Su Shi's personal profile is: Su Shi, also known as Zizhan, also known as Dongpo Jushi, was a writer, calligrapher, painter and famous figure in water control in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Su Shi, born in 1037 and died in 1101, was named Zizhan and Hezhong. He was also known as Tieguan Taoist and Dongpo layman. He was known as Su Dongpo, Su Xian and Po Xian in the world. A native of Meishan, Meizhou (now part of Meishan City, Sichuan Province), his ancestral home is Luancheng, Hebei Province. He was a writer, calligrapher and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty and a famous figure in water control in history. His father is Su Xun and his younger brother is Su Zhe. The father and son are collectively known as "Three Su".
Su Shi was a leader in the literary world in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty. He made high achievements in poetry, lyrics, prose, calligraphy, and painting. Su Shi also remains in the minds of ordinary people in future generations with his amiable, humorous and witty image. His travels in various places and various inventions he made in life are favorite topics for future generations. Among the writers of the Song Dynasty, Su Shi is unparalleled in terms of being widely loved by future generations.
Su Shi’s personal evaluation
Su Shi is a hopeless optimist, a great humanitarian, a friend of the people, a great writer, a great calligrapher, an innovative A painter, a brewing experimenter, an engineer, a hater of Puritanism, a yogi Buddhist, a great Confucian statesman, an emperor's secretary, a brewmaster, a kind judge, a political naysayer.
A moonlit night wanderer, a poet, and a clown. But this is not enough to tell all about Su Dongpo. Su Shi has the richness, change and sense of humor of a multi-faceted genius than other Chinese poets. He has excellent intelligence, but his heart is like an innocent child. This mixture is equivalent to what Jesus called a snake. A man of letters with wisdom and doves.
Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Su Shi