There is few historical material about the life of Zhou Bangyan. Although there are some words about his life lest

it is hard to define if they are true. What can be sure is the record

in History of the Song Dynasty

which says that during Yuan Feng Emperor

Wang’an Shi’s Xining Political Reform alleviated social contradiction slightly. Zhou Bangyan as new student of Tai Xue presented

Bian Du Fu

to Emperor Shenzong of Song which sang the praises of this reform. This poem is passionate and full of expectations to the future. Because of this

Zhou was promoted to Tai Xue Zheng. The content of this poem is about the prosperity and abundance of the society after Xining Political Reform.