Su Shi (1037—11year), with the word Zizhan and the word Hezhong, was named Tieguan Taoist and Dongpo Buddhist, and was called Su Dongpo, Su Xian and Poxian in the world. Meishan, Meizhou (now Meishan City, Sichuan Province), Luancheng, Hebei Province, was a writer, calligrapher and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, and a historical water control celebrity. The father is Su Xun, the younger brother is Su Zhe, and the father and son are called "Sansu".
In the second year of Jiayou (1057), he took part in the second division of palace examination, and won a Jinshi (one said that he was a scholar). In the sixth year of Jiayou (106 1), he took the system examination and was awarded the judge of Fengxiang prefecture. When I was in Song Shenzong, I worked in Hangzhou, Mizhou, Xuzhou and Huzhou.
In the third year of Yuanfeng (1080), he was demoted as the assistant envoy of Huangzhou Yingyong because of Wutai poetry case. After Song Zhezong acceded to the throne, he became a bachelor of Hanlin, a bachelor of reading and a minister of rites, and was released to take charge of Hangzhou, Yingzhou, Yangzhou and Dingzhou. The new party came to power and was demoted to Danzhou, Huizhou. While in Song Huizong, he was pardoned, returned to the north and died in Changzhou. In the Southern Song Dynasty, posthumous title was canonized as "Wenzhong".
Su Shi was a literary leader in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty, and made great achievements in poetry, ci, writing, calligraphy and painting. His poems are broad in subject matter, fresh and healthy, good at exaggeration and metaphor, and unique in style. He is also called "Su Huang" with Huang Tingjian. His words are bold and unconstrained, and they are both bold and unconstrained representatives with Xin Qiji, and they are called "Su Xin";
His writings are rich and unrestrained, and he is called "Ou Su" with Ouyang Xiu, and "Eight Great Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties" with Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Ouyang Xiu, Su Xun, Su Zhe, Wang Anshi and Ceng Gong. He is good at calligraphy and is called "Song Sijia" with Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei and Cai Xiang. He is good at literati painting, especially ink bamboo, strange stones and dead wood.
His works include Seven Chapters of Dongpo, Dongpo Yi Zhuan, Dongpo Yuefu, Cold Food Post, Xiaoxiang Bamboo Stone Map, Dead Wood and Strange Stone Map, etc.
The following are seven famous sentences by Su Shi:
1, "Dingfengbo": In the same pot as the guest, the autumn shadow geese first fly. Courtiers stood in Tong Ming Hall, a red cloud holding the Jade Emperor.
2, "Drinking Chuqing on the Lake": The water is bright and sunny, and the mountains are rainy. If there are more dead beauties in the West Lake, C+ is so appropriate.
3, "Title Xilin Wall": Looking horizontally, the ridge side peaks, and the distance is different. I can't recognize the true face of Lushan Mountain because I am there.
4. Hui Chong Riverside Scenery: Peach blossoms outside the bamboo, the prophet of warm ducks by the river. Artemisia selengensis has short buds all over the ground, which is the time when puffer fish are happy.
5, "Huangzhou Kuaizai Pavilion": The sunset reflects the river red as fire, and the breeze is like snow. Don't laugh when you are drunk on the battlefield. How many people fought in ancient times?
6. "Red Cliff Fu": Sing "Looking at the Sea" to the sea. It's a drop in the ocean to send a mayfly into the earth. Mourn a moment in my life and admire the infinity of the Yangtze River.
7, "Dongli Music": Picking chrysanthemums under the Dongli, leisurely seeing Nanshan. The mountains are getting better and better, and the birds are back. That makes sense. I forgot what I wanted to say.
These poems show Su Shi's unique views and aesthetic taste on landscape, nature and philosophy. These works are still regarded as literary classics and widely praised.