Reflections after reading the biography of Su Shi

Reflections refer to articles written with inspiration after reading a book, an article, a paragraph, a few famous quotes, a piece of music, or a video. Below are my carefully collected thoughts after reading the biography of Su Shi. I hope it will be helpful to you. Thoughts after reading the Biography of Su Shi 1

"The Biography of Su Shi" is a book co-authored by Su Shi research experts Wang Shuizhao and Cui Ming. It has 450,000 words and was published by Tianjin People's Publishing House last year. This is a well-written book, but it is a difficult book to write. Su Shi's life experience was rich and complex, and his writings were numerous and wide-ranging. This is one of the difficulties. Also, there is Lin Yutang's masterpiece "The Biography of Su Dongpo" in front of me, which is so brilliantly written.

I read "The Biography of Su Shi" and felt that the evaluation of Su Shi in the whole book is generally similar to that of "The Biography of Su Dongpo". Lin's summary is the so-called: "He is an optimist whose temperament is hard to change and a moralist who is compassionate and compassionate." , is a good friend of the common people and a prose writer", etc. "The Biography of Su Shi" is generally developed based on this evaluation. However, the subtitle of the book "The Transcendence of Wise Men in Suffering" shows that the authors tried their best to understand and describe Su Shi from his life experience. Therefore, this book has its own characteristics that cannot be ignored.

First, it strictly follows a chronological narrative and emphasizes one aspect of Su Shi as a writer. The whole book covers Su Shi's poems and articles throughout his life. By comparison, "The Biography of Su Dongpo" is not like this. It has to take care of the understanding and interest of British and American readers and cannot quote too many poems and articles; it uses more legends and stories, and it also takes up a large proportion of the whole book. more important location. Therefore, this "Biography of Su Shi" is more beneficial for readers to understand Su Shi's life from his novels, poems and literary works. The interpretation of novels, poetry and literary works is carried out in the narrative, and the interpretation is excellent. Here, it is shown that Mr. Wang Shuizhao has an extraordinary foundation in the research of Su Shi's novels, poems and literary works, and he can apply it freely in biographies. Su Shi's thoughts and literary thoughts were intertwined with the political affairs of the world, so they combined "transcendence in suffering", and it was the transcendence of a "wise man". Readers who have not read Su Ji can understand a lot from the large number of poems, words, and articles quoted in "Biography", especially from the uncommon essays and short notes.

Second, Lin Yutang loved Su Dongpo. Lin wrote more literary works of fiction, poetry, and to a considerable extent prose creations. Of course, Lin has sufficient historical data to prove it, but I always feel that his focus is on Su Dongpo's personality, and it is a personality that the author likes. The "Biography of Su Shi" is more academic. It is more comprehensive and more argumentative. Indeed, Su Shi's romantic style was almost natural. But environment also creates it. Whether looking at life from novels, poetry and literary works, or looking at novels, poetry and literary works from life, there is not only unrestrained romance, but also personal suffering and the suffering of the people. The Wutai Poetry Case was one of the most ridiculous literary inquisitions in China and was later demoted to Huangzhou, which was a key step in Su Shi's life. In the second biography of Lin and Wang, they both focus on it. Yu Qiuyu also chose this paragraph to write his important prose "Su Dongpo's Breakout". Su Shi's life and his novels, poems and literary works are both at their peak here. Regarding this period of life, "The Biography of Su Shi" undoubtedly writes more abundantly. It shows the pain and suffering more fully, to the point of thrilling. Only when suffering is sufficient can "transcendence" be powerful. Lin exaggerated Su Dongpo's optimism and joy in suffering, and even described his humiliation and pain during the "Wutai Poetry Case" as "interesting". "The Biography of Su Shi" wrote about life in Huangzhou More believable. For example, at that time, Su Shi repeatedly told his friends in many letters to "see it, it's fire" and "rumors about the capital are not trivial matters". He was frightened. In Huangzhou, he saw the suffering of the people that he had never seen in his life, and he also experienced the hard days. There is something important to mention here. Su Shi wrote many letters when he was in Huangzhou, one of which was to his friend and political enemy Zhang Xiang, expressing regret for the past. Lin Chuanhuan said that it was "a very appropriate reply, with a sense of repentance that was beyond words." It was "the most appropriate thing to do," and could have been asked to be read by the emperor; Wang Zhu thought that "it may be mixed with personal motives for asking for help." I thought it was written more truthfully. Wang Zhu was completely opposed to the new law. This seems logical. The poets written by Wang Zhu are more complex and realistic.

