Su Shi's life profile and appreciation of his poems
Su Shi (1037 - 1101), also known as Zizhan, was a famous writer, calligrapher, cultural critic, and politician in Chinese history. He was also an outstanding figure in the Northern Song Dynasty. Su Shi was born in Meizhou, Sichuan Province (now Meishan City, Sichuan Province). He was intelligent and loved literature since childhood. His father, Su Xunxun, was a famous writer and politician in the Northern Song Dynasty. He had once written Su Xun's Records of Literature for Su Shi, and he had given high praise to Su Shi's academic achievements and literary talent. When Su Shi was young, he had traveled to Hangzhou, Red Cliff and other places to gain a wide range of knowledge. Su Shi was one of the famous "Eight Masters of Tang and Song" in the history of Chinese literature. His literary works were famous for their prose, poetry, and calligraphy. Among them, his prose was the most famous. His style of writing was humorous, profound, and was known as one of the "Four Scholars of Su School". Su Shi's poems also had a high artistic value. His poems were bold, unrestrained, and full of emotion. He was known as the representative of "Su Shi." In Chinese history, Su Shi was known as the "literary giant" and "cultural giant". His literary achievements and thoughts had influenced an entire era. His poems were known as the "eternal masterpiece" and were widely praised, appreciated and studied by later generations. Su Shi's poems were known for their bold, unrestrained, and emotional nature. His representative works included Shuidiao Grotto, Jiangcheng Zi, Mizhou Hunting, and so on. Shuidiao Grotto was known as one of Su Shi's representative works and was hailed as a classic in the history of Chinese literature. Su Shi's life profile and the evaluation of his poems are one of the important figures in the history of Chinese literature. His literary achievements and thoughts are still widely spread and influenced.