Character Profile
Su Shi (1037-1101), also known as Zizhan, also known as Su Dongpo and He Zhong, also known as "Dongpo Jushi". He died at the age of 64. Historical records record that Su Shi was eight feet tall. The ruler is more than one inch (186cm). Su Shi was open-minded and broad-minded. In the 6th year of Emperor Gaozong's reign in the Song Dynasty, he gave it to his imperial master. A native of Meizhou (now Meishan, Sichuan), Han nationality, he is the eldest son of Su Xun, a famous writer, calligrapher, painter, poet, and poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, and a representative of the bold and unrestrained poets. In the second year of Jiayou's reign (1057), he and his younger brother Su Zhe became Jinshi. He was awarded the title of Dali judge and signed a letter to the judge of Fengxiang Mansion. In the second year of Xining (1069), when his father's mourning period expired, he returned to the court and sued the court for the magistrate. He had political disagreements with Wang Anshi and opposed the implementation of the new law. He asked for a foreign appointment and became the general judge of Hangzhou. He moved to Mizhou (now Zhucheng, Shandong) and then to Xuzhou. In the second year of Yuanfeng (1079), he suffered the "Wutai Poetry Case" and was responsible for being appointed deputy envoy of Tuanlian in Huangzhou (now Huanggang, Hubei Province). He was placed in the state and was not allowed to sign official documents. Zhe Zongli, Empress Dowager Gao came to the court, and was restored to the imperial court of Fenglang Zhidengzhou (today's Penglai, Shandong); four months later, he moved to be a doctor in the Ministry of Rites; within ten days of his appointment, in addition to the living room staff, he moved to the middle school room, and then moved to the middle school room. Hanlin scholars know how to make imperial edicts and pay tribute to the Ministry of Rites. In the fourth year of Yuanyou (1089), he went to Hangzhou, and later changed his knowledge to Yingzhou, Yangzhou and Dingzhou. In the eighth year of Yuanyou (1093), Zhezong was in charge of his own affairs and was demoted to Huizhou (now Huiyang, Guangdong) and then to Changhua Army (now Danzhou City, Hainan). Huizong ascended the throne and returned to the north after being pardoned. He died in Changzhou (now Jiangsu Province) in 1101, the first year of Jianzhong's reign, at the age of sixty-six, and was buried in Jiacheng County, Ruzhou (now Jiaxian County, Henan Province). He, his father Su Xun (1009-1066) and his younger brother Su Zhe (1039-1112) are all famous for their literature, and are known as the "Three Sus" in the world; they are as famous as the "Three Cao Fathers and Sons" (Cao Cao, Cao Pi, Cao Zhi) in the late Han Dynasty . "Three Su" are three of the Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties. The Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties are the collective name for the eight representative prose writers in the Tang and Song Dynasties, namely Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan in the Tang Dynasty and Ouyang Xiu, Su Xun, Su Shi and Su Che in the Song Dynasty ( Su Xun is the father of Su Shi and Su Che, and Su Shi is Su Che's brother), Wang Anshi, and Zeng Gong (divided into two families of Tang Dynasty and six families of Song Dynasty), who pioneered a bold style of poetry and outstanding poetry. Xin Qiji is also called "Su Xin". In poetry, he is also called "Su Huang" with Huang Tingjian. His works include "Dongpo Seven Collections" and "Dongpo Yuefu". In politics, Sima Guang is the leader. The old party made great achievements in calligraphy. Together with Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu and Cai Xiang, he was known as the "Four Masters of Song Dynasty"
Su Shi's life
The first year of Jiayou (1056). ), Su Shi, who was twenty-one years old, went to Beijing for the first time to take part in the imperial examination. The following year, he took the examination of the Ministry of Rites and won the appreciation of the examiner Ouyang Xiu with his article "On the Perfection of Honesty in Punishments and Rewards", but something went wrong. In the sixth year of Jiayou's reign (1061), Su Shi took the imperial examination, which is commonly known as the "three-year imperial examination", and entered the third class, becoming the "hundred-year scholar". 1. He was appointed as a judge of Dali and signed a letter as a judge of Fengxiang Prefecture. Later, when his father died of illness in Bianjing, Ding You returned to the funeral home. In the second year of Xining (1069), he returned to the court after completing his service and was still awarded his position. He entered the court as an official. At that time, the political crisis began to appear in the Northern Song Dynasty. Behind the prosperity was a crisis. At this time, Shenzong came to the throne and appointed Wang Anshi to support the reform. Many of Su Shi's teachers and friends, including Ouyang Xiu, who had admired him at the beginning, were involved in the new law. He had political disagreements with the new prime minister Wang Anshi and was forced to leave Beijing. The old rain in the government and the public was withering away. What Su Shi saw in his eyes was no longer the "peaceful world" he saw when he was twenty.