Third, regarding Wang Anshi’s reform, Lin’s denial may be too simplistic. Wang Zhu is more objective. Regarding Su and Wang, of course they are both great writers, Su being higher than Wang.

When the book mentioned the reform, it compared the views of Su and Wang and said: "Whether it is the height of his thoughts or the far-sightedness of his vision, Su Shi cannot be compared with Wang Anshi, a famous prime minister of his generation." This is also objective. This book has a lot of ink on Wang Anshi, and it was written from the interaction between Wang Anshi and Su Shi. The main article is after Wang Anshi resigned as prime minister. Su Shi visited the king in Jinling, his political enemies became literary friends, his old feelings were released, and his essays were filled with joy. That long paragraph describes the generosity and elegance of the Northern Song Dynasty literati, and even the loveliness of the two great writers. Thoughts after reading the Biography of Su Shi 2

I closed the thick "The Biography of Su Dongpo" and felt filled with emotion. All kinds of miscellaneous thoughts lingered around me like dust stirred up by the pages of the book. I began to think about life.

, thinking about fate.

The world is changing rapidly, and people are just a drop in the ocean. So since they are small, there is no need to fight for it, to work hard, and to strive for illusory fame. At the same time, life is not easy. Don’t let this precious life become a treacherous villain and be reviled by others. The most important thing is to be true to yourself. As the saying goes, "The plants and trees have their true intentions, so why bother to be beautiful?" What's more, what about people?

Throughout Su Dongpo’s life, it was a life of self-adherence. Lin Yutang called her "the naughty child of nature". I think it is very appropriate. Children are the most sincere and do what they want, and "naughty" also has stubbornness. It is this willfulness and stubbornness that makes her no matter what kind of situation she is in. No matter the situation, you can have a happy and peaceful heart. His political career had its ups and downs in the struggle between the new party and the old party and the change of political power. It was sad for him. He seemed to be put in a wooden box and thrown to the sea, rising and falling with the waves. The officialdom was like the sea. His character determines that he will be thrown on the wave. It is his integrity, his outspokenness, and his ridicule that make political opponents stir up waves. I think that no one has ever been so widely relegated from a foreign country, and no one has ever lived so peacefully during his relegation. Even his political opponents were jealous. I feel that in addition to the well-known reasons for the perfect integration of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, there are several other reasons that cannot be ignored.

First, it is the support of literature. In a remote country, writing is an important content for him. There are poems, lyrics, letters, epitaphs, and classic commentaries. At this time, he has no ability to write anything. What is the function and purpose, but to fully express his true heart, so his achievements are greater. When literature returns to the original place of writing, it will have immortal value.

Second, there are many friends. Su Dongpo had many lifelong friends. Everywhere he went, he made friends and visited strange people. He treated his friends with all his heart and trusted them. There were many of them. Become a confidant. He is like a Clivia that exudes a special temperament, attracting friends from all walks of life. As he himself said, "I can accompany the Jade Emperor when I am in the palace, and I can accompany the beggars of Beitian Courtyard when I am below." I remember reading a sentence in junior high school that said: " "You can't make friends with people who are not crazy." Probably once a person with crazy feelings has friendship with him, it will last for a long time. These friends gave Su Dongpo great spiritual comfort and encouragement.

Thirdly, there is a wide range of interests, and there is always such an impression in my mind. Anyone with a wide range of interests and hobbies is always full of energy, full of vitality and unyielding. There are many legends about Su Dongpo among the people, and many of them are about his hobbies, such as Dongpo meat, developing prescriptions, and I heard that he once prepared a secret recipe for making ink, which almost burned down the house. At this time, he became more like a naughty boy. Only when you have a wide range of interests will you have endless things to do. Even if you are fired or sidelined, your life can still be very busy.

In modern society, people’s spiritual lives are becoming increasingly deserted, and people are complaining and irritable. Maybe we don’t have the free unlimited scenery to visit and entertain at that time, nor do we have the wonderful writing style, but we can have a Su Dongpo-like mentality, be calm and optimistic, be at ease, and don’t need to be flattered or pretend to be. Thoughts after reading the biography of Su Shi 3

A thousand-year nightmare, a thousand-year dream. Thousands of years ago, there was a great man who influenced history. He was Su Shi.

