1. Ouyang Xiu

Ouyang Xiu, courtesy name Yongshu, nicknamed Zuiweng, later nicknamed Liuyi Jushi, Han nationality, was born in Yongfeng, Jizhou (now Yongfeng County, Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province). He was a politician and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty and was famous in politics. Ouyang Xiu plays an important role in the history of Chinese literature. He vigorously advocated the poetry innovation movement, reformed the formalist style of writing and poetry from the late Tang Dynasty to the early Song Dynasty, and achieved remarkable results.

Due to his political status and great achievements in prose creation, his status in the Song Dynasty was similar to that of Han Yu in the Tang Dynasty. He recommended and guided prose writers such as Wang Anshi, Zeng Gong, Su Xun, Su Shi, and Su Che, and had a great influence on their prose creation. His plain writing style has continued to influence the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

2. Huang Tingjian

Huang Tingjian, whose courtesy name was Lu Zhi, also known as Shangu Daoren, later known as Fu Weng, was a native of Fenning, Hongzhou (now Xiushui County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province), and a famous writer in the Northern Song Dynasty. Huang Tingjian, a calligrapher and the founder of the ever-popular Jiangxi School of Poetry, was good at running script and cursive script, and his regular script was also his own. Scholars particularly admire Wang Xizhi's "Lanting Preface".

Huang Tingjian’s poems take Du Fu, the master of Tang poetry, as his subject of study. He constructs and proposes poetic theories such as "turning iron into gold" and "taking the reincarnation and reshaping the body", which became the theoretical program of Jiangxi Poetry School's poetry writing. and creative principles, which had a profound impact on later literary creations. As one of the great poets of the Song Dynasty, Huang Tingjian's influence on Song poetry even exceeded that of Su Shi, a great writer of the generation.

3. Wen Tianxiang

Wen Tianxiang was originally named Yun Sun, also named Song Rui and Lu Shan. The Taoist name is Fuxiu Taoist and Wenshan. A native of Luling, Jizhou, Jiangxi Province (now Futian Town, Qingyuan District, Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province), he was a politician, writer, patriotic poet, famous anti-Yuan official and national hero in the late Southern Song Dynasty.

In terms of literary research, apart from the philosophical monograph "Yu Shi Ce - Dao", Wen Tianxiang created the most poems and lyrics, except for "Guan Lu", "Guan Hou Lu" and "Yin Xiao Ji" In addition, there are 200 "Ji Du Shi" and "Eighteen Pai" and a small number of words. This is the most valuable work and is called an epic. In addition, there are some poems written before the Anti-Yuan Dynasty.

4. Zhu Xi

Zhu Xi, whose courtesy name was Yuanhui, also had the courtesy name Zhonghui, and his nickname was Hui'an. Later he was called Huiweng, and his posthumous title was Wen. His ancestral home was Wuyuan County, Huizhou Prefecture (now Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province). He was a famous Neo-Confucian, thinker, philosopher, educator, poet, representative of the Fujian School, and a master of Confucianism in the Song Dynasty. The World Honored One called him Zhu Zi.

Zhu Xi has been engaged in lecturing activities for a long time, carefully compiled various teaching materials such as "Annotations on the Four Books", and trained many talents. His educational thoughts are extensive and profound. Among them, the most noteworthy ones are his discussion of "primary school" and "university" education, and the second one about "Zhu Xi's reading method".

5. Tao Yuanming

Tao Yuanming, named Yuanliang, also known as Qian, privately nicknamed "Jingjie", known as Mr. Jingjie in the world, Chaisang, Xunyang (now Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province) )people. A great poet and poet from the late Eastern Jin Dynasty to the early Southern Song Dynasty. Tao Yuanming was good at poetry, and most of his poems described natural scenery and scenes of rural life. This pastoral life was also the main theme of Tao Yuanming's poems.

The outstanding works among them embody the tiredness of officialdom and secular society, showing their aspiration to be self-sufficient and unwilling to bend to please, but they also promote negative thoughts such as "life is impermanent" and "happy destiny". Its artistic characteristics are both plain and hearty. The language is simple and natural, but also extremely refined, with a unique style.

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