In the winter of Song Renzong Jingyou three years, Su Shi was born in a scholarly family in Meishan, Meizhou.

Su Shi's father, who is good at learning, and his mother, who knows books and manners, gave him the most primitive enlightenment. Su Shi has read widely since childhood and can speak and write, so he is well known and appreciated by people around him. Su Shi spent his childhood in praise, and secretly wrote in front of his house: Know the words of the world and read the books of the world.

When an old man heard of his visit and gave him a book to read, there was only one page at a time. Su Shi can't continue reading because he can't read, and the more he reads, the less he can read. Su Shi was embarrassed first, and then ashamed. After the guests left, he changed the couplets again: he tried to know all the words in the world and was determined to read all the books in the world.

Unlike his father, who was a late bloomer, Su Shi took the exam for the first time in Beijing, with only 265,438+0.

Su Shi stands out with an essay "Rewarding Loyalty with Punishment", which is plain in logic and has no sense of obscurity, and is greatly appreciated by examiner Ouyang Xiu and junior examiner Mei. Excellent writing style and innovative thinking make Su Shi's edge appear. Ouyang Xiu once said: "You can't feel sweaty when reading The Book of Poetry. Come on! I should avoid this person and let go. "

Being young and famous is always mixed. It will give you confidence to move forward, and it will also blind you that everything is all right.

Received the appreciation and recommendation of Ouyang Xiu, a great writer in the dynasty, Su Shi soon became famous, and every new work of his is bound to spread all over Beijing.

Su Shi naturally became popular.

This is a rare and proud time in Su Shi's life. At this time, he has a vision of peace and prosperity, great ambitions, and a good way to govern the country. It is inevitable that he is a little proud. He never thought about what fate would do next. It is a good time to have friends, flowers, moons, poems and wine.

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The ruthless hand of fate has no law to deprive it.

Before he could enjoy this happy time, his parents died one after another, and then his beloved wife Wang Fu died of illness. Without his tenderness and peace of mind, Su Shi is sad. She buried her wife next to her parents' grave and planted thousands of pine trees.

"The old man returned to Yuyuan Mountain and planted 30,000 pine trees with his own hands." He wrote this sad poem and planted his thoughts on his wife in pine trees and heaven and earth.

Life didn't give Su Shi a chance to breathe. This year, Wang Anshi's political reform, which shocked the ruling and opposition parties, began, and the political reform was controversial. Wang Anshi was the prime minister of the dynasty, holding heavy power, and his opponent was naturally full of difficulties. This is the first time that Su Shi feels that the world is "not peaceful", and he is vaguely aware of the complexity of politics.

At this time, he still maintained his sincerity in confusion. He wrote a letter about the shortcomings of the new law and angered Wang Anshi. Su Shi knew that he was in a difficult situation and asked him to leave Beijing for Hangzhou. Since then, he has traveled to Mizhou, Xuzhou and Huzhou. In Su Shi's life picture, his trajectory is mostly shifting. He always follows his heart, and wherever he goes, he benefits one side. He is innovative and deeply loved by people.

If Su Shi's political ups and downs began with these unsolicited or ordered posts in Beijing, then the Wutai poetry case is his lowest point.

In the second year of Yuanfeng, 43-year-old Su Shi was framed for an article "Huzhou Xie Biao". The new party said he was angry and had ulterior motives. At this time, young people who had been jealous of Su Shi's talent for a long time stepped onto the political stage, and the court was in an anti-Soviet state for a time.

Su Shi was arrested.

Life in prison is very difficult, people keep hitting people when they are frustrated, and Su Shi's personality and self-esteem are greatly insulted.

At that time, there was a saying that "Wu Xingshou, a northern household, pitied and humiliated overnight".

Su Shi, no matter how talented he is, is only flesh and blood, and it is also miserable to face the framed and insulted by villains. In the past, great geniuses were put in prison and humiliated all night. Su Shi is very painful. It is not surprising that he would commit suicide if it were someone else, but Su Shi said, "The Lord is like the spring of all things, and the grass minister is stupid."

Lin Yutang once said, "Su Shi is a hopeless optimist."

Indeed, even in the most painful times, he accepted difficulties and tolerated the enemy.

His days in prison were a period of ideological and psychological reconstruction.

When people are at their peak, they are often stupid and don't know it, because they are surrounded by romance and tragedy.

On the contrary, people are more likely to reflect and analyze themselves when they are in a trough.

Su Shi realized that his proud talent was also the beginning of disaster. Compared with his previous talent exposure and his present imprisonment, he felt ashamed.

Many people of insight helped Su Shi speak, but it was not others who saved him in the end, but his former political enemy Wang Anshi.

Wang Anshi wrote: there are saints, killing talents? Only with this sentence, Su Shi was saved, and 103 days of prison life ended.

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The ruthlessness of fate is not to let people fall into a trough, but to give people a little sweetness and then take it away twice. This sense of height difference can often destroy a person.

