Su Dongpo —— Reading Su Dongpo's Biography

Every time I pick up Su Dongpo's biography, I can't put it down, and my interest is endless. Before, I felt Su Dongpo's heroic image and handsome temperament from his poems and lamented his brilliance. Reading this book can approach Dongpo, but we have to be impressed by its people, its words, its poems, its paintings, its feelings and its interests. Dongpo's life has been ups and downs, but his attitude towards life is not enviable. His poems are full of interest and charm, just like a magnet. I can't take my eyes off these words anymore, so I can read them to my heart's content.

? Su Dongpo combines the essence of poetry, calligraphy and painting, and dances with spirit, rhyme and emotion. With only a few strokes, the vitality and sense of movement of nature will change infinitely. Su Dongpo and young artist Mi Fei created the most distinctive and representative Chinese paintings in China. Chinese painting absorbs the skills and aesthetic principles of calligraphy as well as the spirit and charm of poetry. Su Dongpo and other southern painting schools in China attach importance to the rhythm of quick strokes in one go, and the Tao is natural. Mr. Lin said: "When China's critics love calligraphy, they don't appreciate static proportion and symmetry, but follow the calligrapher in their minds, from the beginning to the end of a word to the end of a piece of paper, as if watching a dance on the paper." Calligraphy is the art of lines, bending or turning, which expresses the temperament, emotion and aesthetic pursuit of calligraphers. Su Dongpo said that "painting is adjacent to children by its shape", which shows that painting can't be judged only by its shape. The crane feathers he painted show the intention of flying away before moving, and there is no completely relaxed attitude of interpersonal relationship. It can be seen that what he strives for is the inner spirit of things. Painting is done, but the meaning is not limited; Although the pen has stopped, it is not bad. Scenes blend, meaning endless. Su Dongpo's paintings cherish ink as gold, but convey a kind of joy of harmony between things and me, a realm of harmony between man and nature.

There are mountains and valleys in the chest, which has infinite significance. From this, I think that other articles and paintings I have seen are similar to Su's paintings. In Xiaowen's "Thinking of What Others Didn't Think of", the little apprentice drew the meanings of many camels and two camels with curves, and used finite instead of infinite, which was ingenious; "Step on the flowers and return to the horseshoe fragrance", the painter expresses the flowers with dancing butterflies, which is endless in form and meaning; The ancient temple hidden in the mountains, an old monk carrying water, abstracts the "hidden" ancient temple in the hearts of the appreciators, which is really winding and secluded; Mr. Qi Baishi's "Frogs Ten Miles from the Mountain Spring" uses several lively tadpoles to swim in the fast-flowing water to express the "audible" frogs. Lenovo is strange, just right. The shortest science fiction novel in the world: "The last man on earth sat alone in his room, and then there was a knock at the door …" left people with infinite imagination, which was just a freehand brushwork by Su Like Dongpo. Chinese painting unconsciously shows the harmony between man and nature and the operation of life. Su Dongpo explained this truth most clearly in his poem "Guo Bi": "The jejunum is full of wine, and the liver and lungs are full of bamboo stones. I don't think I can go back and spit on your snow wall." "Yuan has his own hills and valleys in his chest, pretending that the old wood is flat and weathered", which is the portrayal of his impromptu painting and calligraphy. He paints like this, writes like this and lives like this. He never pretends.

He admires Tao Qian very much. He once said in a letter to Ziyou: "But neither Tao Qian nor I are good at poetry!" If he is a man, he really has feelings. This reminds me of Tao Yuanming's drinking: "Pick chrysanthemums under the east fence and see Nanshan leisurely." "Su Dongpo knows Tao Yuanming as Lin Yutang knows Su Dongpo. The carefree meaning expressed by Tao Gong in his poems is beyond the universe. Su Dongpo appreciated it and got the news of "seeing". He said: "This poem is beautiful, meaningful and gratifying. Ignorant people expect to see. "At this point, Su Dongpo can be called a confidant of Tao Yuanming. In character, Su Shi and Tao Yuanming are equally indifferent to fame and fortune. Su Shi said: it is not disrespectful for Tao Yuanming to be an official; If you want to be hidden, you will be hidden instead of looking for it. Su Shi also felt the value of life from nature. Before Su Dongpo died, the abbot quietly said to him, "Now, if you want to live! Dongpo replied, "What's the use of dreaming?" Friend Qian Shixiong said, "You'd better think so. "Dongpo's last words to his old friend were" it is wrong to think reluctantly "."An open-minded old man, his way out lies in nature, and he doesn't know what is good. Today, Su Dongpo is a person who lives in the present, does not dream of going, does not dwell on the past, and grasps the present. His life is so casual, natural and broad-minded, so he lives freely, enviable and admirable.

