Han Yu why he was "not familiar with current events"?

Han Yu was a famous writer, thinker and statesman in the Tang Dynasty. Hehad a profound impact on the history of Chinese literature and evenculture. As the head of the eight people in the Tang and Song dynasties,his poetry and Meng Jiao jointly created the "Han Meng PoetrySchool", and his creations revealed the great banner of the Tang Dynasty'sretro literature movement. During the middle Tang Dynasty, Han Yu was arepresentative thinker, not only reflected in a series of Confucian discourses,but also took the action of "making Buddha." As a politician,Han Yu still made some achievements in his post, but his evaluation of himselfwas "fashionable." Does Han Yu really know nothing about currentaffairs? Why does he evaluate himself like this? This is a topicworth thinking about.

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Yu Han Yu made it very clear that he was "unfamiliar withcurrent politics". There are two representative places, one is "Bookof Answering Dou Xiucai" and the other is "Book of Li Shilang of theMilitary Department". The former is a letter written by Han Yu toscholar Dou Cunliang in the 20th year of Tang Zhenyuan. It reads:"The less timid you are, the more difficult it is to face this worldbecause of his skills and abilities. You will not be able to work hard andunderstand the current events. I cannot make up my mind, so I am angry,Dedicated himself to literature. "As early as a year ago, Han Yu hadlisted his words and deeds as Yangshan's order. Examining Han Yu'scollection, it is not difficult to find that what Han Yu is talking about isasking for exemption from bondage and land rent. According to the"Historical Situation of Drought Hunger on the Yushi Stage", in the19th year of the Yuan Dynasty, "Kingshi Prefectures suffered from severedrought in the summer, frost in the early autumn, and nothing in thefield." Han Yu, who was appointed as It is right to supervise Yushi andtell the emperor what is wrong. However, instead of being understood andpraised by Tang Dezong, the letter was demoted to a foreign post. This issomething Han Yu never expected. Han Yu should be prepared before writingto the emperor. After all, it is Jingzhao Taishou Li Shi that is the goal, sohis request is "levy taxes and grass millet, etc. Stop collecting. Let uswait until next year, silkworm and wheat will rarely survive "It is notwrong to stop collecting taxes this year and to collect taxes next year, whichis good for the country and the people. The wording is moreeuphemistic. I don't want to offend Li Shi, I hope Dezong canunderstand. Looking at the full text, Han Yu's "What the Ministershaven't said, what His Majesty hasn't known yet", I'm afraid it will beharsh and destructive, which means that Dezong didn't pay much attention Inthis sentence, his officials bullied the king. This is undoubtedly a slapin the face of Dezong and his officials. Therefore, it was inevitable thatHan Yu was demoted.

According to Xi Xiaoxuan and others, Han Yu wrote the letter on November 30,19, and was demoted on December 9. Perhaps Han Yu did not expect such ashort time. Not only Han Yu was demoted, but also his uncles, Minister ofHistory Zhang Shu and Fang Li, were demoted and released. After the decreeof demotion was issued, even in the cold winter, Han Yu had to go to the placewhere he was demoted immediately, without even having time to say goodbye tohis family. In this case, Han Yu will never forget. He wrote in apoem "Gift Wang Twenty-one, Twenty-one, Twenty-one, Li Shi, and LiTwenty-six Members Outside on the Way to Jiangling", "When heapproached the door, he was ordered to leave immediately." However,Han Yu still does not know why he was demoted in this poem. A poem reads,"I was exiled in the past, and my blood was crying behind me." Sweatwas boundless, like floating on a ladder. Or suspicious, or byreason. This is a drought in the capital throughout the year, with lessland than there is. There is no food on the flow of people, and the levyis half-off. "According to the content of this poem, Dezong knew aboutdrought. Otherwise, how could he" eating without a stomach, eating withouta stomach, but giving up taxes? "However, Han Yu's "Unknown to HerMajesty" in "A Discussion of Drought Hunger on the Royal HistoryPlatform" can easily cause anger. At the same time, in a sense, Han Yu didnot think that his demotion was due to his demotion. Because he was demoted byLi Shi and others at the same time in order to exclude Yushitai officials. I don