Su Shi in the Song Dynasty never ate potatoes.
The origin of potatoes is South America, and the history of artificial cultivation can be traced back to southern Peru from 8000 to 5000 BC. About 7,000 years ago, an Indian tribe migrated from the east to the alpine Andes Mountains and set up camp. They were the first to discover and eat wild potatoes.
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Su Shi (1037-1101), also known as Zizhan and Hezhong, also known as Tieguan Taoist and Dongpo layman, was known as Su Dongpo and Su Xian in the world. , Po Xian. A native of Meishan, Meizhou (now part of Meishan City, Sichuan Province), his ancestral home is Luancheng, Hebei Province. He was a writer, calligrapher and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, and a famous figure in water control in history. His father is Su Xun and his younger brother is Su Zhe. The father and son are collectively known as "Three Su".
Su Shi was a literary leader in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty and made great achievements in poetry, lyrics, prose, calligraphy, and painting. His poems have broad themes, are fresh and bold, are good at using exaggerated metaphors, and have a unique style. Together with Huang Tingjian, they are called "Su Huang";
His writings are magnificent, unbridled and unrestrained. Together with Ouyang Xiu, he is called "Ou Su". Together with Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Ouyang Xiu, Su Xun, Su Che, Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong, he is called "the eight great writers of the Tang and Song Dynasties". Home".
Su Shi had many ups and downs in officialdom throughout his life, traveling around the country and having extremely rich life experience. He is good at summarizing experiences from life encounters and seeing patterns from objective things. In his eyes, extremely ordinary life content and natural scenery contain profound truths, such as the two poems "Inscribed on the Western Forest Wall" and "He Zi Nostalgia from Mianchi".
In these poems, natural phenomena have been elevated to philosophy, and the feelings of life have been transformed into rational reflections. What is particularly commendable is that the philosophy in the poem is expressed naturally through vivid and distinctive artistic images, rather than through logical deduction or argumentative analysis. Such poems are both beautiful and interesting, and are truly rational and interesting poems.
Su Shi was extremely spiritual and discerning, so he could discover wonderful new ideas everywhere. Su Shi's profound thinking about life made him have a calm and open-minded attitude towards the ups and downs of honor and disgrace, which is fully reflected in Su Shi's poems.