A brief introduction to Su Shi's life:

Su Shi (January 8, 1037 - August 24, 1101), also named Zizhan, also named Hezhong, also known as Tieguan Taoist, Dongpo layman, known as Su Dongpo and Su Xian in the world. Han nationality, a native of Meishan, Meizhou (now part of Meishan City, Sichuan Province), and his ancestral home is Luancheng, Hebei Province. He was a writer, calligrapher and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty.

In the second year of Jiayou's reign (1057), Su Shi became a Jinshi. During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, he served in Fengxiang, Hangzhou, Mizhou, Xuzhou, Huzhou and other places. In the third year of Yuanfeng (1080), he was demoted to the deputy envoy of Huangzhou Tuanlian due to the "Wutai Poetry Case".

After Zhezong of the Song Dynasty came to the throne, he served as a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, a bachelor of attendance, and a minister of the Ministry of Rites. He also went to Hangzhou, Yingzhou, Yangzhou, Dingzhou and other places. In his later years, he was demoted to Huizhou and Dan because of the New Party's rule. state. Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty was pardoned and returned to the north, but died of illness in Changzhou on the way. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty, he was given the posthumous title of "Wenzhong" as a posthumous gift to the Grand Master.

Su Shi was a literary leader in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty and made great achievements in poetry, lyrics, prose, calligraphy, and painting. His writing is bold and unbridled; his poems have broad themes, are fresh and bold, are good at using exaggerated metaphors, and have a unique style. Together with Huang Tingjian, they are called "Su Huang"; "Xin"; his prose writings are grand and bold, and he is called "Ou Su" together with Ouyang Xiu, and is one of the "Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties".

Su Shi was also good at calligraphy and was one of the "Four Masters of the Song Dynasty"; he was good at painting, especially good at ink bamboo, strange rocks, dead wood, etc. There are "Dongpo Seven Collections", "Dongpo Yi Zhuan", "Dongpo Yuefu" and so on.

Su Shi’s four sons

1. Su Mai

Su Mai (1059-April 26, 1119), named Weikang, Meizhou A native of Meishan (now Meishan, Sichuan). The eldest son of Su Shi, a famous writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, his biological mother was Su Shi's first wife Wang Fu. Taste as Suanzao Wei ("Shu Mai Shi" in Volume 68 of "Collected Works of Su Shi").

2. Su Ji

Su Ji [dài] (1070-1126), the second son of Su Shi, was originally named Shuji and Zhuseng, also named Zhongyu. He once served as Chengwu of the Song Dynasty. Lang, Dr. Raozhou Taichang, Jinshi, Chaohan doctor, Participant in Guangdong Provincial Government, Chao San Lang, Shangshu Jiabu Yuan Wai Lang. Su Yi is the author of "Preface to Zhengmeng" and "Luoyang Discussion".

3. Su Guo

Su Guo (1072-1123), a writer of the Northern Song Dynasty. His courtesy name was Shudang, his nickname was Xiechuan Jushi, and he was a native of Meishan, Meizhou (now part of Meishan City, Sichuan). Su Shi's third son was called Xiaopo at that time.

In the sixth year of Yuanyou's reign (1091), Zhezong of the Song Dynasty, he took the examination of the Ministry of Rites, but failed. In the first year of Shaosheng (1094), Shi was banished to Huizhou. Four years later, he was banished to Danzhou again, and all of them accompanied him. In the third year of Yuanfu (1100), he returned to the north with his father. After Shi died, he lived with his uncle Su Zhe in Yingchang (today's Xuchang, Henan Province) and camped on a lake with several acres of shady land, named Xiaoxiechuan.

In the second year of Huizong Zhenghe's reign (1112), he supervised the eunuch's original tax. In five years, he knew the city of Yan. In the fifth year of Xuanhe's reign, Tongjingzhou died. Su Guo was buried in Jiaxian County, Henan Province after his death.