Teenagers are diligent.
Ouyang Xiu's father Ouyang Guan died young, leaving orphans and widows alone. Mother and son had to go to Ouyang Xiu's uncle for a living. Although my uncle Ouyang Ye is a top official in the imperial court, he has always been honest and clean, and his family is not very rich. He can't afford a tutor, and his official duties are too busy to teach in person.
Fortunately, Ouyang Xiu's mother Zheng is also a well-informed woman. She usually teaches Ouyang Xiu to read and write in the sand. In addition, Ouyang Ye often took the time to guide Ouyang Xiu, and finally did not let this literary master fall to the end of illiteracy.
Ouyang Ye's attitude towards life also indirectly influenced Ouyang Xiu.
Books were a precious thing at that time, and ordinary people could not afford such things. Ouyang xiu can only
Borrow books and copy books. What his mother and uncle didn't expect was that ten-year-old Ouyang Xiu was able to read the whole text before he finished writing the book. Among these borrowed books, there is no doubt that the six volumes of Collected Works by Mr. Changli, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, have the greatest influence on Ouyang Xiu.
When Ouyang Xiu first got the book, he couldn't put it down. He begged it before borrowing it home. The more he reads, the more he likes it. Mr. Chang Li, Han Yu, was an advocate of the ancient prose movement in Tang and Song Dynasties. In the future, Ouyang Xiu's action to promote the ancient prose movement in the Northern Song Dynasty is definitely related to his earlier contact with Han Yu's works and thoughts.
The imperial examination is sharp-edged
Ouyang Xiu was honored as a scholar in his twenties. Although he is not as good as Su Shi and Su Zhe, he is one of the best compared with others. According to records, Ouyang Xiu 17 years old began to take the imperial examination, but failed to leave his name in Sun Shan twice. It was not until he took part in imperial academy's survey for the third time that he became a blockbuster and won the first place.
In the second year, Ouyang Xiu won the first place again by taking part in the provincial examination organized by the Ministry of Rites. Soon after becoming a provincial yuan, Ouyang Xiu began to take the palace entrance examination presided over by the emperor himself. This time, Ouyang Xiu failed to win the first place in palace examination again, only 14, and was classified as a second-class scholar.
Later, according to one of the examiners, Ouyang Xiu failed to win the championship again, and the key point was that Ouyang Xiu was sharp-edged in these three exams.
In order to polish Ouyang Xiu's mind, the examiners just wanted to defeat him, which made Ouyang Xiu fail to win the bid.
As the saying goes:? Be the first, wedding night. ? The dignitaries in Beijing who have unmarried daughters have been waiting for the announcement of the Jinshi list for a long time, so that they can choose their son-in-law from these new Jinshi. Ouyang Xiu has long fallen in love with his mentor Yan Xu, and he won't hold a wedding until he wins the Jinshi.
A rough half life, a master of literature
There seems to be an invisible rule in the ancient history of China. Anyone who becomes a master of literature is bound to have a bumpy life experience.
Ouyang Xiu is no exception, because supporting Fan Zhongyan's reform violates the interests of some powerful people. After Fan Zhongyan was demoted, Ouyang Xiu was also implicated.
Three or four years later, talents such as Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu were recalled by the imperial court. However, not long after, with the continuation of the reform, the conservatives' impeachment of the reformers intensified, and the reformers headed by Fan Zhongyan were successively demoted. Ouyang Xiu was demoted for writing a letter defending the reformers.
The New Deal failed to be implemented smoothly, but Ouyang Xiu was still brought back by Song Renzong and asked him to compile the history book "The Book of the New Tang Dynasty". Since then, Ouyang Xiu has been working in North Korea, and he is also the examiner of Su Shi. According to legend, Ouyang Xiu mistakenly thought that Su Shi's papers were written by disciples, and in order to avoid suspicion, he changed Su Shi's first to second.
What are the characteristics of Ouyang Xiu's Song Poems? Is it easy? Ouyang xiu's poems are not only about the refuge and ease of use of words, but also about the use of words? Is it easy? The expression of words? Difficult? Meaning of.
Ouyang Xiu's poems usually pay more attention to the expression of things, without the gorgeous words in Su Like's poems, but when people read it, they can feel another kind of elegance in peace and kindness.
For example, in Qin Shimei Hua? Isn't it better to have oblique branches outside bamboo? In this plain sentence, only when you read it can you realize the silent, lonely and elegant gesture of plum blossom. Compared with other great poets, Ouyang Xiu's poems have a slightly insufficient expression of personal feelings, but they have a different artistic conception.
Ouyang xiu's dream:? The night is cool, Qian Shan plays the flute, and the road is dark and beautiful. Playing chess doesn't know how to change the world, and the bar is helpless to miss home. ?