尹洙 (Yǐn Zhū) · Yin Zhu, Northern Song dynasty…

Meanings

1 Yin Zhu, Northern Song dynasty scholar-official, historian, and prose stylist

About Yin Zhu

1001–1047 · 作家 writer

Northern Song official and prose writer who, with 欧阳修, led the early 古文运动, the return to the plain prose of the Han and Tang. He also served on the frontier against the Western Xia.

Also called 师鲁、河南先生

Characters

尹

Yǐn

(surname); to govern (archaic)

洙

Zhū

name of a river in Shandong (associated with Confucius)

Examples

HSK 7-9

尹洙是北宋著名的古文家。

Yǐn Zhū shì Běisòng zhùmíng de gǔwén jiā.

Yin Zhu was a famous classical-prose writer of the Northern Song.

HSK 7-9

欧阳修和尹洙是好朋友。

Ōuyáng Xiū hé Yǐn Zhū shì hǎo péngyou.

Ouyang Xiu and Yin Zhu were good friends.

Tips

history

When 范仲淹 was banished in 1036 for criticising the chancellor, Yin told the throne that Fan was his friend and teacher, so he belonged to Fan's 'faction' too. He was demoted along with him.

usage

洙 is a rare character naming the 洙水, a river at Confucius's home in Lu, and his courtesy name 师鲁, 'take Lu as teacher', points the same way: both nod to Confucius.