Su Shi was returning. On his way to Beijing, he saw the harm caused by the new law to ordinary people, and he disagreed with Wang Anshi's approach. He believed that the new law was not convenient for the people, so he wrote a letter to oppose it. One result of this was that his mentors and friends were forced to leave Beijing. Likewise, he was not tolerated by the imperial court. So Su Shi asked for a post and was transferred to Hangzhou.
Su Shi stayed in Hangzhou for three years. After his term was completed, he was transferred to Mizhou, Xuzhou, Huzhou and other places. Zhizhou. His political achievements were outstanding and he won the hearts of the people.
This continued for about ten years. At that time, someone (Li Ding and others) deliberately distorted his poems to make a big fuss.
In the second year of Yuanfeng (1079), less than three months after Su Shi arrived in Huzhou, he was arrested and imprisoned for writing poems that satirized the new law and "slandered the emperor and prime minister in writing". This is known as the "Wutai Poetry Case" in history.
Su Shi spent 103 days in jail and was almost on the verge of being beheaded. Fortunately, the Northern Song Dynasty made a national policy not to kill scholar-bureaucrats during the reign of Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, so Su Shi escaped the disaster.
After being released from prison, Su Shi was demoted to deputy envoy of Huangzhou Tuanlian (equivalent to the deputy captain of the modern civil self-defense forces). This position was quite humble. At this time, Su Shi had become discouraged after going to prison. During his spare time, he led his family to reclaim a piece of sloping land in the east of the city and farm to help make ends meet. The nickname "Dongpo Jushi" was given to him by Su Shi at this time.
In the seventh year of Yuanfeng (1084), the seventh year of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, Su Shi left Huangzhou and went to Ruzhou to take office. Due to the long journey and exhaustion from the journey, Su Shi's infant died unfortunately. The road to Ruzhou was far away, and the travel expenses had been exhausted. Coupled with the pain of losing his son, Su Shi wrote to the court, requesting not to go to Ruzhou for the time being, but to live in Changzhou first, which was later approved. When he was about to return south to Changzhou, Shenzong died.
Zhezong ascended the throne, Empress Dowager Gao took over the government, the New Party forces collapsed, and Sima Guang was re-elected as prime minister. Su Shi was summoned back to the court that year as a doctor in the Ministry of Rites. In the first half of the morning, he was promoted to Jusheren. Three months later, he was promoted to Zhongshusheren. Soon after, he was promoted to Hanlin scholar Zhizhigao.
As the saying goes: "It's not easy to be a Beijing official." When Su Shi saw that the emerging forces were desperately suppressing the figures in Wang Anshi's group and abolishing the new laws, he believed that they were just the same as the so-called "royal party" and once again asked the emperor Make suggestions.
Su Shi could neither be tolerated by the new party nor forgiven by the old party, so he once again asked for external transfer. As a bachelor of Longtuge, he once again went to Hangzhou to serve as the governor after an absence of sixteen years. Su Shi built a major water conservancy project in Hangzhou, dredging the West Lake and using the excavated mud to build a dam next to the West Lake, which is also the famous "Su Causeway".
The Wutai Poetry Case
Song Shenzong reused Wang Anshi’s reform during the Xining period (1068-1077). After the failure of the reform, he engaged in restructuring during the Yuanfeng period (1078-1085). At the turning point from reform to restructuring, the Su Shi Wutai Poetry Case occurred. This case was first reported by the supervisory censor Li Ding, and was later tried in Yushitai Prison. Yushitai has been nicknamed "Wutai" since the Han Dynasty, so the case is called the "Wutai Poetry Case".
During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, Su Shi opposed the New Law and expressed his dissatisfaction with the New Deal in his poems. Since he was a leader in the literary world at the time, allowing Su Shi's poems to spread in society would be detrimental to the implementation of the New Deal. Therefore, with Shenzong's acquiescence, Su Shi was arrested and imprisoned in Wutai for four months. Every day he was forced to explain the origin of the poems he had written and the origin of allusions in the words and phrases.