"Summary of the General Catalog of Sikuquanshu" says: Since the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, Ci poetry has been mainly Qingqie and Wanli, but it has changed with Liu Yong. For example, the poet Bai Juyi has changed again with Su Shi. , such as Han Yu among poets. Thinking about it this way, Su Zhi's poetic style, rhyme, and literary talent are enough to hold up a sky alone in the clear and graceful rhyme of Song Dynasty. However, Su Shi's artistic conception, thoughts and attitudes could not find a place to stay under the filthy, dense and evil rule of the Song Dynasty, so they wandered around, moving left to Hangzhou, Mizhou, Huangzhou and other places, and finally He is old in Changzhou.

Su Shi was born into a poor landlord family. His father was the famous essayist Su Xun. When he was young, he was deeply influenced by his father's literary style, strict discipline, and ardent expectations. He was reciting poems and books at the age of five, and was well versed in modern times and ancient literature when he was a teenager. At the age of 19, he went to Beijing to take the exam. He wrote a "Commentary on Punishment and Reward Loyalty" with great writing, and won the praise of the examiner Ouyang Xiuzhi in one fell swoop. He was selected as a high school student. From then on, he embarked on his gorgeous, legendary and sad life journey.

Su Shi, who had just entered his official career, was full of enthusiasm for serving the country and wanted to do his best to change the old evil system and make up for the new bright method. In small ways, it would benefit one party and in big ways, it would benefit the whole world. , celebrities through the ages, immortal for thousands of years. But he didn't see the emptiness of reality and the filth of officialdom. His innocent thoughts may have changed only himself. At that time, the Song Dynasty was short of talents, had weak troops, redundant officials, uneven taxes and levies, and empty frontiers. How could he let go of all his wisdom and courage and let out his full enthusiasm? Being in a foreign land, I am immersed in the loneliness of a lonely official, unable to worry. It was just a common form of the imperial court. He was admired and returned to the imperial court. Excited, grateful, and surprised all at once. Years of hard work and many sleepless nights have been accumulated, and we are ready to go in time.

However, he felt even more uncomfortable while still facing backward. At this time, reformer Wang Anshi was implementing reforms vigorously and vigorously. Although Su Shi advocated reform, he objected to Wang Anshi's more radical reform that was beyond his own vision. He wrote consecutive letters to oppose it, and therefore asked to be transferred from the capital. Secondly, the filth of officialdom became more obvious before his eyes. His innocent heart could not tolerate the existence of those filth, and he repeatedly wrote letters to ridicule openly and secretly. Eventually, he was ostracized by everyone and was transferred from the capital. He seems to understand that the height of the temple is not his stage, the mountains, rivers and waters are his place. Since then, he has attached great importance to landscapes and composed poems about his grief. A writer's political failure often leads to his literary immortality. The West Lake in Hangzhou, Yingshui in Yingzhou, Red Cliff in Huangzhou, etc. have all been passed down for a long time under Dongpo's wonderful pen. "If you want to compare the West Lake to the West, it is always appropriate to dress light and heavy." The beauty of the West Lake deeply moved Su Shi: the vast water waves, the ripples swayed slightly, the reflection of the moonlight made the lake glow with a faint white light, and the long darkness made the West Lake more vast. vast. Xu Xian's persistence and White Snake's implicitness moved millions of people, including Su Shi. He thought that he also had such a romantic love, and thought about the beautiful pond beside the fish pond, the beautiful mountains and beautiful ponds, the beautiful and talented people, lingering and pathos, and it was so long that he didn't know the time of heaven and earth. His wife Wang Fu became his pride and comfort. He thought that such days were worth remembering.

