Ouyang Xiu is a famous writer in China. Luling (now Yongfeng, Jiangxi) people. When he was four years old, his father died of illness and so did his mother.
Take him to Suizhou (now Suixian County, Hubei Province) and live with his uncle. Ouyang Xiu's mother wants her son to study, but at home.
Poor, can't afford a pen and paper. She saw grass growing by the pond in front of her house, so she drew words on the mud with grass stems and taught Ouyang Xiu.
You can read. Young Ouyang Xiu fell in love with books very early under the education of his mother.
When Ouyang Xiu was ten years old, he often borrowed books from people who had a lot of books nearby, and sometimes he copied the borrowed books.
Once, he borrowed books from a family named Li and found an old book in the wastebasket there. He looked through it and knew it.
It was an anthology of Han Yu, a writer in the Tang Dynasty, so I asked my master for one and took it home to read it carefully.
In the early Song Dynasty, the popular style of writing in society was gorgeous and empty. Ouyang Xiu read Han Yu's prose and felt it.
Writing is fluent and reasoning is thorough, which is completely different from popular articles. He pondered carefully and studied Han Yu's writing style. long
After he was a big boy, he went to Tokyo to take the Jinshi exam and won the first place in three consecutive exams.
When Ouyang Xiu was in his twenties, he was already famous in the literary world. His official position is not high, but he is very concerned about North Korea.
Politics, integrity, dare to remonstrate. When Fan Zhongyan offended Lv Yijian and was relegated to the south, many ministers sympathized with Fan Zhongyan, only
Gao Ruone, an admonition official, thinks that Fan Zhongyan should be demoted. Ouyang Xiu was very angry and wrote to blame Gao Rene for not knowing that there is shame in the world.
Things. For this matter, he was banished to other places and returned to Beijing after four years.
This time, in order to support Fan Zhongyan's New Deal, Ouyang Xiu spoke again, which greatly annoyed some dignitaries in the court. They caught it.
The wind caught the shadow and framed Ouyang Xiu for some crimes. The court demoted Ouyang Xiu to Chuzhou (now Chuzhou County, Anhui Province).
Chuzhou is surrounded by mountains and has beautiful scenery. After Ouyang Xiu arrived in Chuzhou, in addition to dealing with political affairs, he often traveled around. local
A monk built a pavilion on Langya Mountain in Chuzhou for tourists to rest. Ouyang Xiu often visited this pavilion when he was hiking.
Drink it. He called himself "Zuiweng" and named the pavilion Zuiweng Pavilion. His prose "Zuiweng Pavilion" has become a popular story.
A masterpiece of recitation.
Ouyang Xiu has been a local official for more than ten years. Song Renzong remembered his literary talent, transferred him back to Beijing, and became an academician.
After Ouyang Xiu became a bachelor of Hanlin, he actively advocated the reform of writing style. One year, the capital held a Jinshi exam and the court sent him.
Act as an examiner. He thinks this is a good opportunity for him to select talents and reform the style of writing. When correcting the test paper, he found it flashy.
Articles will not be accepted. After the exam, a group of people lost the election and were very dissatisfied with Ouyang Xiu. One day, Ouyang Xiu
Riding out, I was stopped by a group of malicious people on the way and shouted abuse at him. Later, the soldiers on patrol came over and put
These people drove away.
After this storm, Ouyang Xiu was under some pressure, but the style of the examination room changed and everyone learned it.
Try to write a rich and simple article.
Ouyang Xiu not only vigorously reformed the style of writing, but also paid great attention to discovering and promoting talents. Many people who were not so famous before.
Only after his appreciation and recommendation, one by one became a famous artist. The most famous are Ceng Gong, Wang Anshi and Su Xun (sound X.
② n) With his sons Su Shi and Su Zhe. In the history of literature, people regard Ouyang Xiu and other six people as Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan in the Tang Dynasty.
Together, they are called "eight masters of Tang and Song Dynasties".