苏轼与司马光都是北宋文化人:苏轼既是诗文大家,书画造诣亦至甚高境界,堪称旷世奇才;司马光诗文的名声虽不太大,可那部史学专著《资治通鉴》,却对当时与后世都产生了巨大影响,几乎可以与“史家之绝唱”的《史记》相媲美了。身为文化人,他俩的共同特征是:耿直、正派。在唐宋八大家中,宋代有六人。第一位是欧阳修,其余五位——苏洵、苏轼、苏辙父子与王安石、 Su Shi and Sima Guang are the people of the Northern Song Dynasty: Su Shi is both poetry and writing, painting and calligraphy attainments to very high level, called Kuangshi Wizards; Sima Guang poetry, although the reputation is not too large, but that history monograph "Zi Zhi Tong Jian However, it has had a tremendous impact on both contemporary and future generations and is almost comparable to the Historical Records of The Singer of the Historian. As a cultural person, they share the common features: upright, decent. Eight people in the Tang and Song dynasties, the Song Dynasty has six people. The first is Ouyang Xiu, the remaining five - Su-Su, Su Shi, Su Zhe and his father and son Wang Anshi,