The slogan of Han Yu's ancient prose movement

He advocated "words carry the Tao" and put forward the slogans of "only saying what you say" and "keeping your word". And put forward the theory of prose writing, such as "integration of literature and Taoism", "speaking with boldness and propriety", "doing things in an orderly way" and "following words and phrases". Have a profound impact on future generations.

Han Yu was an advocate of the ancient prose movement in the Tang Dynasty, and was honored by later generations as the first of the "eight masters in the Tang and Song Dynasties". He and Liu Zongyuan are also called "Liu Han", known as "great writers" and "one hundred generations of literators". Later generations called Liu Zongyuan, Ouyang Xiu and Su Shi "the four great writers of the ages".

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Han Yu is an advocate of the ancient prose movement, who advocates inheriting the prose tradition of the pre-Qin and Han dynasties and opposes the parallel prose that pays attention to the rhythm and ignores the content. Han Yu's articles are magnificent, well-organized and logical, and are known as the first of the "Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties".

People at that time had the reputation of "resisting US aggression and aiding Korea". Du Mu juxtaposes Koreans with Du Shi, which is called "Du Han Shi Bi". Su Shi called him "the decline of eight generations of literature." The ancient prose movement advocated by Liu Han opened up the development path of ancient prose since the Tang Dynasty.

Korean poetry strives for novelty, emphasizing momentum and originality. Han Yu took literature as his poem, and introduced the new language, rules and techniques of ancient China into the poetry circle, which enhanced the expressive function of poetry, expanded the field of poetry, and corrected the mediocre poetic style since Dali. In terms of feudal ideology and morality, he also made unique achievements, vigorously advocated Confucianism, and claimed to inherit Confucian orthodoxy, creating a precedent for Neo-Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties.

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