There is also the Yangtze River in Wuhan: "From the west of the Yangtze River, there are tall buildings and deep green grapes. It still brings the snow waves of Min'e and the spring scenery of the Jinjiang River." Another example is the Yingshui in Yingzhou: "The clear and beautiful water flows eastward. , Sorrows come and send Hong away, blending into the chaos of love, green mountains and white waves, thousands of layers. "Su Shi's love and affection for water are self-evident, and the layman Dongpo's love and resentment for Po is even more special. . When Su Shi moved to Hangzhou, his home had a slope to the east, so it was called Dongpo. Su Zi often cooked and regarded himself as a layman of Dongpo. I once wrote a poem: Rain washes the east slope and the moonlight is clear, and all the people in the city are walking in the wild. Don't be too dissatisfied with the winding road, the sound of self-love is loud and clear. I imagine that the east slope is located deep in the mountains and dense forests, and is inaccessible to people. At this time, he may have thought of Lin Bu, Mei's wife and Hezi, who was aloof from the world.

The recruitment by the imperial court made him excited again. He traveled thousands of miles and rushed to the imperial court. By this time Wang Anshi was dead and Sima Guang wanted to abolish the new law. Su Shi believed that some of the new laws were effective and could not be completely changed, so he was ostracized by the old party and was not allowed to serve in the government. Did he naively know that there can be no neutrals in class struggle?

Su Shi was demoted to Mizhou. As soon as he fell asleep that day, his wife Wang Fu entrusted him with a dream and told him about the pain of lovesickness. Now I think about how I endured those ten years of lovesickness and ten years of separation between life and death. The moon and stars are sparse at night, and above the pines, I look at the night sky alone and feel sad. The next day, Su Shi held the yellow on the left and the police on the right, wearing a beautiful mink fur coat. There are thousands of mountains and hills, and all the people in the city are following the prefect, which is very spectacular. Su Shi suddenly became so heroic that he shot the tiger himself like Sun Quan and shot the wolf with his full bow. But it has been a long time waiting to see the person who upholds integrity.

The last one to come was in shackles. In the Wutai Poetry Case, a villain took the poem out of context and landed him in deep prison and almost died. He was really scared. He was a poet who could sing about the majesty of the bright moon, praise the purity of the clear water, and express his true anger.

However, once he entered filth, he became very clumsy, unable to mobilize basic words and unable to complete simple logic.

I just chanted when the setting sun was dripping with blood: I was banished to Huanggang for four or five years, my lonely boat disappeared in the smoke, my old friends came back to ask for information, and I died of illness, hunger and cold.

Su Shi’s worldly spirit of knowing what he couldn’t do but doing it was shattered in reality. But he also has the time-honoured naturalization, the anti-Simple Rentian attitude towards health care, and the Zen thought of seeing through worries. So when he came to Red Cliff, he finally felt enlightened, and Su Shi completed the struggle and transcendence in misery. The waves of the river are lapping at the shore, and the heroes are passing away in the east. Gong Jin is strong-minded and has a calm command. Xiao Qiao's beauty accompanies the hero, but she is just empty-hearted. Only the green wind on the river and the bright moon in the mountains are what I and my son love.

Su Shi’s life was full of longing and pride, loneliness and depression. If you ask, what is it like knowing everywhere in life? Just like a flying dragon stepping on slush. Thoughts after reading the Biography of Su Shi 4

During this winter vacation, I bought a thick copy of "The Biography of Su Dongpo" by Lin Yutang at the order of my teacher. I originally wanted to finish reading it hastily, but I didn't expect that I was deeply shocked by Su Dongpo's ill-fated life, and developed infinite respect for this greatest poet in Chinese history.

First of all, Mr. Lin introduced us to Dongpo’s family background in the article. The one who had a greater influence on him should be his mother Cheng. After he read "The Biography of Fan Pang" when he was a child, Dongpo looked up. She looked at her mother and asked, "Mom, if I grow up to be someone like Fan Pang, would you be willing?" Her mother replied, "If you can be Fan Pang, can't I be Fan Pang's mother?" ". His mother has provided him with good moral education since he was a child, which is also a major factor in his future growth and success.

Then he introduced his learning experience. He has shown his extraordinary talents since he was a child, but this did not hinder his efforts at all. When Su Dongpo was studying, he memorized epic poems and classic ancient books by heart, which would be of great benefit to Su Dongpo in the future, because whenever he gave advice to the emperor or drafted an imperial edict for the emperor, or when citing historical examples, he would He's never clueless. Su Dongpo's learning experience also tells us that geniuses also need to study diligently and work hard to achieve greater achievements

In "The Biography of Su Dongpo", it not only introduces Su Dongpo as a person, but also introduces the people most related to him. The other two people in Sansu are his father Su Xun and his younger brother Su Zhe. Father Su Xun is taciturn by nature, cautious in temperament, independent in thought, and has an eccentric personality. Naturally, he is not an easy person to get along with. The other one is his younger brother Su Che. Su Che's character is different from that of his brother. His character is quiet and cold, steady and practical, so he is more successful in officialdom than his brother.

