Lone Star Journey: The Biography of Su Dongpo

Introduction

"The Journey of the Lone Star: The Biography of Su Dongpo" is a biography that explores Su Shi and the cultural ecology of the Song Dynasty from a reporter's perspective. It traces Su Shi's life with new historical concepts and aesthetic perspectives, and involves his relationship with the political, cultural, and artistic ecology of that era, as well as the cultural landscape of the era in which he lived. The author Zhou Wenhan attempts to present a "dynamic full picture" rather than just sketching a cartoon-like protagonist. In this book, Su Shi's "foundation" is a scholar and an official, and then he becomes an article writer, poet, lyricist, calligrapher, and scholar. His life encountered ups and downs in officialdom, the suffering of exile, the separation of relatives, and the entanglement of personnel. There are many beautiful, fearful, helpless, and dream. He continued to use "artistic methods" such as writing, painting, sightseeing, and even jokes to fight against the successive malice and hardships, so that his life can be enriched and transcended. This book describes the scenes in Su Shi's life, which are either brilliant or dim, obvious or hidden, and then explores why Su Shi became a "star" and why he became a "lone star" in the cultural history of the Northern Song Dynasty.