In the literary world of Qing Dynasty, Gu Yanwu played the role of "the originator of mountains" and was also called the founding Confucian by later generations, which shows that his knowledge was excellent. His knowledge comes from his love of all kinds of books, from his careful study of books, and from his careful observation and thinking of all kinds of social phenomena. If you want to use a word to describe Gu Yanwu's knowledge, then "erudite and knowledgeable" is very appropriate.
Statue of Gu Yanwu
After a lot of practice and thinking, Gu Yanwu invented a very effective method of studying and studying, that is, integrating learning and learning with each other to make them unified, not independent. Gu Yanwu himself has been studying in this way all the time, so he successfully picked up the achievements of many disciplines and left one classic academic work after another for later generations. These works cover many academic fields, such as Confucian classics, phonology and so on, which shows Gu Yanwu's erudition.
However, it is precisely because of Gu Yanwu's erudition that he is very dissatisfied with the imperial examination, and his articles are very inconsistent with the requirements of the imperial examination, so he has never achieved fame. To this end, he was completely isolated from the imperial examination, and devoted his mind to ancient books of all ages, and intercepted all the records about the national economy and people's livelihood, and at the same time referred to other materials, and finally compiled some very valuable books, which have been regarded as classics by people so far.
It can be seen that Gu Yanwu is good at reading, and he does read a lot of books. He was different from the nerds who were obsessed with the imperial examination at that time. They were just full of empty talk, while Gu Yanwu was very pragmatic and paid great attention to the practical use of knowledge, instead of using it to show off or complain. In the flashy era of late Ming and early Qing, Gu Yanwu's thoughts were very valuable, so his status as a master was well deserved. Gu Yanwu couldn't put his book down
Gu Yanwu, born on July 15th, 1613, died on February 15th, 1682 in Qing Dynasty, was an outstanding thinker, geographer, scholar of classics and phonologist who spanned the two dynasties. He created a new method for studying in Qing Dynasty, became a great master in Qing Dynasty, and was known as "the founder of Qing learning". He studies astronomical phenomena, rivers, canons, and anecdotes of counties and cities, and is proficient in military agriculture, hundreds of classics and history, and phonological exegesis. In his later years, he created the atmosphere of Pu Xue in the Qing Dynasty, and wrote many poems with spectacular sadness.
The representative works include Rizhilu, Five Books on Phonology, Gu Tinglin's Poems and Poems, and so on.
To stick to the book is to describe the extent to which Gu Yanwu loves books. The original text probably goes like this: Mr. Fan travels. The resulting plug, that is, call the veterans to retire and ask about their twists and turns; Or what you usually hear is not the same, that is, send a book in the workshop and investigate it. Or walk along the plains and fields, and if you don't pay enough attention, you will recite the classics silently on the saddle; Occasionally, if you forget, you will be familiar with the book in the workshop.
It means that whenever Mr. Wang goes out or travels, he will use two mules and three horses to carry books with him. When he encounters a dangerous place on the road, he will ask more accompanying personnel to look at the situation. If the inquired situation is inconsistent with his own expectation, he will open the book in the hotel to check and correct it. Sometimes, when he goes to a plain and open place, he will silently recite various classic works on the saddle and occasionally find himself forgetting.
Gu Yanwu was enlightened at the age of 6, and began to read history books and literature at the age of 1. He was a particularly diligent child since he was a child. At the age of 11, his grandfather, Li Yuangong, strictly asked him to finish Zi Zhi Tong Jian. Knowing what he had to do in his study, he had to treat it seriously and faithfully, so he adopted the measure of "self-supervising reading": he made a plan for himself every day. Gu Yanwu's Poems
Gu Yanwu was a great Confucian scholar who spanned the two dynasties in history. He also studied astronomical phenomena, rivers, canals and canons, and studied the anecdotes of counties, towns, soldiers, farmers and hundreds of classics and histories, and gave an exegesis of phonology. In the early Qing Dynasty, he founded a new research method, thus becoming a generation of masters in the Qing Dynasty, and was known as the "ancestor of Qing learning". Moreover, Gu Yanwu is also a good Yuefu poet in history.
