Su Shi, the great writer of the Song Dynasty, not only had a profound influence on the literature of the Song Dynasty and beyond. His reputation and works have long been spread to Japan, and he has become one of the Chinese literati most admired by the Japanese.
In the 13th century, Su Shi's works had been spread to Japan. According to the "Confucian Book Catalog of Universal Sutra, Commentaries, Chapters, and Quotations" compiled by Tofukuji Daiichi in Japan, there is "Annotations to the East" Records of two volumes of "Po Ci" and "Dongpo's Long and Short Sentences". Later, Japanese Zen monks also studied his poems. For example, eminent monks Hu Guan Shilian and Yido Shuxin said in their notes that they studied Su Shi's works. Of course, this was because Su Shi's works had a Zen flavor and were very popular among monks. welcome.
During the Muromachi period in Japan, monks wrote many poems and essays with Dongpo as their title, such as "Portrait of Mr. Dongpo", "Praise for Dongpo", etc. At that time, many people still thought of Su Shi. As a subject of painting, there are many works such as "Dongpo's Clothes" and "Dongpo's Portrait", and some even painted "Red Cliff Ode" on the screen. This kind of appreciation of Su Shi was very popular at that time.
The Japanese admire Su Shi's "Red Cliff Ode" very much. There are countless poems and poems written by literati in the past dynasties. Especially in the 18th century, people such as Xindao Yanjing, Lai Xingping), Wanba Shunzhong, etc. all wrote poems. In praise of "Red Cliff Ode". Fujio Nishu's "Inscription on the Red Cliff of Dongpo Slope" says:
A single reed floats in the vast expanse, and the clear breeze and bright moon fill the river. The buckle is not an ordinary tune, and the osmanthus and orchids will last through the ages.
Another author, Seiri Koga, wrote in "Inscribed on the Red Cliff":
The river is covered with white dew, and the bright moon is surrounded by bullfights. Those who know the fullness and weakness of the song will sing the sound of the flute in the cave. Gui Chu traces the traces of flying immortals, and the mountains and rivers look towards Wuchang.
In the poem quoted above, the author only slightly modified the "Red Cliff Ode". Although the artistic conception is not as good as the original work, it is still harmonious and harmonious. Ancient Chinese style. In addition to literary works, many painters imitate the artistic conception of "Red Cliff Ode", such as Tomioka Tessai's "Red Cliff Front Tour" and "Red Cliff Four Sides". There are also some literati who use a certain mountain in Japan as a painting. Surrounded by the center, it imitates the feeling of visiting Red Cliff in Dongpo. For example, Shibano Kuriyama held a "Red Cliff Tour" and hosted a banquet reception at the "Renxu Tenth View" to imitate the Red Cliff Tour in the 20th century. At the beginning, those Dongpo fans held five "Su Shi gatherings", which were special gatherings to celebrate Su Shi's birthday. They were all scheduled on the 19th day of the twelfth lunar month, Dongpo's birthday. It was held in the 6th year, the 7th year of Taisho, the 9th year of Taisho and the 12th year of Showa. The participants were mostly famous scholars. For example, the first Shousu meeting included Luo Zhenyu, Luo Fuchan, Wang Guowei, Kano Naoki and Naito Kunan. During this period, the attendees will publish their own poems and have fun with poems impromptu, such as Kubo Masatomo's poem in "Shousu Collection":
The lotus candle favors the blooming flower and leans against the wind. , I am impoverished by my idle poems, but I have a close friend from overseas, who has a long life and a long life.
The poetry is simple and clear. If you are not able to attend, you can also send poems to the guests, such as the long tail of the Shousu Association. A's friend, Wu Changshuo, a master of traditional Chinese painting, wrote a poem comparing the long tail to a star in the East, and commended him for holding a birthday party:
The tail star is bright and bright, looking up to the east of the sea. The eyebrows are drawn to the elder. The deep cup pays tribute to the motherland, and the same life is held in the sky.
It can be seen from the above that Su Shi’s love for Japanese Buddhism, painting, art, literature and entertainment. They all have far-reaching influence. Since the 19th century, Japanese scholars have provided more and more annotations on his works, such as Lai Xiang's seven volumes of "Hansu Shichao" and Taoka Lingyun's "Outline of Chinese Literature" for Dongpo. Li Zhuan (1897), Tsuchiya Hiroshi's "Detailed Explanation of Selected Poems of Su Su", it can be seen that Dongpo's works are not only loved by the Chinese people, but also a great opportunity for poetry and wine gatherings of Japanese literati.