Su Shi’s contribution to Ci is very outstanding. Before the emergence of Su Shi, the content of poetry was bound by traditional concepts and limited to the range of charming and gentle erotic language. Su Shi talked about the past and lamented the present, recounted memories, lamented current affairs, described mountains and rivers, rural scenery, and even discussed philosophy, etc. The themes have all entered the lyrics, which greatly expanded the themes and artistic conception of the lyrics, and opened up a new situation for the folk development of Song poetry. In terms of style, Su Shi created a bold and unrestrained style.
"Nian Nujiao·Chibi Nostalgic" is the representative work of Su Shi's bold school. In addition, Su Shi also has some poems that express "elegance and grandeur", with a clear, clear, plain and elegant realm, such as "Shui Diao Ge Tou·When will the bright moon come", and many graceful poems such as "Jiangchengzi·Ten Years" "Life and Death", which shows Su Shi's characteristics of being bold and unrestrained and having diverse styles
Su Shi's Ci is a milestone in the development of Song Ci. "Ci is Yanke", which can be said to be a solid influence at the time. Tradition, Su Shi successfully converted to this trend. He broke through the old framework of writing about love affairs and separation between men and women since the late Tang and Five Dynasties, expanded the subject matter of Ci, and improved the artistic conception of Ci. He can use words to express themes that have always been used by poets, such as nostalgia, nostalgia, travel notes, and reasoning. This makes words get rid of the status of existing only as lyrics of music and become a new poetry style that can develop independently. This is Su Shi's greatest contribution to Song Ci. This new style of poetry shows its strong vitality and has a profound influence on contemporary and later writers. The Yuanyou Ci Forest, with Su Shi as the center, represented the heyday of the Ci world in the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, famous writers emerged in large numbers, such as Qin Guan, Huang Tingjian, Chen Shidao, Wang Anshi, Xie Yi, etc., all of whom wrote many excellent Ci works.
Su Shi changed the graceful style of the poets of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, and became the founder of the later bold and bold style of poetry. In terms of the language of his lyrics, Su Shi also made an evolution. He changed the style of the Huajian poets who used embroidery and gold, and incorporated verses from Tao Qian, Li Bai, Du Fu, Han Yu and others into his lyrics. Occasionally, he also used the spoken language of the time. It gives people a fresh and simple feeling.
Therefore, the role of Su Shi's Ci in the development of Song Ci was not only to create a style of Ci, but also to liberate Ci from the narrow scope, expand the world of emotions it expresses, and contribute to the content of Ci and style diversity. In this sense, Su Shi was a key figure in making Song Ci a representative literary style of its generation.
There are about 4,000 Su poems in existence. His poems are broad in content and diverse in style. They are mainly bold and unrestrained, with powerful writing, endless changes, and romanticism, which opened up a new path for the development of Song poetry. . Xie Zhou's "Original Poems" said: "Su Shi's poems have opened up a realm unprecedented in ancient and modern times. Everything in the world laughs and curses, and they are all inspired by the writing." Zhao Yi's "Oubei Poetry Talk" said: "Take text as poetry , starting from Changli, to Dongpo, he became more and more eloquent, opened up new perspectives, and became a grand view of the generation... Especially those who are unreachable, they are born with a strong pen, as refreshing as a sad pear, and they can be cut quickly. There is a hidden secret that must be reached, and it is not difficult to reveal it. This is why Su Shi became a great poet after Li and Du, but he is not as good as Li and Du."
Su Shi has more than 340 poems in existence, breaking through the list of poems dedicated to love between men and women. The narrow theme of separation and separation has broad social content. Su Shi occupies a special position in the history of Chinese poetry. He expanded the spirit of the Northern Song Dynasty's poetry innovation movement to the field of Ci, swept away the traditional Ci style since the late Tang and Five Dynasties, and created the Bold Ci School that stood side by side with the Graceful School. He expanded the subject matter of Ci and enriched the artistic conception of Ci. It broke through the boundaries of poetry in Shizhuang and made a significant contribution to the innovation and development of poetry. His famous works include "Nian Nujiao", "Shui Diao Ge Tou", etc. He pioneered the bold style of poetry and was known as "Su Xin" together with Xin Qiji. Liu Chenweng's "Xin Jiaxuan Ci Preface" said: "The Ci poems reach the east slope, and they are upright and upright, like poetry, like writing, and like the wonders of heaven and earth."
Su Ci occupies a special position in the history of Ci, and has pioneered the development of Ci. New world. With his unrestrained talent, Su Shi penetrated into all aspects of social life, such as nostalgic travel notes, descriptions of scenery and objects, family friendships, pastoral scenery, Zen meditation and reasoning, etc., breaking through the stereotype of "Yan Ke" in Ci, and turning Ci into The social function of poetry was mentioned on the same level as poetry, and it comprehensively expressed the life and spiritual outlook of scholar-bureaucrats and literati. Su Shi deliberately broke through the boundaries of "Shizhuang Ci Mei" and created a large number of bold and bold works with his free and unrestrained writing style, creating a new generation of Ci style. He used poetic scenery
poetry into lyrics, which formed the characteristic of Su Ci's "poetry as lyrics". At the same time, it also changed the status of lyrics from music to music, and turned the lyrics into an independent lyric poetry style. direction development.
Boldness is the main style of Su's poetry, and in the boldness there are sometimes expressions of broad-minded feelings. Representative works include "Jiangchengzi? Hunting in Mizhou" and "Missing Ma Jiao? Chibi Nostalgia". Express the beautiful feelings of pursuing ideals and loving life. Such as "Shui Diao Ge Tou? Huai Zi You". The styles of love poems and chanting poems are known for their elegance. Such as "Jiangchengzi? Lost", "Water Dragon Yin? Second Rhyme Chapter Zhifu Yanghua Ci"