Historical records indicate that Su Shi did not have any younger sisters, but only three older sisters. Su Shi (January 8, 1037 - August 24, 1101), also known as Zizhan, also known as Hezhong, also known as Tieguan Taoist and Dongpo layman, was known as Su Dongpo, Suxian and Poxian in the world, Han nationality, Meishan, Meizhou (now Meishan City, Sichuan Province), whose ancestral home is Luancheng, Hebei Province, 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'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 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 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. Together with Ouyang Xiu, he is called "Ou Su" 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. Li Zhimin commented: "Su Shi is a versatile art master.

His works include "Seven Collections of Dongpo", "The Book of Changes of Dongpo", "Dongpo Yuefu", "Xiaoxiang Bamboo and Stone Pictures", "Dead Wood" Pictures of Strange Rocks" etc.