Why did Su Xun name his son Su Shi?

Su Xun, a great writer in ancient times, naturally took a lot of thought to name his two sons. Su Xun's eldest son was named Su Shi and his second son Su Zhe. What's the point in the middle

When Su Xun was young, he began to work hard at the age of 27. He was born Su Shi at the age of twenty-nine and Su Zhe at the age of thirty-one. When Su Xun was nearly forty years old, he once wrote an article "The Theory of Two Names", which clearly mentioned the reason why he named his two sons.

The names of the two brothers are related to ancient carriages.

To Su Shi, the eldest son, Su Xun wrote: "Wheels, spokes, covers and forks all have the function of vehicles. If Shi does nothing alone. Although, when I went to the stone, I didn't see it as the end of the car. Oh, I'm afraid you didn't decorate it! " "Yes" is a crossbar in front of an ancient car, used as an armrest for passengers. Compared with wheels, spokes, car roofs and crossbars, stones seem to have no effect. However, if a carriage has no handrails, it will always make people feel incomplete. As a result, this kind of "stone" with no practical function has only decorative function. Su Xun said, my son Su Shi, I'm worried that you don't pay attention to the external decoration. I hope that Su Shi in Su Xun can observe what he said, hide his sincerity, don't be impulsive, and be too honest with others.

To his second son, Su Zhe, Su Xun wrote: "There is no car in the world that you can do. And the price of the car is different. Although the servant horse is dead, the suffering is not much better. This is a question between good luck and bad luck. Oh, I know it's safe! " "Walking" is the impression left by the carriage. Su Xun said that all wagons in the world follow the footprints of the preceding car, but when it comes to the quality of wagons, people don't mention rutting at all. Although rutting is useless, once the car turns over and dies and something bad happens, rutting will not be implicated. Su Xun said that if Su Zhe is willing to stick to the rules, although he can't be rich or expensive, he can avoid disaster.

As a father, I should want my children to succeed, not to say that they deserve respect all their lives, but at least they should be excellent and different. Why did Su Xun, one of the "Eight Great Men", let his son learn to hide his sincerity and be willing to be ordinary? this is

Later generations mentioned "Three Sows" and praised "Three Scholars". Some people even think that "Three Soviets" are successful candidates at the same time, but they are not. Record: "I am old, I am a scholar, I am a scholar, I am a scholar, but I don't think so." At the age of 27, Su Xun decided to study. At the age of 28, I began to take the imperial examination, and then I took the examination with different talents, but all failed. From then on, Su Xun took the exam for more than ten years, but he failed. In the second year of Jiayou, father and son came to Beijing together. That topic, Su Shi and Su Zhe brothers high school, Su Xun didn't mention. Maybe Su Xun disdains to take the exam with his son. When two sons were admitted, Su Xun wrote sadly, "If you don't know how to find a job, you will never find a job." It is difficult to make mistakes, but children are like picking mustard. "In a blink of an eye, Su Xun has been taking part in the imperial examinations for more than 20 years, but he has accomplished nothing. It is so easy for Jinshi to become famous for his son, but Su Xun is so elusive.

Then, with Su Xun's extraordinary talent, why didn't he miss the 20-year imperial examination? In Song Dynasty, the number of candidates for Jinshi was very small, and generally one subject was a factor of twenty or thirty people. The most important thing is Su Xun's stubborn, arrogant and unscrupulous character.

Around the age of 30, Su Xun's articles have actually been written very well, but his reputation is not in Shu. At that time, the world style of writing was dominated by "imperial style" and full of allusions. However, Su Xun's articles often complain about the disadvantages of the times and point to the major policies at that time. Su Xun also disdained to visit local officials. Even with his famous relatives, he deliberately divided the boundaries and kept his dignity. Those mediocre local officials don't want to make trouble at all, so naturally they won't report Su Xun's name.

Many years later, for the sake of his son's future, Su Xun published a book with his two sons and went directly to Beijing to take the imperial examination. After arriving in Beijing, Su Xun dedicated some of his articles to Ouyang Xiu, a literary master. Ouyang Xiu praised and recommended Su Xun to the DPRK minister. At that time, scholars of Beijing literature praised Su Xun's works in succession.

In such a good situation, Su Xun should have soared and started a beautiful career. However, this is not the case. Because of Su Xun's pride, many people were offended unconsciously, including Wang Anshi, the official of Letters Patent, and Fu Bi, the prime minister. Ouyang Xiu held a literary conference and invited celebrities from Beijing. At the dinner table, Ouyang Xiu asked Su Xun to speak, and Su Xun spoke about the situation in court. At that time, Li Yuanhao started his army in the west. At that time, Zaichen advocated exchanging money for peace. For this kind of behavior, Su Xun. Su Xun believes that the only way to treat Xixia is to win by war, not by bribery. In the History of Song Dynasty, Su Xun said that "if you are proud of the world, the story of its death in six countries is under six countries", but did not directly say that the ruler is a traitor who is proud of it. Middle-and lower-level officials and ordinary people admire Su Xun's point of view, but the ruling minister is very angry.

