Night reading | Su Shi belongs to all Chinese

Su Shi was born on December 19, 1037 in the third year of The Song Renzong Jingyou, which translates to the Gregorian calendar on January 8, 1037. So this month is Su Shi's birthday, and by this year Su Shi is 985 years old. Interestingly, when many media and netizens commemorated this day, they directly wrote "Happy Birthday Su Dongpo".

If you think about it, in fact, Su Shi has such a treatment, he is a rare ancient literati living in contemporary daily life.

People spontaneously think of Su Shi, have no sense of distance from him, and wish him a common "Happy Birthday", rather than "commemorating the XX year of Su Shi's birth". Many ancients, especially the great poets, if they heard "Happy Birthday", might correct our statement and teach us a serious lesson. But I believe that Su Dongpo will not.

Because, he must understand, a "happy birthday" may not be the highest praise of academia, but it is the most unique praise of the people.

In terms of talent, Su Shi is not necessarily the first in the world in all aspects. In the same era, when writing poetry, Huang Tingjian and him could fight; writing lyrics, Xin Shuyi may not be able to bow down and admit defeat; writing calligraphy, Mi Fu's influence is probably even higher; the performance of scholars, Su Shi and Wang Anshi, Sima Guang are incomparable, and even his younger brother Su Rui may be a little stronger than him.

But it is very strange, it seems that only Su Shi has such a strong degree of recognition, and the common people only prefer Su Shi. Others can be classified — poets, scholars, calligraphers , but it seems that Su Shi is Su Shi , who is unique and unique.

Think about the recent internet people said that Li Shangyin is a niche poet, although a little bit exposed the characteristics of this netizen's scum, but I have to say that Su Shi will not encounter this embarrassment. His popularity is too high, almost everyone knows that everyone knows, is a person who "does not need a profile".

It is no exaggeration to say that this is probably a unique "Su Shi phenomenon" in the history of Chinese culture, and few people have such an influence. Su Shi was singled out by countless ordinary people and is an all-round cultural icon. In addition to talent, Su Shi's optimism, kindness, and humor, these personality backgrounds can most resonate with the values of ordinary people. Su Shi belongs to all Chinese.

Su Shi himself had an evaluation: "I can accompany the Jade Emperor, and I can accompany the beggars of the Beitianyuan", "There is no bad person in the world in front of me." "How can such a person not be liked?" Talented, great personality, but also generous and kind by nature, people are both admired and kind.

Su Shi had the idea of dust, and wrote a sentence with a lofty realm of "sending ephemera to heaven and earth, a millet in the sea"; but he never rejected the hardships of life, such as "but looking for cattle to find a way back, home in the cow pen west to the west", and wrote cow dung into the poem.

Su Shi entered history with the achievements of the "third class of science and technology" that had not been seen in the Song Dynasty for a hundred years, but after the decline in life, he was at ease with the encounter, and when he arrived in Guangdong, he "did not quit being a Lingnanian", and when he arrived in Hainan, he "wanted to grow old Hainan Village for the rest of his life", he had the highest starting point and the most insightful mentality.

Su Shi bought a house in Yixing in his later years, and as a result, during a walk, he heard an old woman crying, saying that his own son had sold the house, which was Su Shi's set. Su Shi was so surprised that he immediately burned the title deed and returned the house to the woman, which also made Su Shi's family, which was not rich, even worse.

Together, these constitute Su Shi's cuteness and enrich his face. Su Shi transcends the level of "master in a certain field", and he himself is the comprehensive "result" of The Tempering of Chinese Culture.

I remember that in the previous class, the teacher said that Su Shi's tragic consciousness (optimism is also a kind of tragic consciousness) and cosmic feelings are most in line with the national psychological structure of Chinese.

At that time, I did not understand that with the more taste of middle age, I gradually had a deeper feeling for this sentence, and this sentence could even be pushed backwards, even after a thousand years, people may have been influenced and shaped by Su Shi in the depths of their personalities.

Lin Yutang wrote a copy of "The Biography of Su Dongpo", the original version of which was all in English, which had the meaning of introducing Chinese culture to the world. However, the characters he chose are also Su Shi, and may also think that these characteristics of Su Shi have the power to penetrate the cultural barrier. After all, the dignity of the strong, frustrated in the face of adversity, which country and which culture will not resonate?

Therefore, a short happy birthday also reveals our relationship with Su Shi: even though he is 985 years old, he is still so grounded and kind. He is like the DNA of Chinese culture, which has been flowing vividly, brightly and far away to today after a thousand years.