entity Updated 2026-08-06 Tags: Text, Chinese-Literature, Classical-Prose, Youth, Song-Dynasty

《上枢密韩太尉书》

《上枢密韩太尉书》 is the letter [[SuZhe|苏辙]] wrote at 19 to [[HanQi|韩琦]], discussed in 164.古文的力量:请收下这份千年未变的深情、洞见和勇气. The episode places it inside the “干谒” practice of presenting writing to powerful patrons, while arguing that its energy is not reducible to flattery.

The source emphasizes Su Zhe’s idea that writing shows cultivated “气”. Reading, travel, mountains and rivers, and meeting strong people all become part of forming judgment, making the text a youthful version of Reading As Life Experience and Classical Prose Reading / 古文阅读.

Connections