If we want to say a famous poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, Su Shi, one of the eight famous poets in the Tang and Song Dynasties, must be among them. Su Shi, a famous writer and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, has high attainments in poetry, calligraphy and painting, and is honored as a Dongpo layman, also known as Su Dongpo.
Su Shi, like other literati, also wants to gain fame, become an official in the DPRK, be reused by the court, do something within his power for the court, and realize his lofty ideals. However, it always backfires. He was demoted by the emperor for offending officials many times in his life. Over time, after several ups and downs, Su Dongpo was relieved, stopped clinging to the secular world and began to wander around.
Su Shi's personality is straightforward, so he met many monks when he went out. Among them, Fo Yin Monk is the best friend. They share the same interests and often chat together. On one occasion, Su Dongpo and Fo Yin went out to play together. At this time, Su Dongpo pointed at him and smiled. Where did Fo Yin know that Su Shi was teasing him? It turns out that the pronunciation of "dogs gnawing bones on the river" and "on the river" is similar to that of "monks". Fo Yin thought for a moment, threw the fan in his hand into the river, and replied, "Poems of Dongpo Flowing Water". This fan belongs to Dongpo. I also personally recited poems on the fan, turning "poetry" into a homonym of "corpse" to deal with Dongpo's examination questions. After reading it, Su Shi felt ashamed and admired Fo Yin's talent.
Su Dongpo and Fo Yin are close friends. Naturally, they don't care about this. These are all literary discussions between them, but what makes Su Shi extremely embarrassed is the young monk of Fo Yin family. One day, Su Shi went to Fo Yin's house to chat with him. It happened that Fo Yin was away, leaving only a young monk to look after the house. So Su Shi missed Doby and asked, "Where's the bald donkey?" Unexpectedly, the young monk really replied to him: "Dongpo eats grass." This answer can be said to be very stupid. Originally, donkeys ate grass for a living, and Dongpo was a real job, so as to counter Dongpo's question.
Su Shi really didn't expect that there was such a clever monk in his friend's temple, and he was much younger than him and admired his knowledge more.