The famous cartoonist Zhu Deyong wrote in "A Letter to Childhood": "What is happiness? Happiness is not about being smooth and wealthy all your life, but about finding someone who can accompany you through the adversity of life. People.

And Su Shi was such a person

“The kitchen is empty to cook sea vegetables, and the stove is broken to cook wet reeds. I didn't know it was cold food, but I saw a bird holding a piece of paper. The king's gate is nine levels deep, and his tomb is thousands of miles away. I also want to cry that I have no way out and can't afford to die. "

This sad poem is part of "Cold Food and Rain" written by Su Shi when he was in poverty and in the unaccompanied Jingchu land.

From the poem , we saw that Su Shi was in Huangzhou at that time, and his living conditions were extremely difficult. However, under this environment, Su Shi did not despair, but became the most creative and the highest quality of his life. A period of time.

This poem by Su Shi describes his life.

"Life is like a journey against the odds, but fortunately there is Su Shi." The emergence of this book brings us into the spiritual world of Su Shi.

This is a collection of essays about the ancient great writer Su Shi, starting from his hometown, family ties, flower appreciation, friendship, talking about food, and home. The eight aspects of wind, tea tasting, life and death show the poetic charm and ideological power of this ancient man who have been immortalized for generations, giving people spiritual boost and life enlightenment.

Now let’s go into the book together. , to see Su Shi’s mentality of smiling in adversity.

01 The influence of his native family

Su Shi was born in Meishan, Sichuan, and his mother taught him kindness since he was a child. There were green bamboos, pines and cypresses planted in the yard of the house, and many birds built their nests on them. Mother Cheng told her children and servants not to catch birds or harm small animals.

This was when Su Shi was demoted to Huizhou. At that time, Zen Master Shouqin, the elder of Dinghui Zen Temple in Suzhou, asked his disciples to visit him. Su Shi gave the Zen master a poem in return. This poem was simple and unpretentious, but it had shocking power. In the poem, Su Shi mentioned how to deal with the four most unfavorable things. An eye-catching little animal.

Su Shi learned kindness from his mother, and another little thing his mother did also affected Su Shi's life. When he was ten years old, his father Su Xun often traveled abroad to study. All educational responsibilities fell on the mother's shoulders.

Once, his mother read him a story in "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty. The Biography of Fan Pang" and asked her mother: "What if my son wants to do this?" Fan Pang, mother, do you agree? "The mother's answer strengthened Su Shi's belief.

It was from his childhood that Su Shi established his ambition to fight for the truth at the risk of death. Later, when he grew up, no matter good or bad times, no matter Even though he was demoted to the ends of the earth in the court, his words and deeds all fulfilled the promise he made to his mother.

02 Once you come, let it go.

Su Shi. His straightforward and sincere character offended many people in the official circles at that time, so he spent his life wandering from one city to another.

Throughout his life, he started from the small town of Meishan in Sichuan. He worked as an official in Kaifeng, the capital at that time, and then moved around in Hangzhou, Mizhou, Xuzhou, Huzhou, Huangzhou, Huizhou, Danzhou and other places. In some places he stayed for several years, while in others he only stayed for a few The moon has to change places again, and its footprints are all over the country.

But the wonderful thing is that Su Shi can adapt to the circumstances throughout his life.

I think Su Shi would have been uncomfortable at first, but he didn't. What's the solution?

No! Only by accepting the reality can you feel at peace.

When Su Shi first arrived in Hangzhou, he felt like he had seen it before. It was like he had been in his previous life.

When he and his friend Wang Gong reunited after a long absence, Wang Gong’s accompanying singer Rou Nu performed for them. Su Shi asked Rou Nu: “How can you live in Lingnan? All right? Rounu replied: "This place where my heart is at ease is my hometown." ”

The powerful words of a frail little woman moved Su Shi, and he also wrote a poem for Rounu, which is the very familiar "Ding Feng Bo. Nanhai Returned to Wang Dingguo's Waiter Yu Niang" 》.

