A collection of stories about famous people in the Song Dynasty
In the long history, there is always a group of people: they have profound wisdom, lofty ambitions, and extremely strong perseverance. They have made outstanding contributions to the development of society, set an example for future generations, and have a profound impact on future generations. Their names are known to future generations and people will always remember them. This is a celebrity. Join me below to take a look at the complete collection of celebrity stories from the Song Dynasty. I hope it will be helpful! Story of Song Dynasty Celebrities 1
After Yuan Hao proclaimed himself emperor and rebelled against the Song Dynasty, Song Renzong dispatched a group of forbidden troops to Shaanxi to help defend it. Among these forbidden troops, a brave and capable general appeared. He was the famous Northern Song Dynasty general Di Qing.
Di Qing was a native of Xihe, Fenzhou (now Fenyang, Shanxi Province). He was very talented and good at horseback riding and archery. When he first arrived in Shaanxi, he was still a low-level officer. At that time, most of the soldiers were timid and afraid of death. Only Di Qing was brave and talented, so he often served as a vanguard.
When Di Qing was fighting, he had a special characteristic. Every time he goes into battle, his hair is disheveled and his face is covered with a copper mask. He rushed back and forth in the enemy formation with extraordinary bravery. No one in the Xixia army could resist him. They thought it was a god or general coming down to earth, so they gave him the nickname "Angel Di".
Di Qing was also very resourceful in fighting. On one occasion, Di Qing led a small number of troops to fight against the Xixia army in Jingyuan. The Xixia army had a large number of troops. Di Qing thought that the enemy was outnumbered and we were outnumbered. We would not be able to win without some clever tactics. So, he ordered the army to use swords and guns instead of bows and arrows when going into battle, and use the sound of a zheng (a percussion instrument used in ancient armies, made of copper) as a trumpet. When the zheng was struck for the first time, the whole army stopped; The second blow of the trumpet caused the whole army to retreat, but still formed a good position. As soon as the sound of the trumpet stopped, the whole army turned forward, shouted and charged towards the enemy. The soldiers of the Song Army also conducted drills according to this method.
The next day, the Song army went to battle. Before they could engage in battle with the Xixia army, the first clang sound was heard in the army, and all the Song soldiers stopped and did not move. Just after the first blast, the second blast came again, and the Song soldiers suddenly retreated again. The Xixia soldiers had always been afraid of Di Qing. When they saw the Song army's battle this time, they couldn't help laughing and said: "How can there be such a fighting method? Who said Di Qing is brave and good at fighting!"
At this moment, The sound of the Song Army's clang suddenly stopped, and the Song Army soldiers immediately turned around, shouted to kill, and rushed into the Xixia Army's formation. The enemy was caught off guard and became confused. They were so frightened that they fled in all directions. Many people trampled on each other and died. In this battle, Di Qing used strange tactics to defeat the enemy and achieved a great victory.
An official in Shaanxi discussed military affairs with Di Qing. He appreciated his talents very much and recommended him to Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan.
Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan summoned Di Qing and asked him some questions. They felt that he was indeed a talent, but he didn't read much and lacked knowledge.
So Fan Zhongyan advised him: "Now that you have become a general, you need to read more books. A general does not know the past and the present, does not understand the art of war, and is just a man of personal courage. How can he do it?" How about establishing greater achievements for the country?"
After hearing this, Di Qing nodded repeatedly and asked Fan Zhongyan for advice. Fan Zhongyan took out a copy of "Zuo Shi Chun Qiu" and gave it to Di Qing, asking him to first understand some ancient war history.
Di Qing accepted this book with great gratitude. After this fight, he studied hard and finished reading "Zuo Shi Chun Qiu" and many other works on the art of war since the Qin and Han Dynasties. His military knowledge became richer and his reputation became greater.
During his four years in the northwest, he fought twenty-five times in large and small battles, suffered eight arrow wounds, and made many contributions to the Song Dynasty.
Song Renzong valued Di Qing very much. In addition to promoting him, he also wanted to summon him. It happened that the Xixia army invaded Weizhou again. Di Qing wanted to fight against the enemy and could not go to the capital. Song Renzong had no choice but to have someone draw a portrait of Di Qing and send it to the court.
Later, the Northern Song Dynasty and Xixia reached a peace agreement, and Song Renzong transferred him back to the capital and made him the deputy capital commander of the Ma Army.
Di Qing was born as a soldier.
