Though just ten years old, Ouyang Xiu immediately understood the greatness of Han Yu's work. Those tattered volumes are what set Ouyang on the path toward establishing a literary movement.
當時才十多歲的歐陽修感到韓愈文章的深厚雄博，就是這幾本殘卷，使歐陽修開創了古文運動之路。