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Su Dongpo, known as the "first literati of the ages", was a figure with a distinctive and unique personality that is difficult to describe. He left a rich and complex cultural heritage to the history of Chinese culture that is rare in the world. Behind the many anecdotes and legends, what was the real Su Dongpo like? Mr. Wang Shuizhao, a famous scholar of literature in the Song Dynasty and a senior professor at Fudan University, has used his rich knowledge and unique insights on Su Dongpo's lifelong study to open to the public. He provides a panoramic interpretation of Su Dongpo's person, writings, and thoughts from four parts: ten comprehensive essays, Su Hai's collection of shells, explanations of Dongpo's poems, and brief explanations of Su's prose. It is accompanied by more than a hundred historical paintings showing Su Dongpo's ideological and cultural world. It is both talented and artistic, academic and readable.

Su Dongpo was the most dazzling and charismatic among the elite scholar-bureaucrats in ancient China. He is not only a transcendent poet who "travels with the Creator", but also a wise man who is "down to earth" with the bottom of society and daily life. Behind the many anecdotes and legends, what was the real Su Dongpo like? "Wang Shuizhao on Su Dongpo" is a lecture notes given by Mr. Wang Shuizhao, a senior professor at Fudan University and an expert on Song Dynasty literature, at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The author will use the most popular and concise language to describe his experience in studying Su Dongpo for more than 40 years, hoping that everyone can understand and get closer to Su Dongpo.