The first episode "Snow and Mud Claws"
A delicacy that contains the wisdom of life. Dongpo Pork It's very delicious.
When will the bright moon appear? One word spreads all over the country. An attitude towards life that condenses the secret of a happy life.
Whenever Su Dongpo is mentioned, it will always arouse people's warm and admiring smiles. There is a Su Dongpo in everyone's heart.
The mountains are high and the moon is small, but the truth is clear.
For nearly a thousand years, his image has been continuously presented, depicted and portrayed.
People read Su Dongpo's articles, copied his calligraphy, and talked about anecdotes about his life.
He is an idol that never goes out of style, with followers of all ages spanning ancient and modern times. What created Su Dongpo’s charm and made people love him to this day?
Rise to fame through talent test
In 1037 AD, Su Dongpo was born in Meishan, Sichuan. According to folklore, in this year, a mountain in Meishan that was originally lush and green suddenly lost its flowers and trees and withered for some unknown reason.
Today’s Sansu Temple was once the old residence of the Su family. Among the eight great masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, three came out of this door. They are Su Xun, Su Shi, Su Zhe and his son.
In the spring of 1056 AD, Su Dongpo left his hometown of Meizhou for nearly twenty years for the first time in his life. Together with his father Su Xun and his younger brother Su Zhe, he went to Bianjing to take part in the scientific examination.
Su Dongpo’s greatest luck was that the year his father took him to take the Jinshi examination, he met Ouyang Xiu, the examiner of that year and the leader of the Northern Song Dynasty literary world.
When grading, Ouyang Xiu read an article with a simple style and profound arguments. He applauded the case and planned to put this person first. Ouyang Xiu is probably written by his student Zeng Gong. It is not good to give first place to one's own students, so give second place.
After removing the piece of paper that obscured his name, Ouyang Xiu discovered that the author of this article was not Zeng Gong, but Su Dongpo.
Ouyang Xiu said that his (Su Dongpo's) articles were very good, and he often sweated reading his articles. He said that in thirty years, no one will know Ouyang Xiu, and people will only know Su Zizhan. .
In the Song Dynasty, when the status of literati was extremely high, Su Dongpo became a high school scholar at the age of twenty. At the age of thirty, he had become the most famous writer.
Falling into the prison of talent
During the reign of Song Renzong at the beginning of Su Dongpo's entry into office, the apparent peace concealed a poor and weak dynasty.
After the death of Song Renzong, Song Shenzong ascended the throne. He appointed Wang Anshi to carry out reforms and strive for self-improvement. This was Wang Anshi's reform.
Officials with ulterior motives infiltrated the reform agencies, and the new law did not have a positive effect. Imperial officials were divided into two factions over whether they supported the reform or not. Internal partisanship has intensified.
Song Shenzong was eager to make changes. Song Shenzong's eagerness and Wang Anshi's dictatorship made Su Dongpo worried.
Knowing that he was throwing an egg against a stone, Su Dongpo couldn't help but speak out. He wrote the "Book of Emperor Shangshenzong" and put forward his own opinions on economy, military and reform.
The advice of Su Dongpo and others could not change the overall situation. In the third year of Wang Anshi's reform, Ouyang Xiu resigned from his official position and retired to Linquan. Soon after, Sima Guang also submitted his resignation to the court and lived in seclusion in Luoyang.
In July of 1071 AD, Su Dongpo came to Hangzhou to serve as Tongpan. In the drizzle in the south of the Yangtze River, he heard the sorrow and crying of the people. Su Dongpo could only express his grief and indignation on behalf of the common people through articles.
Officials at Yushitai impeached Su Dongpo for making nonsense and fooling the court in "Huzhou Xie Shangbiao". Then they found Su Dongpo's collection of poems and accused Su Dongpo of ridiculing the government and committing the crime of deceiving the emperor.
The officer who came to arrest Su Dongpo was so aggressive that he broke into the state government office. The officer ordered the officers to tie Su Dongpo up with a rope and take him to the capital for trial.