Since the Song Dynasty had a custom of not killing scholar-bureaucrats, Su Shi was spared death, but was demoted to the deputy envoy of Huangzhou Tuanlian. In the second year of Yuanfeng (1079), Su Shi moved to Huzhou (Wuxing County, Zhejiang Province). In July, he was arrested and imprisoned by Huangfu Zun and others sent by Yushitai. They accused Su Shi of distorting facts and slandering the imperial court in his poems. Censor Li Ding, He Zhengchen, Shu Yu and others cited Su Shi's "Hangzhou Chronicle Poems" as evidence, saying that he "played with the imperial court and ridiculed national affairs", and even dug out a sentence or two from his other poems. , convicting people by taking words out of context, such as: "Reading thousands of books without reading the laws will lead to emperors Yao and Shun knowing no skills." Originally, Su Shi said that he did not read books such as laws thoroughly, so he could not help the emperor become like Yao and Shun. Although he was a saint, they said he was mocking the emperor for failing to teach and supervise the officials according to the law; another example was "If the East China Sea has a clear idea, it should be taught and turned into a mulberry field", saying that he was criticizing the wrong measure of building water conservancy projects. In fact, Su Shi himself was building water conservancy projects in Hangzhou. How could he think that was wrong? Another example is "How could it be that I forgot to understand the taste after smelling it, and I have eaten without salt in the past three months?" It is said that he is sarcastically banning people from selling salt. To sum up, it was determined that he dared to ridicule the emperor and the prime minister, which was a heinous crime and should be sentenced to death.
Su Shi was tortured in the Yushitai, and he admitted that he could not escape the death penalty. In the end, he was able to escape death. On December 28 of that year, by the grace of Shenzong, he was sentenced to exile in Huangzhou (Huanggang County, Hubei Province). Su Shi was detained for nearly a hundred days and was later released from Yushitai Prison.
Thirdly, in terms of style, the early works are majestic and unrestrained like floods breaking through embankments, while the later works are ethereal and timeless, simple and light, like the fragrance of deep willows and white pear flowers.
As far as lyrics are concerned, looking at Su Shi's more than 300 lyrics, there are only a few works that are truly bold and bold. According to Mr. Zhu Jinghua's statistics, similar works account for ten percent of Su Shi's total lyrics. About one-third of them were mostly concentrated in Xuzhou, Mizhou, which was the mainstream of creation in that period. Although these works are not dominant in quantity, they truly reflect Su Shi's mentality of actively pursuing official career during that period. Some of the later works not only have the style of local customs, but also entertain the guests, and are beautiful and charming. Such as chanting about objects and romance, describing travels and scenery, feeling nostalgic about the past, giving and leaving farewells, pastoral scenery, talking about Zen and reasoning, they are almost all-encompassing and colorful. And this part accounts for about nine out of ten of Su Shi's poems, and there is a strong sense of Zhuangzi turning into a butterfly and forgetting everything. At this point, he has expelled all dissatisfaction with reality and politics, hysterical roars, and needle-point criticism. Its subject matter becomes wider and wider, and its style becomes more and more plain and far-reaching.
Anecdotes about Su Shi
3. Dongpo Pork
When Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou, there was a famous limerick in "Ode to Pork": "Huangzhou is good Pork, the price is shit. The rich don't want to eat it, but the poor don't know how to cook it. When the heat is sufficient, it will be delicious. You will have a bowl of it every day, and you will not care about it. "Slow fire, use less water, and when the heat is sufficient, it will be beautiful." This is the famous Dongpo Pork cooking method. Su Dongpo later served as the governor of Hangzhou, built Su dikes and promoted water conservancy, and was deeply loved by the people. And this "Dongpo Pork" also became famous in Hangzhou and became a famous local dish.
