Who was the most versatile person in ancient China?

In the ancient history of China, there were beauties with both talents and looks, beautiful harem and peerless youth, as well as heroes who were good at fighting, galloping on the battlefield and being both civil and military. Thousands of years of history have witnessed endless generalists! There are only a handful of people who become sages and call them all-rounders! Su Dongpo is the most worthy of the name Today we will analyze why Su Lao won the Grand Slam.

Su Shi, a native of Meishan, Meizhou, Northern Song Dynasty (now Meishan City, Sichuan Province), was called Dongpo Jushi and Su Dongpo, a famous writer, calligrapher and painter in Northern Song Dynasty. During Su Shi's 66-year life journey, he left behind more than 2,700 poems, more than 300 words and more than 4,800 articles, totaling nearly 8,000 works with more than 2 million words, covering calligraphy, painting, medicine, antiques, inventions and Jin Yi, and he was proficient in everything.

The origin of Su Dongpo was Yuanfeng two years ago. He impeached Su Shi, saying that he fooled the imperial court, was arrogant, and used argot to ridicule the state affairs. Later, a large number of Su Shi's poems were implicated as evidence.

The case was first reported by the censor and then tried in the censor's prison. Because there are cypress trees in the jade platform and thousands of wild crows inhabit it, the five poems are named. Su Shi spent nearly a hundred days in prison for this case. After he was released from prison, Su Shi was demoted to assistant to Ambassador Ying Yong in Huangzhou.

This position is quite humble, and at this time, Su Shi has been disheartened after this prison, so he led his family to open up a sloping land in the east of the city to help make up for their livelihood. It was at this time that he got the nickname "Dongpo lay man".

Su Dongpo, a calligrapher, is regarded as the head of Song Sijia.

Su Shi's calligraphy focuses on "meaning" and goes his own way. One of the "Four Bachelor of Sumen".

Huang Tingjian said: "His calligraphy is very attractive ... until the wine is drunk, he forgets his work, and his words are extremely thin ... As for the round rhyme, wonderful writing, loyalty to the sun and the moon, and good writing, it is the first."

Charm can be said to be the biggest feature of his calligraphy. Ming Dong Qichang even praised him for "making full use of the front, which is the Lanting of Po Gong". Therefore, the beauty of Su's calligraphy is called "the beauty lies in the hidden front", "the ancient road is strong", "the body is strong and graceful" and "the cleverness is hidden in the clumsy", which is the demeanor of everyone who is "magnificent and radiant".

But his book theory is more incisive, not only intuitive for the present, but also a model for future generations.

Su Dongpo, a painter, is one of the pioneers of literati painting in China. He is good at painting, especially ink bamboo, strange stones and dead wood. Su Shi painted bamboo with ink in his paintings, which is more concise than literature and has the tendency of dancing.

Su Shi advocates that there is affection outside the painting, painting has something to place on it, and opposes similarity and procedural constraints. He advocated "the unity of poetry and painting, natural and fresh" and clearly put forward the concept of "literati painting".