In the twelfth lunar month of 1079 AD, a special prisoner, Su Dongpo, was imprisoned in the prison of Yushitai, the highest judicial authority of the Northern Song Dynasty. In prison, Su Dongpo spent more than a hundred days and nights.
Rescued from Huangzhou, where Cai Cai was demoted.
Someone wanted to put Su Dongpo to death. However, at this time of life and death, more people came forward to intercede for Su Dongpo.
Wang Anshi also asked someone to bring a message to Shenzong, saying that in this era of sage, talented people cannot be killed. When Shenzong went to visit Queen Mother Cao when she was ill, Queen Mother Cao said that when the late emperor was here, he thought that the two brothers were talented prime ministers and quickly let him go. Everyone's rescue is equivalent to giving Shenzong a step down. The court's verdict finally came: Su Dongpo was demoted to Huangzhou and served as deputy envoy of Tuanlian. The "Wutai Poetry Case" has finally been settled.
When Su Dongpo became an official for the first time, he went to Fengxiang to take up his post. On the way, he wrote a poem to Su Che: How is it like knowing everywhere in life? It should be like a flying dragon stepping on slush.
These four words, "snow mud and claws", fatefully became the portrayal of Su Dongpo's life.
Episode 2 "A Coop of Misty Rain"
On the first day of the first lunar month in 1080 AD, Su Dongpo embarked on the road to Huangzhou in the wind and snow. The road ahead is confused, and Su Dongpo doesn't know what kind of fate awaits him. He would not have thought that Huangzhou, a place so far away from the sky, would become a turning point in his life.
The poet "changed" into a farmer to reclaim wasteland
Because he had nowhere to stay for a while, the abbot of Dinghuiyuan lent him a dusty hut
Su Dongpo. The frightened Su Dongpo stayed behind closed doors all day.
When he woke up from a dream in the middle of the night, in the bone-deep loneliness, Su Dongpo wrote a poem "Businessman": The missing moon hangs the sparse tung trees, and the missing moon breaks one's initial tranquility. Sometimes I see lonely people coming and going alone, misty and solitary shadows. Startled but looked back, no one can spare the regret. Picking out all the cold branches and refusing to live on them, the lonely sandbank is cold.
In the face of adversity, Su Dongpo became more calm and less anxious. Su Dongpo got rid of his inner confusion little by little. But the difficulties of life are pressing him harder and harder.
Fortunately, Su Dongpo had a friend named Ma Mengde. When Su Dongpo was demoted to Huangzhou for being guilty, Ma Mengde came all the way to share the joys and sorrows with Su Dongpo.
From the Song Dynasty to the present, if he (Su Dongpo) has thousands of fans, Ma Mengde is the first and number one fan. (Liu Xiaochuan language)
Ma Mengde came forward to find Xu Junyou, the then governor of Huangzhou, and said that Su Shi's family was in great difficulty. See if you can give him some land to plant.
Xu Junyou agreed readily and handed over the abandoned military camps in Huangzhou City to Su Shi for free cultivation.
Su Dongpo fell in love with the land that Ma Mengde requested from the government at first sight. This was originally an unknown highland. Because it was located in the east of the city, Su Dongpo named it after "Dongpo" and called himself "Dongpo layman".
In 1081 AD, Su Dongpo began his career as a farmer.
Sometimes, Su Dongpo simply ran to the fields, watersides, mountains, and markets, chatting and laughing with farmers, fishermen, woodcutters, and traders.
He can accompany the emperor, and he can also interact with ordinary people, farmers, and even beggars as equals. In his eyes, there is no one in the world who is not a good person. That is true love for people.
At dusk, after returning from work, when passing through the city gate, the city guards all knew that this old farmer was a great scholar, but they didn’t know why he ended up like this, and sometimes they would make some jokes about him. , Su Dongpo always took it calmly, smiling and saying nothing.
At this time, Su Dongpo gradually moved away from worry and anger. The irony and anger in his early works slowly transformed into tolerance and warmth in human nature. It is a kind of optimism that can accept everything.
The vicissitudes of life and the myriad changes in vegetation were all incorporated into Su Dongpo's life. If he had never encountered the "Wutai Poetry Case", if he had not worked hard on Dongpo, his mood would have been very different. Without experiencing those pains and tortures, he would not know that "there is neither wind nor rain", which is actually joyful.
