"Jiangchengzi Mizhou Hunting" was written in the winter of Xining eight years, when Su Shi was at a low point in his career. Dissatisfied with Wang Anshi's political reform, he asked to be transferred to Mizhou as a local official. The bold style of Su Shi's ci was formally formed during his tenure in Mizhou. Su Shi is quite satisfied with the stirring work "Hunting in Jiangchengzi Mizhou". In a letter to a friend, he wrote: "It's a small word. Although it doesn't smell like Liuqilang, it's also a family." Hehe, I hunted in the country the other day and gained a lot. I made a shovel, and let the strong men of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty beat their feet and sing songs, play flute and drum as a festival. Very spectacular. The extraordinary heroic temperament shown in the ci also expresses the deep will to serve the country.
The whole word can be divided into upper and lower parts. There are bold ideas between the lines.
Shang Kun mainly writes about the grand occasion of hunting. From reality to emptiness, express my personal feelings. The whole Xia Gan expressed his political proposition of hunting for a strong country and defending the enemy, and expressed his lofty aspirations and lofty sentiments of being eager to serve the imperial court.