Su Shi's association with Buyi is the most precious thing in him, and it is also an important factor to form his true temperament. As an official, Su Shi has no airs and even makes friends with the people.
When ordinary officials get along with the people, they all have a condescending attitude and posture. The reason why Su Shi can be friends with the people stems from his good nature, and he really cares about people's livelihood. Su Shi was demoted several times in his life. In these people, he got the warmth based on his down-and-out life, which made him not lose confidence in life and the world in the predicament.
2. A gentleman's friend
Su Shi's most famous political enemy is Wang Anshi, and Wang Anshi's political reform forced Su Shi in the opposing camp to be demoted one after another. The two men don't agree on political views. In the dispute between the old party and the new party, Su Shi's personal political views are diametrically opposed to those of the new party. He stands on the side of the old party, while Wang Anshi belongs to the new party, so there is inevitably a conflict between them.
Wang Anshi is the prime minister. When Su Shi put forward different opinions on political affairs, he often hinted to Zong Shen that he hoped to belittle Su Shi and said that he was a "dangerous person", but Zong Shen ignored him.
3. The turn of Buddhism
Su Shi made a lot of friends in his life, including many Buddhists and Taoists. Among them, Sima Guang, a famous writer in the Northern Song Dynasty who was famous for smashing jars, once again became prime minister. Completely deny Wang Anshi's political reform and abolish all new laws. But Su Shi, who was originally a conservative, advocated that the new law should not be completely abandoned, but should be treated differently, keeping the good and discarding the bad.
So Su Shi was banished to Guazhou, where he made friends with Fo Yin monks. The stories handed down between them are very interesting and philosophical. You know, although Su Shi believes in Confucianism and likes Taoism and Buddhism, he doesn't like monks.
Extended data
Su Shi's literary view comes down in one continuous line with Ouyang Xiu's, but he emphasizes the originality, expressiveness and artistic value of literature. Su Shi's prose works are rich, and he is also known as Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan and Ouyang Xiu. The style of the article is concise and smooth, and it is unrestrained.
Su Shi was the leader who presided over the literary world in the Northern Song Dynasty after Ouyang Xiu, and enjoyed a high reputation among the writers at that time. There was a time when many people made friends with him or accepted his guidance. Huang Tingjian, Qin Guan and Chao, writers of the Northern Song Dynasty, were all trained, rewarded and recommended by him, and were called the Four Bachelor of Sumen. Four Bachelor of Su Men, Chen Shidao and Li Zhi are also called Six Gentlemen of Su Men.
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