Episode 3 "The River Goes East"
In 1082 AD, a year full of miracles in the history of Chinese literature, in Huangzhou, Su Dongpo wrote a masterpiece that has been passed down through the ages - " "Nian Nujiao·Chibi Nostalgia" and "Chibi Fu" before and after.
Huangzhou underwent a strange transformation after 1082 AD. When a rich life meets a vast land, it will inevitably produce the most perfect historical legend.
In the Song Dynasty, intellectuals suddenly faced an unprecedentedly broad political stage. In the Song Dynasty, the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world. The scholar-bureaucrats in the Northern Song Dynasty, the best intellectuals, always knew to restrain the emperor and help him become a saint.
When Su Dongpo first entered Bianjing, he had no intention of writing lyrics. In his opinion, only strategies that help the sage become a wise king are the "right way" of the article.
When Su Dongpo was sent to Hangzhou, he began to write poetry. Su Dongpo gradually realized that unlike policy theory, Ci was not written for the court or the emperor, but for the heart, for a person's truest existence.
Dajiangdong Goes Romantic and Bold Together
The dominant figure in the world of poetry at that time was Liu Yong. Wherever there was well water, Liu Yong could sing Liu's poetry. Liu Yong's lyrics were sung by thousands of people at that time.
Before Su Dongpo, poetry had always been despised by the orthodox literary world. In the hands of Su Dongpo, words truly became like poems, becoming a literary form for expressing aspirations and conveying principles.
In Tokyo, Japan, there is a Yushima Cathedral, which is called the Confucius Temple of Japan. On the third week of every month, a Su Dongpo literature lecture is held here. This literary giant of the Song Dynasty had incredible influence in Japan.
The poet’s open-mindedness is evident between the lines. This kind of artistic conception transcends time, space and boundaries. At the other end of time, Su Dongpo also stopped in his hurry and showed a long-lost smile in front of the red cliff where the waves were crashing.
On the bank of the Yangtze River in the northwest of Huangzhou, the foothills of the mountain protrude into the river. The rocks are as bright red as red, hence the name Chibi. In 1082 AD, Su Dongpo wrote the famous "Niannujiao·Reminiscence of the Ancients at Red Cliff" in front of Red Cliff.
Li Qingzhao commented on Su Dongpo’s dissonant rhythm. But it is precisely because of this freedom that Su Dongpo's words are not hindered by time and space and circulate in the hearts of millions of people.
After the changes in the world, Su Dongpo's poetry has entered a realm of freedom and innocence, so that the heroic words still contain such delicate words as "I remember Gong Jin's time when Xiao Qiao got married for the first time". It adds a touching beauty of youth to the vast history.
The clear breeze, bright moon, open-mindedness and freedom coexist
On July 16, 1082 AD, Su Dongpo and several friends took a small boat to drink wine and admire the moon under the red cliff.
That night, all the hustle and bustle of the world faded away, and in their vision, only the moonlight, water, and the independent Red Cliff next to the river were left.
After three rounds of drinking, a Taoist named Yang Shichang played the long flute. The sobbing sound of the flute made Su Dongpo feel sad. He asked Yang Shichang why he played so sadly.
Episode 6 "Traveling to the South and Returning to the North"
Su Dongpo said to his friend, "Everything in the world has its own owner. If it is not your own, you can't get a penny of it.
Only the gentle breeze on the river and the bright moon on the mountain become sounds when heard by the ears, and colors when seen by the eyes. As long as we happily enjoy the gentle breeze on the river and the bright moon on the mountains, why worry about the shortness of life and envy the eternity of the river? ? ”
Su Dongpo’s wise words made the friends suddenly enlightened, and everyone started to toast and drink. Unknowingly, the night became darker and darker, and everyone slept in the boat until dawn.
