Comparison between Ouyang Xiu's and Su Shi's Prose

Similarity of prose style: Su Shi and Ouyang Xiu are consistent in basic principles on the surface. Both literary thoughts emphasize "doing something for others", advocating nature and getting rid of bondage. Both emphasize "Ming Dow" and "practicality". It is believed that the primary purpose of literature is to explain Confucian moral thoughts, and the second is to make the narrative clear, give readers a practical feeling and apply it to the world. The content is substantial and the momentum is strong.

In the method of prose writing, Su Shi's most important point is "paying attention". This is also consistent with Ouyang Xiu (see On Ouyang Connotation). Composite structures can be tortuous and very compact.

Differences in prose styles: Su Shi pays more attention to the free and changeable artistic style under the control of "meaning". Ouyang Xiu's prose has a natural, fluent and euphemistic artistic style, such as Zuiweng Pavilion, which is concise, simple, fluent and natural. Su Shi will convey his subjective feelings by capturing images and the combination of sound, sound and color, and often embellish expressive new words. The sentence pattern is parallel prose and the length is scattered. For example, Shi Zhongshan.

In fact, later generations often juxtapose Ou Su's prose, the external cause of which is that Ouyang Xiu is a literate sect in the Northern Song Dynasty and learns from Han Yu. Su Shi's prose style is basically the same because he was promoted by Ouyang Xiu, who was an excellent scholar when he was admitted to Jinshi. It's just that Europe advocates plain nature, while the Soviet Union is more free and unrestrained in the realm of intention.