Su Shi (1036-1101) was born in Meishan (now Sichuan). Son of Su Xun. In the second year of Jiayou (1057), he was a scholar with his brother Su Zhe. After passing the examination, he was proficient in physical fitness and ranked third in the class. He was awarded the evaluation of Dali and signed the book for Fengxiang House Judge. Hangzhou tired officials passed the sentence, knowing Mi, Xu and Hu. In the third year of Yuanfeng (1080), Yushitai initiated the Wutai Poetry Case, and Su Shi (45 years old) was demoted as an assistant of Huangzhou Youth League for "slandering the imperial court". At the beginning of Yuan You, when Zhezong was young, the Empress Dowager came to power, and he became an old minister who opposed Xining's political reform. Su Shi was especially valued by the Empress Dowager. He was a scholar in official books, a bachelor of Hanlin, and a minister of rites. However, Su Shi did not approve of Sima Guang's abolition of the new law. Due to political disagreement, he asked for information about Hangzhou, Yingzhou and other places. After the death of Empress Dowager Gao, the philosopher ruled the country, and the Yuan Dynasty changed to have fewer children, which was no longer "Yuan You party member". In his early years (1094), Su Shi was banished to Yingzhou for the crime of "ridiculing the first dynasty", but he has not yet reached the relegation place. August, relegated to Huizhou, born in April, relegated to Danzhou. In three years, Hui Zong acceded to the throne and returned to the north on the grounds of forgiveness. The first year of Zhong Jian Guo Jing (1 10 1) died in Changzhou on July 28th. Hui Zong Dynasty erected the "Yuan You Party Monument" (sinner monument), and Su Shi's monument is famous. Only when Emperor Gaozong was given his name, he gave a surname and Wen Zhong.
Two months before Su Shi's death, Li read The Portrait of Su Shi and wrote a poem:
My heart is like ash, and my body is like not tying a boat. Ask your occupation, Danzhou, Huizhou, Huangzhou. (See Jin Shan Zhi)
Su Shi's thought is complicated. He insists on Confucianism without pedantry, and participates in Zen without indulgence. Frank and sincere personality, adapt to the environment. He is versatile and has written a lot. His poems, essays and ci all represent the highest level of literature in the Song Dynasty. His calligraphy is also good. Later people called it "Su Huang Camouflage" in Song Dynasty, and Su Shi ranked first. He is also a representative painter of literati painting (ink and wash freehand painting) in the Northern Song Dynasty. He is also an eclectic thinker of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, an omniscient scholar from ancient times to the present, and an all-rounder of life experiences such as pharmacology and diet. Lin Yutang introduced Su Dongpo: "When Su Dongpo is mentioned, China always smiles knowingly." The Complete Works of Dongpo 1 15 and Dongpo Yuefu are three volumes.
Su Shi's ci "Wash away the beauty and fragrance, get rid of the turning point for a rainy day" (Hu Yin's poem by drinking wine) is considered to get rid of the fragrance pattern and "point out the way up" in the Song Dynasty (Wang Zhuo's poem "Biji Manzhi"), which has a great turning point in the development of ci history. He took poetry as his ci, and his travels, reminiscing about the past, giving answers, seeing him off and reasoning were all included in his ci, which expanded the content and theme of his ci. In addition to the traditional gentle and charming style and artistic conception, he opened up a new style and new artistic conception of "one family" (with fairy books), and was regarded as the representative of bold and unconstrained ci school. It broke through the limitation of traditional melody in form and adapted to the innovation of content. Of course, Su Shi also wrote a considerable number of graceful words, which, in addition to their sincere and delicate lyrical characteristics, also showed their own deep and sincere side, and their ci styles were eclectic and colorful.
Su Ci was not included in Seven Episodes of Dongpo in Song Dynasty, which was a single line outside the Episode, so the version was quite miscellaneous. Among the works of Su Ci, Mr. Dongpo's long and short sentences compiled by Yao Zeng are the earliest. Modern Zhu Zumou's Qiang Village Series has three volumes of Dongpo Yuefu with 340 words. Modern Notes on Dongpo Yuefu, Notes on Dongpo Yuefu Chronology by Shi Shenghuai and Tang Lingling, Su Dongpo Ci edited by Cao Shuming and Notes on Dongpo Ci Chronology by Xue are all good readers.