The ancient oriental civilization in the Chinese exhibition area of ??the Nelson Museum of Art in the United States attracts tourists from all over the world. However, some people are inevitably disappointed that the "treasure of the museum" that they have been waiting for is not on display. The picture scroll of Su Dongpo's "Ode to the Red Cliff"
Three months after writing "Ode to the Red Cliff", Su Dongpo once again visited Red Cliff at night, and all of this was vividly displayed in the collection of the Nelson Museum. On this scroll.
Su Dongpo climbed up to the high cliff of Red Cliff and roared into the night sky.
So Su Dongpo returned to the boat and let the boat drift with the current.
It was almost midnight, and when I looked up, I saw a lonely crane crossing the river. It roared and flew past the boat.
The name of the Taoist priest Su Dongpo, The Taoist priest lowered his head and did not answer. Su Dongpo suddenly realized: "Could that crane crossing the river be you? "The Taoist priest turned around and smiled, and Su Dongpo suddenly woke up. He opened the door and window and looked around. There was nothing but the clear moonlight.
The years in Huangzhou were the golden period of Su Dongpo's literary and artistic creation. AD 1082 His poetry, prose, and calligraphy can be admired for thousands of years, and this may be another kind of compensation for fate.
After experiencing glory and suffering, Su Dongpo achieved success on the verge of death. Rebirth. For Su Dongpo, Huangzhou is no longer a miserable place of exile.
Episode 4 "Being confident." "
Juchi Xingtang likes to collect antique calligraphy and paintings. Su Dongpo's calligraphy work "Huangzhou Cold Food Post" is now in the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
In 1082 AD, Su Dongpo came to Huangzhou. Three Cold Food Festivals. According to tradition, no fires are allowed on this day and only cold food can be eaten.
Su Dongpo stared at the rain outside the window and suddenly felt the urge to write. He wrote "Cold Food Post".
There was no sun or moon in the mountains, and time had long been forgotten. Su Dongpo was even more ignorant of the arrival of the Cold Food Festival until he saw the crow holding the paper money left in the grave. As he passed by quietly, he realized that this day was the Cold Food Festival.
Calligraphy and painting art has been collected by literati in ancient and modern times.
Su Dongpo wrote about the depression and haggardness of an exiled poet to the extreme. , cannot rekindle.
Su Dongpo, who had suffered so much, finally realized at the age of forty-six that the difficulty of art is not the difficulty of art, but the difficulty of not whitewashing or showing off, and the difficulty of being free. It accurately presents a person's inner situation.
Eighteen years later, this "Han Shi Tie" came into Huang Tingjian's hands, and he wrote the inscription and postscript. The inscriptions and analects are exquisite and the calligraphy is perfect, which is a perfect match with Su Dongpo's "Han Shi Tie".
In the bustling streets of Tokyo, there is a calligraphy class called Rongfengzhai every weekend. Come here for class. Copying "Huangzhou Cold Food Post" is the content of today's class.
There have been many "Dongpo fans" in Japan since ancient times, and there is one in the ancient city of Kyoto.
In 1082 AD, the young painter Mi Fu came to Huangzhou from distant Hunan to visit Su Dongpo.
During that meeting, Su Dongpo took out a picture. I asked Mi Fu to stick the rice paper on the wall. He stood facing the wall and drew a "Picture of Dead Trees and Strange Rocks" by hanging his elbows.
Su Dongpo used his unique calligraphy skills to lead the trend of "literati painting" in China.
In addition to painting rocks, Su Dongpo also loved painting bamboos. He said: "It is better to eat without meat than to live without bamboo."
Once, Mi Fu discovered that the bamboos painted by Su Dongpo had no bamboo joints, but a single stroke from the bottom to the top of the bamboo. He was curious Asked: "Why not paint each section?" Su Dongpo replied: "When bamboo grows, where is the length of each section?"
In 1083 AD, he lived in Huangzhou for three years. Later, Su Dongpo met his friend Wang Dingguo who had returned from the south to the north.
The river under Lingao Pavilion flowed day and night. Four years passed in a blink of an eye. Just when Su Dongpo regarded Huangzhou as his hometown and determined to be a safe farmer, his fate happened again. Turn.
Former political enemies met in Jinling and had a good time over wine
In the spring of 1084 AD, Su Dongpo received an imperial edict to be transferred from Huangzhou.
