Yu was born in Yingchuan, a famous family in Jin Dynasty. During the Three Kingdoms period at the end of Han Dynasty, the Yu family was a traditional Confucian family. His father, uncle and brother Yu Minhong were all famous Confucian scholars at that time.
Compared with the family tradition, Ai Yu was more fashionable, and his thoughts were obviously influenced by metaphysics in Wei and Jin Dynasties. He likes reading San Xuan, Laozi, Zhuangzi and Yijing since he was a child. Ren Chen Liu Xiang also imitated Ruan Ji. His desk is full of wine, he drinks from morning till night and never asks about the official business in the county government. Got Yan's appreciation.
Yu Zisong is also a silent scholar.
He was promoted to the position of official minister. At that time, the world was in chaos and the situation was unstable, but Ai Yu sought to protect himself and remained silent.
Later, he served as a military adviser to Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, and later as a military adviser, offering wine.
Sima Yue's family is full of talents, but Ai Yu has accomplished nothing. Ai Yu has a great name and is highly respected by celebrities. But because of his greed for money, he was quite ridiculed at that time.
An official under the captain transferred from the company was engaged in the impeachment of Ai Yu by Wenqiao, but Ai Yu appreciated Wenqiao more and praised him as a pillar of talents.
At that time, Liu Yu was trusted by Sima Yue, and many people were framed by him. Only Ai Yu doesn't know the world, so there is no way to frame him.
He thought that Ai Yu was greedy for money and very rich, so he persuaded Sima Yue and Ai Yu to take out tens of millions of dollars, hoping to frame him.
Soon, at a party, Sima Yue asked Ai Yu about it. At that time, Ai Yu was drunk and his headscarf fell on the table, so he directly made him wear it, and then slowly replied, "There are 20 million yuan in Xiaguan, so you can take it casually." Liu Yucai admired Ai Yu.
Sima Yue was very happy and said, "The heart of a villain can't eat the belly of a gentleman!"
Sima Yue died of illness in 3 1 1 year. Ai Yu, Wang Yan and others escorted the coffin eastbound and were attacked by Schleswig's army on the way. Ai Yu and others were captured and killed at the age of fifty.
Ai Yu wrote two volumes of Selected Works and one volume of Sui Shu Classic Chronicle, which was handed down from generation to generation according to the Annals of the Tang Dynasty.
Ai Yu saw that the current situation was turbulent and the royal family was in a very difficult situation. He knew there would be evil in the end, so he wrote to Fu Yi to dispel his feelings.
Yu Kai wrote an essay "Yi Fu", which means Fu.
Someone asked him: "This style is difficult to express; If it is unintentional, why is it called "Yi Fu"? "
Yu Kai said: "You're right, meaning is given, just between intentional and unintentional."
In other words, good articles often flow out of your mind unintentionally, and what you think hard is never top grade.
The debate between words and meanings under the agitation of metaphysics in Wei and Jin Dynasties had a certain influence on the creation of Ci and Fu at that time and later generations and their creative consciousness.
The resources of the history of thought in the creation of Ci and Fu are not only reflected in the elaboration of the important topic of the distinction between words and meanings, but also in the wonderful understanding of the relationship between words and meanings by Ci and Fu writers through stylistic practice.
Yu Zisong's famous saying "intentionally or unintentionally" in Yi Fu is quite interesting in the debate between the history of thought and literature.
The process of reflection on the relationship between words and meaning in the creation of ci and fu also determines the development of ci and fu concepts in the direction of "boasting and restraining" and "not overflowing" since Wei and Jin Dynasties.
This should start with Xie Guan's "Yue Forget Ci".
Xie Guanzi Meng Xi was born in Shouchun, Anhui. Ancestors from Chen County, eighteen grandsons of Xie Anzhi, a teacher. He was a scholar for two years, released the magistrate of Brown Cao Zhou, and later served as the secretariat of Cizhou.
Xie Guanshan, who once wrote "Bai Fu", said: "Dawn enters the garden of Liang Wang, and the mountains are covered with snow; Going to the Ming building at night, the moon is thousands of miles away. "
In ancient China, there were no important propositions about the distinction between words and meanings, such as "not saying enough" and "forgetting words with pride".
Xie Guan's "Yue Forgetting Ci" is rhymed, and the title bet is "rhyming with' removing the image and abandoning the root'".
Fu Chu said: "The meaning of Yi is hard to see, so keep it. After pride, you can leave it behind. Based on interpretation, it means ambiguity and sincerity. "
This is the purpose of Wang Bi, a master of metaphysics in Wei and Jin Dynasties.
