Su Shi, following Su Weidao, a minister in the early Tang Dynasty, was born in Meishan, Yumeiren, on December 19th (1037 65438+ October 8th) in Jingshou three years. Su Shi's father, Su Xun, is what Saint Amethyst called "Su Laoquan". Su Xun worked hard, although it was late.
Su Shi's name "Stone" originally meant the handrail in front of the car, which means it is indispensable to help the needy. In the eighth year of Li Qing (1048), Su Xun closed his door to study and taught himself Su Shi and his youngest son Su Zhe. ?
2. Rice Flower Alliance
When Su Shi and Su Zhe were teenagers, they studied in Tianqingguan, Meixian County, Sichuan Province. Their first teacher was Taoist Zhang. At that time, Zhang had hundreds of students, Su Shi was one of Zhang Daochang's favorite students, and the other was Chen Taichu, a famous Taoist who was later included in Xian Jian.
Because Su Shi was enlightened by Taoism since childhood, he had a special liking for Taoism all his life. He often wears Taoist robes and visits Taoist priests. For example, He Ting Ji praised Taoist Zhang Tianji, while Poems on the Back of Red Cliff ended with Taoist sleeping. When he was demoted, he still wrote articles for many Taoist temples and temples, so there were many beautiful articles, such as Biography of Gemiaotang, Biography of Guanmiaotang and Biography of Zhuangzi Ancestral Temple.
3. Anecdote about the exam
In the second year of Jiayou, Song Renzong, Su Shi was appreciated by the examiner Mei with a paper entitled "On Criminal Loyalty" and recommended to the examiner Ouyang Xiu. Ouyang Xiu is also very appreciative and wants to be promoted to the first place, but he is afraid that this article was written by his favorite pupil Ceng Gong, so in order to avoid suspicion, he ranks second. Only when I opened the paper did I know that the article was written by Su Shi.
4. Sioux City made enemies
Sima Guang died in the first year of Yuan You, Song Zhezong (1086). Ministers are holding a memorial ceremony for Tang Ming, but they can't. As soon as the ceremony was over, the ministers hoped to express their condolences, but Cheng Yi stopped them and said that Confucius "cried every day, but he just didn't sing". After attending the Tang Ming ceremony, he should not mourn his family.
On one occasion, ministers went to Suoguo Temple to pray for Buddha, and Cheng Yi asked to be a vegetarian. Su Shi asked, "Uncle Zheng (Cheng Yi), don't you dislike Buddhism? Why eat vegetarian food? " Cheng Yi said: "Etiquette: don't drink or eat meat during the funeral; The anniversary is a continuation of the funeral. " Su Shi sang the opposite: "Those who support the Liu family, show your left arm!"
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In Huangzhou, I often associate with Fo Yin Zen Master who presides over Jinshan Temple. One day, Su Shi wrote a poem, "Looking up to the sky, illuminating people, and sitting on a purple lotus without blowing the eight winds", which was dedicated to Fo Yin. The Zen master immediately approved the word "fart" and let the young people take it back.
Dongpo was furious at this. He immediately crossed the river and asked the Zen master. The Zen master smiled and said, "Bachelor, bachelor, aren't you' the Eight Winds can't be blown'? Why cross the river with a fart? " "Eight winds can't be blown" can be found in the fifth volume of Buddhist scriptures and also in Hanshan's poems. Eight winds are Buddhist terms, which refer to eight winds: name, ridicule, extinction, fame, benefit, decline, bitterness and joy.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Su Shi (a writer and calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty, one of the eight masters in the Tang and Song Dynasties)