Su Shi, whose word is profound and whose word is harmonious, is known as Tieguan Taoist and Dongpo layman, and internationally as Su Dongpo, Su Xian and Po Xian. Su Shi is an outstanding scholar in the history of China. Piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, food, clothing, housing and transportation, all proficient, each with his own achievements. It is precisely because Su Shi invented so many delicious things that he was called a representative gourmet in the Song Dynasty.

Su Shi was open-minded, frank and sincere, and won the Taoist style. Good friends, good food, created a lot of food, good tea, but also elegant and good travel. In addition to making extraordinary achievements in literature, poetry, calligraphy, painting and other literary and artistic fields, it has also made extraordinary achievements in food production, fashion design and other fields. There are famous Dongpo soup, Dongpo meat, Dongpo elbow, Dongpo tofu, Dongpo fish and so on.

Su Shi's historical evaluation;

Su Shi has high attainments in literature and poetry, and can be called the representative of the highest literary achievement in Song Dynasty. Moreover, Su Shi's creative activities are not limited to literature. He has made outstanding achievements in calligraphy, painting and other fields, and also made contributions in medicine, cooking, water conservancy and other skills. Su Shi is a typical representative of the cultural spirit in Song Dynasty.

Su Shi enjoyed a high reputation in the literary world at that time. He inherited Ouyang Xiu's spirit and attached great importance to discovering and cultivating literary talents. At that time, there were many young writers around him, including Huang Tingjian, Zhang Lei, Chao and Qin Guan, who made great achievements and were collectively called "Four Bachelor of Su Men". Together with Chen Shidao and Li Zhi, they are called "Six Gentlemen of Sumen".

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia ‐ Su Shi