In the Song Dynasty, in order to prevent soldiers from escaping, they tattooed characters on their faces and then applied ink to mark them, leaving blue-black writing on their skin, which was called Mian Nirvana. Di Qing had been a soldier, and he also had a trace of nirvana on his face.
Song Renzong summoned Di Qing and saw the expression on his face. He felt that it was very inconsistent with his current status, so he ordered him to apply medicine to remove the writing on his face.
Di Qing disagrees with this. He replied: "Your Majesty did not ask about my humble background, but promoted me based on merit, so that I can reach the status I have today. I am willing to keep these handwritings so that the soldiers can read them and know that they should work hard."
After hearing this, Song Renzong appreciated him very much and valued him even more.
A few years after the war in Xixia subsided, another separatist regime emerged in the south. Nong Zhigao, the chief of Guangyuan Prefecture, rebelled against the Song Dynasty. He captured Yong (yōng) Prefecture (now Nanning, Guangxi), established the Southern Kingdom, and called himself Emperor Renhui. He then captured nine prefectures in succession and invaded Guangzhou. Many officials guarding the city in the Song Dynasty were so frightened that they abandoned the city and ran away. People in some places fled to the valleys for refuge. Nong Zhigao chased them into the valleys and set a fire to burn all the refugees to death.
Song Renzong was very worried. Di Qing wrote to the court and asked to go to fight. The next day, Di Qing went to court and said to Song Renzong: "I was born in the army and have nothing else to repay the country. I only need to lead an elite cavalry and deploy some forbidden troops to pacify Nong Zhigao."
Song Renzong immediately appointed Di Qing as the Xuanfu envoy and led 30,000 troops there. The next year, Di Qing captured Yongzhou. Nong Zhigao fled to Dali and was killed.
Di Qing made another great contribution by pacifying the separatist regime of Nong Zhigao. Song Renzong worshiped him as a privy envoy, put him in charge of military power, and rewarded him with a residence. Celebrity Stories from the Song Dynasty 2
Su Shi is a tragic figure. He is honest and ambitious. Be knowledgeable about classics and history, care about current affairs, and strive to strengthen the country. When he was 21 years old, he became a Jinshi. Unexpectedly, he would be involved in an endless political turmoil just after he entered the official career.
When Su Shi was the chief bookkeeper and a first-class local official, Wang Anshi was appointed as the counselor of political affairs and implemented new laws. Su Shi opposed the "new law". He wrote several articles such as "Lun on Shang Yang" and "Test Strategies for Jin Shiting", which either used ancient metaphors to describe the present, made insinuations, or used topics to make circumstantial remarks. However, they were published in the Wanyan Book "Emperor Shang Shenzong". A full-scale attack.
Wang Anshi respected Su Shi and believed that Su Shi "is a genius today." Although Su Shi and he had different political views, Wang Anshi was Wang Anshi after all, and his friendship with Su Shi remained the same. However, the tree wanted to be quiet but the wind was not stopping. Some people who were new to Wang Anshi kept making small reports about Su Shi, adding words of "such and such" and "such and such" in Wang Anshi's ears. "Three people become a tiger", Wang Anshi also believed it. When the emperor asked if Su Shi could be used, Wang Anshi said: "If we want to implement the new law, we cannot reuse Su Shi." Su Shi also felt that it was difficult to stay in the capital, so he repeatedly asked for external transfer. In the following years, he served as the magistrate of Hangzhou, Mizhou, Huzhou and other places. After Wang Anshi resigned as prime minister, more and more speculators pursuing high-ranking officials and generous salaries mingled with the reformists. The serious political struggle partly turned into a struggle for power and revenge within the ruling group. Su Shi became the unfortunate one. The admonisher Li Ding and others picked out some of his poems that satirized the new law and impeached him. He was arrested and imprisoned. This was the famous "Wutai Poetry Case". Seven years later, Sima Guang and other old parties came to power. Although Su Shi failed Completely eliminating hostility to Wang Anshi's reform movement, but being dissatisfied with the perverse behavior of Sima Guang's old party group, some people in the old party regarded him as the second Wang Anshi, and he could not find a place in the old party, so they asked for external transfer . When Song Zhezong came to power and the New Party came to power again, Su Shi's life became more and more difficult every day. He was demoted again and again, from Huizhou to the remote and remote Hainan Island, and finally died on his way back to the north after being pardoned.
