Su Dongpo's Journey: The Unique Life of Song Dynasty's First Player

Author: Nie Zuoping
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: In an era filled with the spirit of modern times, the great Song Dynasty poetry accompanied the misty clouds of the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, countless cultural masters appeared and disappeared under the sky of the Song Dynasty. Poetry and wine—poetry written with Chinese characters and wine brewed from grains—were the two most magical treasures of ancient China. The West also has poetry, the West also has wine, but Western poetry and wine can never be as integrated as in the East, where they are intertwined and inseparable. In Su Dongpo's poetic and wine realm, he possessed a more vast kingdom than the Great Song Dynasty. He is a distant symbol, a miracle that we will never forget. The passionate splendor, the melancholic subtlety—without a love for life, it is hard to understand why Su Dongpo lived so meticulously even in his most wretched days. He makes us believe that people are not born to be defeated.