This sentence comes from Su Dongpo, a famous writer in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Su Dongpo was born in a scholarly family. He is well-read, smart and praised by people for a long time, so he gradually becomes proud.
One day, he wrote a couplet: "Know the words of the world and read the books of the world."
He stood proudly at the gate. Unexpectedly, a few days after posting couplets, a white-haired old man came to the door with a small notebook in his hand, saying that he had come to Sue's son for advice. Su Dongpo didn't mind, but when he finished reading the book, he was dumbfounded. He doesn't know any words in the book.
"This ..." Su Dongpo was tongue-tied for a long time. The old man said modestly, "Please give us your advice!" Su Dongpo blushed and admitted his mistake: "Please forgive me, old gentleman!" Immediately, I added two words to the upper and lower couplets, which became a completely different new couplet: "I know all the words in the world and have read all the books in the world."
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Su Shi (1037 65438+10.8-1August 24), also known as He Zhong, Tieguan Taoist, Dongpo layman, Su Dongpo, Su Xian, Han nationality, Meishan, Meizhou (now Sichuan)
Su Shi's artistic achievements
First, calligraphy.
Su Shi is good at writing running script and regular script, and he is also called "Song Sijia" with Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei and Cai Xiang. He studied with famous artists in Jin, Tang and Five Dynasties, and integrated the creative styles of Wang Sengqian, Xu Hao, Li Yong, Yan Zhenqing and Yang Ningshi into his family.
He once claimed: "I can't create ideas in books" and "I am innovative and don't practice the ancients". This shows that Su Shi's life is full of ups and downs, which led to the ups and downs of his calligraphy style. The existing works include Red Cliff Fu, Huangzhou Cold Food Poetry and Yellow River Sacrifice.
Second, painting.
Su Shi is good at painting ink bamboo, and his paintings are as heavy as spirit. He advocated that painting should have feelings beyond painting, painting should have sustenance, and opposed similarity and procedural constraints. He advocated "the unity of poetry and painting, ingenious and fresh" and clearly put forward the concept of "literati painting", which laid a certain theoretical foundation for the future development of "literati painting". His works include Atlas of Ancient Trees and Strange Stones and Atlas of Xiaoxiang Bamboo Stones.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Su Dongpo