4. Su Shi checked out
Su Shi lived in Changzhou. He spent the last bit of his savings to buy a house and was preparing to move in. By chance, I heard an old woman crying very sadly. He asked the old woman why she was crying. The old woman said that she had a house that had been passed down for hundreds of years and was sold by unfilial descendants, so she was crying sadly. After careful inquiry, it turned out that the house Su Shi bought was the ancestral house that the old woman said. So Su Shi said to her: "My former residence was sold by me. There is no need to feel deeply sad. Now I should give this house back to me." Su Shi immediately burned the deed of the house and only rented a house to live in. (See "Liangxi Manzhi" by Fei Gun of the Song Dynasty)
5. Reciting poems and attending banquets
When Su Shi was twenty years old, he went to the capital to take a scientific examination. There were six arrogant people who looked down upon him and decided to invite Su Shi to a banquet with the intention of teasing him. Su Shi went happily after accepting the invitation. Before taking the table and using chopsticks, everyone proposed a drinking order. The content of the drinking order must quote historical figures and events, so that you can eat a plate of food alone. The other five people roared with cheers. "I'll come first." The older one said, "Jiang Ziya fishes on the Weishui River!" After saying that, he took away a plate of fish. "Qin Shubao sells horses in Chang'an!" The second man took away the horse meat with dignity. "Su Ziqing Beihu Shepherd!" The third person took the mutton without showing any signs of weakness. "Zhang Yide sells meat in Zhuo County!" The fourth one shouted hurriedly and stretched out his hand to pick up the meat. "Guan Yunchang Jingzhou scrapes the bones!" The fifth one couldn't wait to snatch the bones. "Zhuge Liang grows vegetables in Longzhong!" The sixth one arrogantly picked up the last vegetable. After all the dishes were finished, the six people were happily preparing to eat and laugh at Su Shi, but Su Shi calmly chanted: "Qin Shihuang annexed the six countries!" After saying that, he put all six dishes in front of him and said with a smile : "Brothers, please come!" Liuju people were dumbfounded.
6. Get ahead
When Su Shi was taking the examination in Beijing, the presiding examiner was Ouyang Xiu, a famous literary master of the Northern Song Dynasty. When he was reviewing the papers, he was fascinated by Su Shi's gorgeous writing style. To prevent favoritism, all examination papers at that time were anonymous. Therefore, although Ouyang Xiu wanted to choose this article as the first one, he felt that this article was very similar to what his disciple Zeng Gong had written, and he was afraid that it would be true, so he finally ranked it second. It wasn't until the release of the list that Ouyang Xiu found out that the author of the article was Su Shi. After knowing the true situation, Ouyang Xiu regretted it, but Su Shi didn't care about it at all. Su Shi's generosity and outstanding talent made Ouyang Xiu admire him: "Such a young talent should really make him stand out." (origin)!" and officially accepted Su Shi as his disciple.
7. Family gathering
After Su Shi came second in high school, the three fathers and sons of the Su family and the family of Su Xiaomei, who is famous for the "Three Difficulties" Qin Shaoyou, gathered in the garden to celebrate. Su Shi's father Su Xun The proposition is set with the words "cold and fragrant", and each person writes two poems, which are required to fit the situation at that time. To take the lead, Su Laoquan walked slowly to the flower pond and chanted: "The cold water flows from the stone edge, and the wind blows from the flowers to make them fragrant." Ziyou stood up and picked fragrant wintersweet petals, flicked his fingers and said, "The cold words are unknown, but the plum blossoms are fragrant on his fingers." The younger sister also went to pick flowers. Ziyou wanted to laugh at him for imitating himself, but the younger sister said: "The cuckoos in the sun have a cold mouthpiece, and the flowers and butterflies in the sky are fragrant in their dreams." After speaking, he spread his palms and found that a butterfly had been crushed to death. The daughter's characteristics were revealed, and everyone applauded in unison. But Su Shi flicked the stone bench and rode away. Su Laoquan called out: "My son, don't leave if you can't answer the question." Before he finished speaking, Su Shi said two sentences in a long voice: "Flick the stone and come and sit down." Bring the cold, step on the flowers and return home with the scent of horseshoes!"
8. Making cakes to worship Buddha
Su Dongpo and Huang Tingjian lived in Jinshan Temple. One day, they made bread to eat. The two of them agreed not to tell the monk Foyin in the temple about making cakes this time. After a while, the cake was cooked. After counting the number, they first presented the cake to the seat of Guanyin Bodhisattva, bowed diligently, and prayed. Unexpectedly, the Buddha's seal had been hidden in the divine tent in advance. While the two were kneeling to pray, they reached out and stole two pieces of bread. After Su Shi paid his respects, he stood up and saw that two pieces of cake were missing. He knelt down and prayed again, "Guanyin Bodhisattva is so powerful. He ate two pieces of cake. Why didn't he come out to meet you?" Foyin replied in the tent: "I If I have some noodles, I’ll make some with you. Don’t you dare bother me?”
