Zuo Si (about 250-305), a native of Linzi, Qi, was a famous writer in the Western Jin Dynasty. His "Sandu Fu" was well received at that time, which led to "Luoyang paper is expensive".
Zuo Si was not outstanding when he was a child. He studied calligraphy and piano art, but failed. Besides, he is ugly, short and inarticulate. Even Zuo Si's father said, "Zuo Si is not as good as when I was a child." Zuo Si was very sad to hear his father's words, so he studied hard. Even if he had time, he didn't go out to play, but just concentrated on his studies at home.
When Zuo Si grew up, his literary talent gradually emerged. His articles are full of flowers, and he once wrote a poem "Qi Du Fu" one year. He also wanted to write an article "Sandu Fu", just as his family moved to Luoyang, the capital, and Zuo Si went to visit Zhang Zai, a writer at that time, and asked him for advice.
He also collected information everywhere, carefully conceived, and put all his thoughts on the creation of Sandu Fu. During that time, his home was full of materials, and pens and paper were placed in the corridor, yard and even toilet. As long as he comes up with a good sentence, he writes it down quickly. After ten years, Zuo Si finally wrote the famous Sandu Fu.
After the article was written, Zuo Si sent it to Zhang Huapin, a writer at that time. Zhang Yue liked it more, and showed it to Huangfu Mi, a scholar at that time. Huangfu Mi praised it after reading it, and personally prefaced the article. Sandu Fu soon spread all over Luoyang, and everyone was full of praise after reading it. People are scrambling to circulate and copy, which makes Luoyang's paper in short supply and the price rise sharply.
Zuo Si's Literary Achievements
Zuo Si was born in a poor family. Although he had a high literary talent, he failed repeatedly under the door-door system at that time, so he had to express his ambition and contempt for dignitaries in his poems and praise the hermit's lofty. Zuo Si's piano music is "Zhao Yin", which is included in "Magic Secret Spectrum", and two poems of the same name are quoted in the explanation. In addition, some people think that Autumn Moon in Mao Ting and Thinking of Friends in the Mountains are his works, and these works are permeated with the idea of seclusion.
The Old Biography of Zuo Si's Works consists of five volumes, but the survivors have only given two of them, with 14 poems. Sandu Fu and Ode to History are his representative works. Zuo Si's works were included in Records of Three Dynasties, Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties edited by Qing people and Poems of Pre-Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties edited by Kai.