Su Shi, who was full of ambition and self-satisfaction, was instantly thrown into the whirlpool of the rapids of reform. Doing practical things and telling the truth only resulted in prison, and Su Shi's state of mind suddenly dropped to the freezing point. .The sudden decline in status and status was accompanied by the painful embarrassment of life in the soul. The frame-up against him continued, making his soul full of resentment, contradiction and pain.
"Wu Before the "Taiwan Poetry Case", Su Shi's spiritual pillar was the Confucian thought of managing the world, benefiting the people, and actively using the world. After being demoted to Huangzhou, his life experience, complex political practice, and contradictory moods enriched his life vision and promoted his world view. When Su Shi first arrived in Huangzhou, he showed doubts about society as a whole and confusion about life, which gave him time to think calmly about some issues. From being a Confucian to becoming a Buddhist, he talked about worldly affairs and life and then contemplated. , in terms of aesthetic consciousness, what they pursue is a simple, plain and natural charm.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year in the third year of Yuanfeng (1080), Su Shi left the capital with his 21-year-old eldest son Su Mai. He went to Huangzhou, where he was exiled. After more than a month's journey, he arrived in Huangzhou on February 1, the third year of Yuanfeng. This scholar who was a little paranoid in the political storm, untimely intoxicated, and a man who loved beautiful women came here. The short-term loneliness and pain in the barbaric land aroused his sensitive nerves and burst out his jumping thinking, allowing him to quickly integrate into the local life and survive very poetically, and he lived a detached and whirlwind life. As I was busy, I found the joy of life and the transcendent freedom away from the political whirlpool. When I was sad, I was detached and open-minded, and when I was happy, I was romantic and unrestrained. Based on my first feeling after coming to Huangzhou, I wrote "First Arrival in Huangzhou" :
I laugh at myself because I have been busy with my mouth all my life, but my career has turned ridiculous in my old age.
I know the fish are beautiful when I look around the Yangtze River, and I feel the fragrance of bamboo shoots on the mountains.
A person's greatest pain comes from his own psychological trauma. If he wants to gain true relief, he must first solve his own psychological problems. Su Shi had just endured the greatest disaster and experienced the greatest setback in his life. He wrote in a self-deprecating tone. This poem he wrote after arriving in Huangzhou was about seeking relief from contradictory thoughts and survival from a contradictory life. It was also a unique way of self-mockery that made him think of having the time and opportunity to appreciate the "beauty of fish" in the Yangtze River and the mountains. The "bamboo shoot fragrance".