In Huangzhou, Lingnan and Hainan Island, no matter how hard the environment is, he can take pleasure in suffering. "Boiling cold dishes with empty bubbles, burning reeds with broken stoves" is also self-satisfied. "When you are full of wine and rice, you can lean on a few chairs. White clouds go around the left, Qingjiang River goes back to the right, and then open the door. There are many people in the forest." So carefree, compared with Tao Yuanming's leisure and free and easy, "picking chrysanthemums under the east fence and seeing Nanshan leisurely" is even more so. Everything in front of me is beautiful, just because there is sunshine in my heart! So he can realize from real life to
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The change of life has turned his rough situation into a life full of artistic aesthetic interest, and his poetic life is reflected in his colorful literary and artistic creation. This is Su Dongpo, an official who can't help himself, but can be happy with it. He doesn't complain. Don't be happy with things, don't be sad with yourself; Don't lose face, you have no intention of staying. What a Dongpo! True hero is free and easy, true celebrity is romantic!
The Style of Su Dongpo's Works:
Why didn't Su Dongpo write cursive script?
Su Dongpo seldom wrote cursive script in his life, which is closely related to his impartiality and not going to extremes. When the New Party was in vogue, Su Dongpo's political views sometimes disagreed with the radical reformist Wang Anshi, which laid the groundwork for subsequent persecution. After Wang Anshi fell from power, Su Dongpo was at odds with Sima Guang, a stubborn conservative. When dealing with official duties, Su Dongpo advocates concrete analysis of specific issues, rather than generalizing. As a result, he was incompatible with the old party and the new party and was kicked around like a ball. The official became smaller and smaller, and the family went farther and farther, from the capital of song dynasty to Hangzhou, from Hangzhou to Yingzhou, from Yingzhou to Huizhou, and finally moved to Danzhou (Hainan Island) in the wild.
Su Dongpo's life, all in the pursuit of the golden mean, indifferent to others. No matter how down and out he is, no matter how proud he is, he has never said anything arrogant, but he has done something drastic. Therefore, Su Dongpo will instinctively resist writing cursive script, and even if he writes, he will write roundly. This is just as Huang Tingjian, one of the four disciples of Su Men, said: "Dongpo's books are really good in size, and they are all charming and gratifying. Today, Shu Ren satirizes Dongpo, and presents books with Hanlin rope and ink ruler, which is the meaning of knowing the law. My name is Dongpo Shu, I am full of articles and depressed Sandy. It is sent between pen and ink, and others can't compare it. " In Yuan Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu also commented on Su Dongpo's calligraphy: "The font structure is natural, the thickness is moderate, the lines and grass alternate with each other, and the variety is rich, which is both Lanting style and vigorous", and his "graceful pen" reveals a kind of "golden mean" beauty, which is called "Mo Bao on earth".
As the saying goes, words are like people, so is Su Dongpo's calligraphy.