The self-proclaimed drunkard is Ouyang Xiu. Ouyang Xiu once wrote in "The Drunkard Pavilion": "The prefect and his guests came here to drink. They often got drunk after drinking little, and he was the oldest, so he called himself the Drunkard."
Ouyang Xiu's courtesy name is Yong. Uncle, I changed my name to Liuyi Jushi in his later years. People from Luling. Born into poverty, his father died when he was 4 years old. His mother taught him how to read by drawing with straw. He was able to write poetry at the age of 10 and became somewhat famous. Jinshi in the eighth year of Tiansheng's reign, he first served as a stay-at-home promotion official in Xijing, and later transferred to Bianjing as a collation of pavilions and pavilions, and participated in the compilation of the "General Catalog of Chongwen". Because he supported Fan Zhongyan's reforms, he offended the conservatives and was demoted to Yiling County Magistrate, and later transferred to Qiande County Magistrate.
In the first year of Qingli, he was transferred back to Beijing to serve as collation of the pavilions and pavilions. After that, he served as Taichang Cheng, Zhijianyuan, Longtuge direct bachelor, and Hebei transportation envoy. When Qingli's New Deal failed, he wrote articles criticizing conservatives and was demoted to the post of magistrate of Chuzhou. He called himself a drunkard and later became magistrate of Tongzhou. Soon he was recalled to compile the "New Book of Tang". After that, he successively served as deputy envoy to the privy council, counselor of political affairs, governor of Bozhou, and governor of Qingzhou.
When Wang Anshi carried out the political reform, he opposed the "Green Crops Law". In the third year of Xining's reign, he changed his name to Caizhou and changed his name to "Liuyi Jushi". In the fourth year of Xining's reign, he retired as a bachelor of Guanwen Palace and a young master of the Crown Prince. He died of illness in July of the following year, and his posthumous title was Wenzhong.
Ouyang Xiu's literary achievements
Ouyang Xiu is a writer with many achievements, leaving a rich legacy in prose, poetry, poetry, history, archaeology and other aspects. After Han Yu, he advocated the ancient prose movement, advocating that articles should "clear the way" and "implement practical applications", and opposed the frivolous and gorgeous style. He also criticized the "Xikun style" with his creative practice and established a plain, smooth, tortuous and tactful writing style, thus becoming One of the Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties, a leader of the poetry innovation movement.
His poems are vigorous and fresh, and his words are deeply emotional. The "New Book of Tang" co-edited with Song Qi, and the 1,000 volumes of "New History of the Five Dynasties" and "Collection of Ancient Records" independently compiled are his historical and archaeological achievements, providing valuable original materials for studying history and correcting ancient books. . There are "Ouyang Wenzhong Gongji" and other works that have been circulated in the world.