The thesis writer was demoted

——Su Shi

Su Shi was caught off guard by being demoted for the first time. Before being demoted, Su Shi served as the magistrate of Huzhou, the second in command of the local administration at that time. Because Su Shi was extremely famous at that time, he was hated by others. The court sentenced him to death on trumped-up charges, which is known as the "Wutai Poetry Case" in history. Fortunately, Wang Anshi and others interceded, and Su Shi was able to save his life and was demoted to the deputy envoy of Huangzhou Tuanlian. When he first arrived in Huangzhou, although Su Shi was called a court official, he was actually just a prisoner under guard. The mentality caused by the gap in reality was naturally aloof and lonely. The poem "Businessman" reflects this mentality. The poem goes: " The moon is hanging on the sparse trees, and the people are still at the beginning. Who can see the lonely and lonely shadows? Use images such as "missing moon", "sparse trees", and "hourglass" to set off the atmosphere, and then use Gu Hong to compare himself to express the inner silence and tranquility vividly. The last sentence, "Lonely sandbank is cold", makes it clear. Exposed the core feeling of his own mentality - cold. This poem fully expresses the inner loneliness and loss of a scholar-official who was tortured both mentally and physically. It also shows Su Shi's fierce inner struggle and redemption.

Of course Su Shi did not continue to sink like this. After being demoted to Huangzhou, Su Shi's vision was broader than before in the imperial court, and his ideas and writing style were more "down-to-earth" and "popular". Here, Su Shi ignored political affairs and shared joys and sorrows with the people. He invented "Dongpo Pork", which is now braised pork, and wrote "Ode to Pork" which is both a recipe and a poem; he named the shortbread. He called it "Wei Shisu"; he named the sour wine "Worshuishui"; he launched the private charity organization "Child Care Association". These all reflect Su Shi's positive attitude of gradually emerging from the shadow of failure and entering a new life.

The reason why Su Shi was demoted was because he had the rotten petty spirit and stubbornness of a literati. This character made the emperor and many ministers hate his personality although they admired his articles. The experience in Huangzhou also gave Su Shi a new sublimation of his literary style and personality. From a young scholar who was critical of things to a man with a broad mind, this was what this land of Huangzhou gave Su Shi. The famous "Red Cliff Ode", "The River Goes East", "Linjiang Immortal", and "Night Journey of Chengtian Poems" are the portrayal of this calm and optimistic character. Therefore, Su Shi did not sink because of his relegation, but instead developed his mentality of "taking a broad view of the future." Huangzhou influenced Su Shi, and Su Shi also influenced Huangzhou.

Su Shi was demoted to Huizhou for the second time. The situation this time was very different from when he was demoted to Huangzhou. The political code contained in it was to tell Su Shi that he could no longer return to the court. Su Shi was in his sixtieth year at that time. To leave him in the remote Huizhou, he not only needed to think about it, but also had to really give up any hope of returning to the court, so that he could have the sudden enlightenment to put it to death and survive. During this period, Su Shi's mentality changed from one of calmness to one of indifference, similar to Lao Tzu's inaction, and in inaction he had the determination and courage to "stick to the green mountains and never relax". He no longer cared about whether he could reach the top in life. When he was demoted to Huizhou, Su Shi lived in Jiayou Temple. There was a mountain next to it. There was a pavilion on the top of the mountain called Songfeng Pavilion. Once he got tired halfway up the mountain and was debating whether to climb it or not. At that time, he looked at Songfeng Pavilion and suddenly realized the true meaning of life. If you can't fight for some things, you don't have to fight. He relaxed and stopped. Life is full of scenery and harvest. So Su Shi went down the mountain happily.

Huizhou’s economy is backward. Only one sheep is killed a day, and the mutton has long been bought by officials. Su Shi had no choice but to buy the remaining sheep bones and cook them in a soup pot. The cooked bones were soaked in rice wine, then lightly roasted over fire, and finally picked out the meat with toothpicks. Su Shi still talked about it with great relish. The letter to his brother Su Zhe said that he tasted delicious crabs. This method of self-rescue, self-reliance, and self-seeking happiness made Su Shi stubbornly live in this land of Lingnan. Therefore, his indifference made him completely transform from a scholar-bureaucrat who had both fame and fortune to a grassroots literati with no desires or desires.

Su Shi wrote a well-known saying on this land, "If you eat three hundred lychees a day, you will live a long life as a Lingnan native", which expresses Su Shi's feelings of joy in hardship. "Die Lian Hua", which is regarded by later generations as a poem praising love, reads: "The flowers have faded and become red, green and apricots are small. When the swallows fly, the green water is surrounded by people. There are few willows blowing on the branches. Where in the world is there no grass? Walls? There are people walking outside the wall, and the beauty inside the wall is laughing. The laughter gradually fades away, but the sentiment is ruthlessly annoyed." This poem was written by Su Shi to his concubine Chaoyun, through a few simple strokes. It expresses a deep-seated life experience, not only for love, but also for a perception of life.

Su Shi was demoted to Danzhou for the third time. Danzhou is today’s Hainan Island. In ancient times, Hainan was still a barbaric land. Both the economy and the humanities were very underdeveloped. The sixty-two-year-old Su Shi was demoted to this place where "there is no further south", which should be said to be the "most demoted" in the history of Chinese literati. Su Shi had already been mentally prepared for this relegation and had become accustomed to it. Su Shi told his son Su Guo to prepare a coffin and a tombstone for himself, and be ready to leave his ashes on the land of Hainan at any time. It can be seen that Su Shi's mentality has become one of understanding life through hardships, and he has put this kind of exile Consider the process as part of the life experience and integrate it into the life encounters.

A poem he wrote when he left Hainan expresses this feeling very well: The desire to participate in the fight turns to the third watch, and the bitter rain will clear up all day long. Who embellishes the scattered clouds and the bright moon, making the sky and the sea clear. In his free time, Lu Sou took advantage of his thoughts and had a rough idea of ??the music played in Xuanyuan. I don’t hate my nine deaths in the Southern Wilderness. I am here to travel through the wonders of my life. Through the direct expression of his feelings in 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.

In general, Su Shi’s life was full of ups and downs. He became famous at a young age, but he did not sink because of his former aura. He was demoted many times, but in the process of being demoted, he put down his fame and fortune and took life and death lightly. He said, " This place of peace of mind is my hometown." It was on the road to relegation that I realized the true meaning of life. As long as we find sustenance in our hearts, life is our spiritual habitat everywhere, and home is actually in our hearts.