Biography of Su Dongpo

Author: Lin Yutang
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Publish Date: 2000-06-01
Features: Lin Yutang once compared himself to a character from Dream of the Red Chamber, describing himself as a "Tanchun" who was married far away to foreign culture. Starting from My Country and My People, he has been dedicated to introducing Chinese culture to foreigners and has achieved great success. Now, The Life of Su Dongpo has been translated into Chinese, and the Chinese people will see how Lin Yutang introduces the charming scholar Su Dongpo to foreigners. "He could accompany the Jade Emperor in the heavens and the beggar in the Paotian Temple on earth." Perhaps only Su Dongpo in ancient and modern times possessed such qualities. If Li Bai was a spectacular and stunning meteor, Du Fu was a pious philosopher, then Su Dongpo was full of youthful vitality—he could be arrogant and eccentric, solemn and serious, light-hearted and playful, or grave and dignified. He experienced joy, happiness, dreamlike awakening, and dutiful endurance. Su Dongpo's life of singing and dancing can only be found in the words of Mr. Lin Yutang! This The Life of Su Dongpo is ranked alongside Wu Han's The Life of Zhu Yuanzhang, Liang Qichao's The Life of Li Hongzhang, and Zhu Donglan's The Life of Zhang Juzheng, and is hailed as one of the "Four Great Biographies of the 20th Century"!