Ouyang Xiu (65438+August 20071-1September 22, 072), born in Mianzhou (now Mianyang, Sichuan), born in Yongfeng, Luling, Jizhou (now Yongfeng County, Ji 'an City, Jiangxi Province), was a politician and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Ouyang Xiu was the first literary leader to create a generation of literary style in the literary history of Song Dynasty, one of the eight great writers in Tang and Song Dynasties, and one of the four great writers in ancient times. Ouyang Xiu led the poetry innovation movement in the Northern Song Dynasty, and inherited and developed Han Yu's ancient prose theory. His high achievements in prose creation and his correct theory of ancient prose complement each other, thus creating a generation of writing style.

So I wrote some colorful words with "secular spirit", some of which were vulgar, and some of them were healthy in content and artistic conception, such as Nan Gezi (golden mud with a chicken bun) and Yujiachun (night pillow meddling).

The origin and significance of "6 1 layman";

The origin of "61 lay man": In the first year of Xining, Ouyang Xiu built a house in Yingzhou, ready to retire. He is "old and sick, and will retire in the water field, so he will be renamed as a layman on June 1st". Ouyang Xiu is vigorous and resolute in political life, upright and upright, courageous and resourceful. His poems and some "elegant words" show this side of his character.

The meaning of "laity on June 1st": In his later years, the old man had a thousands of books, a volume of epigraphy, a piano, a chess game and a pot of wine. From the meaning of this title, on the one hand, we can see that Ouyang Xiu's lonely and boring life in his later years depends on these five items, on the other hand, we can also see that Ouyang Xiu wants to get rid of his troubles and enjoy his old age.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Ouyang Xiu.