There are 359 ancient poems and 470 modern poems in Ouyang Xiu's poems. His poetic style is peaceful and quiet, relaxed and fluent, with a wide range of subjects. His poems are mainly based on prose and novel techniques, which makes the poetic style simple and fresh and lays the foundation for the Song Dynasty.
Ouyang Xiu studied the articles of Han Yu and Li Ao. At the age of 65,438+00, I stumbled upon Han Yu's collected works. After reading it, he was deeply impressed and studied them painstakingly. However, he does not advocate imitating Han Yu's quirks, and thinks that he should write naturally.
In style, Ouyang Xiu's prose is clear, easy to understand, easy to understand, melodious, elegant and implicit, with the beauty of female ancient prose. The style of writing is simple and natural, which avoids Han Yu's strange style.
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Ouyang Xiu compiled the Book of the New Tang Dynasty and the History of the New Five Dynasties, both of which were listed as official history and created a new style. In the fourth year of Jiayou (1059), he was the editor of the history museum, and advocated that the history museum should be independent, not dominated by the monarch, and need not be shy. In bibliography, he participated in the compilation of Chongwen Catalogue.
Besides, he and Su Xun are also famous for their genealogy. It was not until the early 20th century that China had to adopt the model of genealogy format. This is Ouyang Xiu's great contribution to social history.
Ouyang Xiu compiled the Book of the New Tang Dynasty, responsible for compiling records and tables, and Song Qi completed the biography. The New Book of the Tang Dynasty is more lively than the Old Book of the Tang Dynasty, and it is also superior in ambition and expression, among which the Prime Minister's Pedigree Table is the most important, which preserves the pedigree of the aristocratic families in the Tang Dynasty.
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