The main deeds about Su Shi are as follows:

Su Shi, courtesy name Zizhan and Hezhong, also known as Tieguan Taoist and Dongpo layman, was known as Su Dongpo and Su Xian in the world, Han nationality, Meizhou A native of Meishan (now Meishan City, Sichuan Province), his ancestral home is Luancheng, Hebei Province. He is a famous writer, calligrapher, gourmet and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, and a famous figure in water control in history.

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 Hanlin bachelor, 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 Danzhou because of the new party's rule.

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 are broad in subject matter, fresh and vigorous, good at using exaggerated metaphors, and have a unique style. Together with Huang Tingjian, he is called "Su Huang";

His prose writings are grand and bold, and he is known as "Ou Su" together with Ouyang Xiu, and is one of the "Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties". Su Shi was good at calligraphy and one of the "Four Masters of the Song Dynasty"; he was good at literati painting, especially ink bamboo, strange rocks, dead wood, etc. His works include "Dongpo Seven Collections", "Dongpo Yi Zhuan", "Dongpo Yuefu", "Xiaoxiang Bamboo and Stone Picture Scroll", "Dry Wood and Strange Stone Picture Scroll", etc.

Su Shi was born in Meishan, Meizhou, on December 19, the third year of Jingyou's reign (January 8, 1037), the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty. He was the successor of Su Weiwei, a minister of the early Tang Dynasty. Su Shi's grandfather was Su Xu, whose cousin was Zhongxian, and his grandmother was Shi. Su Shi's father, Su Xun, is the "Su Laoquan" mentioned in the "Three Character Classic" who "started to work hard at twenty-seven."

Although Su Xun worked hard late, he worked hard. Su Shi's name "Shi" originally means the handrail in front of the car, which means that he is unknown but indispensable in helping people in danger and rescue people. Su Shi was open-minded and straightforward by nature, and was deeply influenced by Taoism. Good friends, good food, many delicious food creations, good tea, and elegant travels in the mountains and forests.