Ouyang Xiu's Wealth to Chuzhou

Ouyang xiu (1007-1072), styled yongshu, alias zuiweng and liuyi jushi, han nationality, was born in yongfeng county, jizhou (now yongfeng county, jian city, jiangxi province), politician and litterateur of the northern song dynasty. To the magistrate, posthumous wen zhong, known as ouyang wen zhong gong. Together with han yu, liu zongyuan, su shi, su xun, su zhe, wang anshi and zeng gong, they are called "eight masters of prose in tang and song dynasties".

Ouyang xiu was the first literary leader in the song dynasty. He led the poetry and prose innovation movement of the northern song dynasty and inherited and developed han yu's ancient prose theory. The high achievement of his prose creation and his correct theory of ancient prose complement each other, thus creating a generation of literary style. Ouyang xiu not only changed his style of writing, but also reformed his style of poetry. He also made great achievements in history.

According to "on", the cases of a memoir, "god, the king of the southern song dynasty under the" con "volume of Zhi: OuYangWenZhong and lay people set records such as: ouyang xiu qingli periods in northern song dynasty five years (AD 1045 lunar October) in August were chuzhou, October 22, arrived in chuzhou, for chuzhou year, qingli periods eight years leap on the migration of yangzhou, a letter to the imperial court in February left chuzhou, front and back in chuzhou for two years and four months time. Though it did not last long, it left a very deep influence on chuzhou.

Ouyang xiu left many ruins of construction, some immortal poems and articles, and deep feelings with chuzhou people. Among the poems and essays written directly in chuzhou, besides the famous records of fengle pavilion, the drunken old man pavilion and lingxi stone, there are also a large number of poems and short essays. According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 30 poems only describing the natural scenery and scenic spots in langya mountain, such as "the heavy snow in yongyang", "the pavilion of the drunkard in chuzhou", "six poems in langya mountain" and so on. The architectural relics and poems he left behind became a rare and precious legacy of chuzhou, and the deep feelings he left with the people of chuzhou became an indelible memory of the people of chuzhou forever.

When people say chuzhou nowadays, they naturally think of nirvana in fire, pavilion in drunkenness and ouyang xiu. Nirvana in fire mountain is famous for its natural scenery and cultural landscape. The most famous scenic spot in langya mountain is the drunkard pavilion, which is honored as the first of the "four famous pavilions" in China and famous both at home and abroad. The fengle pavilion across the mountain from the drunkard pavilion is also a place that many visitors to the ancient world yearn for. It is called "sister pavilion" together with the drunkard pavilion. The ziwei spring under fengle pavilion is called "sister spring" together with the niang spring of the drunkold pavilion. All these are left over from ouyang xiuzhi's exploitation and construction of military time. It was these buildings, together with his books feng le ting ji and the drunken old man ting ji, that made chuzhou famous.

The name of nirvana in fire traced back to the eastern jin dynasty. Before the eastern jin dynasty, nirvana in fire was unknown. At the end of the western jin dynasty, sima rui, the king of langya, stayed in the mountain because he was in seclusion from the chaos. Later, sima rui became the yuan emperor of the eastern jin dynasty. But sima rui himself and the whole eastern jin dynasty did not bring much change to nirvana in fire. It was not until the sixth year of the great calendar of the tang dynasty (AD 771) that li youqing, the poet of chuzhou, built the baoying temple (today's langya temple) that langya mountain broke the silence of history and began to stride towards prosperity and development. This is when the name nirvana in fire came into being. When sima rui stayed in the mountains, it had experienced more than 300 years.

The construction of baoying temple has changed the quiet situation in langya mountain for many years. Nirvana in fire really rose after it experienced more than 200 years, ouyang xiuzhi chu, a famous scholar in the northern song dynasty, began.

Ouyang xiuzhi chu the next summer, an accidental opportunity to make him found a spring at the foot of the feng mountain valley, after field inspection, "luanying around, gu but le, so thin spring chipping stone, the creation of a pavilion", began to carry out the construction of scenic resort here. He quickly repaired the spring and built a pavilion. The spring was named "valley spring" and the pavilion "fengle pavilion". In the same year, fengleting and a mountain across the drunkard pavilion was also built, he named "drunkard pavilion", as "drunkard pavilion". The completion of the two pavilions and the publication of the two stories quickly caused a sensation in the whole country. In particular, the article "the story of the drunkard pavilion", with its vivid writing and exquisite language, presents a gorgeous picture of nature in chuzhou. And because of the profound meaning of the article, and its expression of pleasant feelings, temporarily shocked the entire academic community. When an article is published, it is spread far and near. Since then, nirvana in fire, fengle pavilion, drunkard pavilion, each scenic area has been expanded, the content gradually rich, although the history vicissitudes of life, but repeatedly abandoned repeatedly rise, long and unfailing, eventually into today's scale. Chasing the source is the foundation of ouyang xiu. Ouyang xiu was the most powerful founder of chuzhou langya mountain after li youqing in tang dynasty. It can be said that without ouyang xiu, there would be no today of langya mountain in chuzhou.

