Su Shi was a famous politician, writer and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty. Speaking of him, we can always recite many of his well-known poems and articles that have been passed down through the ages. Indeed, these poems have long been rich cultural nourishment in the flesh and blood of our broad masses of people, and they cannot be separated for a moment. He is so great and charming, his unrestrained, free and easy, his troubles, his loneliness and so on, all attract readers. Then, what kind of expression does his bumpy life have in his pen? The author tries to capture the deeper emotional factors hidden in his heroic smile by interpreting his life track. First of all, I am determined to serve my country.
Su Shi has no ambition. When I was a child, I studied at home and read the Biography of Fan Pang in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, saying that Fan Pang "has the ambition to clarify the world". Later, he died and gave his life for justice. He immediately asked his mother, Mrs. Cheng, "If stone is an ambition, will my mother allow it?" It can be seen that there is loyalty in his nature. This feeling of serving the country can be seen in "Hunting in Mizhou, Jiangchengzi".
I've been talking about juvenile madness, pulling yellow on the left, holding pale on the right, wearing a gold hat and mink fur, riding a thousand troops to roll flat hills. In order to repay the people of the whole city for following my generous hunting proposal, I will shoot this tiger myself like Sun Quan. It doesn't matter if the chest is still open after drinking wine and the temples are slightly frosted. When will the emperor send someone down, like Emperor Han sent Feng Tang to the cloud to pardon Shang Wei? I will make my strength as full as the full moon, full as the full moon, heading northwest and shooting at the team in West Xia Jun.
This article was written in the eighth winter of Xining (A.D. 1075). Four years ago, due to disagreement with Wang Anshi's political views, Su Shi volunteered to come from Hangzhou to Mizhou, the northern border, as a well-known person. In addition to devoting himself to local achievements, he has always demanded that the world be of great use. The situation in the northwest was tense at that time. In the third year of Xining (AD 1070), Xixia attacked Huan and Qing on a large scale. Four years, trapped in Funing Zhucheng. "I will bow like a full moon, look northwest and shoot Sirius." It refers to the war between Song and Xixia. The first half of the word is hunting, and the second half is fighting. Not only the scene is warm and the syllables are loud, but also full of pride, ambition and enthusiasm. In ci, Su Shi compared himself with Sun Quan, showing the heroic spirit of the hunter. Compared with Shang Wei, I hope to be reused by the imperial court. The whole poem is bold and heroic, sweeping away the traditional gentle style of ci, which is one of Su Shi's representative works of bold and unconstrained ci. Second, worry about the country and the people.
Su Shi has always been a good official. No matter how bumpy his career is, he always cares about the country and the people, and he is diligent and loves the people. During his tenure, he did a lot of good things that benefited the country and the people, such as controlling the floods in Xuzhou, dredging the West Lake in Hangzhou, and building a long embankment (Su Causeway). He always keeps in mind the worries and joys of ordinary people, and there are documents to prove it.
Xi Yu Ting Ji was written by Su Shi when he was a judge in Fengxiang House in the sixth year of Jiayou (106 1). In his second year in Fengxiang House, Su Shi built official houses, did administrative work, dug ponds to drain water and beautify the environment. Unfortunately, it didn't rain for a whole month and drought appeared, so disaster would be the inevitable result. When people expect drought in Yun Ni, their worries are understandable. He is as eager for rain as the people, and the result is "Yi Mao is rain, Jiazi is rain". So, is this rain enough? "People think it's not enough. Ding Mao's heavy rain will stop in three days!" Under the thorough, under the malicious.