Su Dongpo, a person from Meizhou, a resident of Dongpo, a person from Tieguan Dao. He was not only a poet, but also a man of great knowledge. Lin Yutang once said: Su Shi is a hopeless optimist... The intellect is excellent, but the mind is like a naïve child.
Su Dongpo is an interesting soul, he was born on January 8, 1037 AD, and from the time he was born, it seems that all his troubles have nothing to do with him. His life was full of twists and turns, and his fate was uncertain.
There is an anecdote in his life, he made a poem called Ode to Pork, and the later Dongpo Meat was named after this poem.
In this poem, the method of Dongpo meat degradation is very detailed, starting from brushing the pot, pouring water, and then to simmer slowly, must be slow and leisurely boiled, if you use a rapid fire, not only is it easy to cook the pork, but also the taste of meat and ingredients can not be cooked all. This is the result of Su Shi's continuous exploration in practice.
Later, Dongpo Dongpo did not forget to sigh: Huangzhou's pork is really cheap, "the price is as cheap as dirt". The point is that the rich disdain eat and drop the grade; the poor can afford to eat but can't cook. This is cheap for him, a poor and "uncooked" person.
This poem and Dongpo meat, you may not think, he made it after experiencing a life and death test - the Wutai poem case, he was almost put to death. When he was spared death and sent by the imperial court to the barbaric land of Huangzhou, the embarrassment of living conditions, the harsh surrounding environment, and such an adversity, who could sleep well and eat well? But Su Shi used his tenacious character to show an optimistic life interest.
The Wutai poetry case was provoked after Su Shi was transferred to Huzhou Zhizhou at the age of forty-three, and wrote a "Huzhou Xie Table" to Shenzong. Although it is a routine, he is a poet after all, and it is inevitable that he will have some personal feelings. This is good, this thank you table was used by some villains, saying that he was "harboring evil intentions" and was unfaithful to the emperor. For a moment, the wall fell and everyone pushed.
At that time, Su Shi was degraded to Huangzhou, he was depressed at that time, some disheartened, he often went to huangzhou outside the city to tour, wrote a lot of masterpieces, the pork ode was written at that time.
Su Shi is not overly negative, and this poem can see his attitude towards life, which is where we are about to learn. Now that the pace of life is fast and the pressure of life is great, we must also learn from the "Dongpo residents", leisurely and self-sufficient, and adhere to the original self.