Politicians, militarists and writers in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty. Wen Xi was born in Wuxian (now Suzhou, Jiangsu). In the eighth year (10 15), Zhenzong Dazhong was a scholar of Xiang Fu, and the official was involved in politics (deputy prime minister).

When Fan Zhongyan was a teenager, he insisted on studying hard in the dilemma of two cold porridge during the solar eclipse, and even put his clothes on a pillow for five years. This kind of hard life tempering has made him always honest and clean, caring about the people's sufferings, and never forgetting the initial intention of "worrying about the country and the people." After becoming an official in middle age, he wrote articles to discuss state affairs and mocked the disadvantages of the times. After offending Prime Minister Lv Yijian, he was banished to Raozhou. In the first year of Kangding (1040), due to unexpected events, he was called the straight bachelor of Longtuge, and served as the deputy envoy of Shaanxi to appease the prefecture and defend Xixia. Because of strict orders and well-trained, he was able to unite the local Qiang people and defend the border for several years, and he was famous for a while. Qiang people respectfully called them "Laotse of Dragon Map", while Xixia called them "Laotse of Fan" and praised them for having tens of thousands of military men in their bellies. In the third year of Li Qing (1043), Lv Yijian went on strike and Fan Zhongyan took part in politics. Ten suggestions were put forward to reform the state affairs, focusing on rectifying the bureaucracy, restricting ministers or ministers' sons and nephews, causing dissatisfaction among corrupt bureaucratic forces, attacking him for quoting cronies and forcing him to leave North Korea, thus ending the "Qingli New Deal". Later he died on the way to Yingzhou.

Fan Zhongyan was a pioneer of the poetic innovation movement in the Northern Song Dynasty. He realized the harm of soft writing and clever customs in the early Song Dynasty, emphasized the inheritance of the progressive literary tradition in history, and recommended good works that could adhere to the tradition of appealing to both refined and popular tastes. His own poems also represent the progressive direction of literary creation. His essay aims to clarify the importance of people being the foundation of the country, which is very popular and has the potential to rob people. Yueyang Tower is his masterpiece. The article puts forward the principle that an upright scholar-bureaucrat should stand firm and be consistent, and thinks that personal honor and disgrace promotion should not be ignored, "not be happy with things, not sad with oneself", but "worry about the worries of the world first, and shine after the joy of the world". The narrative, scenery description, lyricism and discussion of the full text are integrated, and the combination of dynamic and static, light and dark contrast, concise words, harmonious syllables and juxtaposition of scenery contrast become the creative tone in Miscellaneous Notes. In terms of poetry, adhering to the tradition of elegance and vulgarity, the style of poetry is simple, with a tendency of prose culture, and there are many discussions, represented by four folk songs. There are five words, among which "Pride of Fisherman" is his masterpiece. He took frontier life as the theme, which harmoniously and uniformly showed Guo Xu's heroism and his sadness of worrying about his country and homesickness, and opened up the performance field of Song Ci. This is Fan Wenzheng's public collection.

Yueyang Tower was built in the Tang Dynasty and rebuilt in Tengzijing. During this period, several expansions were carried out, which were grand in scale and spectacular in momentum. Moreover, it is located on Dongting Lake, which is "occupying the distant mountains and swallowing the Yangtze River". Wang Xiangzhi's Yuezhou quoted Yueyang local chronicles as saying: "Yueyang Tower is also the West Gate Building. Overlooking Dongting, the scenery is wide. " Since the Tang Dynasty, it has become a world-famous scenic spot. Yueyang is also the only way to the southwest. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the imperial court demoted officials, mostly in the southwest. In this way, Yueyang, which enjoys a long reputation, has become a place for frustrated officials and poets to visit. As the article says, "touching guests and poets will always be here." These literati, when they visited here, were all moved by it. Can they use words instead of writing? Therefore, the excellent poems with Yueyang Tower as the theme are of course dazzling and beautiful. Only in the Tang Dynasty, since Zhang said that he had stayed in Yuezhou to build a building and sang with guests and friends, poets such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Meng Haoran, Han Yu, Liu Yuxi, Bai Juyi and Li Shangyin all came here and left famous sentences.

Now, Fan Zhongyan is invited by a friend to write notes for Yueyang Tower. He has excellent works in front of him. If you don't fail, Fan Zhongyan needs considerable courage! Li Bai also encountered a similar situation. When he boarded the Yellow Crane Tower, the beautiful scenery aroused his interest in poetry and made him want to sing poetry again. But he looked up at Cui Ying's "Climbing the Yellow Crane Tower" and sang: "There is a scene in front of him, and Cui Hao wrote a poem on it." I have to leave with a sigh. A literary master like Li Bai can't avoid Cui Ying, but now it's not an easy task for Fan Zhongyan to write the story of Yueyang Tower under the condition that "what the predecessors said is ready". But he actually wrote it, and the article is second to none among thousands of poems about Yueyang Tower, regardless of ideological content or artistic attainments. How can he have such a genius? It turned out that he did not follow the precedent of his predecessors, did not learn from others, but opened up a new world.

As we all know, Fan Zhongyan was ambitious when he was young. Although he lives on porridge, he still studies tirelessly and takes the world as his responsibility generously. After being admitted to the Jinshi, he led his troops to the frontier fortress and made great achievements. Xixia said that he "has tens of thousands of armored soldiers in his chest" and did not dare to invade the frontier. In the imperial court, he actively advocated the reform of state affairs and became a famous politician at that time. Song Renzong celebrated its fifth anniversary (1045) and was demoted to Dengzhou for advocating reform. His friend Teng Amethyst is also an innovative talent. Was falsely accused of "spending 160,000 yuan in Zhou Wang before" (History of Song Dynasty, volume 330). In the spring of the fourth year of Qing Dynasty (1044), Yuezhou was disgraced. As a feudal literati, when he was relegated, he could not help feeling resentful and depressed. Hui Zhou, a poet in the Song Dynasty, once said in Qingbo magazine: "Once you ask the minister to drive away the guests, once you leave them far away, your sorrow will only be a wail, expressed in poetry and held in pain. Teng Amethyst defends Baling, repairs Yueyang Tower, or praises its completion. It should be a great success, just wait a few games! " After the building is repaired, he will cry a few times! Fan Zhongyan knows the thought and character of this friend who is always "handsome and self-sufficient" (History of Song Dynasty, volume 330). So I was worried about his accident and often wanted to comfort him, but I never got a chance. Now, Teng has known Yuezhou for two years and has made great achievements. "It is to rebuild Yueyang Tower", so he went to Dengzhou to ask Fan to write a ghost. This is a text to commemorate the victory. In this way, Fan Zhongyan was entrusted by a friend to write notes for Yueyang Tower, which became an excellent opportunity to learn from his bosom friend. At the same time, he is being demoted, so it is necessary to express his ideals. So Fan Zhongyan set the theme of this article as expressing his feelings to persuade his friends.