1. At the age of 21, Su Shi and his younger brother Su Zhe followed their father Su Xun to Kaifeng to take the exam. The father and son rented a bathhouse in Taiping xingguo temple together and lived for a whole year before moving out.
2. Su Shi took the exam of Zhongshu Province in Kaifeng, and won the second place. Then, Su Shi and other candidates went to the Palace ouchi to participate in the palace examination, which passed smoothly again and became a new scholar, ranking 14th.
3. When Su Shi was about to leave Kaifeng, there was a heavy rain in Kaifeng. This rainstorm has been remembered by Su Shi for many years. He described it with a five-character ancient style: "Cai He decided in the middle of the night and immersed in the south of the country. The horses and chariots have not seen each other again, and they have been holding rafts. The new autumn has suddenly cleared up, and Jiumo is still in the ocean. "
4. Kaifeng is the starting point of Su Shi's official career. He has successively served as the official history museum, the imperial edict of Hanlin's bachelor, the minister of rites, and the minister of war, but it is a pity that the time is not long.