Brief introduction of Liu Zongyuan's life

Liu Zongyuan (AD 773-AD 8 19165438+1October 28th), a native of Hedong (now Yongji area in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province), was one of the eight masters in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and was known as "Liu Hedong" and "Mr. Hedong" in the Tang Dynasty. Liu Zongyuan and Han Yu are called Liu Han, Liu Yuxi is called Liu Liu, and Wang Wei, Meng Haoran and Wei Wuying are called Wang Meng.

Liu Zongyuan left more than 600 poems in his life, and his achievements in writing were greater than poems. There are nearly a hundred parallel essays, and the essays are rational, sharp and ironic. There are many places where scenery is described in travel notes, such as Collection of Mr. Hedong, with representative works such as Xiju, Jiang Xue and Fisherman. Liu's former residence is located in Wenxing Village, Qinshui County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province. It was built by Liu Zongyuan's adherents and is a national scenic spot.

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Liu Zongyuan was a political innovator and admired the movement of ancient Chinese prose. In Liu Zongyuan's philosophical works, he holds a negative attitude towards the theory of "the image of Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties" advocated by Dong Zhongshu, a great scholar in Han Dynasty. He opposed the theory of heaven, criticized theology, emphasized personnel, and replaced "God" with "man". Liu Zongyuan turned his criticism of theology into a criticism of politics, explained the relationship between heaven and man from the materialistic point of view, and criticized the idealistic theory of destiny.

His philosophical thoughts were in line with the development of social productive forces and the level of natural science at that time. He developed ancient naive materialism's atheism to a new height and was an outstanding thinker in the middle Tang Dynasty. Liu Zongyuan's philosophical works include Non-Mandarin, Zhen Fu, Seasonal Theory, Criminal Argument, Tian Shuo, Tian Dui and so on.

In these works, Liu Zongyuan holds a negative attitude towards the theory of "the image of Xia, Shang and Zhou" advocated by Dong Zhongshu, a great scholar in Han Dynasty, opposes the theory of heaven, destiny and heaven, criticizes theology, emphasizes personnel, and replaces "arsenic" with "human". Liu Zongyuan also turned his criticism of theology into a criticism of politics, and explained the relationship between heaven and man from the perspective of simple materialism.

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