Xu Yin's early works, such as Life Geometry, Snake Sword, Yugou Water, etc. , has spread to the Bohai Sea and other countries, all with the golden book as a barrier. But he repeatedly cited Jinshi, and it was not until the end of the Tang Dynasty that he was "famous on the list". In the first year of Liang Kaiping (AD 907), he tried again and won the first place, becoming the second scholar in Fujian history. Because Liang Taizu pointed out that "one emperor and five emperors are immortal" in his Geometrical Fu of Life and asked him to rewrite it, Xu Yin replied that "I would rather have no official, and this fu cannot be changed", and Liang Taizu angrily cut its name.
In the Five Dynasties, he was tried by the king, but he was repeatedly frustrated. He retired to his hometown and died. There are many works such as "Exploring the Dragon Collection", and "Complete Tang Poetry" contains more than 220 poems. This is a common information about Xu Yin, which is contained in Textual Research and Annals of the Ten Kingdoms in the Spring and Autumn Period. It is also quoted by China Dictionary of Names, China Dictionary of Writers (the second volume in ancient times), China Dictionary of Writers, and China Dictionary of Ancient Poems and Songs.
Handed down works:
Xu Yin has works handed down from generation to generation, but the two volumes of Xu Zhengzi's Poems and Fu were collected by Si, and only eight poems were collected, with a total of 368 poems. The Summary of Siku is called "The descendants of Geqi compiled from the book of Tangyin Tonggan and Yuan Wen Huaying, with an inscription." Ruan Yuan's Lost Collection of Four Treasures of the Study records five volumes of Rock Fishing Collection, saying, "This is the Song edition hidden by Qian.
According to Xu Yun, his eldest grandson, Cai Jia has five volumes of Fu, Five Volumes of Exploring Dragons, Elegant Way, etc. He has visited more than 250 poems and eight volumes of the same kind. The History of Song Dynasty, Yi Wen Zhi, contains five volumes of other books collected by Xu Yin, and it is suspected that there are five volumes of leaves hidden by a stone man. This edition consists of five volumes and fifty songs, compiled by his descendant Sun Xilou. The eight songs included in Sikuquanshu are one of them. However, All Tang Wen still has 2 1 cloud that has not been collected. "