When it comes to Su Shi, we are all very familiar with him. Everyone has studied many of his poems, which greatly appreciates his free and easy attitude towards life. There are also many interesting stories about him circulated among the people. It can be said that these stories, which have been polished by the folk circulation, have become an inseparable whole with his poems, soaking the souls of literati in the Song Dynasty.

So, how many interesting things do you know about Su Shi? Let's just take a look!

Dongpo Meat

Dongpo Meat

It is said that when Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou, there was a famous doggerel in Ode to Pork: "Huangzhou is good pork, and the price is worthless. The rich refuse to eat, and the poor don't understand cooking. Slow down the fire, less water, and it will be beautiful when the fire is full. Get up and play a bowl every day, so full that you can't care about it. " This is the cooking method of Dongpo meat developed by Su Dongpo himself. Su Dongpo was later appointed as the governor of Hangzhou, repairing Su Causeway and promoting water conservancy, and was deeply loved by the people. This Dongpo meat has also been followed, and it has become an indispensable famous dish in Chinese cuisine.

Su Shi and Wang Anshi

According to legend, Su Dongpo walked with Wang Anshi once, and occasionally he saw a house with its foundation moved and a wall tilted to the east. Wang Anshi went out and said, "The east slope of this wall is inclined!" Su Dongpo looked up and laughed, that is, he wrote a couplet to satirize Wang Anshi: "It's too much to set an stone.

Su Dongpo and Fo Yin

Su Shi and Fo Yin

One day, Su Shi came home triumphantly and told Su Xiaomei that he had won a rare game by bickering with the monk Fo Yin today. So this is what happened: Su Dongpo meditated with Fo Yin and he asked Fo Yin, "What do you think of my sitting posture?" Fo Yin replied that he saw a Buddha. Then he asked what Su Dongpo saw and how he sat. Su Dongpo said that people were sitting like cow dung, but Fo Yin didn't answer. So Su Shi was quite proud and felt that Fo Yin was choking. Unexpectedly, Su Xiaomei shook his head and sighed after listening: "You lost so badly." Su Shi was puzzled, and Su Xiaomei explained, "Fo Yin means that what you see is what you have in your heart. Fo Yin is a Buddha in his heart, and what he sees is naturally a Buddha, but what you see is cow dung. Doesn't that just mean that your heart is full of cow dung? " Su Dongpo was suddenly speechless.

Su Shi is like

eating rice and eating rice

After his reinstatement, Su Shi once told Huang Tingjian, "When I was in prison, I ate three meals a day, which was still very sweet, so delicious in the world!" When Huang Tingjian asked what three white rice meant, Su Shi replied, "A pinch of salt, a dish of raw radish and a bowl of rice is three white rice." One day, I received an invitation from Huang Tingjian, inviting Su Shi to his house for a meal. Su Shi was gladly invited and said to his wife, "Huang Tingjian is a contemporary bachelor and has read a lot. His food must be rare."