-Su Shi

Being demoted for the first time caught Su Shi off guard. Su Shi was known as Huzhou before his demotion, and he was the second-in-command of local administration at that time. Because Su Shi was famous at that time, he was jealous, and the court sentenced him to death on trumped-up charges, which was called "Wutai Poetry Case" in history. Fortunately, due to the mediation of Wang Anshi and others, Su Shi was able to save his life and was demoted as the deputy ambassador of Huangzhou Yingyong. When he first arrived in Huangzhou, Su Shi, though known as a court official, was actually just a guarded prisoner. The mentality caused by the gap in reality is naturally lonely. The first poem "operator" just reflects this mentality. As the poem says: "When the moon is short, people are quiet at first. Who saw you alone? Fuzzy and lonely. At night, it suddenly becomes afraid, suddenly flies and comes back frequently, but no one always understands its infinite inner feelings. Lonely sandbar is cold. " At first, the poet used images such as "lack of moon", "sparse trees" and "hourglass" to set off the atmosphere, then compared himself with loneliness, vividly expressed the inner silence and tranquility, and finally clearly pointed out the core feeling of his mentality-cold. This poem fully shows the loneliness and loss of a scholar-bureaucrat who was tortured by both spirit and body, and also shows Su Shi's fierce struggle and redemption in his own heart.

Of course, Su Shi didn't sink all the time. After Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou, his vision was broader than when he was in the imperial court, and his thoughts and words were more grounded and more popular. Here, Su Shi did not ask political affairs, shared joys and sorrows with the people, invented "Dongpo pork", which is now braised pork, and wrote "Ode to Pork" which is both a menu and a poem; He named the shortbread "Why is it so crisp"; Name sour wine "wrong water"; He started the private charity "Parenting Club". All these reflect Su Shi's positive attitude of stepping out of the shadow of failure and entering a new life.

There are many reasons for Su Shi's relegation, because he has a scholar's sour, petty and stubborn personality, which makes the emperor and many ministers admire his articles, but hate his personality. The experience of Huangzhou also improved Su Shi's style and personality, from a little scholar who criticized everything to a gentleman with a broad mind, which was endowed by this land of Huangzhou. The famous Red Cliff Fu, River of No Return, Linjiang Fairy, and Night Tour of Nature are the portrayal of this calm and philosophical character. Therefore, Su Shi did not sink because of relegation, but achieved his mentality of "seeing the scenery". Huangzhou influenced Su Shi, and Su Shi also influenced Huangzhou.

Su Shi was demoted to Huizhou for the second time. The situation this time is very different from that when he was demoted to Huangzhou. The political implication is to tell Su Shi that he can never go back to the imperial court. At that time, Su Shi was just a flower. If you want to throw it in a backwater like Huizhou, you not only need to think about it, but also need to really have no hope of returning to the DPRK, so that you can be suddenly enlightened after death. During this period, Su Shi's mentality changed from calm to indifferent, which was similar to Lao Zi's inaction. In inaction, he had the determination and courage to "stick to the castle peak and not relax". He doesn't care whether his life can reach the top. When Su Shi was demoted to Huizhou, he lived in Jiayou Temple beside a mountain. On the top of the mountain, there is a pavilion called Songfeng Pavilion. Once, he was tired when he climbed halfway up the mountain. When he climbed hard, he looked at Song Fengting and suddenly realized the true meaning of life. If something can't win, it's indisputable. Relax and stop. Life is full of scenery, life is full of harvest, so Su Shi.

Huizhou is economically backward, killing only one sheep a day, and mutton has long been bought by officials. Su Shi had to buy the remaining sheep bones and cook them in a soup pot. The cooked bones are soaked in rice wine and then roasted slightly with fire. Finally, he used a toothpick to remove the meat. Su Shi still relishes it, saying in a letter to his younger brother Su Zhe that eating crabs is delicious. This method of self-help, self-reliance and self-seeking happiness has made Su Shi stubbornly live in Lingnan, so his indifference has completely changed him from a scholar-bureaucrat with fame and fortune to a grass-roots literati with no desire and no desire.

Su Shi wrote a famous sentence on this land, "300 lychees a day, I will grow up to be a Lingnan person", expressing Su Shi's feelings of having fun in hardships. The word "The Death of Hualien", which was regarded as a love hymn by later generations, wrote: "Flowers wither, but red apricots are small. Swallows fly, green water people go around. There are few willows blowing on the branches, but there are many herbs in the sea. Swing inside and outside the wall. The layman in the wall, the beauty in the wall laughs. The laughter gradually disappeared, but the passion was ruthlessly annoyed. " This poem was given by Su Shi to his concubine Chao Yun. Through several simple sketches, I expressed a profound life experience, not only for love, but also for life.

Su Shi was demoted to Danzhou for the third time. Danzhou is Hainan Island today. In ancient Hainan, it was still a wild land with underdeveloped economy and culture. 62-year-old Su Shi was relegated to this place where there is no south, which should be said to be the "most relegated" in the history of China literati. Su Shi was psychologically prepared for this relegation and became accustomed to it. Su Shi asked his son Su Guo to prepare a coffin and a tombstone for himself and leave his ashes in Hainan at any time. It can be seen that Su Shi's mentality has been transformed into suffering and understanding life. He has regarded this exile as a part of his life experience and integrated it into his own life experience. When he left Hainan, he wrote a poem that can express this feeling very well: if you want to seize the day, it will be sunny all day. Who embellishes the clouds and the moon, the sky and the sea are clear. In his spare time, Chaucer took advantage of music to get a general understanding of Xuanyuan's music. I don't hate the narrow escape in the south. I spent the rest of my life traveling. Through the direct expression of the last two sentences, it also shows that Su Shi has regarded his travel experience as a life course of life. Without this life course, there would be no Su Shi we see today.

Generally speaking, Su Shi's life has experienced ups and downs, and he became famous as a teenager, but he was not ruined by the aura of the past. He was demoted many times, but he put down fame and fortune and despised life and death. He said, "This peaceful place is my hometown", and it was on the way to relegation that he realized the true meaning of life. As long as he finds sustenance in his heart, life is his spiritual habitat everywhere, and home is actually in our hearts.