Su Shi said in "A Brief Letter to My Nephew": "If you talk for hours, the weather will be magnificent, the colors will be gorgeous, and you will be old and mature. It is simple, but not simple and gorgeous. " The plain beauty it emphasizes is diluted from the development of the beauty of "gorgeous weather and gorgeous colors", and it is also beyond the magnificent beauty, which is not only a higher creative realm, but also a rare life realm. In order to have a plain style, the author is required to be a detached and indifferent person, which can be felt from his evaluation of Tao Yuanming and Liu Zongyuan's poems.
In "Thank the Teacher's Book", he said: "Calligraphy and poetry articles are familiar. Roughly flowing, there is no definite quality at first, but it often goes in the process of doing things and often stops at the end. The arts and sciences are natural and the posture is natural. " (1) (page 267) Poets advocate the natural poetic style, so they ask the poets to learn from nature, such as flowing freely, flowing freely, and flowing naturally from the bottom of their chests without leaving traces of artificial carving, which has far-reaching influence. The poet repeatedly uses flowing water to describe the way of poetry, which reflects his admiration and love for the artistic style of natural beauty.
Su Shi is famous for his ci.