Su Mai’s achievements: When Su Mai was twenty-four years old, he was appointed by the imperial court as the county captain of Dexing County, Raozhou.
Su Ji’s achievements: According to Su family genealogy records, Su Ji was appointed Dr. Taichang of Raozhou in 1093 under the name of Su Bing. In 1094, under the name of Su Ding, he was admitted to the Jiaxu Company in the first year of Zhezong Shaosheng. He was a Jinshi in Kejie and was awarded the title of doctor of the Han Dynasty. Later, he was demoted to participate in the politics of Guangdong Province because of his admonition to Yuan You about academics. He lived happily in Nanbianfang, Weiyong, Panyu.
Su Guo's achievements: Su Guo was good at writing and had twenty volumes of "Xiechuan Collection" in circulation. (According to the original biography of "History of the Song Dynasty", the records in other books are all ten volumes). Can calligraphy and painting. Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty once summoned Su Guo to the palace to paint murals. Able to write poems, he takes the Zhiquzhai Series as his base, and the proofreading is based on the Qianlong Wujin Zhao edition (referred to as the Zhao edition), old Qing manuscripts, etc. The newly compiled poems outside the collection are compiled into the fourth volume.
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Life of Su Mai:
In 1065 AD (the second year of Zhiping), Su Shi was sentenced to Wenguyuan and Zhishi Museum, and Su Mai followed him. His father was studying in Beijing. In May, his mother Wang Fu passed away, and his grandfather Su Xun passed away the following year. At the age of 8, Su Mai followed his father and uncle out of the capital and returned to Meishan, where he later studied.
In 1068 (the first year of Xining, Shenzong of the Song Dynasty), Su Shi married Wang Fu's cousin Wang Jizhang (Wang Runzhi) after he was discharged. 10-year-old Su Mai was raised by Wang Jizhang and also by his wet nurse Ren Cailian, 1069 In the winter of that year, Mai returned to Beijing with his father, stepmother, uncle and aunt to study.
The story of Su Yan: Su Yan, Fan Yu, and Lantian Sanlu are known as Zhang Zai's disciples. He and Lu Dalin followed Zhang Zai's teachings and "did not linger in the imperial examinations." They pursued academic research throughout their lives and took promoting Guanxue in the Ming Dynasty as their own responsibility. Lu Dazhong said that he "was forty years old and did not seek official advancement. He followed the old school and worshiped Hengqu School as a scholar." Outstanding among his disciples."
Because of his excellent academic performance, Bu Yizhao became a regular doctor. During the Yuanfu period of Emperor Zhezong of the Song Dynasty, he "joined the party box" and became a court official, taking charge of the state. On his way to take office, he passed by Luoyang and stayed overnight at the residence of Yanming, a disciple of Ercheng. Cheng Yi came to visit him and pointed out to the scholars present that Su Jiming never considered promotion in official positions as his wish.
Yin Huoheng who was present asked Su Yi: "You wrote for the sake of the country, why not for yourself?" Su Yi said to him: "If you think about the country, you should go to Baozhou, if you think about yourself I don't like the position of governor of Yaozhou." This shows his indifference to fame and fortune. After Zhang Zai passed away, he was still studying in his old age, and he became a disciple of Cheng Yi. At that time, Yan Ming and Yin Huoheng were ranked first and second in the imperial examination.
Su Yi said to them: "You have one or two people who are said to be the best academically in the imperial examination, but there are also outstanding scholars outside the imperial examination." After hearing this, Yan Ming still didn't want to understand. One time, the two of them were drinking tea in their free time and talking about this matter. Su Yan pointed out a lamp and said, "Isn't this a lesson?" Yan Ming finally realized it.
Su Guo’s life: Su Guo spent most of his childhood following his father’s wandering career and spending time in frequent migrations. In the second year of Yuanfeng (1079), Su Shi moved to Huzhou, and soon the famous Wutai Poetry Case occurred.
Su Shi was arrested at the end of July, taken to Bianjing in mid-August, and imprisoned in the prison of Yushitai. Su Guo was only seven years old this year. His eldest brother Su Mai followed his father to the capital to take care of his father, while he and his second brother Su Yu stayed with their mother in Huzhou.
The pain of his father's injustice, people's discriminatory looks, and the cold attitudes of relatives and friends made the young Su Guo suffer a heavy psychological blow and felt the dangers of officialdom and the warmth of human nature.
A few months later, his father was released and demoted to Huangzhou. In Huangzhou, it was difficult for his father's meager salary to support the family, and the living environment was not good. He even had to rely on Su Shi himself to grow vegetables in the fields to subsidize and maintain the family's livelihood.
As a child, Su Guo and his family often lived a life of lack of food and clothing, which cultivated his character and philosophy of life that later became indifferent and peaceful, and he was content with poverty.
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