Su Dongpo is a legendary and experienced writer. His open-minded philosophy of life, versatile talents and perfect personality shine in the starry sky of history.

Su Dongpo achieved extremely high attainments in literature, poetry and Ci, and can be regarded as the representative of the highest achievement of literature in the Song Dynasty. Moreover, Su Dongpo's creative activities were not limited to literature. He made outstanding achievements in calligraphy, painting and other fields, and also contributed to medicine, cooking, water conservancy and other skills.

Su Dongpo has always been an idol admired by later generations of literati. Wang Guowei commented: "There are no poets in the three generations below who are better than Qu Zi, Yuan Ming, Zimei, and Zizhan. If these four poets do not have literary genius, their personalities will be self-sufficient through the ages. Therefore, they do not have noble and great personalities, but they have There is almost no such thing as a noble and great writer."

In the minds of later generations of literati, Su Shi was a genius literary master, and people rushed to learn from Su Shi's works. During the era of confrontation between the Jin Kingdom and the Southern Song Dynasty, Su Shi had a profound influence on both the north and the south. Su poetry not only influenced the poetry of the Song Dynasty, but also provided important inspiration to the Gong'an School poets in the Ming Dynasty and the Song Poetry School poets in the early Qing Dynasty.

Su Dongpo

Su Shi (January 8, 1037 - August 24, 1101), named Zizhan, also known as Dongpo layman, was known as Su Dongpo, Su Xian, Po Xian, Han nationality, was from Meishan, Meizhou (now Meishan City, Sichuan Province). Northern Song Dynasty writer, calligrapher, gourmet, painter, historical water control celebrity, and the son of Su Xun.

Su Shi was a literary leader in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty and made great achievements in poetry, lyrics, prose, calligraphy, and painting. The 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"; He was unbridled and unrestrained, and together with Ouyang Xiu, he was known as "Ou Su". Together with Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Ouyang Xiu, Su Xun, Su Che, Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong, he was known as the "Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties".

He is good at calligraphy, and together with Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu, and Cai Xiang, he is known as the "Four Masters of Song Dynasty"; he is good at literati painting, especially good at ink bamboo, strange rocks, dead wood, etc. His works include "Dongpo Seven Collections", "Dongpo Yi Zhuan", "Dongpo Yuefu", "Xiaoxiang Bamboo and Stone Pictures", "Dry Trees and Strange Rocks", etc.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Su Shi