Su Shi’s faults: First, he dared to tell the truth. He claimed that “what he said must reflect the faults of the world” and said that his compositions “wanted to use the past to control the present, and deliberately It is practical to help the world." He admired figures like Qu Yuan and Zhuge Liang who managed the world, and wanted to be a Confucian with a dignified integrity and courage; secondly, he was a villain who made mischief.
Su Shi was extremely talented, as the saying goes, "If a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it. If you do something better than others, everyone will reject it." He had opinions about Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, and those little people who were just waiting for flattery and seeking promotion could see clearly. When the time comes, it may be said that Su Shi criticized the new law and ridiculed Wang Anshi, or that Su Shi was dissatisfied with the old party and scolded Sima Guang, etc. The most typical example is that someone reported to the emperor: "Four years ago, Su Shi escorted his father's coffin back to Sichuan and took advantage of official duties. He used boats to carry goods and sold private salt." The emperor was suspicious and ordered people to investigate, but nothing was found. The temporary "Su case" was finally settled. It is a pity that Su Shi was innocent and was wronged. He waited behind closed doors and was resentful but helpless.
Su Shi was a man of great virtue, but he was not good at walking the "tightrope". It was difficult for him to live just for the sake of living. Even if he could barely survive, he would live a very hard and tiring life. Not worth it.
Life has the same beginning and the same destination. What is different is the process of life. Among them, some are sublime, some are great, some are despicable, and some are insignificant... Stories of famous people in the Song Dynasty 3
Speaking of Su Dongpo’s enemies, the most difficult one to describe is Wang Anshi, but in fact it is absolutely unavoidable Wang Anshi, because not only did the two belong to two political camps, but they also had entangled personal grudges between them.
As soon as Su Dongpo entered the official career, he was caught in the struggle between the old and new parties. His father Su Xun and younger brother Su Zhe, his beloved elders in the DPRK, and his relatives and friends were almost all on the side of the old party.
Of course, what is more important is that Su Dongpo's own political concepts are completely different from Wang Anshi's New Law, and his academic thoughts are also incompatible with the New Law. He is loyal and straightforward and cannot remain silent against the emerging New Deal against his will. It is said that he is bound to become the political opponent of the New Party and will also clash with the leader of the New Party, Wang Anshi.
In the sixth year of Jiayou's reign (1061), 26-year-old Su Dongpo participated in the examination, and Wang Anshi served as the examiner as a Zhigao. Su Dongpo comprehensively put forward his views on government affairs in his policy making. Many of his views were completely opposite to the ten thousand words letter Wang Anshi wrote to Renzong two years ago. All the examiners admired Su Dongpo's "brilliant literary meaning" and gave it a high ranking. However, Wang Anshi criticized Su Dongpo's writing as "all kinds of Warring States articles". Later, Wang Anshi also wrote in his article on appointing Su Dongpo as the chief administrator of Fuchang County: "If a scholar is strong enough to learn the words of support, he must know the essentials and then not violate the Tao. If you choose what you have heard and keep the essentials, you will not be able to do anything." It’s great, but you don’t have to force it!” Although he was speaking on behalf of the court, it also showed his dissatisfaction with Su Dongpo.
Su Xun and Wang Anshi had never been in harmony with each other. During the Jiayou period, Su Xun famously impressed the capital with his articles, but Wang Anshi did not have a word of praise. When Wang Anshi's mother passed away, the ministers of the court and government went to express their condolences, but Su Xun alone did not go. Su Xun also wrote "On Distinguishing Adultery" to criticize Wang Anshi for his abnormal and unhuman behavior, and predicted that he would bring disaster to the world. Seven years later, Lu Jieshangshu impeached Wang Anshi, saying that he was "a treacherous person who appears to be loyal and a deceitful person who appears to be trustworthy." "Lu Jie's words are exactly the same as "On Distinguishing Adultery", which shows that Su Xun actually made the first attack on Wang Anshi on behalf of the old party. Su Dongpo disapproved of his father's "On Distinguishing Adultery" and thought some of his words were too much. Su Dongpo also admired Wang Anshi's literary talents very much. He once praised Wang Anshi's "Records of the Yingzong" as the best in the history books of this dynasty.
