Biography of Su Shi

Author: Wang Shuizhao
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: Su Shi, renowned as a paragon in various literary fields such as poetry, prose, calligraphy, and painting, has also expressed many insightful views in philosophy, aesthetics, history, politics, and personal cultivation, with a coherent system of his own. This book aims to trace the rich spiritual landscape of this cultural giant from the perspective of a thinker, focusing on examining the social context that gave rise to his ideas, their significance in the history of Song Dynasty and the entire Chinese culture, as well as the role he played in shaping the cultural personality of our nation, particularly that of intellectuals. Compared to Su Shi as a mere literary figure, the Su Shi as a thinker may be closer to the image he left in the hearts of the Chinese people: the scholar with bamboo cane and straw sandals, strolling leisurely across the land of China as the Dongpo.