Gu Yanwu's portrait
His representative works are: "Everything is unfair, so why bother" comes from Gu Yanwu's "Jingwei", "Clear frequency blows over the stone, and sorrow still drives Ruan Sheng's car", and from Gu Yanwu's "Reward Fu Chu Shi's Rhyme"; "Peanuts are mixed on Wuling Mountain, and springs flow down the mountain.": From Gu Yanwu's Gubeikou, "The east is really set in the north cloud, and the disk is thin and quiet, and it is connected in one breath" from Gu Yanwu's Wutai Mountain, "The west wind and fallen leaves invade under the white sky, and once you land here again" from Gu Yanwu's Baixia, "Looking at the city in the daytime, you can see the lonely sea" from Gu Yanwu's Sea, "The monument sees the beans from afar"
According to the statistics of Gu Tinglin's Poems, Gu Yanwu wrote 428 poems and 332 poems in his life. It is inferred that there are more than 2 poems written by Gu Yanwu during the Qing Shunzhi period, among which 6 can be concluded as works, including "Four Arguments on Yi You (1645)", "Discussion on the Temple Number" (1646) and (1999). Gu Yanwu said:
In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, although the overall situation of the country was decided, various struggles still existed, which gave birth to a large number of people of the hour, and Gu Yanwu was one of the most famous figures. In fact, Gu Yanwu's main battlefield is in the literary world. He is a well-deserved master of Qing studies and a scholar with a master style. Such characters must be knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and they are also willing to write books and make statements, so is Gu Yanwu. In the process of reading and writing books, Gu Yanwu formed his unique theoretical proposition.
Illustrations of Gu Yanwu's Collected Works
One of Gu Yanwu's most famous theories is the theory of practical application. In many educational places, you can see Gu Yanwu's famous words, such as applying what you have learned. Specifically, it is advocated that pragmatism should be the standard when learning, and that no matter what knowledge you learn, you should aim at devoting yourself to state affairs, but you should not be unrealistic and indulge in empty and useless knowledge.
This theory is of great positive significance to the society. It encourages people to seriously explore and try to analyze and verify various problems with practical evidence, so as to help solve practical problems instead of indulging in empty talk. Because of the influence of this theory, the style of study at that time was gradually contaminated with more simple atmosphere, and the situation that the exaggerated wind dominated the world gradually changed.
In addition, Gu Yanwu has many famous viewpoints, such as benefiting the country and enriching the people. In fact, this is similar to the theory of practical use, which advocates pragmatism and criticizes empty talk, and calls on scholars to do more practical things for the country and the people, instead of playing some meaningless word games. In a word, Gu Yanwu was a great scholar who devoted himself to saving the world. His theory was of great pioneering significance at that time, and he himself was a veritable "master of a generation". The complete works of Gu Yanwu
Gu Yanwu was an outstanding thinker, geographer, historian and phonologist in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. He was also known as the "three great Confucians" with Wang Fuzhi and Huang Zongxi in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. He also studied the national canon system, astronomical phenomena, rivers and lakes, anecdotes from counties and cities, phonology and exegetics, and hundreds of soldiers, peasants and historians. In his later years, he founded a new research method for the early Qing Dynasty at that time, and was known as the "ancestor of Qing learning", thus becoming a generation of masters in the Qing Dynasty. His works recorded the process of the Ming Dynasty's demise and the Qing Dynasty's gradual prosperity.
Portrait of Gu Yanwu
The Complete Works of Gu Yanwu is the first edition of a book published by Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House on February 14th, 212, with a total of ***73 pages. This book contains all the existing verifiable works of Gu Yanwu. Gu Yanwu's original works are carefully selected, including the important representative works of The Book of Diseases in the Countries and Counties of the World, but it is difficult to sort out, so it is listed as secondary sorting.
The Complete Works of Gu Yanwu mainly includes nine kinds of classics, five parts, seventeen parts of history and three parts of collection, with 34 kinds of words. On this basis, it was re-typeset, collated and punctuated, and also printed and published in traditional Chinese. This book reflects Gu Yanwu's academic thoughts and achievements in many aspects such as history, society and culture, involving a wide range of historical, social and cultural contents.
Ge Zhaoguang, a professor at Fudan University and president of the Institute of Literature and History, thinks that there is a new understanding of the value and research of this book. Professor Shu Jingnan, an ancient books institute of Zhejiang University, also commented that the book has solved the academic debates on "the dispute between Sinology and Song Studies", "whether Gu believes in Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism" and "the influence of Gu's theory on future generations".