9. Reciting poems and admiring the moon
Su Dongpo liked to socialize with the monks of the West Lake Temple when he was in Hangzhou. friend. He was the best friend with the monk Foyin of Jinshan Temple. The two of them often joked while drinking and reciting poems. Monk Foyin was delicious. Whenever Su Dongpo entertained guests at banquets, he always came uninvited. One night, Su Dongpo invited Huang Tingjian to visit the West Lake. There were a lot of wine and food on the boat. As the cruise ship left the shore, Su Dongpo smiled and said to Huang Tingjian: "Foyin has to come to every gathering. Tonight we will take a boat to the lake to drink and recite poems and have a good time. He will not be able to come anyway." Who knows? Monk Foyin had long ago heard that Su Dongpo and Huang Tingjian were going to visit the lake, so he hid under the cabin board before they boarded the boat. The bright moon was in the sky, the cool breeze was blowing, and the fragrance of lotus filled the lake. The cruise ship slowly came to the Three Pagodas of West Lake. Su Dongpo held the wine glass, twirled his beard, and happily said to Huang Tingjian: "There is no Buddha seal today, so we are quite quiet. First of all, Let's make a drinking order. The first two sentences should be "Ji Jing" and the last two sentences should be ended with "Zai". "Huang Tingjian said: "Okay!" Su Dongpo said first: "The clouds are gone and the bright moon is coming out. What can the sky say? "Huang Tingjian looked at the lotus flowers in the lake, and then said: "Pull the lotus seeds away, and the fish will come out, you will find it!"
At this time, Foyin could not bear it anymore. After Huang Tingjian said this, he pushed aside the planks of the ship, climbed out, and said: "Pull the planks aside, and the Buddha's seal comes out. It's so embarrassing! It's so embarrassing!" Su Dongpo and Huang Tingjian saw a man suddenly crawling out from under the planks of the ship. When the man came, he was startled. When he took a closer look, it turned out to be the Buddha's seal. When he heard him utter these four lines of poetry, he couldn't help laughing. Su Dongpo took the Buddha seal and sat down, and said: "You hid it well and you were right, but you finally got it again today!" So the three of them admired the moon and went to the lake, chatting and laughing.
10. Dongpo Fish
Su Shi was not only a literary master, but also good at food. In addition to the well-known Dongpo elbow, Su Shi was also good at cooking fish. The fish they cook is excellent. Once, Su Shi was so inspired that he cooked fish himself. Just after it was cooked, he saw Huang Tingjian coming in through the window (Huang Tingjian was one of the four ancestors of Cai Sumi and Huang Zong in ancient China, and was a close friend of Su Shi. The two often quarreled for fun. ). Knowing that he was just trying to make ends meet, he hurriedly hid the fish on the top of the cupboard. Huang Tingjian came in and said, "Today I'm asking brother Zizhan for advice. Do you dare to ask Su Shi how to write Su?" Su Shi responded with a long face: "Su, the grass is on the left and the fish is on the right." Huang Tingjian added: "Then this fish Can you put it on the right side?" Su Shi said, "That's okay.
Huang Tingjian continued: "Is it okay to put this fish on top?" Su Shi said: "How can there be any reason to put fish on it?" Huang Tingjian pointed to the top of the cupboard and said with a smile: "Since Brother Zizhan also knows this truth, why do you still put the fish on it?" ! "Su Shi, who has always been quick-thinking, was completely messed up by Huang Tingjian this time!
11. Fruits and medicine
Soon after his marriage, Su Shi was invited to visit Huang Tingjian's house, and he arrived there. The servant rushed over and asked him to go back immediately, saying that his wife was in a hurry. Huang Tingjian was sarcastic and chanted: "Fortunately, it contains (apricots, dates, and plums) and is calm (Cistanche is a traditional Chinese medicine). "This sentence contains the names of three fruits and one medicine. Without looking back, Su Shi stepped on the saddle and walked away, saying as he walked: "But this matter (Nai, the genus of apple, sugarcane, persimmon) must be treated with Angelica sinensis (Angelica sinensis). is the name of a Chinese medicine). "The talent of Dongpo layman is really admirable.
