In the second year of Yuanfeng (1079), on July 28th, Su Shi, who had been in office for only three months, was arrested by officials of Yushitai and taken to the capital, implicating dozens of people. This is the famous Wutai poetry case in the Northern Song Dynasty. Wutai Poetry Case became a turning point in Su Shi's life. With everyone's efforts, this poem case was finalized by Wang Anshi in one sentence, and Su Shi was given a lighter sentence and relegated to Huangzhou (now Huanggang, Hubei) as the deputy ambassador of the Youth League.
Original poem:
Self-portrait of Jinshan in Song Dynasty: Su Shi
My heart is like ash, and my body is like not tying a boat.
Ask your occupation, Danzhou, Huizhou, Huangzhou.
Explanation:
The heart is silent and unmoved by external things. I have been drifting all my life, like a ship that can't be tied.
Someone asked me where my career is, namely, Huangzhou, Huizhou and Danzhou.
Extended data:
11kloc-0/In March, Su Shi set out from Ganzhou, passed through Nanchang, Dangtu and Jinling, and arrived in Zhou Zhen (now Yizheng, Jiangsu) in May. He planned to live in Changzhou through Runzhou in June. The Portrait of Jinshan was made by Su Shi when he visited Longyou Temple in Jinshan, Zhou Zhen.
"Ask your life's achievements, Danzhou, Huizhou, Huangzhou" Su Shi experienced three ups and downs in his life, from the highest official to the governor of Hangzhou and the official minister, but he attributed his life's achievements to three relegations, which is the most tragic place for Su Shi's political failure.
But in these three places, Su Shi's literary creation has more inspiration and material. It is these three places that have made his literary peak, great personality and transcendental life realm. Take a foreign land as your hometown, turn political misfortune into poetry, and turn it into distant detachment.
When writing this poem, it was two months before Su Shi's death, and the author was over sixty years old, so he came to the end of his life. The first two sentences are all sad, and the last two sentences ridicule their own achievements, replacing the sadness of life frustration with the broad-mindedness that has long been used to the world. Self-liberation is amazing.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Su Shi (a writer and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, one of the eight masters in the Tang and Song Dynasties)
Baidu Encyclopedia-Self-titled Portrait of Jinshan