Who were the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties? What are his representative works?

Answer 1

The Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties referred to the eight outstanding writers of the Tang and Song Dynasties. They were Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan of the Tang Dynasty and Ouyang Xiu, Su Xun, Su Shi, Su Zhe, Wang Anshi, and Zeng Gong of the Song Dynasty. Their works had different styles, but they all had a profound influence on the development of Chinese literature.

Han Yu's Replying to Zhang Shiyi's Gongcao, Liu Zongyuan's Snake Catcher, Ouyang Xiu's Drunken Man Pavilion, Su Shi's Red Cliff Ode, Su Zhe's Young Ode, Wang Anshi's Flying Peak and Zeng Gong's On the Clique are all famous representative works.