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Wang Tong, word Zhong Yan, raw dry Emperor Wen to open Emperor four years (584 years), died in the great cause of 10 years Emperor (617 years). Tonghua Dong Longmen County town of Sui (Wanrong County, Shanxi Province, Tonghua this township) people. Sui Dynasty Shanxi is a private educator, died, Disciples of the private posthumous title of "Neutron Man."
Wang Tong, "Sui Shu" no pass, new and old, "Tang" Wang Ji, Wang Bo, Wang, though they have mentioned that the mass transfer, however are very brief, it called the Sui Confucian scholars. Reference to other literature, we can roughly know: Wang Tong was born in officials aristocratic family, his father Wang Lung, the beginning was Suikai Huang, Dr. Official Titles in the country sub-cloud Dragon, played to the Emperor Wen "To Rise and Fall of" 7, "Word 6 on behalf of the gains and losses, "Sui Wen quite praiseworthy. Wang's family background deep, so the king through childhood by the edification of Confucianism. "Said the steadfastness of articles" a "Master Teacher fifth man," the record shows that Wang Tong youth, that master of Confucianism, excellent knowledge.
It is said that Emperor Wen Renshou three years (603), Wang Tong was "Journey to the West Chang'an, see Emperor Wen, played the Pacific 12 policy, Respecting the King Road, pushing a little tyrant, verifying this experience ancient." But not be reused. Some is due to the recommendation of fellow Xuedao Heng, was the family book award to Shujun Secretary Zuo, Shu Wang Shilang. Wang Tong, and are not satisfied, so soon, "official position go to a book lecture for the industry."
Wang flak from fame, imitation of Confucius as a "continued the Six Classics", in Fen lectures, it took "King of Confucius," boasted. A flashy person, his "continued the Classics" Nature does not have any academic value, so no loss in the Tang Dynasty are mostly saved. This deposit "element by the" one book title essays Wang Tong, Xue-call, Ruan Yi injection, solid forged out of the former into the already clearly identified.
"That" reflected the king through thinking, there are many valuable Department. Wang Tong in politics in order to restore political benevolent goal of promoting the implementation of "benevolent" and advocated "syncretism" is basically consistent with the times, there are progressive; In philosophy, Wang Tong dedicated to exploring the "days everybody's business ", is about" Heaven, "the relationship between the core, expounded his view of nature, the development is, epistemology and history and so the idea of the performance of the naive materialism of the tendencies and the main change thinking, in literature Wang through the main reason paper, the main political and religious use of poetry, articles about the main speech, reaching, Code, then, advocating reform of style. These are definite progress.
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