The achievements and influence of the poetry and prose innovation movement in the Northern Song Dynasty are mainly embodied in two aspects: Tao and Wen. As far as "Tao" is concerned, whether innovators understand "Tao" as the way of Confucius and Mencius, or the way of helping the people through the world, or referring to a wide range of real life, they all emphasize the content of poetry.
In terms of "writing", the result of the poetry innovation movement is that outstanding achievements have been made in various styles: six major prose writers: Su San, Ouyang Xiu, Wang Anshi and Ceng Gong; Poems: Wang Yucheng, Mei, Ouyang Xiu, Wang Anshi, Su Shi and Huang Tingjian.
Ouyang Xiu (65438+August 20071-KLOC-0/September 22, 072) 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. Tired of giving a surname and a duke of Chu. 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 poetry innovation 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.