However, Su Dongpo was very dissatisfied with Wang Anshi's behavior of making false claims, and once ridiculed him in a memorial article to Liu Chang. Wang Anshi regarded Su Dongpo as an apparently powerful enemy and wanted to expel him from the court. In the second year of Xining (1069), Su Dongpo's comment on the tribute law should not be changed lightly. Shenzong took it very seriously and received him on the same day. Then he wanted Su Dongpo to amend the regulations on Zhongshu, but Wang Anshi tried his best to stop it and strongly recommended Lu Huiqing. In the same year, Su Dongpo served as an examiner for the Imperial College. He asked questions about the rise and fall of arbitrary monarchs in history, which greatly displeased Wang Anshi. Shenzong wanted Su Dongpo to study in daily life, but Wang Anshi said that Su Dongpo was not a "rewardable person". Shenzong said that Su Dongpo was outstanding in literature and calm in character, and ministers such as Sima Guang and Han Wei praised him.
Wang Anshi replied that Dongpo was an "evil and dangerous person", and also said that when Su Dongpo's father died three years ago, Han Qi and others did not accept the bribes presented to him, but used the official ship that carried the funeral to sell sumac to Shu. He also said this As everyone knows, although Su Dongpo has intelligence and fame, he can only be a general judge and cannot be used for great purposes. Celebrity Stories from the Song Dynasty 4
The prime minister of the Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi, was the most unkempt person. Sometimes he was busy reading official documents and had no time to eat breakfast when he went to court, so he took the bread and sat in the car on the way to the court to eat it, causing bread crumbs all over his body.
Wang Anshi didn’t pay attention to hygiene. He didn’t like washing his face very much, and he didn’t change his clothes often. Therefore, sometimes his clothes were infested with lice. Once, Wang Anshi and another minister Yu Yu went to see the emperor together for some business. Prime Minister Wang, who was not paying attention to his clothes, had a small insect on his collar, which might be a louse. It crawled from the collar to Wang Anshi's beard. The emperor looked at it and felt secretly amused. Yu Yu stretched out his hand to catch it for him and said casually: "This little bug is so glorious. It once wandered on the prime minister's beard!" Wang Anshi also noticed it, so he said mockingly: "It is not only glorious but also happy. Even the emperor saw it with his own eyes." I saw it."
Wang Anshi's life is very frugal, eclectic and unsophisticated, and he is against the style of luxury and extravagance.
When he was the prime minister, he was given a banquet by his subordinate officials. Although the table was full of delicacies, he only ate a few dishes in front of him. He was also preoccupied while eating, with an air of not knowing what he was eating. When he entertains guests at home, he is quite casual, usually two plates of side dishes and a pot of sake. Once, he actually ate the leftover pancake crusts from the guests, which made the guests very uneasy.
The doctors saw Wang Anshi's face getting darker and darker and thought he was ill. But the diagnosis showed that it was not a disease, but accumulated sweat dirt, which was cleaned by scrubbing with bath beans. Prime Minister Wang, who usually didn't bother to modify his appearance or pay attention to his clothes, naturally refused to wash his face with bath beans. He also said: "God is going to give me a black face, why should I wash it with bath beans!" Celebrity Stories from the Song Dynasty 5
Fan Zhongyan, courtesy name Xiwen, was a native of Wu County during the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty. Strong on the outside but soft on the outside, his famous saying "Be anxious when the world is worried first, and be happy when the world is happy later" has become a good saying that has been passed down through the ages.
When Fan Zhongyan was the governor of Xiangzhou, his wife wrote a letter and wrote the word "Yi" instead of "Yin". He wrote back and said, "Is it expected that the Yi family will no longer want anyone?" His wife only replied with a poem, It is quite affectionate. The poem says: "When I asked about the character Yin in a small book, my lover couldn't understand its meaning. How long should I be isolated from Yi? There is no one to sleep with." When Fan Zhongyan was appointed as the prefect of Hangzhou, many people were attracted by his recommendation. Get promoted by reading the book. There was a county inspector, Su Lin, who had been away from home for many years and had not been promoted. He felt deeply unfair. Once when he visited Fan Zhongyan's house for a visit, he took the opportunity to write a poem: "On the tower near the water, the moon comes first, and the flowers and trees facing the sun come early in spring. The ancients did not see the moon today, but this month once shone on the ancients." Fan Zhongyan knew Su Lin's intention, so he wrote it for him. He recommended it, and Su Lin was promoted. Celebrity Stories from the Song Dynasty 6
Ouyang Xiu, also known as Yongshu, also known as Drunken Old Man, also known as Liuyi Jushi, was a litterateur in the Song Dynasty and a native of Luling, Jiangxi. He is one of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties. He is rigorous in writing and peaceful in person.
