His amazing talent keeps pace with his great personality, and he has a rich, unique, humorous and colorful sense of variety. ...
It seems difficult to give an accurate explanation of his personality.
In Su Dongpo's biography, Mr. Lin Yutang described him as an optimist whose nature cannot be changed, a compassionate moralist, a good friend of ordinary people, a prose writer, a new painter and a great calligrapher.
He is an experimenter, engineer, hypocritical opponent, yoga practitioner, Buddhist, scholar-bureaucrat and poet in wine making. ...
In a word, even with so many words, Lin Yutang still can't outline his whole picture, because Su Dongpo is a rare all-rounder in history.
He is not the best in every field. For example, in philosophy, he does not have the systematization of Zhu Cheng's philosophy system of Neo-Confucianism, and in history, he does not have the general contribution of Sima Guang's Zi Tong Zhi Jian.
But his advantage is that a person occupies all categories of literature, history, philosophy and art, and shows outstanding talent and extraordinary accomplishment in every category.
Compared with Li Bai, Su Shi is less rebellious and more forbearing and peaceful. Compared with Du Fu, Su Shi is less sad and more detached.
Su Dongpo is a person whose personality and talent are hard to surpass, and his achievements in literature and art are inseparable from his personality.
He is good at taking pleasure in suffering. No matter how life disappointed him, he never gave up his love and yearning for life.
Teacher Kang Zhen said that one of Su Dongpo's most important values is to set a standard personality model for future generations, which is the most perfect and harmonious cultural personality of intellectuals and literati.
He is brilliant but not narcissistic, but he doesn't forget to care about the people when he is down and out.
He lived out Confucius' self-cultivation, governing the country and leveling the world, Mencius' wealth, poverty and power, and Zhuangzi's free and easy, detached and free.
He embodies an excellent personality model with all-round physical and mental development and unchanged values under any circumstances, which many philosophers and thinkers before him have been trying to find.
To elaborate on Su Dongpo's character, the core, the best and the most precious thing is his integrity.
02
1079, 130 The Wutai poetry case in prison was Su Dongpo's darkest day and a turning point in his fate.
Impeached by the censor, he was jailed and narrowly escaped death, but he was always in danger, not surprised or humiliated, and finally weathered the storm safely.
When he came out of prison, Su Dongpo saw the bustling street scene, and pedestrians were busy, and he wrote two more poems in one breath.
? One of them is:
? But I suspect that the wine glass is a dream.
? Try to touch the pen like a god.
? Why should we investigate the disaster in depth?
Stealing money is never difficult.
He means, why do you think so much after being sad? Is there a reason for everything in life and officialdom?
Thinking of this, he put down his pen, rubbed his hands and said to himself, it's very kind of you to forget the pain. It's hopeless
This kind of self-mockery, getting rid of disasters and restoring spirit is a kind of ability, which is not possessed by ordinary people, but by a person who knows the value of his life.
People appreciate Su Dongpo, and it is from his lofty integrity that they see his grand and broad-minded world outlook. With this temperament, how can disaster defeat him?
There is no denying that after this incident, his mentality has changed a lot. Instead of falling into a trough, he changed from a desire to make achievements in his official career and use it for the people to a broader humanistic feeling.
03
Later he was demoted to Huangzhou.
He created his own literary peak in Huangzhou, and "Shui Diao Ge Tou Kuaizai Pavilion" was written in the fourth year of his relegation to Huangzhou.
The sunset lifted the embroidered curtains and looked out, the pavilions and blue sky under the river, the sunset and pavilions in the distance, and the endless space.
In order for me to come, you specially painted the windows with bright red paint.
? I remember Pingshan Hall for a long time, misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River.
Today, we saw the scene in front of us, and we realized that the scenery on the mountain was hidden as described by Ouyang, an old alcoholic.
The endless water surface is crystal clear, reflecting the green shadow of the mountains.
? Suddenly, the river was rough, and a fisherman was sailing in the wind and waves.
