The first generation of literati was Su Shi in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty. He was one of the four famous scholars in the history of literature. Together with his younger brother Su Zhe and the writer Wang Anshi, he was known as the "Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties". His outstanding talent in poetry and prose, his fresh and natural style, and his outstanding literary achievements were hailed as the "first peak of ancient literature."