Why is Sima Guang called Mr. Su Shui?

Because Sima Guang was originally from Sushui Town, Xiaxian County, Shaanxi Province (now Xiaxian County, Shanxi Province), the world called him Mr. Sushui.

Sima Guang (1 019165438+1October17-108665438+1October/. Sima Guang was born in Guangshan, Gwangju. At this time, his father Sima Chi was appointed as the magistrate of Guangshan County, so it was widely sealed. At the age of six, Sima Chi taught Sima Guang to read. At the age of seven, he could not only recite Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, but also understand its main ideas. Made a shocking Luo Jing's "Hit the Cylinder to Save Friends".

During the four dynasties of Injong, Yingzong, Zongshen and Zhezong, they were given the surname Wen Guogong and Shi. In the second year of Baoqing, Song Lizong (1226), Li Zong took pictures of twenty-four heroes in Zhao Xunting, and Sima Guang was among them. During the reign of Xianchun, it was enshrined in the Confucius Temple. During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, he was worshipped as "Sima Zi, a former Confucian". In the sixty-first year of Kangxi (1722), Sima Guang and forty heroes of past dynasties paid homage to the Imperial Temple.

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Sima Guang's main achievements are embodied in his academic works. Zi Tongzhi Jian, compiled by him, is the first chronological general history in the history of China, with a total of 294 volumes, which runs through ancient and modern times.

From the Warring States period, the three tribes of Han, Zhao and Wei were divided into Jin (403 BC), ending in the Five Dynasties (Hou Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han and Later Zhou), ending in Song Taizu, and ending in the last Zhou Dynasty (959 AD). It was 1362. The author recorded the historical facts of this year 1362 in chronological order, taking the year and month as the longitude and the historical facts as the latitude. The cause and effect of major historical events are clearly explained, so that readers can see the development of historical facts at a glance.

He is gentle and modest, upright and upright, and his personality is a model under Confucian education, which has always been admired by people. He wrote many works in his life, mainly historical masterpieces, such as Zi Jian, Guo Wensi's Official Document of Mars, Ji Gu Lu, Su Shui and Xu Qian.

In addition, he has research and writings in literature, Confucian classics, philosophy and even medicine. His main representative works are Hanlin Cao Shi, Shuowen Jiezi, Shuowen Jiezi, Shuowen Jiezi, Shuowen Jiezi, Shuowen Jiezi, Shuowen Jiezi, Shuowen Jiezi, Shuowen Jiezi, Shuowen Jiezi, Shuowen Jiezi, Shuowen Jiezi, Shuowen Jiezi, Shuowen Jiezi and Shuowen Jiezi.

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