In his later years, he was nicknamed "Sixty-One Buddhists". Others asked him: "What does 'Sixty-One' mean?"
Ouyang Xiu replied: "My family has a collection of ten thousand books. There are a thousand volumes of inscriptions from three generations, a harp, a game of chess, and a jug of wine." "But it's only May Day!" Ouyang Xiu said with a smile, "I'm so old. It's just for 'June 1st'."
Ouyang Xiu and his friends made a drinking order, stipulating that each person should write two poems, and the content must be punishable by imprisonment or above. So, one chanted: "Hold a knife to coax the widow, go to the sea to rob the ship." Another chanted: "The moon is dark and the night kills people, the wind is high and the sky is set on fire." Ouyang Xiu then chanted: "The wine sticks to the shirt and the sleeves are wet, "The flower is pressed against the brim of the hat." Some people think that his poem will not lead to a prison sentence, so they raise questions. He smiled and said: "Think about it, everyone, if you are drunk and indulge in wild debauchery, are you still afraid of not committing a crime of imprisonment or more?"
One day, Ouyang Xiu met two young people on his way home. , claimed to be a poet, and said he wanted to visit Ouyang Xiu. Ouyang Xiu then offered to go by boat with them, but did not explain his identity.
The two men walked halfway and saw a white goose jumping into the clear water pond, so they became inspired by poetry and began to compose poems. A chanted: "Looking at a goose from a distance", and B continued: "Plop and jump into the river." But he could no longer chant. Without thinking, Ouyang Xiu immediately chanted: "White hair floats on the green water, and red palms float on the clear waves." The two very arrogant people said: "Although it is not good, it is still okay."
After a while, When the boat arrived at a place, they saw a pile of ashes on the shore, and the two began to write poetry again. A said: "Looking at a pile of ashes from a distance", B said: "Looking at a pile of ashes from a close distance." The following could not be connected, so Ouyang Xiu had to continue: "A strong wind blew up, and snow flew all over the sky." The two of them were still there. He said arrogantly: "Although it's not good, it's still barely good."
At this time, although Ouyang Xiu was well-educated and could not have an attack, he had already seen clearly these two idiots who claimed to be poets. Just as the two people were composing poems again, A said: "We are both in the same boat," and B said: "I'm going to visit Ouyang Xiu." Ouyang Xiu didn't wait for them to say anything else, and immediately added: "Xiu already knows you, but you still don't know how to be ashamed." ." After that, he walked away. Celebrity Stories of the Song Dynasty 7
Hu Quan was a Jinshi during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty and served as the editor of the Privy Council. In the DPRK, he was an anti-Jin faction and firmly opposed to negotiating peace with the Jin invaders. Regardless of his personal safety, he wrote directly to Emperor Gaozong, requesting that the leaders of the surrender faction Wang Lun, Qin Hui, and Sun Jin be killed, and advocating the detention of Jin State's envoys. Emperor Gaozong did not distinguish between loyal and traitorous people, so he demoted Hu Quan to Fuzhou to make a judgment. After the surrender faction gained power, they signed a peace treaty with Jin Bang that was humiliating and humiliating the country. Wang Lun and others took this opportunity to bring up old matters again and further falsely accused Hu Quan of "false statements" in his previous petition and that he should be removed. Therefore, Hu Quan was escorted to Xinzhou and detained by local officials.
Although Hu Quan lost his personal home in Xinzhou, he did not give in mentally and firmly believed that his patriotic stance of resisting the Jin Dynasty was correct. However, due to the treacherous party that betrayed the country and sought glory, he could not realize his great ambition. He couldn't help but burst into anger and wrote the sad and angry poem "Good Things Come Soon":
Wealth is unintentional, why should we ignore hometown for the sake of family? The sky makes the ape frightened and the crane resentful, and misses Xue Luo Qiuyue.
The cystic cone is just about to come out, but it’s not the right time. When I want to drive back home, there are jackals and wolves in my path.
