He was a poet in the Song Dynasty.

Su Shi (January 8, 1037 - August 24, 1101), also known as Zizhan and Hezhong, was also known as Tieguan Taoist and Dongpo layman. He was known as Su Dongpo, Su Xian and Po in the world. Xian, Han nationality, was born in Meishan, Meizhou (now Meishan City, Sichuan Province). His ancestral home was Luancheng, Hebei Province. He was a 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 (1057), Su Shi passed the second subject in the palace examination and was awarded the title of Jinshi. It is said that he was awarded the title of Jinshi. In the sixth year of Jiayou's reign (1061), he was admitted to the third level in the Yingzhong system and was awarded the title of judge of Dali and Fengxiang Mansion. During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, he served in 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 Hanlin, 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. 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 Song Dynasty, he was posthumously given the title of Grand Master; during the period of Emperor Xiaozong of Song Dynasty, he was posthumously given the title "Wenzhong".

Su Shi was a leader in the literary world in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty. He made high 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 is unbridled and unrestrained, and is known as "Ou Su" together with Ouyang Xiu. Together with Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Ouyang Xiu, Su Xun, Su Che, Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong, he is known as the "Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties"; good at calligraphy, he is known as "Ou Su" together with Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu, Cai Xiang is collectively known as the "Four Masters of the Song Dynasty"; he is 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 Pictures", "Dry Trees and Strange Rocks", etc.