3. Su Xun’s theory of “being one’s own family”; style is a sign of a writer’s creative maturity. Su Xun’s "Jiayou Collection" contains many discussions on the style of articles, which Su has rich experience in creative practice. Xun is well aware of the decisive role of style in a writer's status. In his paper, he pays special attention to the differences in artistic styles of different schools, and advocates that articles should be "self-contained" and be original, and the key is to oppose plagiarism. A word of "creation". Su Xun is a person who likes to be original and opposed to copying his predecessors. When evaluating the styles of the works of previous generations, his opinions are novel and insightful; in his actual creation, he also truly implements the noble values. In terms of original ideas, Su Xun strives to "come up with his own ideas and refuses to copy the past" in both his thoughts and writing style. Su Shi's influence on Su Shi's writings is also obvious. Like Xun, he advocated originality and emphasized "the words that make a family". In "The Book of Prime Minister Shang Zeng", Su Shi proposed that "what is not the same, even though the so-called sages of the ancients said it, they should not be adopted." Opponents echoed what they said and emphasized that there should be something. My own opinion,
This is the expression of Su Xun's point of view of "getting it from the heart" and "becoming one's own family". Su Shi also consciously found a new way besides graceful poetry, created bold poetry and proposed bold poetry. To be "one of a kind" in the world of poetry, Su Shi not only advocated originality in style, but also advocated that writers should advance in a variety of styles, as Zheng Banqiao said. Mainly focus on one style, while absorbing the strengths of other styles to achieve diversity and unity; oppose monotonously sticking to one style because real life is colorful and ever-changing, and it is impossible for the author to use a single, unchanging style. To express it in different styles, we must use rich and colorful styles to express the ever-changing real life.
4. Su Xun’s proposition of “giving to the present”: Su Xun advocates that literature should focus on “giving to the present”. "To this day" means that writing articles must have an effect on today's society. It can be said that he is a realist.
However, his idea of ??"serving literature and promoting practicality" is different from the politician Wang Anshi's "literary people govern politics through ethics and education", which directly serve the political enlightenment of articles; it is also different from the Neo-Confucianists' "composition harms the Tao", which fundamentally It denies the social function of literature; it is even different from what ordinary ancient writers say: "Literature is used to convey the truth." Su Xun believes that the purpose of literature is to "give it to the present", and what he emphasizes is its effect on the country, society, people, and life. Su Xun proposed in "Tai Xuan Lun": "A gentleman makes a book just like a worker makes an instrument. He sees its shape to know its use." He emphasized that literati write articles just like craftsmen make utensils, and they must be useful to the real society. . Su Xun not only attached great importance to the social function of literature and advocated that articles should be used by today's society, but also often educated Su Shi on the idea that literature should be used and "work with a purpose". Su Shi recorded a section of Su Xun's teachings to him in his "Collected Poems of Mr. Fu Yi". The focus of Su Xun's teachings to Su Shi was on "doing something for something". Su Shi was only ten years old at the time. Su Shi's son inherited his father's learning and showed the same value orientation. Su Shi attached great importance to the social function of literature and advocated that writing should be "intended to be practical in helping the world" and "poetry must be written with a purpose in mind". Su Shi has discussed this proposition many times in his works: Talents put intelligence and skill first, and knowledge first; articles put brilliance last, and body and practicality first. Poetry must be written with a purpose in mind, and the things used should be based on the old as the new, and the common as the elegant.
In short, just as Su Xun was evaluated in the Kangxi version of "Jiayu Collection. Preface": "Gai was able to gallop among Meng, Liu, Jia, and Dong, and became his own family. Following Han, Oh, let me open my eldest brother." Indeed, throughout Su Xun's life, "Although there are only a hundred books, his rank is no more than nine ranks." This means that throughout his life, although Su Xun's official rank was not high, he was just a ninth-rank official, and he only wrote about a hundred poems. However, his unique literary creations and insights, as well as his unique literary theories, carry forward the past and forge ahead into the future. He is a man of his own and is well-versed in the literary world. The influence on Su Shi and even on the literary world of later generations is unquestionable. No wonder he ranks among the eight great writers of the Tang and Song dynasties. Moreover, although his son Su Shi is famous throughout the ages, he still cannot conceal his father's splendid glory in the history of literature.