12. The line between life and death
After Su Shi was imprisoned, Emperor Shenzong sent a young eunuch to test whether he had any hatred for the emperor. Pretending to be a prisoner, he slept with Dongpo. During the day, the eunuch teased him with words. Su Shi ate the food with gusto and replied, "No matter how thunder strikes, my heart will remain unmoved!" "At night, when he fell asleep, the little eunuch teased again: "Why shouldn't it be a shame for Master Su to sleep on such a bed? Su Shi ignored him and snored. The little eunuch woke him up early the next morning and said, "Congratulations, sir, you have been pardoned." "You know, that night was extremely dangerous. As long as Su Shi complained a little or acted strangely like not eating well or sleeping well, he would be in danger. In fact, Emperor Shenzong was also a confused person. How could he not see it when he sent a eunuch to rely on Su Shi's intelligence? What?
14. The "bones" are still cold
One day, Su Shi and Foyin took a boat trip to Slender West Lake. Master Foyin suddenly took out a handful of poems inscribed by Dongpo. Fan, threw it into the river, and shouted: "The water flows Dongpo Poetry (Corpse)!" Su Shi was stunned for a moment, but then he smiled and pointed to the dog gnawing bones on the river bank, chanting: "The dog gnawed the (monk's) bones on the river!" ”
15. Eating grass on Dongpo
With nothing to do, Su Shi went to Jinshan Temple to visit Master Foyin. Unexpectedly, the master was not there, and a young novice came to open the door. Su Shi said proudly : “Where is the bald donkey? ! ". The little novice monk pointed calmly into the distance and replied: "Eat grass on Dongpo! ”
16. The couplet retreated from the enemy
During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Song people led the Liao State to invade. However, the imperial court, which wanted to seek peace, attracted an envoy from the Liao State to come out to the Alliance to demand the Song people. The correct answer is: three lights, sun, moon and stars. If the second couplet is used, it means withdrawing troops and making peace. This couplet seems simple, but it is not easy to correct. The number in the sentence matches the things behind it, and the number chosen in the couplet will always be more or less than three. On the third day, Su Shi, who happened to be returning to Beijing to report on his work, cleverly paired the upper and lower couplets with a stroke of his pen: Four Poems "Ode to Fengya". The beauty of this couplet is that "Four Poems" only have three names: "Ode to Fengya", because there is "Ode to Fengya" in the Book of Songs. "Daya" and "Xiaoya" are collectively called "Ya". In addition to the four parts of "Guo Feng" and "Ode to Poems", "The Book of Songs" is also called the "Four Poems". The witty couplets are so natural that the Liao envoy admired them
17. Among the three pairs, one must be my teacher
Su Shi, his younger sister, and Huang Tingjian spent one day admiring paintings, and saw the interesting couplet above: Thin willows in the breeze, plum blossoms in the pale moon. . It seems that it is a four-character couplet, but there is one word in the middle. Huang Tingjian suggested adding a word in the middle to make it a five-character couplet. Su Shi added: The gentle breeze shakes the thin willows. Willow, the pale moon reflects the plum blossoms. The younger sister thought for a moment and responded immediately, filling in the words to make it: The gentle breeze supports the thin willows, and the pale moon reflects the plum blossoms. Looking at the couplet of the three people, the younger sister is the most wonderful: not only the word "help" is written. The gentleness of the wind and the delicacy of the willows also describe the intimacy between the wind and the willows, making it more vivid; the word "lost" is also more appropriate than the word "hidden", which not only emphasizes the brightness of the moonlight, but also takes into account the purity of the plum blossoms. , highlighting the integration of the two, which is more consistent and appropriate.
18. His plan
Although Su Shi's close friend Foyin is a monk, he does not avoid wine and meat. On this day, Foyin fried the fish and drank it. Su Shi happened to come to visit. Foyin hurriedly hid the fish under the big chime.
Su Shi had already smelled the fish fragrance and disappeared when he came in. Thinking of Huang Tingjian's trick that day, he suddenly thought about it and said deliberately: "I came to ask the master today, what is the next sentence of Xiangyang Mendi's spring is always there?" Foyin I was deeply surprised that my old friend read out an old and well-known sentence, so I said the following sentence casually: People who accumulate good deeds will be blessed. Su Shi put his palms in his hands and laughed: "Since there are fish in the chime (Qing), let's accumulate some kindness and use it to enjoy"
19. Wushan River
Once, Su Shi made an appointment with his younger brother Su Che and Master Foyin. The three of them traveled together, and Foyin improvised a sentence: Wushan is as good as Wushan. The key lies in the homophony of "wu" and "wu". Su Che said: How can a leaf be as round as a lotus leaf? After hearing this, Su Shi said to his younger brother: It is good to use the homophonic pronunciation of "He He" and "无武", but would it be better to change it to this: He water can be as clear as a river. After hearing this, Foyin and Su Zhe agreed. Using "water" against "mountain" would win the battle more steadily.
