That night, Su Dongpo watched the river view and wrote the famous sentence "Visit the Jinshan Temple": "The river of my home started, and the official tour went straight to the sea." "Strive to climb the top of the country, and there are many green mountains in the north and south of the Yangtze River." "Jiangshan does not return to the mountains, and Jiang Shen surprises me." I'm Xie Jiang, a god who never returns to the river. "Zhenjiang and Su Dongpo's hometown are separated by a strip of water, and the poet climbs high and looks far. How can he miss home?
At this time, a huge fireball suddenly appeared in the river, radiant and magnificent. It is difficult for the ancients to explain this strange natural phenomenon, and they can only doubt that they have met ghosts and gods. Could it be that Jiang Shen appeared? As you can imagine, Su Dongpo must have been dumbfounded at that time, and his mind was greatly shocked. Jiang Shen appeared, and he seemed to blame the poet: Why are you still greedy for career and wealth, but you don't know to resign and return to China? The poet, full of guilt, swore by the river that he had realized his wish to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, and would definitely retire to his hometown after buying the land.
Many years later, Su Dongpo still remembers what he saw with his own eyes in Jinshan Temple that night, and he is even more obsessed with the oath he made at that time. "Today, there is an area that will never come back. Nothing can break your promise to God? " ("Dongpo Zhi Lin buys land in return") Su Dongpo asked himself that he bought land in Yangxian County, but he still lusted after officialdom and violated his original oath. I have been demoted one after another, punished by heaven, and suffered all kinds of hardships, which I deserve.
It is the custom of the ancients to curse by the river. Judging from the oath made by Su Dongpo in Jinshan Temple, Su Dongpo closely linked land purchase with resignation and retirement. Even in Huangzhou, Huizhou and Danzhou, he never forgot his original intention and oath.
In February of the third year of Yuanfeng (1080), Su Dongpo experienced Wutai poetry case and was demoted to Huangzhou. Huangzhou, Hubei, has beautiful scenery and boundless romance. Su Dongpo enjoys it and has recognized his hometown as his hometown. Su Dongpo cultivated land in Dongpo and went to Huangzhou to supplement his family in his spare time, but Dongpo is not his own land after all, nor is it a long-term solution. At this time, Fan Zhen, an old friend who has retired to Xuchang, wrote to persuade Su Shi to buy land in Xuchang and settle down. Su Dongpo wrote back that he had only a few hundred yuan in cash and had asked his son to take it to Wuchang to buy a small grange. I still have a small house in Beijing, and I can get 800 yuan after selling it. I wonder if this money is enough to buy land in Xuchang? ("Answering Four Fan Poems")
On the other side of Huangzhou, there is "Five Changshan Mountain, with deep slopes and valleys", and the scenery is beautiful. Su Dongpo often goes sightseeing with friends by boat. Su Dongpo met a small grange for sale in Hanxi Xishan, Wuchang. "You come to a romantic person, but you are a mess. I have made up my mind to buy Tian Wu, and the milk condition is suitable for making wine. The bamboo forest needs to be repaired and the well is deep. " (Visit the Hanxi Xishan Temple in Wuchang) This place is really a place to settle down, and the price is very reasonable.
Chen Jichang, a good friend, suggested that Su Dongpo buy this grange. Su Dongpo immediately sent his son to the grange to discuss the purchase with his master, but finally gave up the decision to buy the grange. "Oracle wuchang a policy, no pains for the camp, sit half fee, this is the best policy. However, some people are afraid of being a good gentleman, so they whitewash it. Cloud is good at the placement and life of another road. It is not a trivial matter to make rumors about the capital. " (Nine Poems with Chen Jichang) He wrote to Chen Jichang to explain his difficulties. Buying land is a trivial matter, but I am afraid that those who covet themselves will use this life to spread rumors and slander.
Su Dongpo failed to buy land in Huangzhou, but he got unexpected gains in Changzhou. In February of the eighth year of Yuanfeng (1085), Su Dongpo was ecstatic and successfully bought Tian Yang Xian. On his way back to Yixing, Su Dongpo passed by Zhuxi Temple in Yangzhou and wrote down "Three Poems of Zhuxi Temple in Yixing", including the sentence "The mountain temple returns with fragrance, and wild flowers sing birds". In the eighth year of Yuan You (109 1), Jia Yi, an imperial envoy, brought up the past and impeached Su Dongpo because he heard the news of Zongshen's death (Zongshen died in March of that year). He wrote "Smell good words" in his poem, which is a gift from no one, and it is a big violation. Luo Dang intends to sue Su Shi and restart the literary inquisition for the Yangzhou Poetry Case. Although Su Dongpo clarified the facts in Miscellaneous Poems, he was quickly sent to Yingzhou (Fuyang, Anhui).
Su Dongpo is famous for his poems. Many people are obsessed with his poems, but they bring him not only a good reputation, but also disasters. Su Dongpo is optimistic and open-minded, and he also knows that his political opponents killed him just to hit him and let him taste the "wind knife and frost sword". As early as more than 20 years ago, his good friend Wen Tong warned him: "Ask from the north to the south, the West Lake is good, don't recite poems." After the bloody lesson of Wutai Poetry Case, Su Dongpo's habit of reciting poems and writing fu is always difficult to change, and his political opponents often attack him in black and white.
After leaving Huangzhou, Su Dongpo's fortunes changed and he was promoted one after another. He also bought a piece of land of Cao family in Yixing. Unexpectedly, Cao family sold it and went back on its word, making trouble without reason. Su Dongpo did not oppress the people with power. He made peace and returned the land to the Cao family at the original price. So Su Dongpo didn't buy many fields in Yixing. After his death, his descendants lived in poverty and had to move to Xuchang, Henan Province to live with Su Zhe.