expressing one's will", pay attention to "changing things" and demand "feeling things with things", so his prose is rich in content and has certain artistic skills. In the next generation, Song Lian is the first person to open a private library. Song Lian's collection of books began as a teenager. At that time, he moved to Pujiang because of the war at the end of Yuan Dynasty, and built a room to study in Luo Qing Mountain, because its building was named "Luo Qing Mountain House". After the mutiny, the official books were seriously damaged, and Song Lian was able to keep the book city because of his seclusion in the mountains. Qi Ming Han Cheng's "Red Book Collection of Lianshengtang" said: "After the country broke the fire and died, Song Wenxian publicly studied in Luoqingshan, and has collected thousands of books." The Preface to the Complete Works of Song Wenxian, the second volume of the Collected Works of Fengxitang in the Qing Dynasty, said that Song Lian "began to sneak into Pujiang, gained his book wealth, and pushed Song Lian first". The essence of Song Lian's books, a few of which flowed into the hands of Qing people. For example, The Collection of Changqing in the Northern Song Dynasty was successively collected by Qian Ceng, Huang Pilie and Pan Zuyin. "Bai Fu": "The" Changqing "of Lushan Mountain, see Liuding; Master Jinhua is an elf alone. " Note: Changqing Ji was engraved in the Northern Song Dynasty, so-called' Lushan Edition'. Geng Yin was burned and the seeds were cut. Only this little song book in Jinhua Song's "Jinglian" is full of pictures, ancient and lovely, and rare. In addition, a batch of biographies of Spring and Autumn Annals, Historical Records and Song Wenxuan flowed into the palace of the Qing Dynasty, recording the sequel of Tianlu Lin Lang. Song Lian also collected the Song Dynasty publication "Shilin Guangji", and then returned to Ding Richang, Guangdong Province, where he recorded the Bibliography of Bao Jing Zhai. The orthodox view of literature has a long history, but there are also differences here: the ancient writers in Tang and Song Dynasties, represented by Han Yu and Ouyang Xiu, advocated that "literature should be based on Ming Dow" in theory, emphasizing the instrumentality of literature, but not belittling it; Neo-Confucianism in Song Dynasty saw their incompleteness, so it put forward the argument of "the unity of literature and Taoism" and even "literature harms Taoism" to prevent literati from being tempted by literature outside Taoism. Song Lian's literary thought followed the extreme viewpoint of Neo-Confucianism. In Wen Yuan, he emphasized that writing "does not refer exclusively to rhetorical writing", and that the image of Tao is the representation, and the text is consistent with Tao, where Tao is, the text is also there. In other articles, Song Lian has repeatedly put forward that "standing without a road, filling without a road, and walking without a road" (preface to Baiyun Draft); "There is no Tao outside the text, and there is no text outside the Tao" (preface to Professor Xu's Collected Works). Criticizing ancient writers with this theory shows a very narrow attitude. For example, in the Preface to the Collected Works of Professor Xu, Song Lian openly proposed that after the death of Mencius, "there will be no literature in the world"; Jia Yi and Sima Qian only got "skin", while Han Yu and Ouyang Xiu only got "bone". Only a few great scholars in the Song Dynasty "won their hearts" can be regarded as "the writings of the Six Classics". As for all kinds of articles that obviously don't meet the standard of "gentleness and gentleness", in Song Lian's view, they are even more "non-literature". The theory of "the unity of literature and Taoism" is an officially supported position, which can be proved by the style of Yuan Shi. Since Ye Fan's Book of the Later Han Dynasty, two biographies, The Scholars and Wen Yuan, have been separated to distinguish the scholars from the writers, and the history of repairing officials in later generations has been inherited. However, the History of Yuan Dynasty abolished this distinction and set up a separate History of the Scholars, arguing that "scripture cannot be divided into two" and that "literature does not originate from the six arts, but is all words!" Yuan Shi was written at Zhu Yuanzhang's instigation, which certainly catered to his meaning. With the official support of the imperial court, this theory will inevitably bring disastrous consequences to the development of literature.

