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Su Shi ( simplified Chinese: 苏轼; traditional Chinese: 蘇軾; pinyin: Sū Shì; 8 January 1037 – 24 August 1101), courtesy name Zizhan ( 子瞻 ), art name Dongpo ( 東坡 ), was a Chinese poet, essayist, stateman, calligrapher, painter, gastronome, and travel writer who lived during the Song dynasty. [3] A major personality of the Song ...
Su Shi (born January 8, 1037, Meishan [now in Sichuan province], China—died August 24, 1101, Changzhou, Jiangsu province) was one of China’s greatest poets and essayists, who was also an accomplished calligrapher and a public official.
A poet, politician, writer, calligrapher, painter and aesthetic theorist, Su Shi was the pre-eminent scholar of the Song dynasty. ‘He was so prolific in so many different fields that it is very tempting to think of him as a proto-Renaissance man,’ says Sooke, ‘even though he was born four centuries before Leonardo.’.
Apr 27, 2017 · Given the breadth and depth of Su Shi’s works with centuries of publications of appreciation and appraisal, Su Shi must be placed among the most important literary and cultural figures in Chinese history.
Nov 15, 2015 · Su Shi (蘇軾, 1037–1101) was a writer, poet, artist, calligrapher, pharmacologist, and statesman of the Song dynasty, and one of the major poets of the Song era. His courtesy name was Zizhan (子瞻) and his pseudonym was Dongpo Jushi (東坡居士 “Resident of the Eastern Slope”), and he is often referred to as Su Dongpo (蘇東坡).
Su Shi, a household name in China, was an 11th-century scholar, statesman, poet, writer, calligrapher and artist, whose painting style has influenced virtually every Chinese painter ever since, according to Kim Yu, Christie’s international senior specialist of Chinese paintings.
Jun 27, 2024 · The poems and lyrics of Su Shi (1037-1101), often known as Su Dongpo, were of a virile timbre and an unrestrained spirit. A native of today's Sichuan Province. His style name was Zi Zhan and his sobriquet was Dongbo Jushi.
Jun 11, 2018 · Su Shih (1037-1101), also known as Su Tungp'o, was a Chinese author and artist. He was the most versatile genius in the history of Chinese literature. He excelled in every form of verse and prose he attempted and further distinguished himself as a calligrapher and painter.
Su Shi, courtesy name Zizhan (子瞻), art name Dongpo (東坡), was a Chinese poet, essayist, stateman, calligrapher, painter, gastronome, and travel writer who lived during the Song dynasty.
Who was Su Shi, and why is he so revered within Chinese culture? Art critic Alastair Sooke and Christie’s specialist Sophia Zhou look at the life and times of this giant of Chinese culture, and reflect on his revolutionary ideas about what painting could be.
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