557-64 1 Ou Yangxun, a native of Linxiang, Tanzhou, is also known as the "Four Masters" with Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan and Zhao Mengfu. Born in Hengyang, Hengzhou in 557 AD, his ancestral home was Linxiang, Chenzhou, and Changsha, Hunan. From 498 to 563, Ou Yangxun's grandfather, Ouyang, was appointed as the general of the cabinet of the Southern Liang Dynasty, and his father, Ouyang Yang, was the secretariat and general of Guangzhou.
He was killed because he failed to send troops to attack Chen and implicated his family. Ou Yangxun survived at an early age and was adopted by his father's best friend.