The poetry and literary innovation advocated by Ouyang Xiu is inIn essence, it is aimed at the literary style of the Five Dynasties and the Western Kun style of the early Song DynastyHowever, Ouyang Xiu's literary theory and creative practice are very different from those of the retro literary theorists since Liu Kai. Before Ouyang Xiu presided over the literary world, the literary style represented by Xikun style had been severely criticized. At that time, Shi Jie, who was the direct speaker of Guozijian, was even more hostile to Xikunti, and he wrote three articles of "Strange Sayings" and violently attacked Yang Yi. Shi Jie's views had a great influence on the Tai students, so the young scholars, who were mainly Tai students, overcorrected themselves and abandoned the beautiful and beautiful literary style of the Xikun style, and embarked on a dangerous and difficult road, forming the popular "Taixue style". Although the "Taixue style" advocates ancient literature and opposes the pun li, it is strange and jerky in itself, and it is not a healthy style of writing. Therefore, while Ouyang Xiu opposes the Xikun style, he must also oppose the "Taixue style".。In the second year of Song Renzong's reign, Ouyang Xiu took advantage of the opportunity of the main tribute to suppress the scholars who were at odds with the literary risk. After several years of hard work, the "Taixue Style" finally disappeared.
From Liu Kai, Mu Xiu to Shi Jie, the literary theories of retroism have a tendency to emphasize Taoism and ignore literature, and even completely regard literature as a vassal of Taoism. Ouyang Xiu, on the other hand, has a new perspective on the relationship between literature and Taoism. First, Ouyang Xiu believed that the Confucian Tao was closely related to real life, and secondly, Ouyang Xiu paid equal attention to literature and Taoism, and in addition, he also believed that literature had an independent nature. This idea of attaching equal importance to literature and Taoism has a twofold meaningThe first is to regard literature as important as the Tao, and the second is to regard the artistic form of literature as important as the ideological content, which undoubtedly greatly enhances the status of literature. Liu Kai and others called on Han Yu to focus on his Taoism, while Ouyang Xiu focused on inheriting Han Yu's literary tradition.
Ouyang Xiu has loved Korean since he was a child, and later wrote ancient texts with Han and Liu as Xi models, but heIt is not blindly revered for the ancients, he took the side of the Korean text from the word, and discarded the dangerous and profound tendencies of the Korean and Liu Guwen that had been revealed. He said: "Although Meng and Korean are high, they don't have to be similar, take their natural ears. At the same time, Ouyang Xiu did not deny the artistic achievements of the pun style, and also appreciated Yang Yi and others' "eloquent writing and erudition, and more than pen power".
In this way, Ouyang Xiu is theoreticalIt not only corrected the bias of Liu Kai and Shi Jie, but also corrected some shortcomings of Han and Liu Guwen, thus establishing a correct guiding ideology for the poetry and literary innovation of the Northern Song DynastyIt also opened up broad prospects for the development of ancient literature in the Song Dynasty.
[Li Fan keywords:In view of the literary style of the Five Dynasties and the Western Kun style of the early Song Dynasty, we opposed the "Taixue style" and attached equal importance to literature and Taoism and the correct guiding ideology
[Li Fan said:Although Ouyang Xiu's poetic reform was aimed at the Xikun style, it also criticized Shi Jie's overkill. He not only corrected the bias of Liu Kai and Shi Jie, but also corrected some shortcomings of Han and Liu ancient texts, thus opening up a way forward for the development of ancient texts in the Song Dynasty.