? While marveling at Su Shi's shock, he also lamented Su Dongpo's luck. At present, there are confidants and friends who confide in poetry and painting, and distant relatives and neighbors send them warm care; After leaving, a generation of masters of Chinese studies made a biography for him, and countless admirers followed him wholeheartedly. Mr. Lin likes Su Dongpo because he really knows Su Dongpo. It is not difficult to like someone, and it is not easy to understand someone. Zhang Ailing said, "Because I know, I am compassionate." Su Dongpo is compassionate and broad-minded, because he knows the ups and downs, knows the joys and sorrows; Mr. Lin devoted himself to Su Dongpo's biography because he knew Su Shi.

Although the old man is optimistic and open-minded, at the end of the article, he is inexplicably reluctant to part with death. It is because of Mr. Lin's writing charm, but also because of Su Dongpo's personality charm. From beginning to end, Su Dongpo's life has aroused the resonance of readers. Words evoke * * *, and readers have feelings for the protagonist. Su Dongpo's passion for life and life reverberates in readers' hearts. Mr. Lin wrote in the conclusion: "Su Dongpo died, and his name is just a memory, but what he left us is his inner joy and ideological joy, which is immortal." In this sense, Su Dongpo will always live in the hearts of people who read and understand him.

Never forget his inner joy and fall in love with the happiness of his thoughts. In fact, there is not much difference in happiness between a luxurious life and a simple and simple life. Some people try their best to pursue the prominent position of higher vocational education, but Su Dongpo doesn't need it. However, this position just found him. In the article "Happiness and Bitterness", Su Dongpo expressed his view that the happiness of being a senior official is not necessarily greater than that of being a successful blacksmith. Su Dongpo, a great talent in Heaven, "can accompany the jade emperor to the world, and the beggar is in the wilderness." In Su Dongpo's eyes, there is no one in the world who is not a good person. I have heard such a saying in my life: big or small is a dragon, big or small is a bug. For people, flexibility is not a hero? Su Dongpo can be a senior official in the DPRK or a farmer in the field. When you are a high official, your heart is full of talents. When you are a farmer, you are as happy as a fairy. This flexible attitude towards life is what everyone who loves life yearns for and pursues.

? Su Dongpo is brilliant, like water bursting its banks. A scholar named Zhang divorced his wife for Dongpo. For a time, "Zi Zhan Hat" caused many scholars to imitate it. Regarding anecdotes, he played Lu Dafang as a "six-eyed turtle"; He and his friend money fooled San Mao with each other; And talking to Yun about his "untimely stomach" ... These stories about Su let us see that Su Dongpo's fame is in full swing. His happiness and happiness are different from Han Wei's sensual enjoyment, wine and luxury. His happiness and happiness are always integrated with spirit and thought.

Most of the outstanding literati in Song Dynasty were friends of Su Dongpo, and they often met at each other's home. Eating, drinking, laughing, painting and writing poems have all become a paradise, comparable to a paradise. It is not difficult to see what an enviable life Su Dongpo lived from the incident of "Elegant Garden in the West". Mr. Lin's description is quite concise and vivid, and the spirits of several characters are in sight:

"... There are three great masters in the Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo, Mi Fei and Li, and Su Dongpo's younger brothers Su Ziyou and Su Men. The stone table is displayed under the tall pine and bamboo trees in the garden. On the top of the mountain, a cicada flew to a river with dense flowers and bamboo. The master's two concubines stood behind the table, with high hair and many jewels. Su Dongpo, wearing a top hat and a yellow robe, leaned on his desk and wrote a book, while Shen watched. On another table, Li is writing a poem about pottery, surrounded by Ziyou, Huang Tingjian, Chao Bu. Mi Fei stood there, looking up, writing on a nearby rock. Qin Guan sat on a knotted tree root, listening to someone playing the piano, while others were scattered everywhere, kneeling or standing in various postures, and the rest were monks and other literati. "

I can't help but admire: it's really a fairyland between people! Environment without him, endless artistic conception! As Su Dongpo said in Night Tour of Chengtian Temple: Why is there no moon at night? Where are there no pines and cypresses? It's just the lack of free people like us. This does not prevent readers from feeling that "high mountains and flowing water" will also meet bosom friends! Su Dongpo's life is full of bosom friends. For the time being, he doesn't mention the three ladies who have both ability and political integrity and are gentle and virtuous. However, he said that eating a meal was "a treat for nothing", making fun of Dongpo's money and letting Su Shi retaliate with "San Mao Fan", which made people laugh and sigh: It is not a pleasure to have such a friend who fools each other. Even if you are joking, you have to meet intimate friends to be humorous!

? Su Dongpo, like the blue sky and bright moon, brings readers the joy of being open-minded and clear, and the joy of harmony between man and nature!