Evaluation of Song Lian's Collected Works

Song Lian's collected works are full of works that beautify, eulogize the elites of the ruling group in the early Ming Dynasty and praise chastity women, which is probably the concentrated expression of his "orthodox" literature. But the progress that history has made, that is, it is still difficult to reverse it by force. Therefore, even in Song Lian, there are two sides. Song Lian maintained close friendship with Yang Weizhen at the end of Yuan Dynasty. After Yang's death in the early Ming Dynasty, he wrote an epitaph for him, praised Yang's literary talent and achievements, and even described his "broad-minded" and "cynical" life mode in a rather tolerant tone, which was quite incompatible with his strict theory. In addition, he also has some essays, which respect the reality of life, so he is closer to the real human nature while promoting some moral concepts. Song Lian's prose is concise and elegant, with few embellishments. But occasionally some descriptive fragments can be written quite beautifully. Various styles often have their own characteristics, which shows that changes are not so rigid. Generally speaking, his writing style is close to moral norms, and he has high language accomplishment and skillful skills, so he can be a model of literary fashion in the early Ming Dynasty. Sadly for Song Lian, Zhu Yuanzhang did not admit that he was a "great scholar" at all, but called him a "scholar" in an insulting tone (see Biography of Gui Yanliang in Ming Dynasty). Because in Zhu Yuanzhang's political system, there can be no more "great Confucianism"-the ideological director of society, and the emperor himself is the ideological director. Song Lian died innocently in the end, which also reflected the harshness of politics in the early Ming Dynasty. Song Lian was the main designer of cultural regulation in Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang called him "the head of the founding civil servants" (Biography of Ming History). When I was young, I studied in the county, learned three biographies of Spring and Autumn Annals, studied under Wu Lai, a philosopher and ancient prose writer in eastern Zhejiang, and studied under Liu Guan, Huang Cheng and Zheng Fuchu. He studied under Zhu, He Ji, Jin Luxiang and Xu Qian, and he himself is interested in inheriting Wu Xue from Donglai. In Song Lian, there are two kinds of cultural personalities: the Neo-Confucianism and the litterateur. His literary thought follows Hao Jing, Liu Jiangsun and Seo Woo, and advocates the trinity of heaven, events and literature. His literary ontology continues the concept of "the unity of literature and Taoism" in Neo-Confucianism, which is manifested in the compilation of the History of Yuan Dynasty, that is, the integration of Confucian scholars and liberal arts. In Wen Yuan, he not only emphasized that the text is the manifestation of Tao, but also divided it into Tao-carrying text and chronicle. He believes that "the chronicle should be Sima Qian and Ban Gu, and the words contain Tao. How can I keep up without six books? " Judging ancient writers by the Six Classics sometimes shows a narrow attitude. For example, in the Preface to the Collected Works of Professor Xu, Song Lian openly put forward: "My husband died of Mencius, and there is no literature in the world. Jia Changsha, Dong Jiangdu and Taishi moved their skins, Han Libu and Ouyang got their bones, and the five masters of Fuling, Henan, Hengqu and Kaoting got their hearts. " Looking at the works of five masters is fascinating and fascinating, and you will never be confused until you reach the saints. Sven also, non-Song also, Tang Yu three generations of literature also; Not Tang Yu's writings of three generations, but also the writings of Six Classics. "This is obviously from the standpoint of Neo-Confucianism, and consciously cooperates with Zhu Yuanzhang's cultural policy of" respecting Song Confucianism alone ".

Song Lian's Literary Creation

Song Lian's literary creation can be divided into two stages, one is to escape from troubled times, and the other is to praise seclusion. In the later period, he wrote a large number of temple books and inscriptions on the great ancestor Daqing, which were highly praised by colleagues and scholars from all over the world. Although his temple literature shows the enterprising spirit of Confucianism, many articles are for entertainment and praise of saints, and the form of Li Hongdian covers up the embarrassment of internal vitality. Song Lian is the founder of "Taige Style" literature, and he initiated the theory of "Taige Style" in literary theory. In Preface to Wang Youcheng's Poems, the article is divided into two schools: Tiger and Linshan, among which the intention of respecting Tiger and belittling Linshan is very obvious. Song Lian's graceful and quiet temple articles also provide a creative model for Taige Style. For example, Reading the River in Lou Ji, based on the purport of understanding the sacred meaning, imagines all kinds of reverie of the Emperor ascending the building, and praises Zhu Yuanzhang's "thinking of governing the country". Later, Sanyang's Tiger article was derived from such an article. The article that truly shows Song Lian's literary talent and creative spirit is not his temple essays, but his biographical essays with free selection of materials and free feelings. His representative works include stories of Puyang, biographies of sages in five continents and other legendary biographies describing historical celebrities in Puyang. These biographies can grasp the characteristics and details of the characters, and use the method of comparison and contrast to highlight the personality of the characters. The disadvantage is that they are sometimes a bit redundant. For example, Biography of White Bull is Song Lian's autobiography. The author wrote it vividly for himself, revealing his mental outlook: White Bull was born in Jinhua, a native of Qianxi, and his surname is unknown. He tried to ride a white cow to and from the stream, so he gave birth to a white cow. Life is short and details are scarce. Hard-working, addicted to everything, but not lazy about attack and study. He keeps his mind, writes books and talks with people. Or tired of its complexity, he said, "I don't want to learn this, but I can learn from it." If you don't have one day, you will walk at night. "Song Lian braved the heavy snow to visit the teacher. Song Lian, a famous essayist and scholar in Ming Dynasty, was fond of learning since childhood. He was not only knowledgeable, but also wrote excellent articles, and was praised by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, as the "head of the founding civil servants". Song Lian loves reading very much, and those who don't understand always get to the bottom of it. This time, in order to find out a problem, Song Lian walked dozens of miles in the snow to consult Ji Meng, a teacher who had stopped accepting students, but the teacher was not at home. Undaunted, Song Lian visited the teacher again a few days later, but the teacher didn't see him. Because of the cold weather, Song Lian and her companions were freezing, and Song Lian's toes were frostbitten. Song Lian was rescued when he fell into a snow pit during his third solo visit. When Song Lian almost fainted in front of the teacher's house, the teacher was moved by his sincerity and patiently answered Song Lian's questions. Later, in order to gain more knowledge, Song Lian visited many teachers and became a famous essayist.

Song Lian's handed down works

Song Lian was the "head of the founding civil servants" in the Ming Dynasty. He is studious and rich in works. He emphasized Ming Dow's practice, studied classics, and advocated the unity of theory, skill and language. Youchang's essays, such as Biography of Qin Shilu, Biography of Wang Mian and Biography of Li Yichuan, can grasp the details and highlight the personality, with little exaggeration, but deep infection; Scenery such as "Preface to Peach Blossom Creek Poetry" and "Huancui Pavilion" are simple and delicate, like Ouyang Xiu. His works include New Filial Piety Classic, On Zhou Liji, Longmenzi, Hidden Creek Collection, Luoshan Collection, Puyang Character Story, Hanyuan Collection, Zhiyuan Collection and so on. Later generations carved his poems into seventy-five volumes of The Complete Works of Song and Shi Xue. The article is popular not only in China, but also in Korea, Annan, Japan and other countries.