The vastness of Huangzhou pushed the misery, hardship, comfort and happiness in his life to the extreme. Almost all of the most important creations in his life were completed here.
The folks and friends in Huangzhou were also reluctant to leave, and they all brought wine to send them off.
Su Dongpo left Huangzhou and never came back. In the days to come, whenever he was persecuted by political enemies and suffered no solution, he would think of Huangzhou and even planned to escape back to Huangzhou and restart his farming career on the east slope.
Su Dongpo bid farewell to Huangzhou. When passing Jinling, he wanted to visit Wang Anshi, who had lived in seclusion for many years.
Although Wang Anshi once held the power of the prime minister, his fate was rough in his later years. After experiencing the betrayal of his cronies, the failure of the reform, and the pain of losing his son, Wang Anshi chose to retire to Jinling and never care about the world again.
Hearing that Su Dongpo had passed Jinling, Wang Anshi rushed to the riverside to wait for Su Dongpo's arrival.
During the days when they met in Jinling, Su Dongpo and Wang Anshi sang poems and talked about Buddhism and Taoism. The previous arguments have become a thing of the past.
That was Su Dongpo’s happiest and most enjoyable time while traveling in prison. Art unconsciously bridges the gap between two people. That time, when they said goodbye to each other in Jinling, Wang Anshi sighed with emotion: "I don't know how many hundreds of years later there would be such a person!"
When the luster of Western civilization was hidden in the gloom of the Middle Ages, China It ushered in its own Renaissance in the Song Dynasty.
In this era, personality and creativity were fully developed, and changes in all types of art were integrated and intertwined in Su Dongpo. Su Dongpo, who was struggling in the political whirlpool, had no ambitious ideas in art, but he inadvertently became the leading literary figure of that era.
Episode 5 "Eternal Love"
In 1085 AD, the political situation of the Northern Song Dynasty underwent major changes. After the death of Song Shenzong, the 10-year-old prince Zhao Xu came to the throne, and Empress Dowager Gao listened behind the curtain.
Su Dongpo got the chance to make a comeback. In just seventeen months, Su Dongpo rose from a prison officer to a third-rank official, rising six ranks, and was only one step away from the prime minister.
After Sima Guang became prime minister, he completely rejected Wang Anshi's reform. Even some effective new laws must be repealed. Su Dongpo made a different sound.
Do not follow, do not blindly follow, and insist on seeking truth from facts. This is Su Dongpo's political principle. In 1087 AD, the Northern Song Dynasty won the victory against Tubo in Xixia. Hundreds of officials congratulated it and advocated taking the opportunity to negotiate peace. However, Su Dongpo wrote to the emperor, stating that "you must not cause trouble for the country, nor should you be afraid of it."
The untimely Su Dongpo was attacked by his political opponents. He was worried that he would repeat the mistakes of the "Wutai Poetry Case", so he repeatedly requested to leave the court and serve in a local government. In 1089 AD, the imperial court finally approved Su Dongpo to serve as the governor of Hangzhou.
Working diligently for the people, leaving Huangzhou behind
Su Dongpo, his spiritual world is entangled with reality without losing the tranquility and detachment of religion. His heart "can be heroic, affectionate, joyful, or sad", but after all, his background is still Confucian, and it is about saving the world and benefiting the people.
Huangzhou and Su Dongpo have an indissoluble bond. In the 11th century AD, Su Dongpo was demoted after the "Wutai Poetry Case" and came to the remote and desolate Huangzhou. Thousands of years have passed, and now this place is full of prosperity.
In the central area of ????this city, nature has generously given a 3 square kilometers of water. The government's determination to benefit the people has given this lake area new life. Therefore, Huanggang people are lucky to have the freedom and leisure of "the city is in the scenery and the scenery is in the city". This park has a romantic name: Yiai Lake. Its origin is closely related to Su Dongpo.
When Su Dongpo was demoted to Huangzhou, he had a special confidant. He was Xu Junyou, the prefect of Huangzhou at that time.