After writing about Sansu, I want to talk about Su Shi's wife. His first wife seemed to be far better than her husband in being practical and clear about interests, so Su Dongpo obeyed his wife in everything. She was a wife, and more like A wise steward and wise companion. Unfortunately, she died young, which made Su Dongpo very sad. He once wrote a special word to commemorate her. This is called the double mourning word together with He Zhu's mourning word. The article highlights Dongpo's ups and downs in officialdom. Su Dongpo, he opposed Wang Anshi's more radical reform measures, and did not agree with Sima Guang's complete abolition of the new law. Instead, he advocated acting in a prudent manner, and everything should be based on whether it is beneficial to the national economy and people's livelihood. He should not cater to the "new law" Or he was trapped by the "old system", so he was ostracized by both the old and new parties, and his official career was very bumpy. Su Dongpo has always been involved in the political whirlpool, but he is extremely prosperous and stands above the ordinary political activities. He did not hesitate to recite poems and compose poems anytime and anywhere, criticizing Zang Bu, purely expressing his feelings. As for the consequences and the benefits to himself, he completely ignored them. Although there were many muddy roads in Su Shi's life, it can be found from his poems, his articles, and his life experiences that his attitude towards life was optimistic and positive. With a sense of humor, when he talked to Wang Anshi about Wang's so-called "etymology", he quoted from the Book of Songs that "the singing dove is in the mulberry tree, and its son is seven-year-old", and his parents raised nine birds to pay tribute to him in Wang Anshi's way. Explaining why "dove" is a combination of the two characters "nine" and "bird" is actually a mockery; later, he joked with Wang Anshi and said, "If the wave is the skin of water, then the slippery water is the skin of water." "My bones are broken." Even after he was demoted to Hainan, which lacked medical treatment and medicine, he still responded to his concern for his friend, the monk Shenliao, "But without medicine, many people would die in the hands of the national doctors in the capital." Use this to tell your friends not to worry.

He loves life and has many anecdotes about food alone.

He studied cooking methods and brewed wine by himself, and passed on to later generations "Dongpo Pork" and "Dongpo Pot". In his poems, he also mentioned food many times - "The absence of bamboo makes people vulgar, the absence of meat makes people thin, not vulgar but not thin, stewed pork with bamboo shoots", "The Yangtze River goes around Guo to know the beauty of fish, and the good bamboos are connected to the mountains." "Bamboo shoots are fragrant", "The ground is covered with wormwood and the reed buds are short, it's the time when the puffer fish is about to bloom", "If you eat three hundred lychees a day, you will grow up as a Lingnan native", and so on.

Being sentimental, he expressed his affection for his deceased wife in the word "Jiangchengzi", which is completely different from his style of "Going to the East of the River", which is sad and sad. After Chaoyun died prematurely due to the plague, he expressed his deep love and pain in the poems "Epitaph for Chaoyun" and "Mourning for Chaoyun". Later, he also used the words "Xijiang Moon·Plum Blossom" to Plum blossoms symbolize morning clouds, which are both like writing flowers and people.

Although he was arrested and tried for his poems several times because of his integrity, he still did not change his sharp style of writing. When his friend Liu Shu resigned from office and left Beijing, he wrote a poem to satirize "the crowd of birds cannot tell the male from the female", and later wrote "still chanting the wheat green", expressing his disdain for the glory of officialdom. Just after he was released from prison, he wrote two poems, and then he wrote with a smile and said, "I am really hopeless!"

Su Dongpo's unusually bumpy life was also an open-minded and optimistic life. His detached and optimistic attitude of "being happy with success and happy with failure" despite adversity is as lasting as his poems and articles! The scriptures will flow through the ages! As Mr. Lin Yutang said, Su Dongpo "passed his life like a breeze" and "is basically a natural expression of his nature". "Although his body will die, his spirit can become stars in the sky and rivers on the ground in the next life." ". Let us just express our gratitude for this ancient genius, layman Dongpo!