When Su Shi was the magistrate of Qiantang, a citizen complained that the fan seller owed him 20 thousand silver, so he arrested the fan seller. The fan seller said sadly, "it has been raining for a long time, and it is always cold. I can't sell any fans." It is not that (I) refused to repay the debt. " Su Shi asked him to bring twenty fans, and then he picked up the brush used on the desk, wrote down the cursive script at will, drew the dead carnation stone and delivered it to him. Just after going out, people actually bought a fan for 1000, and all the unsold fans were sold out. Later, the fans and sellers also paid off all the money they owed.
2. Original text
Dongpo is punctual for Qiantang, and the people complain that the fan owner is in debt of 20 thousand. When he was arrested, he said, "It rained for a long time and it was cold. If you don't sell a fan, you won't return it." If the public order is 20 strokes, the pen can be used to make lines, grass, dead wood and bamboo stones at will. Just go out, people actually holding a few thousand pieces of fan, holding. I was told about the compensation.
3. Introduction to the author
Su Shi (1037-1101) was a writer and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty. The word Zizhan, also known as He Zhong, is called Dongpo lay man. Han nationality, Meishan, Meizhou (now Sichuan). He, his father Su Xun and his younger brother Su Zhe are called Su San. He is an all-rounder in literature and art, and his writing style is unrestrained and fluent. He is also known as Ou Su with Ouyang Xiu, one of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties. His poems are fresh and vigorous, and he is good at using exaggerated metaphors. He has a unique style in artistic expression, and is called Su Huang with Huang Tingjian. Bold ci school has a great influence on later generations, and it is called Su Xin with Xin Qiji; Calligraphy is good at running script and regular script, and it can be innovative. Writing with a pen is ups and downs, full of childlike interest. And Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei and Cai Xiang are also called Song Sijia. Painting, like literature, I like to be a strange stone. On painting, I advocate similarity. Poems include "Seven Chapters of Dongpo" and "Dongpo Yuefu".