0. Little sister Lianqi
Su Shi, who had not seen his friend for a long time, invited Huang Tingjian to his home. When the little sister saw her brother going out to greet him in person, she made a joke about it. Yun: My brother invites Shuangyue to my door. "Double Moon" is combined into the word "Peng". Su Shi knew that the little sister was joking with him, so he immediately said: Little sister catches the wind in front of the window. "Half" is very appropriate for "double", and "wind" is for "moon". Interestingly, the traditional Chinese character for "风" is "风", and Banfeng means "lice", which means that the little girl is catching lice in front of the window. The little girl turned away in anger.
21. White rice and empty rice
After Su Shi returned to office, he once talked to Huang Tingjian: "When I was in prison, I ate three white rice every day, and it was still very delicious. There’s nothing more delicious than this!” Huang Tingjian curiously asked what three white rice was, and Su Shi replied: "A pinch of salt, a plate of raw radish, and a bowl of rice, this is 'three white rice'." Su Shi forgot about this. One day, I received an invitation from Huang Tingjian, inviting Su Shi to his home for a meal. Su Shi happily accepted the appointment and said to his wife: "Huang Tingjian was a scholar of the time and read a lot. His white rice must be a rare thing. But when Su Shi arrived at the place and found that there were only salt, radish and rice on the table, he suddenly realized that Knowing that Huang Tingjian was teasing him, a few days later, Huang Tingjian also received an invitation from Su Shi, inviting him to have a cuì meal. Huang Tingjian knew that Su Shi wanted to take revenge, but he was curious and wanted to know what cuì meal was. Finally, he went. Su Shi chatted with Huang Tingjian from morning to night, and Huang Tingjian was so hungry that he couldn't help but ask, "Salt is also hairy (mǎo,)." (No, it means "no"), the radish is also hairy, and the rice is also hairy, isn't it 'silent' rice? In fact, you have been enjoying it." After Huang Tingjian was shocked, the two of them laughed at the same time.
24. Going to Beijing to take the exam
It is said that in the Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo took a boat to take the exam. Due to wind and waves on the way, he missed the start of the exam. At first, the examiner did not allow Su Dongpo to enter. Later, after listening to Su's story, Feeling compassionate, he recited a couplet and asked him to answer it. If he got it correct, he would make an exception and allow him to take the exam. The couplet read by the examiner was: "A small boat carried two or three candidates for four or five days." After six days of traveling by water, we arrived in Jiujiang, very late." Su Dongpo was worthy of being a talented man of his generation. After a moment of thought, he responded to the second line: "In ten years of hard work, I have read ninety-eight volumes of poetry, and I have surpassed seventy-sixty-five. In the examination room, go to the second door and be sure to enter. "Use the order of sentences and reverse order of couplets. There are scenes, processes, experiences, twists and turns but not rigidity. It can be regarded as a clever pairing.
26. Can't bear to break it up
According to legend, Su Shi invited his neighbor to have a meal with a plate of 4 fried sparrows in a bowl. The guests ate 3 of them without any ceremony and left 1. . At this time, the neighbor said to Su Shi: "There is only one left, you can eat it!" Su Shi said: "I can't bear to break them up, so you should eat it!"
27. Su Shi With Noodles
Su Shi was demoted to Hainan, and his younger brother Su Che was demoted to Leizhou.
On May 11th, the two met in Tengzhou. They were pleasantly surprised and went to a roadside shop to eat noodles. Su Shi was open-minded and open-minded. He was able to adapt to the situation despite being in a melancholy state. In the blink of an eye, he had changed the "evil and inedible" mentality. " After eating all the noodles, Su Che only took a few bites before putting down his chopsticks and sighing. Su Shi teased him jokingly: "Do you still want to savor it carefully?
Writing Style
Su Shi's Ci Style can be divided into three categories:
1. Bold style. This is the ideal style that Su Shi deliberately pursued. He integrated passionate and even sad emotions into his poems, and wrote characters with generous and heroic images and broadness. The grand and majestic scene wins;
2. Broad-minded style. This is the style of poetry that best represents Su Shi’s thoughts and personality; 3. The graceful style of Su Shi’s graceful style. They account for an overwhelming proportion of the total number of words. These words are pure and profound in emotion, and have a healthy and noble style. They are also an inheritance and development of traditional graceful words.