Su Shi

I used to sail in the south, and the sand blew my face against the wind for three days.

The boatman * * * advised to pray for the Lingta, but the incense did not stop.

when I turned around, I lost the long bridge, but I didn't make a meal at Guishan.

even if people don't care about the thickness, I'll do whatever I want.

if you plow, it will rain and clear up, and those who go with the wind will complain.

if everyone can pray, the creation should change day by day.

today, I have a long life, and I have no love when I go away.

I'm willing to stay evil if I do what I want, and I'm tired when I ask God.

It's 3 feet away from the old cloud. Cheng Guan's camp has changed now.

I don't think vulgar people pollute the Dan ladder. When I look around Huaidian, I see Yunshan.

the former site of sizhou zhoucheng lies in the northeast of xuyi county, Jiangsu province, and then falls into Hongze lake. During the Song Dynasty, Kaifeng sailed through the Bianhe River and entered the Yangtze River, and Sizhou was the only place to go. Sangha is a monk from the Western Regions in the Tang Dynasty. According to Zanning's Biography of Song Monks (Volume 18), the Sangha originally came from a country north of Green Ridge. In the early years of Longshuo in Tang Gaozong (661), he entered the Tang Dynasty, from Xiliang to Jianghuai, where he preached in China for fifty-three years and died in Jinglong for four years (71). He was buried in Sizhou and built a tower to support him. This is the Sangha Pagoda. After the Sangha Pagoda was hit by fire and water, it was rebuilt by Cheng Guan, a famous monk in Luoyang, in the 15th year of Zhenyuan (799). Han Yu has a poem "Farewell to the Monk Cheng Guan" to record the rise and fall of the Sangha Pagoda: "There is no wave in the Qing and Huai Dynasties, and the columns are tilted for a long time. Fire and water swept the floor, and suddenly it was 3 feet high. The shadow sinks at the bottom of the pool, and the dragon is frightened. When there is no cloud in the day, it crosses the empty blue. May I ask who runs the business? Taoist Cheng Guan's name is registered. " Song Taiping rejuvenating the country for seven years (982), again? Life is to be re-covered, and affairs should be open from the top, adding its tired layers. Therefore, the tower that Su Shi climbed is no longer "Cheng Guan's camp".

It is said that the Sinha Pagoda in Sizhou has a spirit, and it can ask for wind and rain. When traveling, they all prayed to this pagoda, and the incense was very strong. In the third year of Zhiping (166), Su Shi escorted Su Xun's coffin back to Shu, went down the Bianhe River, passed the Sangha Pagoda, and was blocked by the wind for three days. The boatmen advised Su Shi to pray under the Lingta, and sure enough, a prayer was a blessing. "The incense was not turned," and the wind blew fiercely for three days, and immediately turned to the downwind to see him off (when Su Shi learned about Yangzhou in the seventh year of Yuanyou, he came here to worship the pagoda for rain because of the long drought in the spring). The first six sentences, based on their own experience, write the extraordinary spirit of the Sangha Pagoda. "Sand blows the surface against the wind for three days" means that the ship is blocked, and the "sand blows the surface" sets off the fierce wind. "I lost the long bridge in an instant, but I didn't go to Kameyama for dinner." Then write down the river, like an arrow, and leave Sizhou at the gates in an instant and enter Hongze Lake. The efficacy of the stupa really should ring. However, Su Shi did not prove that the stupa was spiritual. Instead, he had an unanswerable question: It was convenient for those who sailed south, but at the same time, it was not smooth for those who traveled north. If these two kinds of people pray under the Sangha Pagoda at the same time, how should the gods make a choice? Does the fair and selfless god favor one side and bully the other? "It's rainy and sunny to plow the fields, and people who go with the wind complain." Su Shi successfully borrowed the logical law of contradiction and broke the secular superstition with such a simple sentence. Because of the different status and situation, the wishes of all kinds of people in society are often different or even opposite. The positions and interests of those cultivators, mowers, leavers and newcomers are opposite to each other. For their conflicting wishes, how can a "supreme person" (such as a sangha) who has no thickness be taken care of and satisfied at the same time? From this point of view, isn't this kind of praying to God and worshipping Buddha just showing people's selfishness and stupidity? Su Shi is good at studying the universe from life itself. This poem uses its own life experience to illustrate the falsehood and absurdity of prayer, which is clear and humorous. With the spear of the child, the shield of the attack, sharp words, witty and lively. The fourth chapter of Matthew says: "God" gives rain to the righteous and the unjust; Let the sun shine on good people and bad people. " Bacon said: "However, he does not make wealth healthy, nor does he ask honor and virtue to shine on all people equally." (bacon's essays on page 45) in fact, that is to say, people's wealth, honor and virtue have nothing to do with god. Bacon also used the same method as Su Shi.

