Translation:
With his talent, Teng Amethyst was envied by many people. He was banished from Qingyang to Baling County, and his grief and depression were often expressed in articles and on his face. Fan Zhongyan and He were admitted to Jinshi in the same year. They have a good relationship and cherish his talent, fearing that he will be framed in the future.
Guo Ting Lu by Gong Fan in the Southern Song Dynasty mainly describes the deeds of ancestors such as Fan Zhongyan (989- 1052). Most of the contents about governing the country and family precepts are well-founded, and there are different opinions, which involve the records of major policies, political reform and official system in the Song Dynasty, and can also be used for official history research. In addition, it covers not only literati and celebrities in the Song Dynasty, but also miscellaneous poems, and retains some anecdotes of poems other than famous ones, such as saying that poems "care but don't talk"; He also quoted Ouyang Xiu as saying that poetry should not only write about vegetation, but should be "spoken by people".