Sitting alone in a leisurely garden with idle flowers is a poem by Su Shi.
Su Shi, also known as Zizhan and Hezhong, was also known as Dongpo Jushi. A native of Meishan, Meizhou, Northern Song Dynasty, his ancestral home was Luancheng, Hebei Province. He was a famous writer, calligrapher and painter 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, 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 Taishi; during the period of Emperor Xiaozong of Song Dynasty, he was posthumously given the 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.
The writing is bold and unbridled; the subject matter of the poem is broad, fresh and vigorous, good at using exaggerated metaphors, and has a unique style. Together with Huang Tingjian, he is called "Su Huang"; Together with Ouyang Xiu, he is also known as "Ou Su" and is 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’s literary achievements:
Su Shi made extraordinary achievements in the creation of Ci. In terms of the development of a literary style itself, Su Shi’s historical contribution exceeded Su Wen and Su Shi.
Su Shi, following Liu Yong, carried out a comprehensive reform of the style of Ci, finally breaking through the traditional pattern of Ci being "Yanke", improving the literary status of Ci, and transforming Ci from an accessory to music. As an independent lyric poetry style, it fundamentally changed the development direction of the history of poetry.
Su Shi's transformation of Ci is based on his concept of Ci poetry integrating poetry and Ci and his creative idea of ??"unique".
Since the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, Ci has been regarded as a "little way". Although Liu Yong dedicated his life to writing Ci and promoted the development of Ci style, he failed to improve the literary status of Ci. This task needs to be completed by Su Shi. Su Shi first theoretically dispelled the concept that poetry is superior and Ci is inferior.
He believes that poetry and poetry have the same origin and belong to one body, and words are "the descendants of poetry." Although poetry and words have differences in external form, their artistic essence and expressive functions should be consistent. Therefore, he often compares poetry with poetry. Since he elevates poetry to the same status as poetry from a stylistic perspective, this provides a theoretical basis for poetry to move closer to the poetic style and achieve mutual communication and penetration between poetry and poetry.