Su Shi’s life can be summarized by the “Four Threes”: three things he should not forget: his title on the gold medal list, the Wutai Poetry Case, and the favor of the Queen Mother; three people he should not forget: Ouyang Xiu, who respected his father’s teacher, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, who have always respected and contradicted each other; never forget the three places? Huangzhou, Huizhou, and Danzhou; never forget the three feelings? the brotherly love with Su Che, the life-and-death love with Wang Fu, and the unrequited love with Chaoyun . Almost every part of his life is connected with legend. For example, when he was named on the gold list, he changed from first to second, but became more famous; in the Wutai Poetry Case, he narrowly escaped death and was demoted to Huangzhou, but he had a golden period of creation; he gave gifts to his younger brother Zhe, The poems mourning the death of his wife have been circulated by thousands of people and have lasted for a long time?
Now I will bring you some stories about Su Shi’s life. I hope you like it!
Su Shi’s life
Su Shi was born in Meishan, Meizhou on January 8, 1037 AD. Su Shi's father Su Xun, the "Twenty-Seven" mentioned in the "Three Character Classic", was the "Su Laoquan" who started to work hard. Although Su Xun worked hard late, he worked very hard. In his later years, Su Shi recalled studying with his father when he was young, and felt that he was deeply influenced by his father. Of course, without Su Xun's diligent study, it would have been impossible for Su Shi to receive a good tutoring at a young age, let alone to learn the classics and history before he was in his prime, and to write thousands of words a day, and it would have been impossible for him to have a literary career in the future. Achievement.
In 1056 (the first year of Jiayou), Su Shi, who was twenty-one years old, left Sichuan for the first time in Beijing to take part in the imperial examination. The following year, he took part in the examination of the Ministry of Rites and won the appreciation of the examiner Ouyang Xiu with his essay "On the Perfection of Honesty in Punishments and Rewards". However, because Ouyang Xiu mistakenly believed that it was written by his disciple Zeng Gong, he had to take second place in order to avoid suspicion.
In 1061 (the sixth year of Jiayou), Su Shi took the high school examination, which is commonly known as the "Three Years of Beijing Examination". He entered the third class and became the "No. 1 in a century". He was awarded the Dali Judgment Award. , signed the letter to the judge of Fengxiang Mansion. His mother died of illness in her hometown. In 1069 (the second year of Xining), she returned to the court after completing her service and was still granted her duties. Many of Su Shi's mentors, including Ouyang Xiu, his mentor who admired him at the beginning, were forced to leave Beijing because they opposed the new law and had political disagreements with the new Prime Minister Wang Anshi. The old rain in the government and the fields has withered, and what Su Shi sees in his eyes is no longer the "peaceful world" he saw when he was twenty.
In 1079 (the second year of Yuanfeng), less than three months after Su Shi arrived in Huzhou, he was imprisoned for writing poems that satirized the new law and slandering the emperor and prime minister with his words. He was known as Wuwu in history. Taiwan Poetry Case?.
Su Shi spent 103 days in prison and was on the verge of being beheaded several times. Fortunately, during the Northern Song Dynasty, the national policy of not killing scholar-bureaucrats was established during the reign of Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, so Su Shi was able to escape the disaster.
In the seventh year of Yuanfeng (1084), Su Shi left Huangzhou and went to Ruzhou to take office. Due to the long journey and exhaustion from the journey, Su Shi's infant died unfortunately. The road to Ruzhou was far away, and the travel expenses had been exhausted. Coupled with the pain of losing his son, Su Shi wrote to the court, requesting not to go to Ruzhou for the time being, but to live in Changzhou first, which was later approved. When he was about to return south to Changzhou, Shenzong died. The area of ??Changzhou is intertwined with water networks and has beautiful scenery. Living in Changzhou, he had no worries about hunger and cold, and could enjoy the beautiful scenery. Moreover, he was far away from the political disputes in the capital, and could get along with his family and many friends day and night. So Su Dongpo finally chose Changzhou as his final place.
When Zhezong ascended the throne, Empress Dowager Gao took charge of the government in the name of Zhezong's young age. Sima Guang was re-appointed as prime minister, and the new party headed by Wang Anshi was suppressed. Su Shi returned to the imperial court and became the official of Zhidengzhou (Penglai). Four months later, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites was summoned back to the court. In the first half of the morning, he was promoted to Jusheren, and three months later, he was promoted to Zhongshusheren. Soon after, he was promoted to Hanlin scholar Zhizhigao (a secretary who drafted edicts for the emperor, third grade), and was informed of the tributes of the Ministry of Rites.
When Su Shi saw that the emerging forces were desperately suppressing the figures in Wang Anshi's group and abolishing the new law, he believed that the so-called old party and the new party were just the same, and once again made suggestions to the emperor.