Who is the highest literary achievement among the seven sons of Jian 'an?
The name of "seven sons" began with Cao Pi's Dian Lun Paper: "Today's literati include Lu Kongju, Guangling Chen Zhang, Wang Shen, Beihai Xu, Liu Chen Ruan Yu Yuan Yu, Runan Xingyang Delian, and Dongping businessman Liu Zhen. People who have given birth to seven children have nothing to learn and nothing to write. "These seven people generally represent outstanding writers except Cao Shi and his son during the Jian 'an period, so the theory of' seven sons' has been widely recognized by later generations. Except Kong Rong and Cao Cao, the other six ethnic groups had different experiences, but they all suffered from the rebellion at the end of Han Dynasty. Later, when he defected to Cao Cao, his position changed and he lived a stable and prosperous life. They regard Cao Cao as their confidant and want to rely on him to do something. Therefore, their poems have many similarities with Cao Shi's father and son. Because the seven sons of Jian 'an lived together in Dewey Nakano (now Linzhang, Handan), they were also called "the seven sons of Nakano".
poetic sentiment
Qizi mainly writes five-character poems. Five-character poetry is a new style of poetry that emerged in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. The appearance of "ancient poetry" in the world of Huan and Ling marks the initial maturity of five-character poetry. However, the excellent five-character poems of "Qizi" are full of emotions and changes, which make the five-character poems more exquisite in art. For example, Xu Gan's "Thinking of the House" is more delicate and profound than "Grass by the Green River" or "Lonely Bamboo in Ran Ran". Chen Lin's Drinking Horses in the Great Wall Cave and Ruan Yu's Driving Out the North Gate were both written before the end of the Han Dynasty, and their writing time was not necessarily later than that of Ancient Poems, so their importance in the development history of five-character poems deserves more attention.
Literary forms like Fu.
The "Seven Scholars" wrote a lot of Fu Xiao, who made contributions to the further prosperity of Fu Xiao on the basis of the achievements of Zhang Heng and Cai Yong. There are three points worthy of attention in Fu Xiao of the Seven Sons: ① The scope of materials has been expanded, and the civilian and daily themes have further weakened the aristocratic nature of the past Dafu; ② The function of reflecting social reality has been strengthened, and the number of works directly describing political events has increased; ③ The lyrical color is getting stronger and stronger. Cao Pi once spoke highly of Qi Zi Fu in Dian Lun Wen, and Liu Xie also expressed the same opinion in Wen Xin Diao Long Shi Fu. In particular, he thinks that RoyceWong and Xu Gan are the "lucky stars" of Cao Wei, which can be tied with Song Yu, Sima Xiangru, Zuo Si and Pan Yue.
essay
Kong Rong's Zhang Biao, Chen Lin's and Ruan Yu's secretaries, and Xu Gan's and RoyceWong's essays were all unique at that time. Their * * * same advantage is that Cao Pi said that "literature is based on qi" (a classic paper), which embodies the author's unique temperament. The famous essays of "Qizi" include Kong Rong's Letter of Recommendation, Talking with Cao Gong about Xiaozhang Sheng, Chen Lin's Moving to Yuzhou, Writing for Cao Hong and Wang Wei, Ruan Yu's Writing for Cao Gong and Sun Quan, Wang Shen Shang Ji, and Jingzhou Literature Records. Seven-Zi prose tends to be parallel prose in form, especially in Kong Rong and Chen Lin. Some of their works are arranged in antithesis and often use allusions, which has become an indispensable part in the process of parallel prose in the late Han Dynasty and the Western Jin Dynasty.
works
All the original collections of "Seven Scholars" works have been lost, and only Xu Gan's monograph on political ethics "On China" is left. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Qian compiled Confucius' Shaofu Collection, Wang Shizhong Collection, Chen Jishi Collection, Ruan Collection, Gong Liu □ Collection and Yingdelian Xiulian Collection, which were collected in 103 books in the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties. In Qing Dynasty, Yang compiled Seven Chapters of Jian 'an.
The life of "seven sons" can basically be divided into two periods. In the early stage of the great social war at the end of the Han Dynasty, although their social status and life experiences were different, they could not escape the fate of sharing weal and woe. In the later period, they were all attached to Cao Cao, Kong Rong was a big official in Shaofu, RoyceWong was a servant, and the rest were close ministers of Cao Shi and his son. But Kong Rong later clashed with Cao Cao and was killed. Because these seven people joined Cao Cao at different times, there is no unified boundary between their early and late periods. Kong Rong was in the first year of Jian 'an (196), Xu Gan and Ruan Ji were in the early period of Jian 'an, Chen Lin was in Jian 'an for five years, RoyceWong was in Jian 'an for thirteen years, and Serina Liu and Angelababy were in Jian 'an for thirteen years. Corresponding to their life trajectory, the creation of "Seven Sons" can also be divided into two stages. The early works mostly reflect the reality of social unrest and express the feelings of worrying about the country and the people. His main works include RoyceWong's Seven Wounded Poems, Ode to the Building, Chen Lin's Drinking Horses in the Great Wall Cave, Ruan Ji's Driving Out of the North Gate, and Serina Liu's Gift to My Brother. All of them have practical significance and certain ideological depth; However, some works are too deep and sentimental, such as Ruan Ji's seven-wound poem, Liu Zhen's missing topic, which has never existed in heaven and earth, and so on. His later works mostly reflect his support for Cao Shi's regime and his ambition to establish his own political achievements, and the content is mostly banquets and answers. However, some praises to Cao Shi and his son are accompanied by followers, showing vulgar attitudes. However, whether before or after, the creation of "seven sons" is mainly based on positive and healthy content.
The creation of Seven Sons has its own personality and unique style. Kong Rong is good at reciting prose, and his works are full of vigor. RoyceWong's poems, poems and essays are both good and good, and his works are lyrical. Serina Liu is good at poetry, and his style is desolate. Chen Lin and Ruan Ji, who are famous for their Zhang Shibiao, also made some achievements in poetry creation at that time. The difference in their styles is that Chen Lin is more vigorous and Ruan Ji is more natural and fluent. Xu Gan has both poetry and prose, exquisite writing style and soothing body. Lian Ying can also write poems and songs, and his works are harmonious and literary. There are also similarities in the creative styles of "seven sons", which is the era style of Jian 'an literature. The specific content of this style of the times and the reasons for its formation are what Liu Xie said in "Wen Xin Diao Long Time Series": "When you look at the time, you are elegant and generous, good at leaving the world, far from the wind, deep in ambition and long in pen, so the outline is rich."
"Seven Scholars" have a very important position in the history of China literature. Together with the "Three Caos", they formed the main force of Jian 'an writers. They all contributed to the development of poetry, prose and prose.