Reading Lin Yutang's Biography of Su Dongpo 15

Let's first review a poem by Su Dongpo:

Linjiang Song Xian Qian Mufu

Since we have been in Beijing for three years, far away from the world, you have traveled around the world. When I meet with a smile, it's still warm as spring. Your heart is like an ancient well, not water, and the peak is like a bamboo pole in autumn.

My heart is melancholy, because you want to separate the sails overnight. When you see me off, the clouds are the color of the moon. There is no need for the girls of Pei Jiu to feel too sorry for the glass. Life is a difficult journey, you and I are both passers-by, just like stopping at different hotels.

Chapter XIV Arrest and Trial

I was frightened when I saw the title of this chapter. Because it suddenly occurred to me that this must be Wutai poetry case.

This is the darkest moment in Su Dongpo's life. I remember he was locked in 150 days. I haven't read this passage in detail before, so I was thinking, must the old man have suffered in prison?

But after reading it, I feel so relaxed. Because Lin Yutang said that there was a jailer who "bathed him with hot water every night", which was quite comfortable.

Mr. Lin Yutang even said: "Su Dongpo thought it was interesting to be arrested and tried for writing poems. He must be happy to explain literary allusions in court. " Ha ha ha, if so, then Su Dongpo's accomplishment is really superb! Admire, admire!

There is a joke between Su Dongpo and his son, which can also be written as a short article. It's a joke about delivering fish. This was written by someone else. As a result, Su Dongpo wrote two very touching farewell poems, which moved the emperor so much that he was given a light sentence. Haha, Mr. Lin said he was accompanying him, but I think it was a mistake.

There is also a celebrity Lu You here. Lu Youqin keeps a diary and is particularly interested in the manuscripts and rubbings left by Su Dongpo.

It is believed that the judgment of this case depends entirely on how to interpret the criticism of Su Dongpo. Before, the emperor was the law, and his idea was the golden rule. The legal system of feudal society is too imperfect.

As a result of this case, Su Dongpo was released from prison on New Year's Eve and spent four months and twenty days in prison. Out of the prison gate in the north of Dongcheng Street, he stopped for a while, sniffed the air with his nose, felt the joy of the breeze blowing on his face, and saw pedestrians riding by in the street amid the chirping of magpies.

Nothing, nothing, but it's been closed for a long time. The body didn't suffer any sin. He and Ziyou's official positions dropped a little, and everything else was fine. Today's home is still wise! I didn't see much blood in Wutai poetry case! A stone that has been in my heart for many years fell to the ground.