Su Shi and Huang Tingjian are both called Su Huang.

A nickname for Chinese poets Su Shi and Huang Tingjian of the Northern Song Dynasty. Su Shi and Huang Tingjian are both embodying the style of Song poetry and have great influence. Therefore, since the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, whether it is praise or criticism, they are often referred to as "Su Huang".

The atmosphere of Su's poems is broad, like the Yangtze River, with wind and waves; the atmosphere of Huang's poems is severe, like dangerous peaks thousands of feet high, rising from the ground. Each has created a different realm in art, but Huang Tingjian's achievements cannot be compared with Su Shi's. There are also people who hold the opposite opinion. Yan Yu of the Southern Song Dynasty criticized Su Huang in "Canglang Poetry Talk" for "starting to think of poetry out of his own ideas, but the style of the Tang Dynasty has changed." Zhang Jie's "Suihantang Poetry Talk" even criticized: "(Poetry) is worse than Su Huang" . These praises and criticisms by predecessors are somewhat one-sided, but objectively they also reflect Su Huang's huge influence in the history of poetry. In addition, Su Shi and Huang Tingjian were both famous calligraphers in the Song Dynasty, and those who admired their calligraphy were often called "Su Huang" together.

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(1037-1101), a writer, calligrapher, painter, and gourmet in the Northern Song Dynasty. His courtesy name is Zizhan and his nickname is Dongpo Jushi. Han nationality, a native of Meishan, Meizhou (now Meishan City, Sichuan Province), was buried in Yingchang (now Jiaxian County, Pingdingshan City, Henan Province). He had a bumpy official career throughout his life, but he was knowledgeable and talented. He was excellent in poetry, calligraphy and painting. His writing is unbridled, clear and fluent, and together with Ouyang Xiu, he is called Ou Su, and he is one of the "Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties"; his poetry is fresh and vigorous, good at using exaggeration and metaphor, and his artistic expression is unique. He is also called Su Huang together with Huang Tingjian; He started a bold and unrestrained school and had a huge influence on later generations. Together with Xin Qiji, he was called Su Xin. His calligraphy was good at running script and regular script. He could create his own ideas. His pen was rich and ups and downs, and he had an innocent taste. He was called Song Dynasty together with Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu and Cai Xiang. The four great masters shared the same learning and literature on painting, advocated spiritual similarity in painting, and advocated "scholar painting". He is the author of "The Complete Works of Su Dongpo" and "Su Dongpo Yuefu".

Huang Tingjian

(1045.8.9-1105.5.24), courtesy name Luzhi, nicknamed Valley Taoren, later nicknamed Fuweng, Hongzhou Fenning (now Xiushui, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province) County), a famous writer and calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty. He was the founder of the Jiangxi Poetry School that flourished for a while. Together with Du Fu, Chen Shidao and Chen Yuyi, he was known as the "one ancestor and three sects" (Huang Tingjian was one of them). Together with Zhang Lei, Chao Buzhi, and Qin Guan, they all studied under Su Shi's sect, and they were collectively known as the "Four Scholars of the Su School". During his lifetime, he was as famous as Su Shi and was known as "Su Huang" in the world. He is the author of "Valley Ci", and Huang Tingjian's calligraphy is also unique, making him one of the "Four Great Masters of the Song Dynasty".