On calligrapher Su Shi's couplets

Su Shi (103765438+1October 8th-1August 24th), also known as He Zhong, was once known as Tiecan Taoist, Dongpo layman and Su Xian [1-3]. Han nationality, Meishan, Meizhou (now Meishan, Sichuan), Luancheng, Hebei, was a writer, calligrapher and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty [4].

Su Shi was a literary leader in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty, and made great achievements in poetry, ci, writing, calligraphy and painting. His writing is arbitrary; His poems are broad in subject matter, fresh and healthy, good at exaggeration and metaphor, and unique in style. He is also called "Su Huang" with Huang Tingjian. His words are bold and unconstrained, and they are both bold and unconstrained representatives with Xin Qiji, and they are also called "Su Xin" [4]; His prose creation is rich and unrestrained, and he is also called "Ou Su" with Ouyang Xiu, and he is one of the "Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties". Su Shi is also good at books and is one of the "Song Sijia"; He is good at painting, especially at ink bamboo, strange stones and dead wood. There are seven episodes of Dongpo, Yi Zhuan of Dongpo and Yuefu of Dongpo.