Seeing this, I can't help but think of Song Yu's Song Yu. It is impossible for such a ridiculous person to understand that the wind in Zhuangzi is the voice of nature, saying that the wind has a daughter.
? As a matter of fact, as long as a person has the noble spirit of ambition and wisdom, he can be poised in any occasion and enjoy the infinite comfort of thousands of miles.
The words "a little noble spirit, a thousand miles of wind" are regarded by Fan Zeng as the symbol of Su Dongpo's life.
Seeing the old man boating on the storm, Su Dongpo couldn't help expressing dissatisfaction with Song Yu, son of Lantai, who divided the wind into "the glory of the king" and "female wind, Shu Ren".
He thinks that Zhuangzi's "Tianle" itself is neither noble nor noble, and the key lies in the level of people's spiritual realm. Otherwise, how can there be a brave feat of the old man fighting the wind and waves?
He told people with the words of "a little noble spirit, a thousand miles fast" that as long as a person has the supreme noble spirit, he can be refined, carefree and comfortable, and can handle prosperity and adversity calmly.
The spirit of honesty lies in people's hearts. What kind of life people want in their hearts will not depend on external changes. If they are open-minded and upright, they will always be uncomfortable and unhappy.
04
There is an interesting little story.
When Su Dongpo was demoted to Huizhou, the court situation was not optimistic and there was no hope of returning to the DPRK. However, he is a tall old man. If it were someone else, he would probably be too worried to sleep, but Su Dongpo didn't.
One spring, he wrote a poem in the pavilion of Song Feng Temple. The last two sentences are "I reported that you had a beautiful spring sleep, and the Taoist tapped without a bell", which means that he slept beautifully. Please ring the bell gently so as not to wake him.
This poem was heard by Zhang Dun, then prime minister and political enemy. Zhang Dun thought that Su Dongpo had a bad time in Huizhou, but he was still very happy.
So he was further relegated until he arrived in Danzhou, Hainan, hoping that he would die of depression in that harsh and hard environment.
But this time Su Dongpo let him down again. He was carrying a big ladle, wearing clogs and hemp fiber, walking in the field, singing.
There is no doctor or medicine in the local area. He jokingly said to his friends, "I'm glad that countless people die at the hands of doctors every time I study in the capital."
It is his noble spirit that makes him have a childlike innocence, and there are always ways to make himself happy. As he himself said, "I can accompany the Jade Emperor, I can accompany beggars, and I can see the bad guys all over the world."
This is Su Dongpo, with integrity and integrity. Who can resist him?
05
Su Dongpo was displaced all his life and was demoted many times. However, it is difficult for you to see a miserable Su Dongpo in his works.
This greatness lies in its unique noble spirit, free and easy but not stubborn, accepting it frankly, and writing the best works in the most sad and depressed time.
He said in Chaozhou Han Wengong Temple Monument:
Expensive gas does not follow the shape, does not rely on strength, does not rely on life, and does not die. So it is the stars in the sky and the river prison on the earth. You are a ghost, but Ming is human again. This truth is normal, and there is no blame.
Yu Dan said that Su Dongpo is a truly typical intellectual with stable values, and his lofty integrity also stems from the persistence of his inner soul.
Different from Tao Qian, he has a sense of avoiding the world, and his moral integrity embodies Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.
When he joined the WTO, he was diligent and actively used Confucianism to benefit the people.
When he was demoted, he was able to inherit the Taoist thought of natural inaction, appreciate life, write lyrics, and work in the fields like a farmer.
In any case, whether he is proud or frustrated, he can exert his greatest value.
After a hard life, he still did not change his humor and laughed at his turbulent life: "Ask your career, Huangzhou Huizhou Danzhou."
Now, who can be more frustrated than Su Dongpo?
However, anxiety, irritability and pessimism can be seen everywhere. Maybe we should learn a little integrity, keep a normal heart as always, keep a freedom and treat gains and losses correctly.