For the first time, he was demoted to Huangzhou because of Wutai poetry case, but before that, he was excluded because he opposed Wang Anshi's political reform, and went to Hangzhou and Mizhou as officials.
In Hangzhou, he wrote the classic poem "I became the West Lake":
Drink the rain on Chuqing Lake.
The water is bright and sunny, and the mountains are cloudy and rainy.
If there are more dead beauties in the West Lake, C+ is so appropriate.
In Mizhou (now Zhucheng, Shandong Province), he first tried the unconstrained style of ci:
Jiangchengzi Mizhou hunting
I said juvenile madness, which led to yellow on the left and pale on the right.
Golden hat, mink and fur, thousands of riding rolls and leveling posts.
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.
After drinking wine, my chest is still open and my temples are slightly frosted. What's the harm!
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.
Then he wrote, "When will there be a bright moon?" , are famous masterpieces.
After being demoted to Huangzhou, he wrote Operator, which is a metaphor for a lonely goose.
The curved hook moon hangs on the sparse buttonwood; In the dead of night, the water from the water clock has been dripping.
Who saw the solo dance, like a wild goose in the sky.
At night, it suddenly becomes afraid, suddenly flies and comes back frequently, but no one always understands its infinite inner feelings.
It kept wandering among the cold branches, but refused to perch on any tree, and finally landed alone on the cold shoal.
Constantly honed in adversity, when he wrote "Niannujiao Red Cliff Nostalgia" (Figure 5), a new Su Shi was born!
He stayed in Huangzhou for four years, and later his life became more and more moist. In his Linjiang Fairy (Figure 6), we can see his small life and big mind.
In addition, he also developed the practice of Dongpo meat, and the nature of eating goods cannot be changed!
I was demoted to Huizhou for the second time, and I like to eat litchi, as evidenced by poetry ~ "A Unique Huizhou";
It's spring at four o'clock in Luofu Mountain, and tangerines and bayberries are new.
300 lychees a day, I will grow up to be a Lingnan person without hesitation.
When he was demoted to Hainan for the third time, he was over 60 years old. Philosophically, he found the oysters delicious, and made coconut shells into "coconut hats" for his younger brother Su Zhe, who liked them very much!
Three years later, he was released and returned to the north. Unfortunately, I fell ill on the way, stayed in Changzhou for more than a month, and finally died.
This once-demoted scholar has reason to feel wronged and resentful, but he transcended such emotions with practical actions, sublimated the realm of life in adversity, and lived as the most lovely person for thousands of years!
Reading his poems is not sad, but heroic; Taste his life, not pity, but admiration!