We can't find a second person to compare with his brilliant achievements in literature. No matter in poetry, writing or prose, he has great attainments: his representative works are two red-wall poems before and after "Water Turn Around" and "Never Return". Several emperors in the Song Dynasty called him a wizard. He was the pioneer of the uninhibited school in ci, and was praised by later generations as the first person after Du Li in poetry. Besides, he has a high political talent.
He is a genius. He knew books at the age of seven and could write well at the age of ten. His father, Su Xun, and his younger brother, Su Zhe, were both scholars and writers at that time, and they were called "Three Sus". They are one of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties. When he was a child, his father went abroad to study, and his mother Shi Cheng personally taught his two brothers to read. At that time, Su Shi read the Book of the Later Han Dynasty and admired Han Mu, a person who couldn't hide from power and was trapped in the party. Will mom? "Mother said that if her son wants to be Fan Pang, she should be the virtuous mother who watched Fan Pang fight for justice until he died complaining. This shows his profound cultural education and extraordinary ambition when he was young.
By the time I was twenty years old, I had learned a lot of history and wrote thousands of words every day. His favorite works are Han Jiayi and Tang Luzhi, which have great influence on his future political work. He is also a good reader of Zhuangzi's books. He once said, "I saw something before, but I couldn't say it." Now I see a book that won my heart! " This influenced his personality and later poetic style. Soon, my father came back from a study tour and took his two sons to Beijing to take the exam. The father and son became famous in Beijing in one day. At the age of twenty-one, he was admitted to the Jinshi, when Ouyang Xiu was the examiner. The topic is "The Theory of Punishment and Loyalty". Ouyang Xiu was surprised to see Su Shi's article and wanted to take it as the first. He is afraid of being criticized by his master Ceng Gong. Yao said the third. Ouyang Xiu doesn't know which book it is from. When asked later, he said, "Cao Cao killed Yuan Shao and gave his son Xiapi and Yuan's wife. Kong Rong said that da ji gave it to the former prince of Wu. Cao Cao was frightened and asked what he saw. He said, "From today, I'm serious. That's what Yao He meant. "
Ouyang Xiu can be described as a hero, and he is right. Su Shi was a teacher all his life. After Ouyang Xiu's death, he expressed his nostalgia for this doyen in many poems. He was much better than Wang Anshi, who was also appreciated and promoted by Ouyang Xiu, and later squeezed Ouyang Xiu in turn.
He and Wang Anshi are political enemies. Wang Anshi became the prime minister of Zongshen dynasty and implemented the new law. Because of his haste and improper employment, the whole country was in chaos. Su Shi strongly opposed the new law, but he was relegated to the north and south, and there was no peace. Once arrested in Beijing, I intend to ask him for capital punishment; He was once exiled to the distant Hainan Island. Although he spent his whole life in Beijing as a bachelor of Hanlin and a minister of war, he still served as foreign minister. He has been to Hangzhou, Mizhou, Xuzhou, Huzhou, Huangzhou, Dengzhou, Yangzhou, Dingzhou, Huizhou, Changhua, Lianzhou and Yongzhou. He died in Changzhou. He has lofty ideals and is good at relieving depression and saving his soul in adversity. Pastoral interest, the joy of friends and the wonderful realization of philosophical meditation are all spiritual tonics. Therefore, no matter what kind of predicament he is in, he keeps a normal life.
His relegation has made great contributions in various places, such as waterproofing in Xuzhou, digging lakes, building dikes and opening hospitals in Hangzhou. These are all famous stories. When he was in Huangzhou, he built a house in Dongpo (pastoral), so he called himself Dongpo lay man. His words are "Zi Zhan, a die-hard man". He has made good friends and deep friendship. Monk friends who followed him several times participated in it. Namely, Qin Guan, Huang Tingjian and Chao, together with Li and Chen, are called "Six Gentlemen of Su Men". His works include 25 volumes of Mr. Dongpo's Poetry Collection, 60 volumes of Dongpo's Prose Collection and Dongpo Yuefu 1 volume.
(Selected from Wang Xu's Biography of China Literary Writers, Heluo Book Publishing House)