Source: Han Yu, a writer in the Tang Dynasty, said: "Ancient scholars must have teachers. Teacher, so preach and teach to solve doubts. People are not born knowing, who can have no doubt? Confused, if you don't follow the teacher, you will be confused and finally confused. "

Translation of vernacular Chinese: People who studied in ancient times must have teachers. Teachers can be relied on to impart truth, teach research and answer difficult questions. People are not born to understand reason, who can have no doubts? With doubts and not learning from teachers, those who become difficult problems will not understand in the end.

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The Creative Background of Shi Shuo

The author did it when she was a doctor of imperial academy in Zhenyuan from 17 to 18 years (80 1-802). In the seventeenth year of Zhenyuan (80 1), the author who was dismissed from Xuzhou and lived in Luoyang to preach and teach, was twice transferred to Beijing as a candidate, and was awarded the position of imperial academy's fourth doctor in October of that year.

At this time, the author is determined to use imperial academy as a platform to revive Confucianism and reform the literary world, so as to realize his ambition of serving the country. However, when I came to imperial academy to take office, I found that the imperial examination hall was dark, the government was corrupt, and the bureaucracy was full of drawbacks, which led many students to lose confidence in the imperial examination and relax their studies. At that time, the upper class looked down on teachers.

In the scholar-bureaucrat class, there is a concept of "being ashamed to be a teacher", which directly affects the teaching and management in imperial academy. The author is saddened by this and clarifies people's vague understanding of "seeking a teacher" and "being a teacher" by answering Li Pan's question.