Song, Liao, and Jin · Scholar and Writer

Master Ouyang 歐陽子

Ōuyángzǐ

Attested AD 1040 - AD 1072

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Master Ouyang was a scholar and Writer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1040 to AD 1072 北宋歐陽子
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 174, passage 42

Assessments and attributes

Assessment would be placed in the top grade of a Ban Gu-style roster, not far below the sages · Mode quotation Speaker Yao Sui (姚燧)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 174, passage 42

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 174Volume 174 Biographies 61: Yao Sui, Guo Guan, Jia Guzhiqi, Liu Geng, Ye Luyoushang, Hao Tianting, Zhang Kongsun · 1 passage

彼復有班孟堅者出，表古今人物，九品中必以一等置歐陽子，則為去聖賢也有級而不遠，其文雖無謝、尹之知，不害於行後。 If another Ban Gu should compile a roster of men through the ages, he would surely place Master Ouyang in the top grade; though that sets him below the sages, the distance would not be vast, and though his prose lacked admirers like Xie and Yin, it would not keep him from a place among the great writers of later ages.