Su Shi (January 8, 1037 - August 24, 1101), the word Zizhan, and Zhong (Su Shi according to the ranking of the second, so it is called "Zhong", as for the word "and Zhong", Su Xun hope that the son's character and moderate (Su Shi character is more impatient), and later his father gave him another word Zizhan, then more relevant to his name "Shi", and hope that his son's high spirits. son's character and slow (Su Shi character is more impatient), and then his father gave him another word Zizhan, his name "Shi" is more relevant, and hope that his son is far-sighted.
No. "Dongpo Jushi", known as "Su Dongpo", posthumous posthumous title Wenzheng. Han nationality, Meishan, Meizhou (present-day Meishan, Sichuan). The Northern Song dynasty painter and calligrapher, literati, gourmet, is one of the main representatives of the bold school of lyricists.
Politically, he belonged to the old party, but he also had the demand to reform the bad government. His writings were unrestrained and understandable, and his poems were wide-ranging and rich in content, with more than 3,900 poems in existence.
Together with Ouyang Xiu, he was known as "Ou-Su" in terms of his writings, and together with Xin Qiji, he was known as "Su-Sin" in terms of his lyrics.
In poetry, he and Huang Tingjian were known as "Su Huang". In calligraphy, he "came up with new ideas and did not trample on the ancients", creating the "Shangyi" style of calligraphy, and his "Huangzhou Cold Food Post" was regarded as the world's third line of calligraphy, along with Cai Xiang, Huang Tingjian, and Mi Fu. In painting, he was good at painting withered wood, bamboo and stones, opposing the constraints of program and emphasizing the importance of resemblance, laying a solid foundation for the development of "literati painting" in his later life.
Subsequent generations of literati called him "Po Xian," "God of Poetry," "Sage of Words," and so on. With his father, Su Xun, brother Su Zhe, together with the Tang and Song dynasty eight, known as the "three Su".
Su Shi was the second son of Su Xun (Su Xun's eldest son died young). In the second year of the Jiayou era (1057), Su Shi and his younger brother, Su Zhe, were both admitted to the academy. He had opposed Wang Anshi in the establishment of a new law and was relegated to Huangzhou.
The world said, "Three fathers and sons under the door, all are great writers." But in the father and son three people, Su Shi's achievement is the highest, better than Su Xun and Su Zhe. Qing people said: "a father and son of three words, four ancient articles. The "three words" refers to Su Shi's father and son.
Major works: "Song of Water", "Red Cliff Fugue", "Jiangchengzi - yimao first month 20th night dream", "Niannujiao - Red Cliff Huaigu", "Dingfengbo", "Jiangchengzi - Mizhou hunting", "Drinking on the lake after the first sunny day of rain", "Runningsand", "Linjiangxian", "the title of the West Linbi", "Remembering the Night Journey to the Chengtian Temple" and so on.
Su Shi is one of the Eight Great Men of the Tang and Song dynasties. （
Su Shi was one of the "Eight Great Men of the Tang and Song Dynasties" (唐宋八大家：韩愈, 柳宗元, 欧阳修, 苏洵, 苏轼, 苏辙, 王安石, 曾巩)
Song lyrics, the founder of the bold school of poetry, but also composed euphemistic poems.
Father and son together known as the "Three Su", father and son, all three were famous politicians.
Expanded Information:
1. Early Life
Su Shi was born on December 19th, the third year of King Yau's reign (1037), in the year of King Yau. Su Shi was born in Meishan, Meizhou on December 19th of the third year (January 8, 1037), after Su Wei, a minister of the early Tang Dynasty. Su Shi's grandfather was Su Xu, cousin Zhongxian, and his grandmother Shi. Su Shi's father, Su Xun, was the "Su Laoquan" mentioned in the "Three Character Classic" as "Twenty-seven, Beginning to be Fervent".
Su Shi's father, Su Xun, was a late starter, but he was very diligent. Su Shi's name "Shi" originally meant for the handrail in front of the car, to take its obscurity, but to help rescue, indispensable meaning. Su Shi was an open-minded and honest person, and he was a Taoist by nature. Good friends, good food, to create a lot of fine food, good tea, but also good to swim in the mountains.
2, the Beijing examination
Jiayouyuan year (1056), Su Shi for the first time out of Sichuan to Beijing, to participate in the imperial examination. Su Xun took twenty-one-year-old Su Shi, nineteen-year-old Su Zhe, from the remote western Sichuan area, along the river to the east, in the second year of Jiayou (1057) to the Beijing examination.
The chief examiner at the time was Ouyang Xiu, a leader in the literary world, and the minor examiner was Mei Yaochen, a veteran of poetry. These two men were eager to innovate in poetry and literature, and Su Shi's fresh and free style of writing immediately shook them.
The title of the essay was "The Essay on Punishment, Reward, Loyalty and Generosity," and Su Shi's "The Essay on Punishment, Reward, Loyalty and Generosity" was recognized by Ouyang Xiu, the examiner, but Ouyang Xiu mistakenly thought it was written by his own disciple, Zeng Gong, and in order to avoid any suspicion of suspicion, he was only awarded second place.
Su Shi wrote in the text: "Gaotao for the Shi, will kill. Gaotao said kill of three, Yao said forgive of three." Ou, Mei two male both appreciate its text, but do not know the source of these words. And Su Shi visit Xie, that is, this asked Shi, Su Shi replied: "Why do you need to know the source!"
Ouyang Xiu heard, can not help but Su Shi's bravado, dare to innovate extremely appreciated, and foresee Su Shi's future: "This person can be said to be good at reading, make good use of the book, his article will be the world."
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