Su Shi, a gourmet in the Song Dynasty, once tasted "Dongpo elbows", "Dongpo tofu", "Dongpo jade grits", "Dongpo legs", "Dongpo sprouts", "Dongpo black carp", and "Dongpo cakes"

, "Dongpo Crispy", "Dongpo Bean Curd", "Dongpo Pork" and so on.

1. Character introduction Su Shi (1037-1101), 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 Xian in the world.

A native of Meishan, Meizhou (now part of Meishan City, Sichuan Province), his ancestral home is Luancheng, Hebei Province. He was a writer, calligrapher and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty and a famous figure in water control in history.

His father is Su Xun and his younger brother is Su Zhe. The three father and son are collectively called "Three Su".

Su Shi was a literary leader in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty and made great achievements in poetry, lyrics, prose, calligraphy, and painting.

His 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";

His writings are grand and rich, unbridled and unrestrained, and he is called "Ou Su" together with Ouyang Xiu.

Together with Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Ouyang Xiu, Su Xun, Su Che, Wang Anshi, and Zeng Gong, they are collectively known as the "Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties"; they are good at calligraphy, and together with Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu, and Cai Xiang, they are known as the "Four Masters of the Song Dynasty"; they are good at literati painting, especially

Good at bamboo, strange rocks, dead wood, etc.

His works include "Seven Collections of Dongpo", "Yi Zhuan of Dongpo", "Dongpo Yuefu", "Han Shi Tie", "Xiaoxiang Bamboo and Stone Pictures", "Dry Trees and Strange Rocks", etc.

2. Gourmet master? Su Shi himself was a gourmet. There are many records of Su Shi's invention of gourmet food in the Song Dynasty's notebook novels.

When Su Shi learned about Hangzhou, in May and June of the fifth year of Yuanyou, there was heavy rain in western Zhejiang and Taihu Lake flooded.

Su Shi directed the dredging of the West Lake and the construction of Su Di.

The people of Hangzhou thanked him.

During the Chinese New Year, everyone would carry pigs and wine to pay him New Year greetings.

Su Shi instructed his family to cut the pork into cubes, cook it until red and crispy, and then distribute it to everyone. This is the origin of Dongpo Pork.

Su Shi's life? 1. Early experience? Su Shi was born in Meishan, Meizhou, on December 19, the third year of Jingyou's reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty (January 8, 1037). He was the successor of Su Weiwei, a minister of the early Tang Dynasty.

Su Shi's father Su Xun is the "Su Laoquan" mentioned in the "Three Character Classic" who "starts to work hard at the age of twenty-seven".

Su Shi's name "Shi" originally means the armrest in front of the car, which means that he is unknown but indispensable in helping people in danger and rescue people.

In the eighth year of Qingli (1048), Su Xun lost his father at home, so he studied in isolation and taught his knowledge and conduct to Su Shi and his youngest son Su Zhe.

Su Shi was open-minded and straightforward by nature, and was deeply influenced by Taoism.

Good friends, good food, many delicious food products, good tea, and elegant travels in the mountains and forests.

?2. Going to Beijing to take the exam? In the first year of Jiayou (1056), Su Shi left Sichuan for the first time and went to Beijing to take part in the imperial examination.

Su Xun took the 21-year-old Su Shi and the 19-year-old Su Che from the remote Xishu area eastward along the Yangtze River, and went to Beijing to take the exam in the second year of Jiayou (1057).

The policy topic of the exam that year was "The Theory of Honesty and Honesty in Punishments and Rewards."

Su Shi's strategy was appreciated by the then chief examiner Ouyang Xiu and the junior examiner Mei Yaochen.

Su Shi wrote in the article: "Gaotao is a scholar who will kill people. Gao Tao said to kill three, Yao said to forgive three." Neither Ou nor Mei knew the origin of this sentence, so they demoted him from first to second.

After the results were released, Su Shi paid his respects. Mei Yaochen asked Su Shi the source of this sentence. Su Shi replied that it was an annotation in "Three Kingdoms·Biography of Kong Rong". Ouyang Xiu and others went back to check, but could not find it.

Su Shi said that he was taking Kong Rong's "taken for granted" meaning.

Ouyang Xiu couldn't help but admire Su Shi's heroism and foresee Su Shi's future: "This person is good at reading and using books, and his articles will be unique in the world in the future."