Song, Liao, and Jin · Official, Scholar, and Writer

Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修

Attested AD 1040 - AD 1072

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ouyang Xiu was an official, Scholar, and Writer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1040 to AD 1072 如歐陽修
Directly stated · History of Yuan 182, passage 49

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 182, passage 49

Assessments and attributes

Assessment used as a comparison for outward mildness and inward firmness · Mode witness-report Witness those who knew Zhang Qiyan
Directly stated · History of Yuan 182, passage 49

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 182Volume 182 Biographies 69: Zhang Qiyan, ŌUyang Xuan, Xu Youren, Song Ben, Xie Duan · 1 passage

識者謂其外和中剛，不受人籠絡，如歐陽修，名聞四裔。 Those who knew him said he was gentle outwardly and firm within, could not be manipulated, and resembled Ouyang Xiu; his reputation reached the four quarters.