Su Shi’s joining the WTO means entering the society and devoting himself to the society. Being out of the world refers to the thought of not paying attention to worldly things.
Confucianism pays attention to being involved in the world, and it is the purpose of Confucian scholars to achieve great things and benefit the world. Taoism pursues transcendence, has no desires and demands, and is free and carefree. This is the belief of Taoism. It seems that two completely different thoughts appeared in Su Shi at the same time. If there are differences, there must be contradictions. Su Shi is such a contradictory person, but his contradictions are not obvious because he hides them.
Su Shi rarely expressed his feelings about being demoted in his articles, and we only saw his magnanimity. Su Shi wrote in "Niannujiao·Chibi Nostalgia?" If you laugh at me, you will be born early. Life is like a dream, a statue returns to the moon. In the first half, Su Shi has been praising Zhou Gongjin for his young and promising talents, but only at the end did he express his feelings of underappreciation of his talent. This expression was also very subtle, and he laughed at me passionately, which was a bit self-deprecating and a bit helpless.
Another example is "Jiangchengzi Mizhou Hunting", Su Shi only expressed his desire to return to the court in one sentence: "In the clouds of integrity, when will Feng Tang be dispatched?" Su Shi hid his emotions in his words , hidden so deeply that it is difficult to detect. Similarly, joining the world and being born in the world were also hidden by Su Shi. When he was an official, Su Shi also longed for a pastoral life and often traveled with friends to the mountains and rivers; when he was demoted, Su Shi turned to the court and worked hard to govern locally. Both ideas were hidden in Su Shi. He was an expert in the world and a Confucian scholar in the world.
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Su Shi has achieved extremely high attainments in literature, poetry and Ci, and can be called the representative of the highest achievement of literature in the Song Dynasty. Moreover, Su Shi's creative activities were not limited to literature. He made outstanding achievements in calligraphy, painting and other fields, and also contributed to medicine, cooking, water conservancy and other skills. Su Shi typically embodies the cultural spirit of the Song Dynasty.
From the perspective of literary history, Su Shi's significance mainly lies in two points: First, Su Shi's attitude towards life has become a paradigm admired by future generations of literati: he can advance and retreat freely, and he is unfazed by favors and disgrace. Because Su Shi integrated the two attitudes of scholars in feudal society with the same value scale, he was able to remain calm and unstoppable. Of course, this paradigm is more applicable when scholars encounter ups and downs. It can lead to a state of life that adheres to integrity and is full of fertility. This is exactly what scholars of all dynasties after the Song Dynasty hoped to achieve.
Secondly, Su Shi’s aesthetic attitude provided an enlightening aesthetic paradigm for future generations. He embraced the world with a broad aesthetic vision, so everything is appreciable and beauty can be found everywhere. . This paradigm opened up a new world for future generations in terms of subject matter, content and expression techniques. Therefore, it is a historical necessity that Su Shi is universally loved by future generations of literati.
In the minds of later generations of literati, Su Shi was a talented literary master, and people rushed to draw nourishment from Su Shi's works. During the era of confrontation between the Jin Kingdom and the Southern Song Dynasty, Su Shi had a profound influence on both the north and the south. Su poetry not only influenced the poetry of the Song Dynasty, but also provided important inspiration to the Gong'an School poets in the Ming Dynasty and the Song Poetry School poets in the early Qing Dynasty.
Su Shi’s spirit of liberating the style of poetry was directly inherited by the Xin School of poets in the Southern Song Dynasty, forming a bold and unconstrained style of poetry that was on par with the graceful style of poetry. Its influence has been felt by Chen Weisong and others in the Qing Dynasty. Su Shi's prose, especially his sketches, is the artistic origin of the Gong'an school of prose in the Ming Dynasty, which advocated independent expression of one's soul. The influence of Su Wen can still be seen in the prose of Yuan Mei and Zheng Xie in the Qing Dynasty.
Su Shi also remains in the minds of ordinary people in future generations with his amiable, humorous and witty image. His travels in various places and various inventions he made in life are favorite topics for future generations. Among the writers of the Song Dynasty, Su Shi is unparalleled in terms of being widely loved by future generations.
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