Yu Zisong wrote Yi Fu. From the son's point of view, he asked, "what if you did it on purpose?" Something that has not been given; What if there is no evil intention? What is it? " Answer: "It happened intentionally or unintentionally."
Yu Zisong's answer to Yu Liang's question is witty. In the Ming Dynasty, Li Weizhen recommended the following three styles of writing: "What can I do if I don't live with people?" Desertification gold, a common treasure, can be a cloud landing machine; Between intentional and unintentional, it can be said that Ai Yu. It can stand in the back and be immortal. "
Although Ai Yu's literary achievements are far inferior to those of Lu Ji and He Xun, his wonderful solution to "intentionally or unintentionally" can be regarded as a wonderful literary existence by later generations.
The theory of "intentionally or unintentionally" originated from Yi Fu reflects Wei Jin people's keen understanding and thinking on the relationship between words and meaning.
This is the unique academic atmosphere of that era.
As mentioned above, the distinction between words and meanings is the basis of metaphysical thinking, which is related to philosophical construction, academic unity and outlook on life.
Judging from the creation of Yi Fu, although its literary attainments are not outstanding, it is worthy of attention in the sense of negotiation between the history of thought and literature.
The Book of Jin has three or five volumes, and it is said that Yu Zisong is "good at metaphysics and writing".
As for the creative intention of this poem, this legend says that "the royal family is hard to see, and eventually knows the baby's disaster, so as to clear up the feelings and develop Jia Yi's service bird".
There are many Zhuangzi-style sentences in Fu that dissolve the secular complex, such as "the same honor and disgrace" and "the same life and death", and there are even more sentences involving metaphysical topics such as "being or not", "tradition" and "being stupid is sacred". For example, "there was no salt at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, and it was tested afterwards.
There is no doubt that Yi Fu's "significance" lies in the fact that there is no universal metaphysics in the body, pointing to the so-called heaven or noumenon that Taoism and metaphysics pay attention to.
It is no wonder that it after Ming saw, the first sentence is sent out "are you interested in? The question of "it's not the best fu"
This is based on the understanding of the theory of "words are not full of meaning". During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, quite a number of metaphysicians were fond of the famous saying "Words fail to convey the meaning", which reflected the special spirit of the times in at least two aspects: one was the enthusiasm for exploring sex and heaven, and the other was the free interpretation of tradition.
In Wang Bi's metaphysical system, the construction of the concept of "sage" is an expression of ideal personality, which has an epoch-making influence on social thinking mode and life concept.
Because the humanistic characteristics of the sage's "responding to things" have been highly affirmed through the refinement of metaphysics, it has also become a new ideological starting point of equal temperament consciousness in literature since then.
From the logical process of the evolution of the history of thought, we can better understand the expressive power of literature indicated by Ai Yu's "intentional or unintentional".
Yu Liang's question is actually a question about why Yi Fu was spread in words.
Theoretically, Ai Yu's "smart" answer "intentionally or unintentionally" can dispel the worries of "endless words" and "wasting words", which is a positive affirmation of the function of language to capture "meaning".
The form of cooperation between words and meaning is also a very perceptive topic in Wei and Jin Dynasties. This is related to the drive of metaphysical speculation and the consciousness of literary consciousness.
There are many examples in Shi Shuo Xin Yu to illustrate. If you praise you, you will forget them:
This expression of "God takes his meaning and pauses before speaking" imitates Zhuangzi's "complacency". Another example of appreciation is as follows:
Under the dual guidance of metaphysics and literature, although Jin people are good at "insufficient words", in fact, the general trend is to deepen the pursuit of "capable words"
Ai Yu's "intentionally or unintentionally" implies that there is a lot of room for the use of language "between inexhaustible and inexhaustible".
Of course, this is more a general expectation at the theoretical level; As far as Ai Yu's own literary practice is concerned, it is inevitable to leave a mockery of "being rich in meaning and weak in literature", and the contrast between them is beyond doubt.
But the revelation of this theoretical expectation is of great significance to the times after all.
Liu Xie defined the stylistic features of Ci Fu as "giver, painter, painter and author."
It can be said that it is a genre that is good at expressing language or literary talent. Liu Xie even expressed it as: "Restrain stagnation and promote it, and there is no gap in words." -"Wen Xin Diao Long Shi Fu"
Yan never associates with Yu Zisong. Yu Zisong always calls him "Qing" when talking to him, which is not serious.
Yan Wang said, "Don't say that in the future."
Yu Zisong said, "You can call me Jun or I can call you Qing. I use my own name and I use my own name. "
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