Liu Xizai commented on Su Shi's articles in "Art Summary": "There are reasons, emotions, spirit, and knowledge." "

Lin Yutang once commented on Su Dongpo: "He is an optimist whose nature is hard to change, a compassionate moralist, a good friend of the people, a prose writer, a new-school painter, and a great calligrapher. A family is an experimenter in brewing wine, an engineer, an opponent of false Taoism, a practitioner of yoga, a Buddhist, a scholar-official, the emperor's secretary, an alcoholic addict, a compassionate-hearted judge, a Those who insist on their opinions in politics are wanderers under the moon, poets, and people who are humorous and love to joke.

Mr. Zhu Dongrun compiled "Selected Chinese Literary Works of Ancient Times" for the Chinese language and literature major of China University. At that time, he commented on Su Shi like this: "What supports his (Su Shi's) spirit (broad-minded, not caring about gains and losses) is the view that 'things and I are endless' and 'the creator has endless treasures'." This view itself is of positive significance, but because the author was in political frustration, his writing was inevitably mixed with negative elements of seeking detachment, which revealed a certain contradiction in his worldview." (

Su Dongpo He also commented on himself: "I can accompany the Jade Emperor, and I can accompany the beggars of Beitian Court. There is no bad person in the world."

Dongpo was transferred from Huangzhou to Ruzhou (Henan). ) On his way to take office, he met his political rival Wang Anshi unexpectedly. The two settled their differences and had a very good conversation. However, Dongpo still did not forget to warmly blame Wang Anshi and the new law. Wang Anshi later said to people: "I don't know how many hundreds of years it took for Dongpo to appear. Such a character!"

Chen Shidao, a poet of the Song Dynasty, believed that Su Dongpo's poems were not innovative at all. He first imitated Liu Yuxi, and later imitated Li Taibai. When Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty ordered "Shi Chun", the author disagreed with Chen Shidao. point of view. When he commented on Su Dongpo's poems, he said: The poems of Su Shi, the great poet of the Song Dynasty, are truly independent throughout the ages and cannot be regarded as the poems of one person in one era. However, Chen Shidao believed that Su Shi's poems first imitated Liu Yuxi and later Li Taibai. The evaluation is due to a lack of understanding of Su Shi's poems. "

Foyin commented on Su Dongpo like this: There are thousands of books in his mind, but there is not a speck of dust in his writing.