Brief introduction of Ouyang xiu

Ouyang Xiu was a writer in the Northern Song Dynasty and one of the four outstanding writers in the Northern Song Dynasty. The following is my personal information about Ouyang Xiu. Welcome to reading.

Ouyang xiu's personal profile

Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072) was born in Yongfeng, Jizhou (now Yongfeng County, Ji 'an City, Jiangxi Province), a politician and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, and was politically famous. Because Jizhou originally belonged to Luling County, it called itself "Ouyang Xiu of Luling". Posthumous title Wenzhong, a bachelor of Hanlin, a deputy envoy of the Council and a political adviser, is called Ouyang Wenzhong. Later generations also called him "the four great writers of the ages" with Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan and Su Shi. Together with Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Su Shi, Su Xun, Su Zhe, Wang Anshi and Ceng Gong, they are called "the Eight Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties".

Ouyang Xiu was the first literary leader to create a generation of literary style in the literary history of the Song Dynasty. He led the New Poetry Movement in the Northern Song Dynasty and inherited and developed Han Yu's ancient prose theory. His high achievements in prose creation and his correct theory of ancient prose complement each other, thus creating a generation of writing style. Ouyang Xiu not only changed the style of writing, but also innovated the style of poetry. In historiography, there are also high achievements.

Ouyang Xiu's Personal Life

Ouyang Xiu was born in Mianzhou (now Mianyang, Sichuan) on June 21st, Northern Song Dynasty (1 August 0071). At that time, his father was an officer in Mianzhou. He was 56 years old. Three years later (three years in Dazhong Xiangfu, 10 10), my father died. Ouyang Xiu is the only son in the family, and lives alone with his mother Zheng. Orphans and widows have to go to Suizhou, Hubei Province to go to Uncle Ouyang Xiu. My uncle's family is not very rich. Fortunately, my mother Zheng is an educated lady. She taught Ouyang Xiu to read and write with a straw in the sand. Ouyang Xiu's uncle also cared from time to time, and finally did not let Ouyang Xiu lose his childhood basic education.

Ouyang Xiu loved reading since he was a child, and often went to the Li family in the south of the city to borrow books and copy. He is talented and studious, and often recites books before copying them. Teenagers, like adults, write poems and essays in complicated ways. Seeing the hope of family rejuvenation, his uncle once said to Ouyang Xiu's mother, "Sister-in-law doesn't have to worry about poor children, your children have wizards! Not only can you start a business, but you will also be famous in the world. " At the age of ten, Ouyang Xiu learned six volumes from Li Jiade's Collected Works of Mr. Changli in the Tang Dynasty, which he loved very much and laid the seeds for the new poetry movement in the Northern Song Dynasty.

In the spring of the seventh year of Tiansheng (1029), Yan Xu recommended imperial academy, the highest institution of learning in Fengfu. In the autumn of the same year, Ouyang Xiu took part in imperial academy's exam. Ouyang Xiu won the first place in the museum exam and the Chinese learning exam, and became the invigilator. In the second year, he won the first place again in the provincial exam of the Ministry of Rites, and became the provincial yuan, which was considered as "three consecutive championships". Ouyang Xiu felt that he would definitely win the first prize in the upcoming palace entrance examination, so he specially made a new dress and prepared to wear it then. Ouyang Xiu has a classmate named Wang in the museum, who is only 19 years old and has also obtained the qualification of palace examination. One night, Wang playfully put on Ouyang Xiu's new clothes and proudly said, "I'm wearing the No.1 scholar robe!" " Unexpectedly, the king won the first prize in the palace exam that day. In the eighth year of Tiansheng (1030), the imperial examination presided by Song Renzong Zhao Zhen was held in Chongzheng Hall. After the palace examination released the list, Ouyang Xiu was sung 14 times by Emperor Renzong, ranking second in Jinshi. According to Yan Shu, the examiner at that time in Ouyang Xiu's hometown, he later told people that Ouyang Xiu failed to win the championship, mainly because his sharpness was too exposed, and the examiner wanted to discourage him and promote his success.

Ouyang Xiu's Personal Achievements

Ouyang Xiu wrote more than 500 essays in his life, each with its own characteristics, including political essays, historical essays, notes, lyric essays and notes. Most of his essays are rich in content, vigorous in momentum, simple in explanation, concise and fluent, narrative and reasoning, beautifully expressed, lyrical in description, fascinating, plain and strange, and new in literature. Many of his political works, such as Ben Lun, Original Disadvantages, Advice to Gauss, Theory of Partisan, and History of the New Five Dynasties? Biography of Lingguan, etc. , adhere to their own "Ming Dow" and "practical" ideas, closely linked with the political struggle at that time, criticized the current disadvantages, sharp thinking, lively language, showing a mind to correct the current situation and save the world. He also wrote a lot of lyric and narrative prose, mostly mixed with scenes and swaying. His works, such as Mysterious Preface to Poetry, Ode to Poetry, and Preface to Selected Works of Su, mourn the old friends and recall the past, which is touching. His works "Fengle Pavilion" and "Zuiweng Pavilion" are slow, euphemistic and tortuous, with beautiful words and fresh style. In a word, whether it is satirizing the world and stabbing politics, mourning the past, or even visiting the scene in person, it fully embodies his calm, generous and frank artistic personality.

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