The main content of the book of the Privy Counsellor Han Taiwei

Deacon Taiwei: I like to write articles by nature, and I think about this very much. I believe that an essay is an outward manifestation of qi, but an essay cannot be written by learning alone, but qi can be obtained through cultivation.

Sima Qian traveled all over the world, visited the famous mountains and rivers of the four seas, and traveled with the heroes and heroes between Yan and Zhao, so his articles were uninhibited and quite wonderful. Can these two people get to this point just by writing and learning to write this kind of article? This is because their qi is full of their hearts and overflows to their appearance, and their words are expressed in their writings, but they are not aware of it.

It has been nineteen years since he was born. When I lived at home, I was only interacting with people like my neighbors. What you see is only a few hundred miles away, and there is no mountain wilderness to climb and view to broaden your mind.

Although the books of the hundred schools of thought are read everywhere, they are all things from the past of the ancients, and they cannot stimulate their ambitions. Fearing that I would be buried, I left my hometown to seek out the wonders of the world in order to understand the vastness of the world. I passed through the former capital of the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, enjoyed the lofty mountains of Zhongnan Mountain, Song Mountain and Huashan Mountain, and looked north at the rushing rapids of the Yellow River, and remembered the heroes and heroes of ancient times with deep emotion.

When I arrived in the capital, I looked up and saw the magnificence of the palace of the Son of Heaven, as well as the wealth and enormity of the granary, treasury, city, and garden, and then I knew the vastness and richness of the world. When I met Ouyang Gong, a scholar of Hanlin, listened to his grand and eloquent discussions, saw his beautiful and magnificent appearance, and traveled with his students, wise men and doctors, I knew that all the articles of the world were gathered here. Taiwei is roughly known as the world's champion with his eloquence, the whole country relies on you and is carefree, the ethnic minorities in the Quartet are afraid of you and dare not invade, in the court like Zhou Gong and Zhao Gong, he assists the monarch in a good way, and leads the troops to fight like Uncle Fang and Zhao Hu to resist the enemy and make meritorious contributions.

But I haven't seen you yet.

Besides, if a person's learning is not aspiring to a big aspect, even if he learns a lot, what is the use? This time, for the mountain, I saw the lofty mountains of Zhongnan Mountain, Song Mountain, and Huashan Mountain; For water, I saw the depth and breadth of the Yellow River; For people, I saw Ouyang Gong; But I still regret that I didn't see you. Therefore, I hope to be able to see the richness of the sage, even hearing your words is enough to stimulate my ambition, so that even if I see the magnificence of the world, there will be no regrets.

Zhe is very young, and he has not yet been able to understand the things of being an official. I didn't come to Beijing to take the exam before, but I didn't get it by chance, and I didn't like it. However, I was fortunate enough to be given the gift of returning to my hometown, waiting for the selection of officials, so that I could have a few years of free time that I would use to better study the articles and learn the way of politics.

I would have been even more fortunate if the Lieutenant had deigned to teach me if he thought I could still teach.