Poetry and Wine Take Advantage of Youth: a Biography of Su Shi

"Three ups and downs in life do not change the youthful spirit!" Like his idol Su Shi, be a person who will not be changed by the world. This book is a biography of Su Shi written by the young talent Chen Wuyun. It narrates Su Shi's life in the order of chronological development and restores the symbolized "Su Dongpo" to a more real "Su Shi". In the old-new party struggle triggered by Wang Anshi's reform in the Northern Song Dynasty, all the participants changed their appearance in the end, except Su Shi. Forced by suffering, he used "Su Dongpo" as a shell to protect him from wind and rain, and always guarded the innocence belonging to "Su Shi". Life was full of ups and downs. He failed to change the world, but he was not changed by the world either. He was still the optimistic young man from before. From the perspective of Su Shi's unchanging vision, this book leads us to see the magnificent Northern Song Dynasty, to experience the turbulent era of great changes, and to meet the proud men and all living beings of that era. The first half of his life was like trudging through an endless snow field for an unreachable dream, with little hope but firm steps; the second half of his life was more like a pontoon blown by the rain and wind, forced to stay in the rivers and seas in the storm, and had to exile himself with his own hands. However, the little light and heat left in his chest still made him become the moth flying into the flames.