《报刘一丈书》是明代散文家宗臣写给刘墀石的一封回信。当时正是嘉靖年间,奸臣严嵩父子专权。他们结党营私贪污受贿,排斥异已陷害忠良,飞扬跋扈无恶不作。一些没有气节的人投其所好,想方设法巴结他们,想借势力青云直上。但是,刚直不阿的宗臣却洁身自好始终不肯向严嵩等权贵卑躬屈膝,谄媚奉迎。在给刘一丈的信中,宗臣把严嵩者流的污秽灵魂揭露得淋漓尽致,对趋炎附势者的丑恶嘴脸也刻画得入骨三分。这样,《报刘一丈书》就超越了一般书信的价值,成为反映明代官场黑暗现实的一篇杰作。 “Reporting Liu Yizhang” is a reply written by the essayist Chen Zongchen to Liu Yushi in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, it was during the Jiajing period that rapist Yan Yan and his father and son had exclusive rights. They have joined the party in private corruption and accept bribery. Exclusion has already framed loyalists and flies with no evil. Some people who do not have integrity have done their best and they have tried to crush them. They want to take advantage of the facts. However, the upright and frank confidant has never been willing to bow to Yan Qiao and other powers and nobles. In a letter to Liu Yizhang, the vassals revealed the filthy souls of the stern princes, and portrayed the ugly face of the pro-infantry vassals. In this way, “reporting Liu Yizhang” surpassed the value of general letters and became a masterpiece reflecting the dark reality of the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.