《归田录》是欧阳修晚年重要的作品之一,内容涉及北宋前期的人物轶事、社会风情和官场轶闻等,情节生动,文字练达,具有较高的史料价值和文学价值。《归田录》成书于宋英宗治平四年(1067年)。该书以“归田”为名,寓其归隐之意。欧阳修在自序中即阐明了其创作宗旨:“《归田录》者,朝廷之遗事,史官之所不记,与士大夫谈笑之余而可录者,录之以备闲居之览也。”欧阳修为官四十余年,官至参知政事。他深知人才的重要性,认为“天下之治必与 Habitat Recorded is one of the important works of Ouyang Xiu in his later years. It contains the anecdotes, social customs and official anecdotes of the early Northern Song Dynasty. The plot is lively and the writing is up to his word. It has a high historical value and literary value. ”Return to field record“ into a book for four years in Song Yingzong (1067). The book to ”return to Tian “ in the name of the meaning of hermitage. Ouyang Xiu clarified the purpose of his creation in his preface: ”“ Return to field records ”, the legacy of the court, the history of the officials do not remember, while talking to the scholar and doctor but can record, recorded in order to prepare for leisure home. “Ouyang Xiu for more than 40 years, official to Senate politics. He knows the importance of talent, that ”the rule of the world will be