In the bamboo forest of Anguo Temple in Huangzhou, there is a small pavilion. Whenever he had free time, Su Dongpo and the prefect Xu Junyou would meet here to talk about the past and the present, and enjoy poetry and wine.
Later, Xu Junyou was transferred from Huangzhou to work in Hunan. Su Dongpo thought that Xu Junyou served as the prefect here and did a lot of good things for the people of Huangzhou. He suggested that the Bamboo Slip Pavilion should be renamed.
Su Dongpo named this pavilion "Yi Ai Pavilion" and wrote "Yi Ai Pavilion" to praise Prefect Xu's merits.
Nowadays, people have given the name of "legacy" to this park that benefits the people, which is of far-reaching significance and evocative. Next to Yiai Lake, Yiai Pavilion, which had disappeared for nearly a thousand years, was rebuilt.
No matter how small an official he was, Su Dongpo never lost his inner warmth. He exterminates locusts, fights floods, rescues orphans, and never misses anything within his power.
Love has no boundaries and relieves the people's worries
In 1089 AD, Su Dongpo became the governor of Hangzhou. This was his second visit to Hangzhou. He received a specially written letter from Huang Tingjian, advising him not to go to Hangzhou because his position in the court was more important. But Su Dongpo ignored Huang Tingjian's suggestion and rushed to Hangzhou without hesitation.
Huangzhou Chibi made Su Dongpo see the futility of fame, so he was more pragmatic in politics. During his tenure in Hangzhou, Su Dongpo's most famous achievement was the management of West Lake.
In order to dredge the West Lake, Su Dongpo raised money through various channels, and he applied to the court to solve the vacant part.
The money for dredging the West Lake has been settled, but new problems have arisen. If all the silt in the West Lake is excavated and cleared, it will probably pile up like a mountain.
The silt that had nowhere to be disposed built a long embankment that spanned the north and south of the West Lake. The hibiscus, willows, small bridges and pavilions on the embankment constitute the famous "Spring Dawn on the Su Embankment" among the ten sceneries of the West Lake.
In order to stop the growth of aquatic plants, Su Dongpo also came up with a method, which was to rent the lake surface to the people to plant water chestnuts.
Su Dongpo built three small stone towers in the West Lake to form a water area, and it was strictly forbidden for people to plant water chestnuts in this area. The small stone pagoda gradually evolved into the most famous West Lake beauty "Three Pools Reflecting the Moon".
The completion of this series of livelihood projects gave Su Dongpo a sense of accomplishment that was no less than that of artistic creation. Perhaps, this is another classic work handed down from generation to generation.
Su Dongpo loved the beauty he created and all the people under his protection. He looked at the world with tenderness, replacing his high self-esteem idealism with warm feelings for the world. This may be why thousands of years later, when Su Dongpo is mentioned, people in China will always arouse warm and admiring smiles.
In 1091 AD, Su Dongpo was again given important employment by the imperial court and he was transferred out of Hangzhou.
Su Dongpo may have guessed that a huge political whirlpool was waiting for him in Bianjing, the center of power.
But he never imagined that he would be thrown all the way to the lowest point of his destiny.
Re-entering the court, this time he could no longer escape intact.
Episode 6 "Returning from the South to the North"
In 1091 AD, Su Dongpo was transferred from Hangzhou and recalled to the capital. Empress Dowager Gao favored Su Dongpo, and he was soon promoted to Minister of Etiquette. This was the highest official position in his life.
However, after the death of Empress Dowager Gao, the 18-year-old Song Zhezong took charge of the government. New partisanship is back.
The young Song Zhezong began to crazily attack the old party and re-appointed the New Deal reformists who had been neglected for many years. Zhang Dun, a staunch supporter of the new law, became prime minister.
Demoted again, the house leaked and it rained
During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the desolate and remote Lingnan was a place of exile for demoted officials.
In 1094 AD, Su Dongpo was demoted again. From Bianjing, to Dingzhou, and then to Huizhou, he made a big circle in his life and returned to the situation when he was demoted to Huangzhou.
In Huizhou, Su Dongpo once again became a prisoner under the supervision of the local government.
