Why do we like to call Su Dongpo instead of Su Zizhan? Because "Dongpo" is the place where Su Shi lived when he was demoted to Huangzhou. Bai Juyi was demoted to the secretariat of Zhongzhou (now Zhongxian County, Chongqing) in the 13th year of Tang Yuanhe (8 18) and lived in a place called Dongpo, where he also wrote many touching poems. It is precisely because of this coincidence that Su Shi took the name "Dongpo". In the Song Dynasty, Zhou Bida's Poems of Erlaotang said: "There are two poems" Planting Flowers on Dongpo "and one" Treading on Dongpo "for the secretariat of Zhongzhou. Cloud:' climb Dongpo, climb Dongpo late; What does Dongpo love? I like this new tree. "In this dynasty, Su Wenzhong didn't give much authority, but he loved Lotte alone ... He lived in Huangzhou and began in Dongpo, which must have originated from the merits of Lotte Zhongzhou."
Su Shi's most admired person in his life was Bai Juyi, and Bai Juyi became his idol. There is a sentence in Su Shi's poem: "The source is vaguely like lotte, and dare to compare with the previous sages"; There is another cloud: "Remembering is like being a gentleman, enjoying Luoyang Spring." In addition, both Su Shi and Bai Juyi suffered the fate of being demoted, and Su Shi paid tribute to Bai Juyi in the name of "Dongpo". Song Hong Mai's Three Things of Rongzhai (Volume 5) and Dongpo Wood Lotte (Book 5) said: "Su Gong lives in Huangzhou and calls himself Dongpo layman. Gai carefully examined his meaning and thanked him. "