Wang Gu Feng Liu Su Dongpo. People (Upper and Lower)

Author: Long Yin
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: Eastern Dragon Yin presents his 20-year, the definitive work of "Literary Knight Novel," The Flowing Styles of Su Dongpo Through Ages. The Flowing Styles of Su Dongpo Through Ages is a classic masterpiece, destined to become a timeless classic. In the five thousand years of Chinese civilization, the great talent Su Dongpo completed The Easy Interpretation of the I Ching in his later years and sighed while turning the pages: "It seems that there will be no more true friends in this world today, but I believe that in the future, there will be gentlemen who can fully interpret my heart's melody." His younger brother Su Zhe had these words inscribed on his brother's tombstone. For decades, I have been studying Su Dongpo's poems, prose, and calligraphy, deciphering The Easy Interpretation of the I Ching, tracing his footsteps, and attempting to relive his experiences. The Flowing Styles of Su Dongpo Through Ages is both my proudest literary creation and my most outstanding research achievement. The author, Long Yin, who has worked in the modern "Hanlin Academy" and "Zhongshu Sheng" for many years, says: "My Su Dongpo's Poetic Whispers captures the essence of Su Dongpo; Long Yin's The Flowing Styles of Su Dongpo Through Ages fully, authentically, and vividly recreates Su Dongpo's way of life." After reading this book, the renowned Chinese painting master Chi was so moved that he happily wrote the title and generously provided his classic painting as the cover without charge. Su Dongpo: The greatest talent in the five thousand years of Chinese civilization—originally a troubled youth, this book reveals the secrets of his upbringing for the first time. Su Dongpo: An independent and free-love advocate nine hundred years ago—his love stories with four women are poems filled with sorrow and passion. Su Dongpo: A rare "Literary Knight" in Chinese history—serving as the magistrate of seven famous prefectures, he relieved countless disasters and sufferings for the common people. Su Dongpo: An uncooperative figure with the most diverse and turbulent experiences—opponent of Wang Anshi, adversary of Neo-Confucianism, and thorn in the side of Sima Guang. Su Dongpo: A liberal who completely understands the true meaning of life—imprisoned, exiled, slandered, and monitored, yet he always sang joyful songs. Su Dongpo: A master of the I Ching, a thinker, and a master of dialectics—his philosophy of life and way of thinking remain unsolved by anyone to this day. Su Dongpo: A master of prose, a great poet, a leader of the ci poetry school, and a skilled calligrapher and painter—this book also reveals that he was a great thinker and a humorous novelist. Su Dongpo: The great river flows eastward, the waves wash away the figures of ages—only his spirit, along with his poems, prose, calligraphy, and ink paintings, continues to be passed down through the tales of countless people, in the writings of scholars, and in the treasures of his political opponents.