Su Shi was a famous writer in Song Dynasty and a famous model of civil servants. In history, there are countless anecdotes about Su Shi. Many people may not know that this great writer actually died in the heat.
According to historical records, in eight years (1093), the death of Empress Dowager Gao, who held real power, caused a surge in the Song Dynasty, and various factions launched a fierce struggle for power. Finally, the old party minister lost power, and Su Shi was demoted to Ningyuan Army (now Rong County, Guangxi) by the new party minister, and soon to Huiyang (now Huizhou City, Guangdong Province). A few years later, he came back.
At that time, Hainan was underdeveloped, its culture was backward, its roads were remote, it was hot and humid, and it was a dangerous road that all dignitaries were afraid to take.
Fortunately, Su Shi's psychological quality is good. In the past few years abroad, he took pleasure in suffering, tried to adapt to the hard life, read and wrote, and even invented many delicious foods and made many poor friends. Later, when Song Huizong came to power, Emperor Hui Zong cherished Su Shi's talents, and he just happened to catch up with the emperor's amnesty in the first year of Guo Jing, Zhong Jian (11), so he granted Su Shi permission to return to the north.
However, at this time, Su Shi is old after all, and his physical fitness is very poor because of his long-term distribution, especially in the summer heat. Finally, due to the travel fatigue and heatstroke, the panicked family did not take any effective rescue measures, which led to Su Shi's death in the heat of July 28 this year.
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Su Shi (1037 65438+10.8-1August 24), also known as He Zhong, Tieguan Taoist, Dongpo layman, and Su Dongpo and Su Xian, Han nationality, Meishan, Meizhou (today)
The last poem written by Su Shi before his death:
Self-titled portrait of Jinshan
Author Su Shi? Song dynasty
My heart is like ash, and my body is like not tying a boat. Ask your occupation, Danzhou, Huizhou, Huangzhou.
Appreciate:
This is a summary and evaluation of Su Shi, a genius in the cultural history of China. Two months later, Su Shi died of illness. The first two sentences of this poem are Zhuangzi. The first sentence comes from the Theory of Everything: "A solid body can make you feel like a log, but a solid mind can make you feel like a dying ember", and the second sentence comes from Lieyu's mouth: "Those who are capable work hard, those who are wise worry, and those who are incompetent have nothing to ask for, but swim with full food, if you don't tie the boat".
My heart is dying and my body is like a boat. The first sentence describes my mood at this time, and the second sentence recalls my life experience. Career ups and downs, things are unpredictable, and personal fate is like a boat. In old age, everything is inevitably bearish. What is delusion? Therefore, it is called "the heart is like a wood of ashes." Su Shi has been in politics for forty years, ups and downs, ups and downs.
He served as minister in three departments (official department, military department and ritual department), secretary of the emperor (royal scholar) and satrap of eight states. In his later years, he was demoted four times because of the struggle between the old and new parties, among which he was jailed and almost beheaded for the "Wutai Poetry Case". Fortunately, Song Taizu made a system of not killing scholar-officials. Success or failure is like passing clouds. Even if he is as broad-minded as Su Shi, he often laments that "life is like a dream" and "things are big dreams, and things are cool several times".
The following "Ask Your Life's Achievements" begins to ask questions. Desire to make contributions is a great wish of ancient intellectuals. They hope that the value of life will be immortal in "making contributions", "establishing virtue" and "making statements", and their aspirations are fully reflected in many works of Su Shi.
When Su Shi summed up his life, he couldn't help thinking about his success in this life. Surprisingly, his answer is "Huangzhou Huizhou Danzhou". Huangzhou (now Huanggang, Hubei), Huizhou (now Huizhou, Guangdong) and Danzhou were all places where he was relegated in the last ten years of his life. The farthest place is Hainan Island. At that time, these three places were absolutely desolate and backward, especially Hainan. After receiving the will, Su Shi thought that there was no return this time.
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