In the third year of Yuanfeng, Su Shi was demoted as Huangzhou Yingyong's assistant ambassador because of Wutai poetry case, and suffered the biggest setback in his life.
Su Shi, who was demoted to Huangzhou, had a humble official position, was watched day and night, and his income was meager, barely supporting his family.
Su Shi was disheartened and wrote: I have hated this body for a long time. When should I forget the camp?
He hates himself. I hate that I have an empty ambition, but I missed the opportunity to display it because of a slip of the tongue; I hate to speak frankly and bring troubles to my family and friends; I hate being in the mountains and rivers, but I can't calm down and cultivate my nature. I will always remember my fame and fortune.
Exiled to green mountains and green waters, this regret and entanglement is burning his heart all the time.
He is often drunk and unconscious, and can barely dispel a trace of sadness.
Later, until I met Chibi, saw the ancient battlefield and saw the great achievements of the ancients, I finally let go, forgave myself and accepted my situation.
He accompanied the peasants to plow the fields, banging horns with branches and singing his own poems. Based on his own understanding, he improved farm tools to protect people from diseases.
He is no longer tortured by his heart, re-perceives the beauty of "human taste is pure joy" and blooms his own value.
The Four Seasons from Fan wrote: "The past is like yesterday's death, and the future is like today's life."
In this world, "nine times out of ten, life is not satisfactory." Let's leave the past, good or bad, in yesterday. In the rest of your life, don't suffer from the past that you regret.
Let go of yourself, make peace with yourself and bravely embrace the future. There are still new hopes and infinite possibilities ahead.