facial characteristic
Ouyang Xiu is ugly, nearsighted like Wang Anshi, and has two rabbit teeth exposed. Coupled with poor family, malnutrition, thin and short, and bad complexion. Later, even when Emperor Injong first saw him, his eyebrows immediately wrinkled and he thought he was too ugly.
ideal
Ouyang Xiu's ideal is not to earn money, buy a villa, start a big company or be a flamboyant civil servant. His ideal is to be a saint. In that era when most people were only interested in Nuo Nuo and dared not stand out, he dared to announce loudly: Who is a saint except me? In fact, Ouyang Xiu's story is an inspirational story of grassroots counterattack. This is a poor, ugly and down-and-out young man at first. What he did on the road to being a saint is really worth studying.
be an official
He lost his father at the age of four, and with the support of his uncle and his mother's sewing, his brother and sister stumbled and grew up. His career didn't go well at first. 1023, 17 years old, fell down at the first level of Jinshi Road because of rhyme errors. After three years, I made a comeback and finally passed the provincial exam, but the exam was brushed again. Seeing Bao Zheng and others fall down one by one in high school, he was depressed and felt that he had no mentor, so he found his later father-in-law Yan Xu. Under the training of his father-in-law, he quickly got the admission qualification of imperial academy with the first place. Many things happen. Through his own efforts, he finally took part in the palace entrance examination presided over by the emperor himself, and finally got 14 places, ranking second, first and last. From then on, he finally became a civil servant and a national cadre, which opened the door to his legendary life.
mother
When Ouyang Xiu was born, his mother was 27 years old, and he was his father's house-filling. His birth not only made Ou's father ecstatic, but also brought infinite hope to Ou's mother's life. But Ou Dad died when Ouyang Xiu was four years old. My mother took her brother and sister to find Ouyang Xiu's uncle. His uncle is also a small official with a large family. Not long after I went to my uncle's house, my mother took their brother and sister and found another place to live alone near my uncle's house. The conditions at home were very poor, so my mother took a reed and drew a big "one" on the ground, asking Ouyang Xiu to read the word "one". In this way, my mother used a reed and began to teach Ouyang Xiu to write and read. This is the story of "Ou Mu Painting". Ouyang Xiu's mother, born in a famous family in the south of the Yangtze River, has seen some of the world more or less. She comforted Ouyang Xiu when she was admitted to Jinshi when she grew up, and failed again and again, which was the reliance of Ouyang Xiu's soul. After Ou's mother died, Ouyang Xiu wrote a long eulogy to praise his mother. Therefore, Oumu is well-deserved among the "four virtuous mothers" in ancient times.
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? friend
? Ouyang Xiu made a lot of friends all his life. He wrote more than 100 books for others just because of the epitaph. But I don't think there are many people who really share the same interests. On the one hand, this is due to the status of our national cadres, on the other hand, it is due to our own personality.
To count like-minded people, we must first say Fan Zhongyan. Fan Zhongyan is older than Ouyang Xiu 12 years old. He is honest and responsible, and dares to give advice. He is Ouyang Xiu's idol and ideal friend. So that Ouyang Xiu has the shadow of Fan Zhongyan in both person and article style. Later, Fan Zhongyan's reform offended the powerful, suffered a blow and was demoted to Raozhou. Ouyang Xiu, a fan Zhongyan faction, was also implicated and was demoted as the county magistrate of Yiling (now Yichang, Hubei).
Another person who shares the same interests with Ouyang Xiu is Mei Yao Chen. His contacts with Mei are different in status. It can be said that it is a congenial "friend of gentlemen". Ouyang Xiu, a great poet of Mei, is 5 years old and is called "the first poet of the Great Song Dynasty". Mei Ge's family condition is not good. With the help of his uncle, he became a grassroots civil servant. However, Mei was unlucky all her life, thanks to the care of her good friend Ouyang Xiu. When he died, Ouyang Xiu wrote a eulogy and epitaph for him with tears in his eyes.
