After reading a poem by Wei, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, Su Shi was deeply touched. He agreed with Su Zhe's "Night Rain Facing Bed". Later, the two men kept mentioning it in their poems. Su Shi once said: "You know this meaning, and don't forget it. Be careful not to love high office. "
In the Wutai poetry case, Mai Su's friend sent Su Shi with the goal of "breaking the fish" and asked Su Shi to say in "Two Poems of Breaking Life": "We are brothers for the rest of our lives, and there is no reason in the afterlife."
And Su Zhe's feelings for his brother are the same, saying, "Love with bare feet, one person for life." And modestly said: "Confident people pity their weak brothers, which shows that there are no good friends in the world."
Although Su Zhe is not as famous as Su Dongpo among the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties, his evaluation is not inferior to Su Dongpo. Even Su Dongpo often said that he was not as good as Su Zhe. "So far, there is no reason to go to the world." In terms of literary accomplishment, Su Dongpo said that Su is like a person who doesn't want to be known. In fact, "Zi far surpasses me with poetry". Even Qin Guan, one of the four bachelor's students of Su Men, said that studying poetry should be Su Like's, saying that his poems are as energetic as rushing in his heart, not as unattainable as Su Dongpo. At the same time, in terms of academic monographs, Su Zhe benefited from his painstaking writings in Yingchang in his later years, writing 94 volumes, more than his brother's 27 volumes.
The two brothers are scholars of the same clan and officials of the same dynasty. Even in the period of Zhezong, they almost ruled the court for a period of time because of the love of the Empress Dowager. At this time, the Queen Mother wanted Su Dongpo to be the prime minister, but the actual position was still not as good as that of assistant minister Su, who was equivalent to the deputy prime minister. If Su Dongpo sits on the photo again, the Song family will be under the control of the two brothers. This situation is what Su Dongpo's opponents don't want to see, and Sur also disdains political disputes because of his "agreement in bed". Su Dongpo also resigned from the Queen Mother many times and was finally allowed to be transferred to Hangzhou again.
The two brothers are neck and neck in literary achievements, political opinions and personalities, and even the experience of being demoted is surprisingly similar. Su Dongpo's three most important relegations in his life were Huangzhou, Huizhou and Danzhou, while Su Zhe corresponded to Yunzhou, Leizhou and Zhou Xun. Perhaps everyone is more familiar with Su Dongpo's style of writing and solar terms in the face of political persecution, but less aware that Su Zhe is as fearless as his brother in the face of difficulties. "The world wants to trap me, and I have settled in poverty" is Su Zhe's best portrayal of himself.
However, it is still too much for Su Dongpo that Su Zhe can rank alongside Su Dongpo as one of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties. Especially in dealing with people, he is more calm and sophisticated, not as unscrupulous as Su Dongpo. This is also the reason why Ziyou is more successful than Su Dongpo in official career and has a higher official position. Even when Su Dongpo and Wang Anshi were at loggerheads, Su Ziyou was taken by Wang Anshi for his own use because of his steady and restrained talent.
Su Zhe and Su Dongpo are completely opposite in character. They are heroic and make friends all over the world. An introverted, reclusive person. Especially during the period of being demoted, Su Dongpo couldn't bear loneliness alone, and often said when he caught someone, even the old farmer didn't let go. The old farmer said that a college student didn't know what to talk about, and Su Dongpo said that telling ghost stories was ok. Among Su Dongpo's friends, there are monks, Taoists, scholars, Ding Bai and singers. Very lively. When friends get together, drinking and writing poems are indispensable. As soon as poetry came out, it was widely circulated, which naturally brought many bad consequences to Su Dongpo. Su Zhe, on the other hand, stayed at home when he lived in seclusion. He said in his poem: "The universe is not wide, and it is self-defeating. I know that dust is evil, and I endure the hardships of an idle life. " Therefore, his quiet behavior enabled him to spend his old age in Yingchang, which is closer to Beijing. Su Dongpo knew that he was not tolerated by rival factions, so after Danzhou (Hainan) was released, he chose to settle in Changzhou, far from the capital. Unexpectedly, he died in a few days.
The two brothers met in Tengzhou, Guangxi for the last time in exile, and Su Zhe sent them all the way to Leizhou seaside. This is the last time the two brothers met, and I wrote a book "Journey to Youth" to commemorate them:
Coconut shadows and white sails, blue waves chasing the beach, mangrove fragrance. It's been a thousand years, but it's wild and full of waning moons.
Leizhou night rain, meet in bed, dream back to the young lang. It's a long way to go, Xiu Yuan, and life and death are boundless.