Su Shi, 65
Su Shi died at the age of 65. Su Shi was born in 1036 AD and traveled to the west on a crane in 1101. He was 65 years old. He had experienced many ups and downs in his life, including being demoted to a local official and going to prison. Although his life was full of setbacks, he was still full of love for life and art. His poems and prose were widely spread and had a profound impact on Chinese culture and social development. Su Shi is a giant in the history of Chinese culture. His outstanding achievements and spiritual quality are worth remembering and learning forever.
Su Shi, Danzhou, Hainan
Su Shi was banished to Danzhou in Hainan during the Northern Song Dynasty, where he spent three years. Danzhou was an isolated and backward place with a harsh environment. It was full of the threat of plague and malaria. When Su Shi was in Danzhou, he actively helped the local people cure diseases, change bad habits, open schools, and promote the development of education and culture. He also paid attention to the backward education and culture in Danzhou and tried to make contributions to the education cause in Danzhou. Su Shi's exile in Danzhou became a part of Hainan culture and was still remembered by people.
Su Shi, Huizhou, Danzhou
Su Shi spent a long time in exile in Huizhou and Danzhou. During his stay in Huizhou, he had done many good deeds that were praised by the people, such as improving the level of medicine, spreading transplanting techniques, grinding incense powder to make money, improving taxes, strengthening military discipline, building dikes to prevent floods, and so on. He also spread the delicacies of Huizhou throughout the Song Dynasty, increasing the popularity of Huizhou and contributing to the development of Huizhou's tourism industry. As for Danzhou, Su Shi spent his last life in exile here. Although the living conditions were harsh, he successfully passed through this difficult time with his knowledge and enlightenment. In these three places, Su Shi's relegation life had an important impact on his creation and cultural contribution.
The Snow Hall: Su Shi
Xue Tang Ji was an essay written by Su Shi, a writer of the Northern Song Dynasty. Su Shi painted snow on the walls of the Snow Hall after it was built to show his noble aspirations. However, the "Wutai Poetry Case" left him with a lingering fear. The article adopted the way of answering questions between the host and the guest. The guest asked questions with "scattered people" and "detained people", saying that Su Shi was "a person who wanted to be a scattered person but did not get it", and told him the way of scattered people and invited him to travel outside the vassal state. Then, Su Shi's rhetorical question led to the viewpoint of "inaction" and "abandoning wisdom". In the end, Su Shi refuted the guest party with the idea of "comfortable", showing the author's constant thinking and searching for himself after the "Wutai Poetry Case". The reasoning structure of the whole text was exquisite and meticulous, and it also connected the emotional veins of the ups and downs between the host and the guest, which was similar to the "Ode to the Red Cliff".
Su Shi's Masterpiece
Su Shi's representative works include Inscriptions on the West Forest Cliff, Drinking Lake, Early Sunny and Later Rain, Huichong Spring River Evening Scenery, June 27th Lake Tower Drunken Book, Presented to Liu Jingwen, Shuidiao Getou, Red Cliff Ode, Niannujiao, Recalling the Ancient Red Cliff, Calming the Storm, Jiangcheng Zi, Mizhou Hunting, etc.
Begonia poem, Su Shi
The poem in Su Shi's Begonia was: " The east wind spirals and shines brightly, and the fragrant fog is empty and the moon turns the corridor. I'm afraid the flowers will fall asleep in the middle of the night, so I burn high candles to illuminate my red makeup."
Su Shi's Begonia
Su Shi's " Begonia " was a poem about Begonia flowers. The poem described the beauty and fragrance of the begonia flowers, as well as the author's love and worry for flowers, expressing the author's deep feelings for flowers and his feelings for the passage of time. The poem used vivid descriptions and allusions to show the charm of begonia flowers and the poet's emotions. The poem was concise, emotional, and full of romance.
Su Shi's Poem
Su Shi's poems included "When will the bright moon appear?" in "Shuidiao Ge Tou","When will the bright moon appear? I ask the blue sky with wine" and "Three or two peach blossoms outside the bamboo, the duck in the spring river is warm and prophetic". In addition, Su Shi also had many other classic poems, such as "The water glows and the sun shines well, and the mountains are also strange in the rain" in "Drinking on the Lake, Drinking Dongpo at Night, Waking up and Getting Drunk","The boat will pass away from here, and the river and sea will send the rest of my life". Su Shi's poems were full of bold and unconstrained, fresh style, showing his outstanding literary talent.
Su Shi was demoted to Huizhou
Su Shi was demoted to Huizhou in April 1094, the year of Song Shaosheng. At that time, he was listed with the crime of "mocking the previous dynasty" and was demoted to "the deputy envoy of Ningyuan Army to Huizhou." Su Shi lived in Huizhou for 940 days, during which his thoughts matured and his literary creation gained a new harvest. He got along well with the people of Huizhou and did many good deeds, winning the sincere love of the people. He wrote a large number of popular poems and essays, which became a precious cultural heritage of Huizhou. He also enthusiastically promoted Huizhou's simple folk customs, beautiful mountains and rivers, and rich products, spreading Huizhou's reputation. Su Shi's relegation in Huizhou had a profound influence on his thoughts and literary creation.
Su Shi's poems
Su Shi (1037 - 1101), also known as Zizhan, was a famous writer, painter, politician, and poet in the Northern Song Dynasty. His representative works included "Ode to the Red Cliff" and "Remembering the Ancient Red Cliff". His poems were bold, unrestrained, fresh and natural, showing a state of transcendence. His works inherited the realistic poetry tradition of Du Fu and Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty, and also absorbed many literary schools and thoughts of the Tang and Song Dynasties, such as Zen and Confucianism of the Song Dynasty. Su Shi's poems often expressed his deep understanding and thinking of life, nature and the universe, expressing his open-minded, optimistic and positive spiritual pursuit. Representative works: "Ode to Red Cliff": It described what Su Shi saw and heard in the Battle of Red Cliff during the Three Kingdoms period. It showed Su Shi's deep thoughts on war, history and life. "Niannu Jiao·Remembering the Past at Red Cliff": It depicted Su Shi's heroic deeds in the Battle of Red Cliff during the Three Kingdoms period. It showed Su Shi's reverence and emotion for heroes, history, and life. 3. Shuidiao Gemou: When Will the Bright Moon Appear: Through the description of Su Shi's longing for his wife and family in the distance under the moonlight, it shows Su Shi's cherishment and emotion for family, kinship and love.
Su Shi's Life
Su Shi (1037 - 1101) was a writer, calligrapher, painter and one of the most famous writers in the history of Chinese literature. Su Shi was born in today's Lezhi County, Ziyang City, Sichuan Province. In his early years, he worked in Hangzhou and was later demoted to Huizhou, Danzhou and other places. He spent many difficult years in these places, but he never gave up his love for literature and art. Su Shi's literary achievements were very remarkable. His representative works included "Ode to the Red Cliff","Shuidiao Getou", etc. These works were regarded as classics in the history of Chinese literature. Su Shi's calligraphy was also very outstanding. He was the descendant of Yan Zhenqing, a great calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty. He was good at regular script, running script, and cursive script. He was known as one of the "Four Scholars of Su School". In addition to his achievements in literature and calligraphy, Su Shi also had some political achievements. He had once served as the Minister of Rites and Minister of War, but due to his different political views from the officials, he was eventually dismissed from office. Su Shi was a great writer, artist and political figure. His life experience and literary achievements had a profound impact on Chinese literature and culture.