Fame is this reputation, and its ability is extraordinary, but Shen Kuo has other labels, such as speculative politicians, selling friends for glory, have it both ways, and playing dirty tricks. Zongshen once said that even if Shen Kuo had the ability, I didn't need him, so this man was afraid of the emperor.
Su Shi volunteered to go to Hangzhou because of the relationship between the old and new parties. This is a trip from high to low. Song Shenzong sent Shen Kuo to Zhejiang to inspect the farmland water conservancy law. Before he left, he told him that Su Shi was a judge in Hangzhou. You can go and have a look. He really went. Su Shi received him warmly, but he didn't talk about state affairs. When he left, Shen Kuo asked Su Shi to take back Su Shi's new work as an idea.
Su Shi didn't think much. After he was demoted to Hangzhou, he gave Shen Kuo a batch of poems. Shen Kuo went home to sort out, circled politically sensitive words, and took the credit of the emperor for himself. Song Shenzong despised him for betraying his friends for glory and turned a blind eye to him.
A few years later, Su Shi was appointed as the satrap of Huzhou, but he didn't want to be the satrap. He wants to go to a small place and write a letter to the emperor. Shen Kuo became crooked again, complaining to Zongshen that Su Shi was bad and full of complaints, which could not clean him up. So Su Shi was demoted, and many people were also implicated. This is the literary inquisition of Wutai Poetry Case. The maker of this case is definitely not Shen Kuo alone, but he is here.
He also betrayed Wang Anshi. When Wang Anshi's political reform failed, he quickly turned to have it both ways. When he was down and out, he was two-faced. Zongshen couldn't stand it and was demoted to Xuanzhou. Shen Kuo is a mean person, even if his achievements in science and all aspects are good, it is useless. He betrayed his friend's stain and villain's reputation, which is a solid one.