Su Dongpo is a person who is easily sentimental and is also a person who is good at discovering happiness. When the tragedy of personal fate strikes again and again, he uses such small and concrete happiness to turn the pain into invisible things.
Before being demoted to Lingnan, Su Dongpo dismissed his servants and concubines one by one. Only Chaoyun refused to leave him at this time of sorrow. Chaoyun resolutely accompanied Su Dongpo to Huizhou.
One day, Su Dongpo and Chaoyun were sitting at home, looking at the falling leaves outside the window, and the scenery was mesmerizing. Su Dongpo sang a song "Butterfly Loves Flowers" while drinking.
"The flowers have faded and are red and green, and the apricots are small. When the swallows fly, the green water is surrounded by people. There are few willows blowing on the branches, and there is no grass anywhere in the world. There are swings in the wall and roads outside the wall. Pedestrians outside the wall, inside the wall The beauty smiles. The laughter gradually fades away, but the sentiment is ruthlessly annoyed." Chaoyun died of illness after living in Huizhou for two years.
Chaoyun was buried on the hillside by the lake. The monks from a nearby monastery raised funds to build a pavilion on the tomb to commemorate her. Engraved on the pillars of the pavilion is a couplet written by Su Dongpo: "Out of time, only the morning clouds can recognize me. I play ancient tunes alone, and I miss you more every time it rains."
Unyielding destiny, spiritual transcendence
In the days after Chaoyun left, Su Dongpo's life suddenly slipped into the abyss. An edict from the imperial court demoted Su Dongpo to the even more remote Danzhou. Before leaving, he explained his future affairs one by one, as if he was saying goodbye forever.
The only thing that made Su Dongpo slightly relieved was that on the way to Hainan, he met his younger brother Su Che. They lived in Tianning Temple in Leizhou for three days. The two brothers slept together and got up together, just like when they were young students.
Mr. Lin Yutang once said: "Su Shi would often write the best poems for his younger brother Su Che." Among them, the most famous one is "Shui Diao Ge Tou" written by Su Dongpo to his younger brother.
From the Song Dynasty to today, from China to abroad, the vitality of Su Dongpo’s works is beyond imagination.
Su Dongpo talks to the world in loneliness. His longing for his brother remains in his words, thousands of years and across oceans, but the context is still clear.
Almost every Chinese will encounter Su Dongpo in different situations.
As a result, everyone in the world can re-experience life through Su Dongpo’s art, and Su Dongpo will surely live it over and over again in the reading of future generations.
Su Dongpo left more than a thousand letters, ranging from more than ten words to a hundred words, and used "hehe" in more than 40 places.
The word "haha" is a natural expression of this complacency without concealment.
Three years after he was exiled to Hainan, Song Huizong ascended the throne and granted amnesty to the world. Su Dongpo was once again appointed by the imperial court. He crossed the sea from Hainan Island and returned to the mainland.
Su Dongpo passed by Dayu Ridge again. This was the post road he took when he was demoted to Lingnan.
The old Su Dongpo was demoted to Hainan and went through many disasters, but fortunately survived. Just when he was about to retire and retire, bad luck struck.
When he arrived in Changzhou, his journey could no longer continue.
Su Dongpo was ill for dozens of days. He had a premonition that he would die soon.
Su Dongpo called his three sons to the bedside to explain the funeral arrangements. He said: "I have done nothing wrong in my life, and I will not go to hell. I have no fear in my heart. Don't cry for me. "
Three months before his death, Su Dongpo passed by Jinshan Temple and wrote an impromptu poem, which can be regarded as a summary of his life: "The heart is like a gray tree, and the body is like a boat without ties. Your life's achievements are Huangzhou, Huizhou and Danzhou."
Looking back on his life, what Su Dongpo wanted to boast most was not the glory of being in the temple, but the years when he was demoted to Huangzhou, Huizhou and Danzhou. Not to succumb to the times, but to transcend from this era. He walked his whole life in the contradiction between ideal and reality, and he didn't really realize it until this moment.
In this world, some beautiful things can grow in reverse.
When dead trees sprout, stone flowers bloom, and a piece of paper becomes a legend, people will smell the fragrance of the old year from that ancient piece of paper.