“穷而后工”是中国古代文学批评史上一个非常重要的理论命题,自欧阳修首次提出以来,已得到后世诸多文学批评家的充分关注。在总结前人观点的基础上,具体分析文本,结合时代背景和具体语境,分析“穷而后工”的源起并提出个人见解。 The poor and the late work is a very important theoretical proposition in the history of Chinese ancient literary criticism. Since Ouyang Xiu first proposed it, he has been given full attention by many literary critics in the future. On the basis of summing up the views of the predecessors, we analyze the text concretely, analyze the origin of “poor after work ” and put forward personal opinions according to the background of the times and the specific context.