Su Shi

Su Shi

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 is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished figures in classical Chinese literature, having produced some of the most well-known poems, lyrics, prose, and essays. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Su Shi has received more than 529,979 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Su Shi is the 748th most popular writer (down from 674th in 2019), the 199th most popular biography from China (down from 180th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Chinese Writer.

Su Shi is famous for his poetry and calligraphy.