Su Xun is good at prose, especially at political theory, with clear exposition and vigorous writing style. He wrote 20 volumes of Jia and 3 volumes of Interpretation of the Law, all of which were handed down to the world together with Biography of the History of Song Dynasty.
Su Xun's prose has distinct arguments, strong arguments, sharp language and strong persuasiveness. The artistic style is magnificent and varied. Some articles are also good at twists and turns. The language of his article is concise, concise and meaningful; But sometimes it can be compared with others, especially for vivid metaphors.
The most prominent feature of Su Xun's prose is that its language is sharp and its words are inappropriate, which mercilessly exposes and lashes the darkness of the Northern Song Dynasty. But at the same time, in the process of analyzing the seriousness of the problem, Su Xun will skillfully turn the pen, dilute the pen, change the rhythm of the article, ease the tone of the article, and make people accept his sharpness and euphemism, which is mostly reflected in the articles criticizing the current shortcomings.
Extended information Su Xun writes few poems, but he is good at writing five ancient poems, which is simple and vigorous. Ye Mengde, a poet in the Song Dynasty, commented that his poems were "profound and tasteful, and the words were like their prose" (Shi Lin Shi Hua). His two poems by Ouyang Yongshu, White Rabbit, Sending People Away from Yishan, Yan Shu, Answering Two Covenants, and Sending Wu Waiting System to Recover Tanzhou, are excellent, but their overall achievements are far less than those of prose.
Su Xun's works were popular in various versions in Song Dynasty, but most of them were lost in the original version. Nowadays, there are remnants of the collected works of Lao Su published in the Northern Song Dynasty. The most popular books are Jia, Volume 15, and four series.
Su Xun's articles are exquisite in language and precious in every sentence. It is concise, vivid, interesting and rich in connotation, which makes people memorable after reading it. Su Xun's paper is also very insightful.
Su Xun has made great contributions in the field of genealogy. Su genealogy, which he founded, is one of the methods of compiling genealogy in modern times, which has great influence. It is still an example of genealogy revision in many places and surnames.
Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Su Xun