This is normal, because this is normal. Everyone has the right to pursue success, but not everyone has the luck to succeed. The latter is the norm. Luck is the passport to this world.
Ha ha! Bad luck, bad luck. Feng Tang is easy to get old, but Li Guang is hard to seal. Qu Jiayi is in Changsha, not without a master; Is there no time to escape from Hongliang to Haiqu? You are a gentleman who plays it by ear, a talented person, a person who understands life, a strong old man and a strong poor man, all of which are useless. A bad word is worth 250 IQ and 360 EQ.
Even if we cross to Su Shi's position in hindsight, we may not be able to accomplish our merits.
Su Xun, Su Shi's father, a literary talent that made everyone jealous, gave up completely after failing in the imperial examination in his early years. I went home, burned the article and played self-study. For his two sons, Su Shi and Su Zhe, Su Xun didn't take the routine of stupid birds not flying, but let himself fly. However, examples speak louder than words. The two sons studied with their father Su Xun, but not for the imperial examination, but what books they wanted to read.
In A.D. 1055, a new governor came to Sichuan, Zhang, the magistrate of Yizhou. This guy can see at a glance that Su Xun and his son are not mortal, which is enough to lead the literary world in the Northern Song Dynasty. So he wrote a letter of recommendation, inviting Su Xun and his son to visit Ouyang Xiu, a literary master.
1056, Su Xun and his son came to Kaifeng and met Ouyang Xiu. For Su Xun, Ouyang Xiu thinks he is Xunzi and his writing is invincible. For Su Shi, Ouyang Xiu was inexplicably afraid and thought that he should step down from the throne of the literary master to make way for this young man.
Is it awesome? When he first entered the capital, Su Xun was famous all over the capital, and Su Shi forced the hero to make way. But the imperial examination is the real professional track. Both mules and horses should run on this track. However, Su San did not specialize in imperial examinations. The imperial examination is exam-oriented education, but these three people have been engaged in quality education.
However, Su Shi and Su Zhe went to be the top scholar together, but it was in A.D. 1057. And Su Shi's article "Theory of Criminal Loyalty" is a perfect composition for college entrance examination. Originally, it was the first prize, but Ouyang Xiu was too confident that the style and level of this article should be written by Ceng Gong. Ceng Gong is also one of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties, and the key is Ouyang Xiu's disciple. Therefore, Ouyang Xiu, as an examiner, did not rank this article as the first, but let it rank second.
How talented is Su Shi? Eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties, he killed three. Ouyang Xiu, a literary master, is ready to give way; Ceng Gong, a disciple of Ouyang Xiu, stood aside. Even his own father should be ashamed. Su Xun began to study hard at the age of 27, but failed in the imperial examinations twice. Where's Su Shi? I entered the imperial examination at the age of 20, but I ran a perfect composition on a professional track. You can call it a fluke. However, it cannot be said to be a fluke.
When his mother died of illness, Su Shi went home to offer condolences. Three years later, 1060, Susan went to Beijing again. Su Shi also took a higher standard exam, that is, "an upright person can make a very vigilant speech." In this exam, Su Shi's article "The Emperor's Trial Production Strategy" won the third place.
The first and second place in this exam are nominal, and no one can pass the exam. Since the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, only one person named Wu Yu has passed the exam for the third time. So Su Shi, who took the third place in the exam, has already broken the record. Su Shi scored full marks in two consecutive top-ranked exams, breaking records. You can only say that this is ability.
As far as the imperial examination is concerned, from ancient times to the present, Su Shi has been able to abuse all outstanding people into scum. He didn't study for the exam, but he was invincible. But there is a problem. Two record-breaking strategies, as far as the article itself is concerned, are really good; But as far as ideological content is concerned, it can't be complimented. Compared with Jia Yi's public security policy, it is several orders of magnitude worse.
Su Shi, a perfect man and a perfect beginning, why is there so much in his life? Su Shi has all the capital for success: Song Renzong regards him as the pillar of the country, the ministers of the Song Dynasty regard him as the star of tomorrow, and even the literary giant Ouyang Xiu is ready to step down. The point is that even the emperor's mother likes Su Shi.
Su Shi was imprisoned for Wutai poetry case. Song Yingzong's mother, Empress Dowager Cao (the Empress Dowager of Zongshen Dynasty), refused to accept punishment anyway and insisted on releasing Su Shi. Su Shi was suppressed by the New Party for many years. Our mother, Empress Dowager Gao, promoted Su Shi and became Su Shi's umbrella. Su Shi continued to be suppressed by the new party. After Song Zhezong's mother came to see Empress Dowager Cixi, she simply transferred Su Shi from Hainan Island to Kaifeng, ready to make Su Shi prime minister.
Look at Su Shi's popularity, not only conquered the emperors, but also the mothers of the three emperors became their own nobles. However, luck is the passport of this universe. Because Su Shi has high IQ, high EQ and a master of relationship strategy, he has won the reputation of a contemporary genius and the praise of a pillar of the DPRK. But is this "because of this" GAI? History rejects luck?
If Su Shi takes the imperial examination in the future, the examiner will be changed from Ouyang Xiu to Wang Anshi, and Su Shi will say whether he can be a scholar, let alone perfect his composition. Because Wang Anshi despises Susan's writing style. The point is that this guy Wang Anshi is a doer. It doesn't matter whether you are brilliant or not. What matters is what you wrote. Even if Wang Anshi is replaced by a more rigid examiner, Su Shi is not allowed to play nonsense on the imperial examination track.
The key to talent and ability is emotional intelligence. "I can accompany the jade emperor above, or I can accompany the beggars in the fields below." Even though he was exiled to Hainan Island, Su Shi had a group of disciples to help him build a house. As many as 39 celebrities in the Northern Song Dynasty were implicated by Su Shi in Wutai poetry case. Even Su Shi can turn an enemy into a friend. After Wang Anshi's strike, Su Shi made a special trip to visit this quarrelsome "xianggong", and they made up and became a much-told story.
Even if you have unparalleled talent and insight into people's hearts, you can't go far without connections. Does Su Shi have no connections? Su Shi, a young man from other provinces, created the most luxurious connections in history. The older generation of Song Renzong people regard Su Shi as the pillar of the country. Song Shenzong, the middle generation, will use him in his last years. A new generation of Song Zhezong is Su Shi's student. The key is that the emperor's mother, Empress Dowager Cao, Empress Dowager Gao and Empress Xiang, have all become Su Shi's umbrellas. Famous officials in ancient times will be related. Who has such a lineup of contacts?
And why didn't Su Shi succeed, why didn't he fail, and why did his life suffer a lot? Things often change people, but people can't change things. So is Su Shi. In the most drastic situation change in the Northern Song Dynasty, he had to go with the flow.
It was the best year, it was the worst year, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of stupidity, it was the new age of faith, it was the new age of doubt, it was the bright season, it was the dark season, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we would have everything, we would have nothing, people would go directly to heaven and people would go directly to hell.
Successful people are often fools who walk at random. They are the luckiest minority. Unsuccessful people are often all beings in the waves, which is the most common majority. Su Shi is no exception, and so are we.