Perhaps it is because of this sentence "This heart is at ease" that Su Shi is like a tenacious seed that can spread its branches and leaves to bloom beautiful flowers and bear fruit anywhere.

Romain Rolland said that there is only one kind of true heroism in the world, that is, after recognizing the truth of life, you still love him.

This is the case with Su Shi. There is a kind of power that transcends adversity and sorrow and turns a foreign country into a hometown.

03 Enjoy delicious food wherever you go

When a person is under pressure, the pressure is released. The methods are different. Some people want to talk to friends, some want to listen to music alone; and some people prefer to use food to relieve stress. Su Shi is such a person. When he was demoted to Huangzhou for the first time, he was depressed and in a bad mood. When he saw the endless bamboo forest outside Huangzhou City and the water of the Yangtze River surrounding the city, he began to think: There are many bamboo forests in this place, and the bamboo shoots must be very fragrant. Tender; the fish in the river must also be very fresh. Since coming here, there is no need to worry about not being able to eat. Thinking of this, Su Shi felt much better.

Later Su Shi was demoted to Danzhou, Hainan, which was a small island, and rice and noodles had to be shipped in from outside the island. If the weather is bad, the operation will be suspended, and various ingredients from outside the island will not be transported to the island.

This did not stump Su Shi, a gourmet. He discovered a delicious local food, oysters, and ate delicious seafood. He wrote in a letter to his son: "Dongpo is Hainan is delicious for eating oysters." He also told his son not to let the corrupt officials in the court know about this, otherwise they would flock to Hainan to steal the food.

Su Shi seemed to be a gourmet. He knew which piece of meat was best at the back of the pig's neck. When eating crabs, he would only choose the two large claws of the most plump crabs before the frost. Clams should be eaten half-cooked with wine, while crabs should be steamed with wine lees and eaten slightly raw.

Even in the most difficult times, he can still find ways to find the best taste in the world. And his attitude towards food is tolerant and equal.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, rich people looked down upon pork. In Huangzhou, Su Shi, who was living in poverty, saw that pork was cheap, so he studied how to cook it. Finally, this dish became a famous dish, which is the "Dongpo Pork" we eat today. At that time, he also wrote an article "Ode to Pork" to record this incident.

Su Shi’s food journey is also his life journey.

04 Enjoy life in your free time.

Su Shi is not only a foodie, but also a tea lover.

When he was demoted to Danzhou in Hainan, in order to drink good tea, he ran to the river at night to scoop up the clear river water, and then took it home to make tea himself. The tea foam produced was like snow-white milk. It rolls like flowers and boils like a strong wind in the pine forest. After frying it, he drank three large bowls of it, regardless of his empty stomach. The fragrant tea made him sleepless, so he just sat there till dawn.

Su Shi not only knew that making tea requires good water, but also knew that you must find the right person to drink tea.

In Hainan, Su Shi invited his protégé Jiang Tangzuo to have tea. However, as soon as the letter was sent, he was notified that an official was coming to meet him, so he had to cancel the tea tasting appointment. But Su Shi was unwilling to give in, and wrote to Jiang Tangzuo asking: "If the meeting ends early, can you still come over and drink tea together?"

Su Shi believed that it was not a close friend who could not drink good tea. . He is not drinking tea at all. It is clearly a spiritual pursuit and a state of transcendent contentment.

You can still be so cool despite having a lot of bad luck in your life.

Su Shi's life was so fulfilling that he could forget all the unhappiness in his ordinary life, from poetry to tea, from meat to bamboo, from wine to flowers. Suffering turned into poetry and made Su Shi extraordinary. So there is a coop of mist and rain, and I can live my whole life, I have passion but I am annoyed by ruthlessness, I have a new fire and try new tea, I have a taste of the world and it is pure joy.

I think of a sentence at the end of the book: When you are suffering or not going well, think of your old friend Su Shi. When facing adversity, we should all awaken the Su Shi in our hearts.