In the era of Song Shenzong, the political arena was full of twists and turns, and in the tit-for-tat confrontation between the new law and the old law, countless enmity and hatred were born, especially the friendship between Su Shi and Wang Anshi was the most exciting.
Su Shi and Wang Anshi, who was in a position of equal position, disagreed with each other on the issue of changing the law, and were expelled from the imperial court and released as a magistrate, initially serving as a general judge in Hangzhou, then in Mizhou and Xuzhou, and soon demoted to Huangzhou and Changzhou.
Su Shi's career was bumpy, and he was repeatedly attacked by political enemies, but he was born open-minded, although he was turbulent and displaced, he did not complain about the world, always expressed his chest with articles and poems, the block in his heart, the knot in his abdomen, and turned into a long whistle through words, and he had some fun.
In July 1084, Su Shi went from Huangzhou to Ruzhou to take office, and when passing through Jinling, he specially went to visit Wang Anshi, who was idle at home due to the failure of the change of law.
On the bank of the Yangtze River, Su Shi looked away and saw an old man riding a donkey on a barren mountain, his sideburns jagged, his elbows exposed, and emitting a sense of sadness of the hero's twilight, this person was Wang Jinggong Wang Anshi.
Su Shi stepped forward and sighed indignantly: I still want to see the heroic appearance of Mr. Su before!
Wang Anshi took the reins of the donkey, held Su Shi, and the two of them walked and stopped by the river, saying some inner words that had not been explained for half a lifetime.
Originally, the two were bent on serving the country, although the political views were not compatible, but they appreciated each other, but they were only hindered by the forces behind them, always holding the distance between the two sides, and now Wang Anshi was far away from the temple, Su Shi was in a foreign post, there was no burden of mundane affairs, they had no taboos, and they had nothing to talk about.
Half a life's grudge eventually turned into a shore breeze, and the sleeves were thrown away and dissipated, and the two people changed from opposites to confidants.
Wang Anshi advised Su Shi: You might as well buy a few acres of thin fields in Jinling, and we live next to each other, forgetting ordinary worldly thoughts between mountains and rivers.
Su Shi looked up at the sky and laughed: Sir, this is ten years late, if we knew this, what would have happened later!
Su Shi later wrote a poem about their meeting, which is "Cijing Gong rhyme"
Riding a donkey into the wilderness, I want to see my husband when he is not sick.
Persuade me to try three acres of house, from the public has been ten years late.
As a descendant, Su Shi expressed his admiration for Wang Anshi in this poem, and of course, Wang Anshi also appreciated Su Shi's character and knowledge. After Jinling broke up, Su Shi and Wang Anshi maintained correspondence, talked about poetry papers, sang harmony with each other, and the two became confidants in the second half of their lives, which is also a great pleasure in life.
Liu Shao of the Eastern Han Dynasty said in the "Character History": The wisdom show is called ying, and the courage is called heroic.
Su Shi and Wang Anshi can be regarded as heroes, they are wencheng rely on horses, skilled in carving dragons, the two are in the same list of Tang and Song Dynasty eight, and it is not too prestigious to show their wisdom.
For example, when Su Shi was in the middle of the day, even if he was degraded again and again, he was still able to keep his heart and insist on his own opinions, while Wang Anshi resolutely took responsibility in the face of doubts from all sides, and even when he was blamed by the world for his achievements and failures, he resolutely took responsibility and stood up and carried a thousand pieces of strength on his shoulders, which shows that they are brave.
Su Shi and Wang Anshi are heroes, heroes naturally cherish heroes, so they meet in Jinling, meet a smile and a vendetta, Su Shi through the pride of the upwell, wrote into the "Cijing Gongyun", their open-minded friendship, just like the sentence in "Laughing Proud of the Rivers and Lakes": The sky laughs in the world, who loses and who wins the heavens know...