Su Shi’s hometown (birthplace) is in Meishan, Meizhou (Meishan City, Sichuan Province).
Su Shi (January 8, 1037, December 19, 1036 - August 24, 1101), also known as Zizhan and Hezhong, also known as Tieguan Taoist and Dongpo layman. Su Dongpo and Su Xian, Han nationality, were born in Meishan, Meizhou (Meishan City, Sichuan Province). Their ancestral home was Luancheng, Hebei Province. They were famous writers, calligraphers and painters in the Northern Song Dynasty. ?
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 Hanlin bachelor, 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 the Song Dynasty, he was posthumously given the title of Grand Master, with the posthumous title "Wenzhong".
Su Shi was a literary leader in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty and made great achievements in poetry, lyrics, prose, calligraphy, and painting. His writing is bold and unbridled; his poems are broad in subject matter, fresh and vigorous, good at using exaggerated metaphors, and have a unique style. Together with Huang Tingjian, he is called "Su Huang"; His prose writings are grand and bold. Together with Ouyang Xiu, he is called "Ou Su" and is one of the "Eight Great Masters of 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.
His works include "Dongpo Seven Collections", "Dongpo Yi Zhuan", "Dongpo Yuefu", "Xiaoxiang Bamboo and Stone Picture Scroll", "Old Wood and Strange Stone Picture Scroll", etc.
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Early life experience of the character
Su Shi was born on December 19, the third year of Jingyou, Renzong of Song Dynasty (January 8, 1037). Meishan, Meizhou, is after the minister Su Weiwei in the early Tang Dynasty. Su Shi's father Su Xun is the "Su Laoquan" mentioned in the "Three Character Classic" who "starts to work hard at the age of twenty-seven". Although Su Xun started working late, he worked hard. Su Shi's name "Shi" originally means the armrest in front of the car, which means that he is unknown but indispensable in helping people in danger and rescue people. In the eighth year of Qingli (1048), because his father died at home, Su Xun closed his home to study, and taught his knowledge and conduct to Su Shi and his youngest son Su Zhe.
Su Shi was open-minded by nature, straightforward and had a strong Taoist style. Good friends, good food, many delicious food products, good tea, and also a good place to travel in the mountains and forests.
Artistic Achievements
Calligraphy
Su Shi is good at writing running script and regular script. Together with Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu and Cai Xiang, he is known as the "Four Masters of Song Dynasty". He studied the masters of Jin, Tang, and Five Dynasties, and then integrated the creative styles of famous masters such as Wang Sengqian, Xu Hao, Li Yong, Yan Zhenqing, and Yang Ningshi to form his own style. He once claimed: "I have no creativity in writing" and "I come up with new ideas and do not follow the ancients". Huang Ting insisted that he: "In his early years, he was very skilled in using pen, but he was not as natural as his elder brother." This shows that Su Shi experienced many ups and downs in his life, which caused ups and downs in his calligraphy style. His extant works include "Chibi Ode", "Huangzhou Cold Food Poems" and "Jidao Wen in Honor of Huangzhou".
Painting
Su Shi is good at painting ink bamboo, and pays attention to spiritual similarity in painting. He advocates that there is emotion outside the painting, and the painting must have sustenance. He opposes similarity in form and the constraints of procedures, and advocates that "poetry and painting should be the same as the original." , Heavenly craftsmanship and freshness", and clearly put forward the concept of "literati painting", which laid a certain theoretical foundation for the future development of "literati painting". His works include "Scroll of Ancient Trees and Strange Rocks", "Scroll of Bamboo and Stone in Xiaoxiang", etc.
