"Ouyang Xiu does not like Du Fu's poems"is the classic view in Liu Ban's Zhongshan Poetic Remarks and Shao Bo's Historic Notes of Shao Bo in the Song Dynasty.However,the analysis of Ouyang Xiu's Liuyi Poetry Remarks and related poems and prose works shows that Ouyang Xiu highly praises and respects Du Fu's poems."Ouyang Xiu does not like Du Fu's poems"is a conclusion drawn from Liu Ban's personal character and the influence of a cynical and satirical social atmosphere in the early Song Dynasty.In fact,it is the misunderstanding of Ouyang Xiu.
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