When ouyang xiu was in chuzhou, in addition to the development of valley spring, the construction of fengle pavilion and drunk pavilion, but also carried out some other construction, such as fengle pavilion scenic construction xingxin pavilion, especially invited zeng gong "xingxin pavilion"; A training ground was set up near fengleting for the training of militia to defend the area; They also repaired the badly damaged chucheng and made the city of chuzhou stronger and more magnificent. Some people have read ouyang xiu's the story of the drunkard pavilion, from his leisurely tour of the mountains and rivers, drinking and playing, it is not correct to think that he is in a depressed state of no political affairs because he has been demoted to the military. In chuzhou, ouyang xiu implemented a policy of "leniency and simplicity" in government affairs. The so-called broad and simple, as the name implies is tolerance and simplification, do things in accordance with the rules of human relations, do not seek reputation, as long as the things do well. It was the style of his life. He later had the right to know the kaifeng government, the predecessor is famous "iron face Lao bao", that is, bao zheng, the majesty is very; And he is with wide Jane, often do things quietly, the same kaifeng government in perfect order. When the qing dynasty, it was compared with BaoZhengXiang, will he in KaiFengFu official side each tree a memorial arch, side to write the "pack" yan, side to write the "o" wide.

Ouyang xiu's poems and prose of chuzhou are extremely vivid and realistic descriptions of the beauty of the mountains and rivers of chuzhou. For example, in the story of the drunkard pavilion, nirvana in fire is summarized as "the beauty of the forest valley" and "the depth and beauty". Meanwhile, the scenery of nirvana in fire in the morning and evening and the four seasons are written in a concise style: "the sunrise brings Lin fei to open, the clouds return, the rocks are twilit, the twilight is also the mountain. Wild fang hair and fragrance, good wood xiu and numerous Yin, wind and frost gao jie, water and stone out of the four mountain also. "He wrote in" feng le ting ji ":" frost and ice, carved dew delicate, four scenes, all lovely. Many of his poems are written in beautiful language. As he wrote in "the pavilion of the drunkard of chuzhou" : "but love pavilion into the water, from the chaos peak. The sound fell from the air and streamed toward the two eaves. Stream rock under the stream, the deep springs help trickle. If it does not ring, it is not an orchestra. It's beautiful! Therefore, the posterity has built the hearing spring pavilion not far from the drunkard pavilion, lets the people realize this fine poetry unceasingly. Another example is his "six inscriptions in langya mountain", which vividly depicts various scenic spots such as the cloud cave in langya mountain, the stream in langya river and the spring of the concubines. Although each poem only four lines, but the use of a little bit of fine pen, every word abas. He wrote with true love of the mountains and rivers of chuzhou.

Ouyang xiu's poems and prose about chuzhou and nirvana in fire attracted many scholars and dignitaries to chuzhou for their quality, personal character and status. Ouyang xiu in chuzhou, some directly to ouyang xiu; After ouyang xiu left chu, he came from the vaues of ouyang gong and ouyang gong. Here, they not only left footprints, but also left inkblots, accumulated over a long period of time, the description of the mountain langya and chuzhou poetry has been hard to count. In 1988, the chronicle of nirvana in fire was selected from more than 150 poems of ouyang xiu and later generations (including some contemporary poems). Using the modern vocabulary of "tangible assets" and "intangible assets", ouyang xiu left chuzhou valuable wealth in all aspects.

Ouyang xiu in chuzhou more than two years, not only to chuzhou left a precious asset, but also with chuzhou people established a deep relationship, chuzhou this ancient place, and he forged a lifelong bond.

After ouyang xiu left chuzhou, he never came to chuzhou again, but he always missed chuzhou in his heart.

Reply to wang zhongyi taiwei su: written in the third year of xi ning (AD 1070). He had been out of chuzhou for 22 years. The poem begins: "a drunken weng lived in fengleshan for hundreds of years." We have always associated ourselves with chuzhou.

Now, nearly a thousand years after he left us, ouyang xiu's name is still very much attached to chuzhou. Without ouyang xiu, there would be no chuzhou langya mountain famous, has become the consensus of many people. Since ouyang xiuzhi chu pavilion was built, it has experienced many vicissitudes of life, but it has been undefeated for hundreds of years. There was a couplet on the front door of the drunkard pavilion. Mountain line six seven inside, pavilion shadow not solitary." "Weng" in lianzhong means ouyang xiu. At that time, the time of making this gate and its couplets was the seventh year of the reign of emperor guangxu of the qing dynasty (1881 AD). More than 900 years later, people still remember him and will never forget him again. In 1998, ouyang xiu was listed as the first person in the biography of people newly compiled records of chuzhou city (formerly county-level city).

(submitted by rong baoping)