After he was released from prison, Su Shi was banished to Yong Lian, Huangzhou, with no real power.

Su Shi is very sad at this time.

This appreciation of Zhou Yu is a lament for his unfortunate experience.

But Su Shi is open-minded.

Life is too short to enjoy the present and drink wine with Jiang Yue.

Different from the ups and downs of political life, Su Shi is lucky emotionally.

Although he lost his wife twice, he finally had someone to accompany him until his death. Su Shi's talent and personality charm attracted the people around him, and the people around him also gave him the same sincerity, which greatly increased his wealth.

His thoughts are not alone. Once a person's mind has a habitat, it is hard to really be defeated, because he has a shelter from the wind and the courage to fight again. He can lower his head and lick his wings, absorb the nutrients of love, and then set off.

At this time, he was accompanied by his second wife, Wang Runzhi. She was not as wise as Wang Fu or as talented as Wang Chaoyun, but she was Su Shi's warm-hearted. She accompanied Su Shi through 25 years of ups and downs, running around and working hard. Su Shi was very moved. He is ten years older than Wang Runzhi, but he likes to call her "the old lady" and says that he will live in the same cave with her when he dies.

Due to financial constraints, they planted their own land, and Wang Runzhi was happy to accompany him in planting land and picking tea. Su Shi named the cultivated land Dongpo and called himself Dongpo lay man.

In his spare time, he and his friends travel in Chibi, enjoying delicious food and beautiful scenery.

His broad-mindedness lies in his clear understanding of himself and the world: the vassal's common people only have three meals and one night, and they will feel at ease if they conform to nature.

Fourth,

Politics, like life, is impermanent.

In the eighth year of Yuanfeng, Song Zhezong acceded to the throne, the empress dowager listened to politics, and Su Shi was promoted to a bachelor's degree in Hanlin.

If Su Shi is only a famous scholar and highly appreciated talent in those years, his successive promotions may make him swell. But he has matured a lot since he survived. His maturity is not gradually moving towards cunning and compromise, but more in line with himself and his heart.

He believes that the people who tried their best to suppress Wang Anshi Group at this time were birds of a feather with the "Wang Dang" at that time.

So, Su Shi wrote again.

It's hard to imagine that a person who was imprisoned for writing a book would write another book for the same reason. He has always maintained a sober self-knowledge and a fair heart for the world.

Su Shi was transferred to Hangzhou again. He deepened the West Lake, built three pagodas and built Su Causeway, benefiting the people and enjoying himself. People are grateful to him and send pork to show their gratitude during the Chinese New Year. As a foodie, Su Shi naturally won't miss this good opportunity to cook delicious food. He told people to cut the meat into cubes, tie it into a cross knot with a rope, put half a bowl of oil, and cook it slowly with the skin up. Finally, even the wine was sent down. In the process of delivery, people mistakenly thought it was cook the meat with wine. As a result, the cooked meat tastes better, and people call it "Dongpo meat".

Su Shi never forgets to eat. When he was demoted to Huangzhou, he remembered the delicious fish in the Yangtze River and developed various cooking methods, which were very good.

There is an anecdote that a good friend Huang Tingjian came to rub rice, and Su Shi hid the fish. Huang tingjian found it and joked: can the fish with Su characters be put on it? Su Shi said: There is no Huang Xiao: "Then why are you hiding in it?" Su Shi had to take out the fish.

Five,

After being demoted many times, Su Shi was recalled to the north in his later years.

Perhaps Su Shi is not suitable for the imperial court. On his way back to North Korea, he died.

On his way back to the north, he passed through several climatic zones, and Su Shi was unwell and contracted the disease. But he was bold and unrestrained, so he ate cold drinks to relieve the heat and made an appointment with his friends the next day. He knew that his illness was getting worse and worse, and he didn't call a doctor. During this period, he discussed poems and enjoyed articles with his friends, and he was happy until he was ill in bed, and he had no strength.

Relatives and friends saw sadness, but Su Shi was very calm: "I have no evil in my life, and I will not degenerate when I die." I'm careful not to cry. "

The abbot's good friend asked him to refuel and go to Elysium.

But Su Shi replied: "Kung Fu is poor."

Yes, hard work is poverty. These four words reflect his life: casual and broad-minded.

Su Shi's life is like an upward tree with tall and straight branches and lush foliage. When the sun is shining, you don't long for the sun, and you don't love comfort; When the wind blows, you are not afraid to shake or blow. He is as free and easy as a child who turns away unhappy and as brave as a child who doesn't want to come back. No matter how the outside world changes, he always guards his cool breeze and bright moon, attracting the flowers around him.

Besides talent, others should be jealous.

With these words, he died. This is July 28th of the first year. Su Shi died at the age of 66, and all his relatives and friends wept bitterly.

From then on, he really responded to his heart and went to his own heaven.