目前所看到的歐陽修年譜、傳記或專題著作，對於其出使遼國的行程常有錯的敘述。因此筆者蒐集有關的史料著文章，經過考證、分析，寫成〈歐陽修使遼行程考〉，不僅對其使遼的行程和事蹟加以闡釋，並且提出較合理的敘述。

We presently read the chronicle, biography or monograph of Ou Yuan-hsiu which have wrong statement on his route sent on a diplomatic mission to the Liao. I thus collect some relative material, articles, paper and after my examination, I write his paper “The research on the route of Ou Yang-hsiu sent on a diplomatic mission to the Liao country”, not only make a clarification on Ou Yang-hsiu sent to the Liao, but also raise a reasonable statement.