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Su Shi's life is full of ups and downs. The reason is that he is upright and upright and sticks to the truth. He is not afraid of offending people, and retaliates, insists, refutes and opposes all words and deeds that endanger the national economy and people's livelihood. Wang Anshi's political reform was a great event at that time. Su Shi sincerely admired Wang Anshi's character and knowledge. However, he is deeply disgusted with his forced implementation of the new law regardless of the actual people's feelings and the various drawbacks in the implementation process. As a result, he repeatedly stated and argued, and as a result, he was repeatedly hit and demoted, was arrested as a "dog chicken", and even almost lost his life. When he was a local official, he saw with his own eyes that some new laws really brought benefits to the people. After Sima Guang took office, he was promoted to several ranks in a few days. However, when Sima Guang said that the new law was completely abolished, Su Shi stepped forward again, repeatedly stated his position and argued, and even called Sima Guang "Sima Niu", and finally offended Sima Guang. Su Shi's argument is not a self-interest dispute, nor is it have it both ways, but a concrete manifestation of sincerely benefiting and pleading for the people. Although Su Shi repeatedly argued and lost, he left the world a glorious image of seeking truth from facts, disloyalty to the party and independence.
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Su Shi was born in an intellectual family. Since childhood, he has accepted the Confucian political thought of managing the world and helping the people, and embarked on the road of official career with this political ambition. Although the blow of demotion followed, I never forgot my political ideal and the spiritual essence of Confucianism. Therefore, during his tenure, he worked tirelessly for the welfare of the people.
His heart is always concerned about the lives of the masses, and he never takes his own sufferings to heart. When I was in Huangzhou, the economy was very tight, and the monthly living expenses had to be controlled as planned. There was a scholar in Huangzhou who invited a piece of wasteland to the government for him. He could only cultivate by himself and help the poor and the people who lacked food. Despite being in adversity and living in distress, he never forgot his true qualities as a politician and always remembered the people at dawn. Although he is very painful, the pain of people's life makes him feel deeply guilty, lamenting that he can't save the famine by being reasonable; "Autumn grain is not eyeful, and wheat seeds are thin. I will always be ashamed of this nation. Thorns grow on my skin. Five thousand volumes in my life can't save my hunger. " It is precisely because he cares about the sufferings of the people that he can put aside his own gains and losses and reputation and try his best to benefit the people.
In Hangzhou, dredging rivers and harnessing the West Lake; In Changzhou, provide relief to victims and supervise locust catching; In Michigan, if you save lives by treating diseases, please be exempt from tax. In Xuzhou, flood fighting and emergency rescue, coal mining and iron smelting; In Dingzhou, we reorganized our military equipment and trained the militia.
Even though he was exiled to Guangzhou and Huizhou, he always cared about the people. Guangzhou eats salt water, and there are often diseases and epidemics. He suggested that Wanggu in Guangzhou use bamboo pipes to draw water into the city, which solved the drinking water difficulties of Guangzhou people. Huizhou defenders are scattered in the streets and alleys because of the lack of barracks, harassing the people. Su Shi helped the magistrate raise funds and built 300 barracks, so that the military and civilians could live and work in peace and contentment. There is a saying in Confucianism: "If you are rich, you will help the world, and if you are poor, you will be immune." However, during his relegation, Su Shi still cared about people's life and death, cared about people's survival, and devoted himself to saving people in from the mire regardless of his own living conditions. Some people say that he is a persistent practitioner of Confucianism, which can be said to be true.
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The road is bumpy and the fate is not good. Su Shi occasionally has the feeling of "affectionate Ying Xiao Wo is born early and prosperous" and has the hermit thought of being detached from reality and away from the world. "This naive Sichuan Weng, too, has been with me for thousands of years. Draw me and Yuanming, and you can make a three-person map. " He was very interested in Taoist thoughts of purity, inaction, health and longevity, which were advocated by Taoist Ge Hong and poet Tao Qian. After Huangzhou was demoted by Wutai Poetry Case, he was named Dongpo Jushi, which meant that he respected Bai Juyi's contented and peaceful ideological style in his later years, and it was also a major change in Su Shi's thought: Buddhism and aging became his main philosophy of life in political adversity. Su Shi once said: "In this period, the old people who study Buddhism are quiet, lazy and seemingly relaxed. Scholars may not reach their expectations, but they must get their wishes first, which is harmless. " It means "quiet and accessible" is desirable, but lazy childbirth can't be saved. This shows that Su Shi's reference to Buddhism and Taoism is normative and necessary, which is the value of Su Shi. He knows how to give up. He knows how to find something suitable for himself from the purpose of Buddhism and Taoism, so that he can not only afford it, but also let it go. These ideas help him to observe problems more easily. Behind his broad-minded attitude is his persistent pursuit of life and good things.
It can be seen that Confucianism has always coexisted with Buddhism and Taoism. They are both contradictory and unified in Su Shi. Because Su Shi can treat political thoughts and life thoughts differently and unify them in the form of "Confucianism outside and Taoism inside", that is to say, when he was in politics, he believed in and respected Confucianism (and always had Buddhist thoughts and old thoughts). When he was demoted, his main ideological tendency was Buddhist thoughts and old thoughts. (Confucianism will not die)
Throughout the history of literature, there are many outstanding achievements, but Su Shi is unique. Xin Qiji and Su Shi are also called Su Xin. His Gu Bei Pavilion has always been famous, but there is too much anger and sadness in it. After all, he can only know the taste of sadness when he is old. Qu Yuan, Doctor Chu, is also a patriotic poet. Li Sao contains Qu Zi's grief and indignation. When he was worried about the fate of his motherland and anxious about his life, he threw himself into the rolling Miluo River. Su Shi is like a traveler who is always optimistic and strong, bold and fearless, and happy-go-lucky. He can sing when he is down and out, never negative or decadent. He is really an unyielding singer in the history of literature.