Personal works
Essays
Four pieces of "Cejue", "Lun on Liuhou", "Tianshi Inkstone (with Preface)"
"Records of Travels to Dinghui Courtyard"
(One work: "Records of Travels to Dinghui Courtyard"
"Advancing Strategies", "Collection of Memories", "Cepsies to Safeguard the People"
"Chao Cuo Lun" "Xun Qing Lun" "Ce Farewell Huo Huo Wealth" two articles "Chong Xun Declaration of Destiny"
"Fan Zeng Lun" "Dongpo Zhilin" "Ce Farewell Course Hundred Officials" Six articles: "Night Tour of Chengtian Temple"
"On Jia Yi", "Records of Shizhong Mountain", "Cebiebing Training Brigade" and three articles "On the Perfection of Loyalty in Punishments and Rewards", "Ode to the Shrewd Rat"
Poems
"Spring Night", "Hou Chibi Ode", "He Zi You Outing", "Beitai Book Wall after Snow", "Drunken Books at Wanghu Tower on June 27th"
< p>"Begonia" "The Banquet of the Shangyuan Dynasty" "Evening View of Wanghai Tower" "Nostalgia for Hezi from Mianchi" "The Second Meeting of Zhang Qian and His Rhyme Reply""Shadow of Flowers" "Inscription on the Wall of the Western Forest" " "Heavy Rain in Meitang" "Drinking the First Sunny and Later Rain on the Lake" "Leaving Yingkou and First Seeing the Huaishan Mountains That Day Arrives in Shouzhou"
"Red Cliff Ode" "Visiting Jinshan Temple" "Evening View of the Spring River in Huichong" "March "Two Poems on the Twenty-Nineth" "Visiting Monks Huiqin and Huisi on the Lhasa Day"
"Pear Blossoms in Donglan" "Gift to Liu Jingwen" "Shi Cangshu Zui Mo Tang" "Book of Autumn Scenes Painted by Li Shinan"
Cyrics
"Water Dragon Song·Wild Geese" "Yangguan Song·Mid-Autumn Festival" "Water Melody Singer·Nice Children's Words" "Huanxisha·Winning Red Makeup to Watch the Envoy" 》
"Niannujiao·Mid-Autumn Festival" "Niannujiao·Chibi Nostalgic" "Reduced Words Magnolia·Empty Bed Ring" "Huanxi Sand·The sun shines crimson and warms the fish"
"Drunk "Wengcao·Langran" "Xingxiangzi·Crossing Qilitan" "Busuanzi·Residence at Dinghuiyuan in Huangzhou" "Huanxisha·Drunk in Dreams and Faint at Dawn"
"Shao Ben·Bent for Rice" " "Yong Yu Le·The bright moon is like frost" "Ding Feng Bo·I often envy the jade man in the world" "Jiang Chengzi·The same poem as Zhang Xian on the lake"
"Dian crimson lips·No need to mourn the autumn" "Yong Yu Le·Long Yue" "Reminiscing about Farewell" "Ding Feng Bo·Don't Hear the Sound of Beating Leaves in the Forest" "Jiang Chengzi·Ten Years of Life and Death"
"Die Lianhua·Mizhou Shangyuan" "Congratulations to the Bridegroom·Ru Yan Fei" "Huawu" "Huanxi Sand·Covered with Green Wheat Not Su" "Linjiangxian·Drinking at Night on Dongpo to Wake Up and Recover Drunk"
"Dongxian Song·Bing Muscle and Jade Bone" "Nan Gezi·Yu Menchu" "Suspicious Night" "Huanxi Sand · Layers of Hemp Leaves Glossy" "Manjianghong · Send to Ezhou Zhu Shijun Shouchang"
"Dongxian Song·Jiangnan Lajin" "Nanxiangzi · Harvest the Traces of Frost Precipitation" 》 "Huanxisha·East wind and snow outside the door" "Water dragon chant·Ciyun Zhang Zhihu Yanghua's poem"
"Mantingfang·Thirty-three years" "Water dragon chant·Small boat crossing the spring river" " "Huanxi Sand·The drizzle and the slanting wind make a slight cold" "The Sapphire Case·Pillow on Wuzhong Road for Three Years"
"Nanxiangzi·Send a Presentation of the Past" "The Poppy·Youmeitang Presents a Presentation of the Past" "Huanxi Sand·Soft The grass is flat and the rain is new" "Partridge Sky·Lin Duanshan Mingzhu Hidden Wall"
"Youth Tour·Send off each other last year" "Water Melodies Song·Sunset Embroidered Curtain Scroll" "Huanxi Sand·Orchid at the foot of the mountain" "The short buds soak in the stream" "Magnolia Flower Ling·Ci Ou Gong West Lake Rhyme"
"Looking to the South of the Yangtze River·Spring is not old" "Water Melody Songtou·When will the bright moon come" "Huanxi Sand·Russian Clothes and Scarves Falling Dates" Flowers" "Eight Sounds of Ganzhou·Sentimental Wind is Coming"
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