This poem was written in the second year of Yuanfeng (179), and it has been more than ten years since the last three years of Zhiping. Su Shi moved from Xuzhou to Huzhou, surpassing the Sangha Pagoda. Because he has experienced more things, he is natural about his own going, staying, going and stopping. "Today, I have a long life, and I have no worries about going without going. I am willing to stay evil, and I am tired every time I ask God. " Not only are the gods tired of answering questions, but they also ask for nothing, and they no longer pray for the prayer tower, showing a philosophical attitude of being detached from things and forgetting gains and losses. Finally, he said that he would climb the tower and look forward to Huaidian Yunshan, and his tone was still humorous and gratifying. This poem takes two boat trips under the tower as a contrast, starting with praying for the tower and ending with climbing it, and writes the difference between the chest before and after. There are waves in the middle, which are meaningful, thought-provoking and intriguing. The combination of profound philosophy and mellow poetic flavor, which is deeply hidden in a diary poem, is really superb.

Dongpo's poem "The Sangha Pagoda in Sizhou" ... Zhang Wenqian used its meaning as a poem: "The hillside plows rain in the middle of the night, and Tian Fu sings for the harvest. It rains a lot, and the silkworms are cold, and the silkworms are worried about the cocoon sheet. Life is full of grievances, and it is difficult for God to provide for you. " (Wu Kai's Poems on Yougutang)

Dongpo's poem "Sinha Pagoda in Sizhou" says: "If you plow the fields, it will be rainy and sunny, and those who go with the wind will complain." This is a Chinese saying in Liu Yuxi's "He Bu Fu": "If you are involved in Sichuan, you will be in the wind at that time, and those who follow it will be lucky, and those who follow it will be fierce. The same art is in the wild, and the time is in Ze. The benefit of Yi Yi is the benefit of Yi Yi. " Poe used a couplet of fourteen characters to cover all the meanings of Liu Yuxi's four pairs of thirty-two characters, which covered the wonderful thing of taking away the tire and changing the bone. ([Song] Shi Shengzu's "Learning to Zhai Zhan Bi" Volume II)

The study of syntax is a matter of time. Yesterday, I asked the valley, "It's raining and clearing, and those who go with the wind complain." Valley cloud: "It's better to sit back five steps after ten steps, because there is no one in a thousand rocks." "This monograph syntax, regardless of righteousness, cover seven-character poem four words three words for two sections. This syntax comes from Huang Ting Jing, which has been added since "Huang Ting Xia Guan Yuan is above". Zhang Pingzi's Four Sorrow Poems is so vigorous and steady. ([Song Dynasty] Fan Wen's Poem Eyes on a Creek)

The poem "The Sangha Pagoda in Sizhou" is thoroughly read and ridiculously said. Why should it be a Buddha, but it can stop the other religions?

(Weng Fanggang's Shi Zhou Shi Hua, Volume III)

Try hard to get rid of the language, which is purely about the road and still empty. Layers of waves, rolled together, only the tower knot, simple and convenient. (Ji Yun's comments on the Collection of Poems by Su Wenzhong, Volume 18)

Several sentences are dug out from the firewood wind, which became a famous saying (the firewood wind in Ruoyexi in Huiji is the south wind and the north wind at dusk).

(Chen Yan's The Essence of Song Poetry, Volume II)