The famous sayings praising Su Shi are as follows:

1. The ambition of a husband is to be prosperous when the scenery is prosperous, but to be shameful and idle.

2. The old man thinks of thousands of miles, and the flying star travels nine continents.

3. Dao is enough to forget things and achieve spring, and ambition is enough to achieve the rise and fall of Qi.

4. The husband’s ambition is flexible and flexible.

5. People in the world, ancient and modern, have never made achievements without ambition.

6. If a person suffers from a lack of ambition, why should he worry that his reputation will not reveal his evil deeds?

7. Don’t worry about the poverty of your family, but worry about the hunger in the world.

8. People must be determined, and if they are determined, they will achieve success.

9. I bow my head and cherish the fragrance of a thousand pieces of gold, but I still have a heart that is thousands of miles away.

Historical evaluation of Su Shi

Su Shi has achieved extremely high attainments in literature, poetry and Ci, and can be called the representative of the highest achievements of literature in the Song Dynasty. Moreover, Su Shi's creative activities were not limited to literature. He made outstanding achievements in calligraphy, painting and other fields, and also contributed to medicine, cooking, water conservancy and other skills.

Su Shi typically embodies the cultural spirit of the Song Dynasty. From the perspective of literary history, Su Shi's significance has two main points: First, Su Shi's attitude towards life has become a paradigm admired by later generations of literati: he can advance and retreat freely, and he is unfazed by favors and disgrace. Because Su Shi integrated the two attitudes of scholars in feudal society with the same value scale, he was able to remain calm and unstoppable.

Of course, this paradigm is more applicable when scholars encounter ups and downs. It can lead to a state of life that adheres to ethics and is full of fertility. This is what scholars of all generations after the Song Dynasty hoped to achieve. of.

Secondly, Su Shi’s aesthetic attitude provided an enlightening aesthetic paradigm for future generations. He embraced the world with a broad aesthetic vision, so everything is appreciable and beauty can be found everywhere. . This paradigm opened up a new world for future generations in terms of subject matter and expression techniques. Therefore, it is a historical necessity that Su Shi is universally loved by future generations of literati.

Su Shi enjoyed a huge reputation in the literary world at that time. He inherited Ouyang Xiu's spirit and attached great importance to discovering and cultivating literary talents. At that time, there were many young writers surrounding him like stars over the moon. Among them, Huang Tingjian, Zhang Lei, Chao Buzhi and Qin Guan, who had greater achievements, were collectively known as the "Four Scholars of the Su School".

Together with Chen Shidao and Li Lao, they are collectively known as the "Six Gentlemen of Su Clan". In addition, Li Gefei, Li Zhiyi, Tang Geng, Zhang Shunmin, Kong Pingzhong, He Zhu and others were also directly or indirectly influenced by Su Shi.