What are Su Shi’s achievements?

A famous writer, politician, artist, and medical scientist in the Northern Song Dynasty. In the second year of Jiayou's reign, he became a Jinshi, and became a bachelor of Duanming Palace, a bachelor of Hanlin, and a minister of the Ministry of Rites. When Neo-Confucianism flourished in the Southern Song Dynasty, he was given the posthumous title Wenzhong and was posthumously given to the Grand Master. There are "The Complete Works of Mr. Dongpo" and "The Complete Works of Dongpo Yuefu" handed down to the world. Wang Zongji of the Song Dynasty collected his works and compiled the "Complete Works of Mr. Su Wenzhonggong".

He is accomplished in prose, poetry, ci, and fu. He is also good at calligraphy and painting. He is a generalist in the history of literature and art. He is also recognized as a person with outstanding attainments in verse and prose. In terms of art, calligraphy ranks first among the four great calligraphers of the Northern Song Dynasty (Su, Huang, Mi, and Cai); his paintings created the Huzhou School of Painting; and they occupy a pivotal position in the history of painting literature.

Politically, during Wang Anshi's reform period, although he agreed that politics should be reformed, he opposed Wang Anshi's successor Lu Huiqing and some "obvious" policies, which attracted the New Party's lackey Li Ding to frame him; later, he opposed " "Abolition of the New Law" was repelled by the old party headed by Sima Guang, and he could not be prime minister for the rest of his life.

In the struggle between the old and new parties, the two sides failed to please each other, which led to his career failure. He was jokingly called "a belly full of inappropriateness" by his concubine Wang Chaoyun. During Yuanyou's reign, he was promoted to Shangshu for a time; Emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty was relegated to Danzhou (Hainan Island) according to Shaosheng's retelling; Huizong ascended the throne and died of illness in Changzhou when he returned to the north after being pardoned. The tomb is in Jiaxian County, Henan Province.

Extended information:

When Su Shi was young, his father traveled abroad. His mother raised him and taught him to read. She once asked him to follow Fan Pang as an example. Su Shi was open-minded and easy to make friends with. Together with his father Su Xun and his younger brother Su Zhe, they are also called "Three Sus".

Su Xun compiled a genealogy and claimed to be a descendant of Su Weiwei, the prime minister of the early Tang Dynasty. However, Su Xun himself admitted that the lineage between Su Weiwei's descendants and his great ancestor cannot be verified, and Su Xun's great ancestor is the upper limit of historical belief. Some people did not take Su Xun's root-seeking method seriously at the time.

Liu Liyan believes that Su Xun compiled the genealogy and regarded the Tang Dynasty prime minister Su Weiwei as the ancestor of his family more than 300 years ago because he took a fancy to Su Weiwei's popularity and Su Xun's purpose in compiling the genealogy. It is to unite people with the surname Su regardless of their closeness, strive for political and social resources, and use fictitious ancestors to unite the clan.

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