Wang Anshi and Su Xun have different political views, criticizing Su Xun as a scholar and short-sighted. Su Xun wrote the article Six Kingdoms, denouncing Wang Anshi and others as traitors in the imperial court. Wang Anshi was furious. When Ouyang Xiu recommended Su Xun, Wang Anshi spared no effort to attack. Prime Minister Fu Bi had high hopes for Su Xun from the beginning. We can see that Su Xun was so ignorant of the times that he repeatedly criticized his national policy and became disgusted with Su Xun. When Song Renzong hinted that he wanted to promote Su Xun, Fu Bi said, "Su Xun especially suggested that people kill people to establish their prestige. Being an official is too urgent. " Fu Bi refused to comment on Su Xun's main battle policy, but criticized Su Xun for his fame and fortune and serious integrity. After hearing this, Song Renzong gave up the idea of promotion.

After two sons were admitted to Jinshi, Su Xun refused the imperial examination and devoted himself to it, hoping to make a difference and make a name for future generations. Later, Song Renzong personally invited Su Xun to take the exam in Scheeren's hospital, which was a great gift, but Su Xun thought it was unnecessary to take the exam again because of his reputation. Su Xun was not called on the pretext that he was ill. Finally, Song Renzong was generous and didn't care. A few years later, Han Qi, the prime minister, recommended Su Xun as an official, and served as an assistant to the proofreading of Eight-product secretariat books. However, after his death, he was only posthumous title Guanglu Temple, that is, Zhengbapin. This is not Song Renzong's impetuousness, but that Su Xun was not born in the imperial examination and had no actual achievements. Naturally, he cannot be awarded a high rank.

In his later years, Su Xun had a deep understanding of his fame, but he didn't care much. He could see that his two sons and teenagers were famous and promising, and Su Xun was both happy and worried. Relatively speaking, the eldest son, Su Shi, is brilliant but sharp-edged, sincere but not enterprising, knowledgeable but disdainful of keeping a low profile. He and Su Xun are alike in many ways. It was after reading the personality characteristics of the eldest son Su Shi that Su Xun said, "I'm afraid you have no decoration!" Although Su Zhe is not as talented as his brother, he can form many roles, much like Shicheng, a dignified and tolerant wife, but he reassured Su Xun.

Zhang, a native of Yizhou, has a reputation for discerning people. Su Xun specially took two sons to visit. After chatting with Su Shi, Zhang thought Su Shi was a genius, so he wrote six topics on the spot for Su Shi's brothers to write. After Su Shi got the exam questions, he immediately began to write, and Su Zhe hesitated when he looked at them. Su Lala Su Shi's sleeve asked where the fifth question came from. Su Shi didn't speak, just knocked on the table with a brush. Su Zhe immediately understood that the examination question was "On the Discrimination of Rape". After a while, Su Zhe asked the source of the sixth question with his eyes. Su Shi got up, went to Su Zhe's desk and crossed out the question. Soon, Su Shi handed in five written articles, and after a long time, Su Zhe also handed in five articles written by himself. Zhang was overjoyed to see this. His six questions are biased, not that scholars don't know the source at all, but that the sixth question is invented by himself and has no source. Sue, please evaluate these two children. Zhang said: "Both children are geniuses. The eldest son is brilliant and amazing; I am cautious, I value my feelings, and my achievements in other days may exceed my brother. "

Later, because of his outspoken views, Su Shi adhered to his own principles in the struggle between the old and new parties and had different customs. As a result, when the new party was in power, it encountered Wutai poetry case, Huangzhou was demoted, and the new party came to power and was demoted to Hainan, suffering from vagrancy. Although Su Zhe was once implicated by his brother Su Shi, he kept his mouth shut and knew how to protect himself. It is because Su Zhe's reputation is not as good as his brother's, but during the reign of Yuan You, he became an official assistant minister, bowing to each other and ruling. Everything is as Su Xun expected.

Later, Su Shi wrote a poem to express his expectation for his children: "Everyone should be smart in raising children. I've been fooled by cleverness all my life. May the foolish old man be gentle, and there is no disaster and no difficulty in reaching the secretary. " Su Xun's expectations for his son are the same, and his intentions are good.

It turns out that a small name has such a big name, which not only does not need five lines, but also has a good meaning and is catchy to read. More pinned Su Xun's expectations for his son. The poor inherited the wind. Without culture, I really can't think of such a meaningful name.