What is the difference between Su Shi and Liu Zongyuan's style of writing?

Liu Zongyuan was an outstanding writer and thinker in Tang Dynasty. Su Shi, on the other hand, was a versatile cultural giant in the Northern Song Dynasty, and made great achievements in literature and art such as poetry, ci, calligraphy and painting. Both Liu Zongyuan and Su Shi are famous for their good at prose, and they are both listed as "eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties" by later generations. The fable of Liu Zongyuan and Su Shi is one of the most important parts in their prose works. Fable is a persuasive and ironic story, which has always been popular in the prose of pre-Qin philosophers. Especially in the works of Mencius, Han Feizi and Lu Chunqiu in the late Warring States period, there are many fables with profound meanings and rich interests. Liu Zongyuan's fable prose such as Three Commandments creatively inherited the achievements of predecessors, making fable a unique literary form. Su Shi's Essays on Sad Son is a collection of fables and jokes with unique style, and it is the earliest collection of fables in China. Although they lived in different times, they all played an important role in the development history of China's fable literature. & ltbr & gt

By comparing Liu Zongyuan's and Su Shi's fables, it is found that they have their own artistic characteristics and similarities. Liu Zongyuan's fable prose has an influence on Su Shi's fable prose, which is innovative on the basis of predecessors. Both Liu Zongyuan and Su Shi played an important role in the development of fables. & ltbr & gt

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1. Liu Zongyuan and Su Shi have many similarities in fable creation:

1, Liu Zongyuan and Su Shi's fables are highly targeted in reality and are often allegories of major political issues at that time. Such as Liu Zongyuan's Biography:

Deer are afraid of regions, regions are afraid of tigers, and tigers are afraid of it. The shape of the scorpion is made by people, which is absolutely powerful and harmful. There are hunters in southern Chu who can blow bamboo as the voice of all animals. Yesterday, the cloud held a bow and arrow, and it was another volcano. For Luming Literature, he liked it, waited for it and shot it angrily. When the area heard its deer, it came. He was very scared because of the tiger. The region is walking and the tiger is coming. The more scared, the more embarrassed. The tiger died. If you smell it, you will eat it. Now the husband, it is not good to stay at home and have no food. ①P388 & lt； br & gt

The protagonist of the story is a hunter who can imitate the sounds of various wild animals. He has no actual force, so he can only deal with wild animals by messing around, scaring the area with the tiger's cry and scaring the tiger with the tiger's cry. As a result, he was attracted and there was nothing he could do. Hunters mainly hunt, but they don't have the practical skills to subdue dragons and tigers. They can only "blow bamboo for a hundred times" like ventriloquist, trying to catch wild animals by luck, and the result is the consequence. This fable was written when Liu Zongyuan was demoted to Yongzhou. At that time, although more than ten years had passed since the "rebellion against officials", which caused great harm to society, many social problems reflected by it were not solved: the expansion of the forces of the vassal regions, the weakening of centralization, the dependence on eunuchs and the rejection of reformists. The author pointed the criticism at those feudal officials who were strong outside and hollow inside, and mocked the mistake of "not being good at internal affairs and relying on external strength" in the Tang Dynasty, and adopted the method of "governing princes with princes". & ltbr & gt

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Such as Su Shi's Frog Cry at Night:

Ai Zi drifted across the ocean and spent the night on the island. At midnight, he heard someone crying underwater. He listens to what others say. & ltbr & gt

He said, "Yesterday, the Dragon King ordered the aquarium people to be beheaded. I am also afraid of punishment, so I cry. Your frog has no tail. Why are you crying? " & ltbr & gt

When I heard anything, I said, "I'm lucky to have no tail today, but I'm afraid I'll pay more attention to the current affairs of beans." & ltbr & gt

-Su Shi: Essays on Ai Zi 1p388

In this fable, it is said that the frog began to cry after hearing the order of the Dragon King that the aquarium should be beheaded. Then the frog has no tail. Why is it crying? Is the frog worrying too much? In this paper, the frog said, "I'm lucky that I don't have a tail today, but I'm afraid I'll pay more attention to current events." Yes, the frog's larva is a kodou, which once had a tail and inadvertently violated the rules and regulations of the Dragon King. The Dragon King can interrogate you and punish you at any time. The author alludes to the situation of "paying attention to current affairs" in society at that time. & ltbr & gt

The fable that "the dragon king has an order" and the saying that "the aquarium will be beheaded" are based on the political facts at that time. According to Bi Yuan's History as a Mirror, it was February of the fourth year of Shaosheng. Song Zhezong hated Yuan You's prime minister and ordered him to chase Sima Guang, Lv Gongzhu and others. His courtiers took the opportunity to say, "Those who have been attached to it from beginning to end ... are also punished as crimes." Zhezong really agreed, so he and Yuan You slaughtered the "first