Looking calm, I tied myself to a tree with a rope, leaned over the bridge and wrote the words "Su Dun came here" on the steep stone wall. Su Shi couldn't help but touch his back and sigh: "Those who can fight for their own lives can kill people!" Zhang Dun smiled and said, Su Dongpo thinks that people who don't cherish their own lives will not cherish the lives of others.
Sure enough, it was this Zhang Dun, who later became the prime minister and was in power. He was ruthless in punishing his political opponents, killing people without blinking an eye, and even offered to dig up Sima Guang's grave and beat him up. Because of the disagreement between Zhang Dun and Su Dongpo, he also killed Su Dongpo mercilessly. In A.D. 1093, Song Zhezong came to power and Zhang Dun came to power, and Su Dongpo was exiled to Huizhou. It's a desolate place! In Huizhou, Su Dongpo took pleasure in love and pleasure in suffering. He wrote in his poem: "In order to report that the poet had enough sleep in spring, the Taoist tapped the five-watch clock." When this poem reached Beijing, Zhang Dun was taken aback: "How is Su Shi still alive?" He suspected that Su Dongpo was so carefree in adversity, so he was demoted to Danzhou (now Hainan Island) farther away. In the Song Dynasty, banishing Hainan Island was only one less crime than copying others, which showed Zhang Dun's viciousness.
When Zhang Dun persecuted Su Dongpo, he refused to let his brother Su Zhe go. Former Prime Minister Su Zhe was dismissed as a driver in Huazhou (now Leizhou Peninsula) and was not allowed to occupy the official residence. Su Zhe had to rent a private house to live in. Zhang Dun issued a proclamation, demanding severe punishment in the state on the grounds that Su Zhe occupied a private house, which was finally suspended because the procedures of both parties to the lease were complete.
Su Dongpo forgave Zhang Dun, who almost killed himself. When Su Dongpo learned that 65-year-old Zhang Dun had been exiled to Leizhou, he said in a letter to others: "I was very surprised when I learned that Zhang Dun had come to Leizhou. I can imagine how I felt at such an age. Fortunately, although Leizhou is remote and has no miasma, I hope to enlighten my mother. " Later, he also asked someone to bring Zhang a prescription for treating local common diseases.
Lin Yutang said, "When Su Dongpo is mentioned, China people always smile warmly", calling him "a happy genius". Su Shi and his younger brother Su Zhe have very deep feelings. "I wish people a long life and a thousand miles of beauty." He wrote to his brother when he was in Michigan. Su Shi once said to Su Zhe, "I can accompany the Jade Emperor to heaven and beggars to heaven. In my eyes, there is no one in the world who is not a good person. " No matter what kind of person, you can be his good friend; Wherever you go, you will give a sincere and hearty laugh.
Later, Zhang Dun was included in Treacherous Court Official Biography by History of Song Dynasty. Su Dongpo's exquisite poems and noble personality are still deeply loved and admired by the world after more than 900 years!