Song dynasty | Chinese culture "created in the era of zhao and song"
The historical position of the song dynasty, in many textbooks, gives the impression of "poor and weak", as if this is the whole history of the song dynasty.In fact, Chen yinke once said that Chinese culture "was created in the era of zhao and song".In fact, throughout ancient China, no dynasty and song dynasty than the people rich, folk music.As early as wang Dan, the prime minister of zhenzong dynasty, pointed out, "the capital with assets of one million is at most, and hundreds of thousands of people can be found everywhere".To put it simply: the song dynasty was a powerful engine, the so-called "poor and weak" impression, but the output turned out to be a problem, and the cultural output side is the best in history.
Calligraphy and painting by song huizong
Song dynasty | know more about what is beauty and what is life
In the tang dynasty, the poor eye of the gorgeous objects, in the song dynasty has been common people.Shen kuo said in "mengxi pen tan" : "tang people do rich poems, remember more of its nourishing utensils served sheng, poor eyes startled ears.Such as guanxiu "fugui qu" cloud: 'carved into a zither column wild goose next to each other.'all the jiang jiang dealers have donators. What are they doing?.The song people ridiculed the tang people for not seeing the world with their poor eyes, because the folk wealth in the song dynasty was much more rapid than that of the previous dynasties.
In addition to reading books and being scholars, the literati in the song dynasty could also be relaxed and smart. Most importantly, they had a taste for life.Haifeng has a friend who loves collecting and often collects some tea and incense vessels of the southern song dynasty. Haifeng has also seen some of them and was very surprised at the shape and rhyme of the vessels, lamenting that even the contemporary masters could not match them.
Song dynasty | literati, landscape in mind
The literati in the song dynasty were not only good at poetry and ode, but also proficient in painting, music and calligraphy. They made great achievements and were recognized by the world.
There were many literati in the song dynasty. Fan zhongyan, ouyang xiu, wang anshi, sima guang, su dongpo...Why can they not be greedy in the face of power and wealth?
Because they have a landscape in their heart, a landscape of their own, they are confident, they know that their lives are more valuable than power and wealth.Even emperors like song huizong believed that the mountains and rivers in their hearts were more important than power.