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? Rumors of an affair
? When I was in the ninth grade, I just learned a classical Chinese article entitled "Preface to Drunk Pavilion", written by the famous Ouyang Xiu, but do you know under what background this article was written? If I tell you that this is an incest case, you will be surprised. Yes, it's true. Listen to me slowly: 1045, Ouyang Xiu's niece committed a crime in her husband's house and was arrested in the yamen. The reason is that this niece is immoral and has an affair with a footman. But the presiding judge is Ouyang Xiu's political enemy, so he instigated his men and encouraged this niece to frame my uncle. So this niece lied that when she was unmarried, she had an affair with her uncle at Ouyang Xiu's house. When the scandal came out, everyone was in an uproar. The admonition officer immediately began to impeach Ouyang Xiu, and the emperor immediately sent someone to arrest Ouyang Xiu and sent a cadre who had a feud with Ouyang Xiu to interrogate the case. In the end, although there was no evidence, because of the influence at this time, Ouyang Xiu was sent to Chuzhou with a leaflet, and there was an eternal masterpiece "Drunken Pavilion".
Although this matter has long passed, political opponents will always remember it. This is not because something happened to Ouyang Xiu again: 1067 Ouyang Xiu was 6 1 year old, and he was over 60 years old. Officials participate in political affairs and are equivalent to deputy prime ministers. But at this time, it's not bad that an imperial minister and his daughter-in-law commit adultery. A respected veteran actually did something despicable with his daughter-in-law, and the last incest incident immediately caused an uproar in court. The emperor asked for a thorough investigation of this matter, and it turned out that his brother-in-law had a holiday with Ouyang Xiu and made such a ridiculous thing.
Although both scandals are unwarranted, there is no doubt about Ouyang Xiu's style. Don't think that he is busy with his work all his life, and all he writes are just poems and beautiful essays. In fact, after work, he drinks and entertains, and does nothing less. He is a romantic. He likes writing about the relationship between men and women and drinking with geisha. For example, I once wrote for a singer who stood me up: "The catkins in spring are gone, and Haitang should hate me for coming late." Before being accused of incest with his niece, he wrote poems such as Xiao is not Yin, and Stay in Spring. How can this not make people think?
? politician
Ouyang Xiu is an "admonisher". "admonishing officials" and "suggestions" are similar to official positions of discipline inspection and supervision. The difference is that the censor supervises civil and military officials; The admonition officer is responsible for saying no to the emperor. Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu made a good start for the literati in the Song Dynasty. They began to admire honor and strive to be gentlemen. What is honor? It is loyalty to the country, courtesy and shame. Early Ouyang Xiu was sharp-edged. Later, Ouyang Xiu hid the edge of the past and made achievements in the field of culture and education. The most successful thing was to accept the entrustment of the emperor, preside over the Jinshi examination of the Ministry of Rites, and admit Su Dongpo and his descendants.
The writer sees Ouyang Xiu.
Yan Shu told him: look down, he looked down on Yan Shu's self-discipline and leisurely life. He thinks Ouyang Xiu is dissolute, vulgar and reckless. In fact, this is related to the great difference in their life experiences. Mr. Yan Shu, a young man, has a successful career and is calm and upright. Ouyang Xiu is a poor boy, very scheming. Mentoring and mentoring were often at odds in the court, and some people secretly said that Ouyang Xiu was an ungrateful person.
Wang Anshi said to him: I have my dreams. Although Wang Anshi is also very grateful to Ouyang Xiu for his kindness in meeting him, he is grateful. In the communication with Ouyang Xiu, Wang Anshi has always been calm, reserved and measured. After Ouyang Xiu's death, Wang Anshi, the prime minister of the dynasty, wrote a eulogy and highly praised Ouyang Xiu's academic and political contributions. He thought he had been in politics for forty years, knew how to advance and retreat, and saved his last days.
Su Shi said to him, "Look up and be grateful for greatness." Ouyang Xiu regarded the younger generation as a master. Under his admiration, Su Shi and Su Zhe are both top students in high school. In the future, he and his father, Su Xun, will be among the "Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties".
An answer to the curtain call
Ouyang Xiu is a saint, a politician with ideals, and knows that he will be written into history. For the last time, retreat bravely and save Xi Jie. In his life, he has enjoyed splendor and wealth, and also tasted the sadness of the world. He was anxious for most of his life. He suffered from money for most of his life. He has experienced too much life and death in his life.
After reading this book, the image of Ouyang Xiu is vivid in my mind, and this generation of masters is also secular and considerate. I have a deeper understanding of literati and officialdom, a group that combines Confucianism, and the Northern Song Dynasty, which is full of stars.