In 1084 AD, Su Shi went to see Wang Anshi, and they smiled and disappeared.

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The seventh year of Yuanfeng in the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 1084) was a year worth recording.

This year in Jinan, Shandong Province, a girl was born on March 13 at the home of the scholar-official Li Gefei. When she grew up, this girl became a famous poet and was known as the most talented woman in ancient China. Her name was Li Qingzhao. .

Li Qingzhao’s father, Li Gefei, was a student of Su Shi and one of the “last four bachelors” of the Su family.

In this year, Sima Guang, who was kicked out of the court by his former friend Wang Anshi, finally completed the history book "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" after 19 years of studying in Duyuan in Luoyang City. He was 66 years old at this time. .

Li Gefei, the father of Li Qingzhao, wrote "Luoyang Famous Gardens", which recorded nineteen famous gardens, including Sima Guang's Duyuan Garden.

Another sad thing was that Su Dun, the youngest son of the great writer Su Shi, died this year. The 47-year-old Su Shi was heartbroken and decided to go to Changzhou to relax.

On the way, he decided to go to Jinling next to Changzhou to visit an old friend. In July, "Dongpo moved from the Yellow River to Ru and passed Jinling. Jinggong rode on a donkey in wild clothes and paid homage to the boat. Dongpo greeted you without a hat."

In July of 1084 AD, Jinggong was in the period of being demoted. Su Dongpo met Wang Anshi at the ferry, who was in a depressed mood after his second dismissal and came riding a donkey.

At this time, Su Dongpo came here full of gratitude to Wang Anshi, who saved his life when he was demoted due to the "Wutai Poetry Case".

Wang Anshi was surprised and delighted by Su Shi's visit. He immediately put on his raincoat and bamboo hat, mounted his donkey, and went to the ferry to meet Su Shi.

The meeting between Wang and Su was very pleasant. The next day, Wang Anshi specially took Su Shi's family to his home to rest. They visited Zhongshan together and sang poems to each other. The conversation was very lively, and they had a tacit understanding to avoid the political situation at that time, because this topic would make both parties feel embarrassed.

II

Su Dongpo was 16 years younger than Wang Anshi, some said he was 15 years old.

Wang Anshi and Su Shi are both literary greats, but they have different political views.

Su Shi opposed Wang Anshi's reforms and Wang Anshi's reform of the imperial examinations, and even wrote poems to satirize Wang Anshi's New Deal. And Wang Anshi also demoted Su Shi.

In the Wutai Poetry Case, when Su Shi faced the punishment of Song Shenzong, Wang Anshi did not add insult to injury.

Wang Anshi, who had resigned as prime minister and left the court, went to the capital in person in Jiangning Mansion and said to the emperor, "How can there be a saint who kills talented people?"

On December 29, 1079 AD, the imperial edict was issued, and Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou and served as a deputy envoy.

This time the two met and talked about the same topic: poetry.

Su Dongpo wrote the poem "Visiting Jiangshan with Wang Sheng":

"It is not warm when I arrive at the county table, and the residents are empty and helpless. There is no good mountain within ten miles, and I am afraid of other years. I want to pay for the Southern Dynasty. We boarded the Beiguo boat together. The painted halberds were collected at the gate, and green lotuses emerged from the blue sky. The green beards crossed the road, and visitors were welcomed by the green hills. Birds' claws flew to the top of the house, and the pine roots were scattered. There are many peaks in the sky, and the river seems to be floating in the sky. The shadows of people are walking on the pagoda, and the clouds are so smooth that they linger until the moon appears in the sky. p>

Wang Anshi's poem "He Zizhan and Wang Shengzhi visited Jiangshan Mountain", and the order: "Zizhan and Wang Shengzhi visited Jiangshan Mountain and wrote a poem, and I loved it 'There are many peaks and clever obstacles to the sun, and the river is far away and it seems to float in the sky' The sentence is due to its rhyme. "

His poem said: "Jinling is limited to the north and the south, and the situation is not like this. Chu has been fighting for six thousand miles, and the country has been empty for three hundred years. The wind and moon are watching the boats. . The Lord sent me to the sad shore, and the imperial concubine was buried in the old lotus. The city was surrounded by tigers, and the top of the Dulong Pagoda was surrounded by trees. After half a day's rest, the Zhumen Garden was full of green water, and the green tiles were covered with green smoke. The poet was really capable of writing poems about wild bamboo trees. , shining through the ages, the mountains and rivers will also become magnificent.

Gentlemen are harmonious but different. This is probably the best comment on this historic meeting!

Not two years later, on the sixth day of April in the first year of Yuanyou (1086) May 21) Wang Anshi died of illness in Zhongshan at the age of sixty-six.

三

Finally, what the author wants to say through this story is that as age and world affairs change, the relationship between people will also have differences in closeness and distance. There does not necessarily exist an unchanging absolute.

When Su Shi was young and vigorous, he was very talented. He met the 47-year-old Ao Xianggong. He retired to Jinling with Wang Anshi in 1084 AD. Su Shi was demoted due to the Wutai Poetry Case. After the ups and downs in his life, The two of them have reached different stages in life, and naturally their views on things are also different. We don’t have to stick to one thing at a time in our behavior.

Don’t be afraid of the floating clouds covering your eyes, life is like a dream, and the moon is shining over the river.