Su Shi's achievements in literature were very high, and as one of the eight masters of the Tang and Song dynasties, Su Shi created a large number of popular poetry, songs, prose, and so on in his lifetime. Even though he was often demoted, he created many inspiring poems with optimism.
Not only that, Su Shi also had a Buddha's fate in his life, and nine times out of ten of the poems he made were also related to Buddha Zen, once when he went to the temple, Su Shi shouted "Where is the bald donkey", and the result was that the little monk replied to him with four words, this time achieving the absolute of eternity. Let's take a look at this story today.
Life of Su Shi
Su Shi (苏轼), also spelled Zizhan (字子瞻), was a famous writer, calligrapher, gourmet and painter of the Northern Song Dynasty. After entering the imperial examination and the first, he traveled to various places, to Fengxiang, Hangzhou, Mizhou, Xuzhou, Huzhou and other places.
After that, Yuanfeng began to be degraded twice in a row. The first time was because of the famous "Wutai Poetry Case", he was demoted to Huangzhou. After that, he served as the Rebbe Shangshu under Emperor Shenzong of Song; the second time was because of the new party ruling in his later years, he was demoted to Huizhou, Danzhou and other places, after Emperor Huizong of Song ascended the throne, he was granted amnesty to the world, su Shi was ordered to return to the dynasty, but unfortunately died of illness in the middle of the way, and his nickname was "Wen Zhong", so the world often called Su Shi Su Shi Su Wenzhong.
Su Shi's literary achievements are obvious to all, and in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, he can be called a literary leader, he is not only highly accomplished in poetry, but also very successful in other arts, calligraphy is bold, good at humanistic painting, especially good at painting bamboo, rocks and dead wood and other scenery.
The poems are eclectic, changeable in style and have their own style, a variety of rhetorical techniques are used together, and Huang Tingjian is called "Su Huang"; the lyrics have opened a new pattern of the Haofang school, which is one of the representatives of the Haofang school, and is called "Su Xin" with Xin Renjie; in terms of prose, quoting the scriptures, retracting and releasing freely, and Ouyang Xiu and calling "Ou Su". In terms of literature and art, Su Shi is an all-rounder, and not only is he widely involved, he is proficient in everything.
Su Shi's historical contribution
In terms of literature alone, Su Shi has extremely high achievements. Whether he was poetry or lyrics, he reached the peak of the Northern Song Dynasty and was worthy of the title of "Leader of the Northern Song Dynasty Literary Circle". His cultural works embody the spiritual outlook of the Culture of the Northern Song Dynasty, and his literary contributions can be seen mainly from two aspects.
The first is the literati spirit embodied in his literary works: not to be happy with things, not to be sad with oneself. Su Shi is a model of Chinese people in feudal society, he does not panic, spoils and does not change, even if he is degraded several times, he responds with an optimistic attitude.
This is well reflected in his works, such as the phrase "a smoke and rain for a peaceful life" has become a song sung by future generations of literati in the past when they are discouraged. It is equivalent to Su Shi providing a methodology for future generations of literati, when experiencing ups and downs, we should strive to embrace the world and discover better things, rather than sticking to the failure in front of us, which is also the main reason why Su Shi is respected by future generations.
Secondly, there was also an important reason for Su Shi's inheritance of the spirit of the Ouyang Xiu faction. At the time of his birth, he paid great attention to the exploration and cultivation of young literary scholars, and a large number of young talents surrounded Su Shi and formed their own literary influence, and his disciples such as Huang Tingjian, Qin Guan, Chen Shidao, Li Gefei and others were very successful in literature later.
He not only mingled with young people in literature, but also when he was an official, he was also very grounded with the local people, and after leaving office, the local people could always circulate various good stories about Su Shi, such as the cuisines he created, etc. Su Shi truly achieved the degree of harmonious symbiosis of artistic life.
Occasional singing - couplets
Although Su Shi is written as Zi Zhan, what he likes most is the number he gives himself- Dongpo Jushi. He often presents himself with this, and after many of his works, he is signed as "Dongpo Jushi" or "Su Shi".
And the reason why he loves this number is because of the Buddha's fate. In Su Shi's time, the mainstream idea that prevailed everywhere was to visit the Zen and worship the Buddha, especially in the years when Su Shi was politically frustrated, he once buried himself in the Buddhist scriptures, and every day in addition to enjoying food, he chanted the sutra and participated in Zen.
Therefore, Buddhist thought also had a great influence on Su Shi's literary creation, and he absorbed various theories and created his own unique world outlook, values and outlook on life. As for his fate with the temple and the Buddhist family, there is a couplet as a good story.
When Su Shi was demoted to Guazhou, because he liked Buddhism, he knew a lot about the local temple monks, and when he heard that there was a famous old monk in the local Jinshan Temple, he couldn't help but want to go and understand his skills.
Don't look at Su Shi's broad-mindedness, he can't give in to these things, and he doesn't believe that his generation of literary heroes is no better than a nameless monk. After arriving at the Golden Mountain Temple, Su Shi saw the old monk as he wished, and without waiting for anyone to speak, after the greeting, he began to talk about his political ambitions, literary city, Wenzhi martial arts, and so on.
The old monk was also a good man, and he listened to him all the time, but he did not express any opinions, Su Shi probably thought that he was not interested in these things, and then he quipped: What kind of person does the master think I am? The monk said that he could learn to be rich in five cars and could achieve great things. Su Shi laughed after hearing this, he felt that this old monk had been compared to himself, and he could only get some incense money here.
After all, Su Shi went home and talked about this matter with his sister, but the sister hid her face and smiled, speaking of brother, you are really confused, the old monk only listens to you talking, even if you are not inferior, people have no rebuttal, others do not know, but in this temperament, you are not as good as a person, what is su university scholar? Su Shi reacted to his mistake and rushed to find the master to make amends, and later the two became close friends.
One day Su Shi went to talk to his monk friend, and when he entered the door and found no one, he was playing with his heart for a while, shouting, "Where is the bald donkey?" Unexpectedly, a small monk who was sweeping the floor replied, "Dongpo grazes!" Su Shi listened to the laughter, it turned out that the little monk did not know that Su Shi was calling the old monk, but there were really donkeys eating grass on the east slope, so he replied to Su Shi, this "east slope" is exactly Su Shi's number, coincidentally, made a wonderful couplet.
epilogue
It can be seen that sometimes meditating may not be able to get the ancient songs, such as the Lanting Collection, Yueyang Louji, and other classics that have been circulated for thousands of years, all of which are made under drunkenness or improvisation, which may be the so-called "clever hands and occasionals".
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