Ouyang Xiu and Fan Zhongyan were best friends at first, so that Ouyang Xiu supported Fan Zhongyan's reform. Although demoted, he is still optimistic and enterprising. However, due to the pride of Qiu Si's fisherman, Ouyang Xiu rated Fan Zhongyan as a "poor beggar".
Ouyang Xiu means that the frontier poems in the past were basically full of lofty sentiments. For example, William Wang said, "How many people fought in ancient times when you were drunk on the battlefield?" Even if you die, you should have the pride of being drunk on the battlefield. However, Fan Zhongyan's poem is obviously lacking in lofty sentiments, and how to read it is like a "soft" literati word.
The Story Background of Fisherman's Pride Qiu Si
In August of the first year of Kangding (1040), the border war in the Northern Song Dynasty was tight. Fan Zhongyan, 5 1 year old, volunteered to go to Yanzhou to defend the enemy. In that cold autumn, he wrote this poem with an open and desolate artistic conception: "The scenery in Qiu Lai is different, and Hengyang geese go without paying attention." Around, the sound of the horn sounded, thousands of miles away, and the long smoke closed. A glass of turbid wine is Wan Li's home, but Ran Yan hasn't come home yet. Qiang tube covered with frost, people are not sleepy. The general was white-haired and in tears. "
This word was written by Fan Zhongyan when he was guarding the northwest. At that time, he had to face the Xixia people. Xixia people have been eyeing the Northern Song Dynasty for many years. Before Fan Zhongyan, several generals in the Northern Song Dynasty fought with them. This time, the emperor sent Fan Zhongyan, because he was famous enough, and because he was one of the few literati who really knew how to dispatch troops.