Su Shi was a representative poet of the Bold and Bold faction in the Northern Song Dynasty. He and Xin Qiji were both representatives of the Bold and Bold faction, and they were also called "Su Xin". One of the "Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties". Su Shi was good at calligraphy and one of the "Four Masters of the Song Dynasty"; he was good at literati painting, especially ink bamboo, strange rocks, dead wood, etc.
Su Shi (January 8, 1037 - August 24, 1101), also known as Zizhan and Hezhong, was also known as Tieguan Taoist and Dongpo layman. He was known as Su Dongpo, Su Xian and Po in the world. Xian, Han nationality, was born in Meishan, Meizhou (now Meishan City, Sichuan Province). His ancestral home was Luancheng, Hebei Province. He was a writer, calligrapher, gourmet and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, and a famous figure in water control in history.
In the second year of Jiayou's reign (1057), Su Shi became a Jinshi. During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, he served in Fengxiang, Hangzhou, Mizhou, Xuzhou, Huzhou and other places. In the third year of Yuanfeng (1080), he was demoted to the deputy envoy of Huangzhou Tuanlian due to the "Wutai Poetry Case". After Zhezong of the Song Dynasty came to the throne, he served as a bachelor of Hanlin, a bachelor of attendance, and a minister of the Ministry of Rites. He also went to Hangzhou, Yingzhou, Yangzhou, Dingzhou and other places. In his later years, he was demoted to Huizhou and Danzhou because of the new party's rule. Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty was pardoned and returned to the north, but died of illness in Changzhou on the way. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Song Dynasty, he was posthumously given the title of Grand Master; during the period of Emperor Xiaozong of Song Dynasty, he was posthumously given the title "Wenzhong".