Su Shi, a gourmet in Song Dynasty, once tasted tofu. He was not satisfied with the taste of Huangzhou tofu at that time and made new innovations. He also entertained new friends, who asked him for advice in succession, so Dongpo tofu became famous.
Su Shi once tasted Dongpo elbow, Dongpo tofu, Dongpo jade cake, Dongpo leg, Dongpo bud cake, Dongpo carp, Dongpo cake, Dongpo tofu, Dongpo meat and so on.
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Su Shi (1037—11year), with the word Zi Zhan and He Zhong, was named Tieguan Taoist and Dongpo Buddhist, and was called Su Dongpo, Su Xian and Broken Immortal in the world. Meishan, Meizhou (now Meishan City, Sichuan Province), Luancheng, Hebei Province, was a writer, calligrapher and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, and a historical water control celebrity. The father is Su Xun, the younger brother is Su Zhe, and the father and son are called "Sansu".
In the second year of Jiayou (1057), he took part in the second division of palace examination, and won a Jinshi, who was the first to say that he was a Jinshi. In the sixth year of Jiayou (106 1), he took the system examination and was awarded the judge of Fengxiang prefecture. When I was in Song Shenzong, I worked in Hangzhou, Mizhou, Xuzhou and Huzhou.
In the third year of Yuanfeng (1080), he was demoted as the assistant envoy of Huangzhou Yingyong because of Wutai poetry case. After Song Zhezong acceded to the throne, he became a bachelor of Hanlin, a bachelor of reading and a minister of rites, and was released to take charge of Hangzhou, Yingzhou, Yangzhou and Dingzhou. The new party came to power and was demoted to Danzhou, Huizhou.
While in Song Huizong, he was pardoned, returned to the north and died in Changzhou. In the Southern Song Dynasty, posthumous title was canonized as "Wenzhong".
Su Shi was a literary leader in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty, and made great achievements in poetry, ci, writing, calligraphy and painting.
His poems have a wide range of themes, are fresh and healthy, are good at using exaggerated metaphors and have a unique style.
Also known as "Su Huang" with Huang Tingjian
His words are bold and unconstrained, and he is the representative of bold and unconstrained with Xin Qiji, and he is also called "Su Xin"
His works are rich and unrestrained, and he is also called "Ou Su" with Ouyang Xiu.
Together with Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Ouyang Xiu, Su Xun, Su Zhe, Wang Anshi and Ceng Gong, they are called "the Eight Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties".
He is good at calligraphy, and is also called "Song Sijia" with Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei and Cai Xiang.
He is good at literati painting, especially ink bamboo, strange stones and dead wood.
His works include Seven Chapters of Dongpo, Dongpo Yi Zhuan, Dongpo Yuefu, Cold Food Post, Xiaoxiang Bamboo Stone Map, Dead Wood and Strange Stone Map, etc.