《宋史·列传·卷二百零一》
自五代以来文风凋敝，北宋初年，柳开才开始提倡写古文。
自五代文敝，国初，柳开始为古文。
Since the Five Dynasties, the literary style had been in decline. At the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, Liu Kai was the first to advocate writing prose in the ancient style.