This poem spread, and the anti-Jin faction in the court and the masses greatly appreciated it. However, the capitulation faction hated him and wanted to put him to death soon. At this time, Qin Hui's private party Zhang Di catered to the mentality of the capitulation faction and falsely accused the court, saying that the "jackal and wolf in the same direction" written by Hu Quan in his poem was a "slander" and "resentment" against the emperor and meritorious ministers. Emperor Gaozong once again believed the slander and sent Hu Quan to the more remote and desolate Hainan Island for military confinement. Celebrity Stories from the Song Dynasty 8
Su Dongpo’s poems, calligraphy and paintings, articles and letters were purchased at high prices during his lifetime. One day his friend Huang Shangu told him this situation with a smile: "In the past, during the Jin Dynasty, Wang Youjun exchanged characters for geese with Taoist priests, which became a good story. Now your characters have also been exchanged for things. This guy Han Zongru The most greedy person, he exchanged the message you wrote for Yao Linxu, the commander-in-chief, for more than ten kilograms of mutton, and had a hearty meal." Su Dongpo didn't find it funny after hearing this.
One day, Su Dongpo was busy writing in Hanlin Garden. The greedy Han Zongru wanted to exchange his note for mutton. So he deliberately wrote some irrelevant letters to Su Dongpo, hoping that he would reply in order to exchange them for meat. The mischievous and humorous Su Dongpo had noticed it a long time ago, but he just didn't write a reply. Han Zongru wrote several letters and sent his servant to wait for Su Dongpo to write a reply. Su Dongpo smiled and said to Han Zongru's servant: "Go home and tell your master that the butcher has no meat today!" Song Dynasty Celebrity Story 9
When Su Dongpo was demoted to Hainan Island, on the eve of his departure, a friend of the transport envoy met Chen Qiang went to the Su Mansion to express his condolences. When he saw Chun Niang, the maid from Dongpo, he was as beautiful as a fairy, and he was very moved. So Xiang Dongpo proposed to exchange the white horse for the spring girl, and wrote a poem about it, saying: I don't care about the frost, rain, snow and hoofs, I will redeem my eyebrows in my leisure time. Although there is no bright moon in the golden period, there is a beautiful woman holding a jade weapon.
Su Dongpo also thought that the journey was far away, with high mountains and dangerous rivers, and smoky air. For a moment, he felt pity for the beauty and could not bear the hardship for Chun Niang, so he agreed to Chen Qiang's request. So he wrote a poem: Chun Niang left in such a hurry, not to mention that the sound of hoofbeats was filled with hatred. Just because there are many dangers on the mountain journey, I dare to exchange the red powder for chasing the wind.
Chun Niang was very sad when she found out that she had exchanged her body for a horse, so she wrote a poem to express her sadness. The poem says: As a human being, don’t live like a woman, and all kinds of joys and sorrows come from others. Today I know that humans are inferior to animals. Who can I blame if I have to live in this life?
After chanting, he hit his head against the wall and died. Seeing this scene, Su Dongpo felt regretful, but it was too late. Celebrity Stories from the Song Dynasty 10
Su Dongpo, a great writer in the Song Dynasty, was famous for his talent and erudition, but he was embarrassed in front of Wang Anshi.
Once, Su Dongpo went to visit Wang Anshi, the prime minister of the dynasty, but did not meet him. By chance, he discovered an unfinished poem under the inkstone on his desk: "The west wind passed through the garden last night, blowing down the yellow flowers and covering the ground with gold." Dongpo thought: "The golden wind only blows in autumn. Wherever the golden wind rises, all the fragrances fall. , But the chrysanthemum has a proud bone, so why are its petals falling everywhere? The prince is so talented that he made a big mistake!" So he continued the poem and said: "Autumn flowers are not as good as spring flowers." Then he chanted it carefully. He walked away.
When Wang Anshi saw Dongpo's continuation of the poem, he thought to himself: "It's so rare and strange!" and decided to give Su Dongpo a small punishment. He suggested that the emperor transfer Dongpo to Huangzhou, Hubei Province as deputy envoy of regiment training. After Dongpo took office, he ignored political affairs. One day, he and his friend Chen Jichang went to the back garden to admire chrysanthemums and drink wine. On this day, after several days of strong wind, there was not a single flower left on the dozens of chrysanthemum branches in the garden. Dongpo was stunned for a moment when he saw the ground covered with gold and colorful fallen flowers. Chen Jichang asked: "Why are you so surprised when you see the chrysanthemums falling petals?" Su Dongpo recounted the incident of changing the chrysanthemum attendant in Wang Anshi's mansion, and his friend was enlightened. Su Dongpo couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "I was just demoted to Huangzhou last year. I thought it was Duke Jing who hated me for exposing his shortcomings and avenging his private vendetta. Who knew that this was not the fault of Duke Jing, but my fault. This happened to me. The lesson is too profound: be modest and prudent in everything, never rely on your own intelligence and make fun of others casually. ";