Ouyang Xiu was demoted because he always supported Han Qi, Fan Zhongyan, Fu Bi and others to carry out the New Deal, but opposed conservative thoughts. Han Fan and others were demoted as early as January of five years in Li Qing. In August this year, Ouyang Xiu was charged with a crime involving one of his relatives, dismissed from office and demoted to Chuzhou.
Ouyang Xiu (65438+August 20071-1September 22, 072) was born in Mianzhou (now) in the fourth year of Jingdezhen. Song Renzong Tiansheng eight years (1030), Ouyang Xiu was a scholar, experienced Renzong, Yingzong and Zongshen dynasties, and was a bachelor of Hanlin, a Tang dynasty, and participated in the discussion of state affairs. After his death, he gave it to a duke named Chu. posthumous title was called "Wenzhong", so he was called Ouyang Wenzhong.