When Ouyang Xiu was in Chuzhou, someone asked, what is' June 1st'? The layman said, "I have 10,000 books at home, and my ancestors collected 1,000 volumes of epigraphy from Qin Zhou to the Five Dynasties. I have a piano, a game of chess and a pot of good wine. " The guest said, "There are only five ones. How can you say' June 1'? " The layman said, as an old man, isn't this "June 1"?
Ouyang Xiu (1007- 1072), a writer and historian in the Northern Song Dynasty, was named Yongshu, an alcoholic and a late layman. Luling (now Ji 'an, Jiangxi), 1030 (Tiansheng eight years) Jinshi. He claimed to be an alcoholic, old and frail, ready to bid farewell to officialdom and spend his life in Shui Ying Bank, and later changed his name to a layman on June 1 day.
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Character introduction:
Ouyang Xiu was the earliest literary leader who created a generation of literary style in the literary history of Song Dynasty, and politically supported Fan Zhongyan's innovative ideas. In literature, he advocated Ming Dow's pragmatism and expressed his dissatisfaction with the extravagant style since the early Song Dynasty. He was the leader of the ancient prose movement in the Northern Song Dynasty. Prose has become one of the "Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties" because of its eloquence and euphemism. Together with Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan and Su Shi, they are called "the four great writers of the ages".
His life was full of peaches and plums, and Bao Zheng, Han Qi, Wen Yanbo and Sima Guang were all admired and recommended by him. Five of the "Eight Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties" came from his family in Song Dynasty, and they were all famous for their costumes. Ouyang Xiu's works are numerous, rich in content and remarkable in achievements. Participated in co-editing the Book of the New Tang Dynasty, independently wrote the History of the New Five Dynasties, and compiled the Collection of Ancient Records, which was handed down from generation to generation with the Collection of Ouyang Wenzhong.
Representative works are:
Articles: On Peng Dang, History of the Five Dynasties, Biography of Lingguan, Drunk Pavilion, Fengle Pavilion, Ode to Autumn Sound, Tribute to the Tribute and Oil Man.
Lyrics: picking mulberry seeds (after the West Lake blooms), resentment (autumn frost morning curtain), walking on the Shahe River (waiting for plum blossoms in the pavilion), seeking life (last January), Chao Zhongcuo (Pingshan fence leaning against the clear sky), Liang Zhu (how deep the courtyard is).
Poetry: The play answers Yuan Zhen, the topic of Chuzhou drunken pavilion, the memory of Chuzhou Valley, and the thrush bird.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia: Ouyang Xiu