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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 (Chinese: 子瞻), art name Dongpo (Chinese: 東坡), was a Chinese calligrapher, essayist, gastronomer, pharmacologist, poet, politician, and travel writer during the Song dynasty. A major personality of the Song era, at times holding high-level political positions, Su Shi was also an important figure in Song Dynasty politics, aligning himself with Sima Guang and others, against the New Policy party led by Wang Anshi, gaining some level of popular support through his actions, and also sometimes experiencing politically motivated reversals to his government career.

Su Shi - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Chinese writer and politician (1037–1101) Not to be confused with Sushi . "Su Dongpo" redirects here. For other uses, see Su Dongpo (disambiguation) . In this Chinese name , the family name is Su . Su Shi wrote in his short essay ''Xian Qu Qiu Shi'' that his birthday was on the 19th day of the 12th month. Also, his biography in ''History of Song'' indicated that he was 66 (by East Asian reckoning) when he died in the 1st year of the ''Jian'zhong Jing'guo'' era of Emperor Huizong's reign (1101 in the Julian calendar) (《献曲求

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