Among the eight literary masters of the Tang and Song dynasties-- Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Ouyang Xiu, Zeng Gong, Wang Anshi, and the three Sus (the father Su Xun, and his sons Su Shi and Su Che) --the essayist and poet Ouyang Xiu stands out as the greatest of all.
中國文學史上著名的唐宋八大家，在唐朝有韓愈和柳宗元；在宋代有歐陽修、曾鞏、王安石，和蘇洵、蘇軾、蘇轍父子三人，文章詩詞俱佳的歐陽修名列第一。