Su Dongpo and Zen Master Foyin are close friends.

Su Dongpo is a famous historical figure since the Northern Song Dynasty. Regarding Su Dongpo’s life story, the most well-known is his achievements in the field of literature and his bleak official career. In fact, in addition to the above two characteristics, Su Dongpo was also a person who loved to make friends. Although he could not escape the fate of being demoted in the officialdom, his optimistic and bold personality allowed him to make friends during his journey of being demoted. Made a lot of friends. Zen Master Foyin was one of Su Shi's many friends.

The two have a deep friendship and close communication. Their way of getting along can be described as "the best bad friend". The scholars and the monks laughed and cursed, loved and killed each other. The two often drank together, ate delicious food, played, fought, and of course participated in Zen, meditation, and enlightenment.

Introduction to Su Shi's main influence

Su Shi made extraordinary achievements in the creation of Ci. In terms of the development of a literary style itself, Su Shi's historical contribution exceeded Su Wen and Su Shi. Following Liu Yong, Su Shi carried out a comprehensive reform of the style of poetry, finally breaking through the traditional pattern of "Yanke" poetry, improving the literary status of poetry, and transforming poetry from an accessory to music to an independent lyric poem. style, fundamentally changed the development direction of Ci history.

Su Shi's transformation of Ci is based on his concept of Ci poetry integrating poetry and his creative idea of ??"being a family of his own". Since the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, Ci has been regarded as a "little way". Although Liu Yong dedicated his life to writing Ci and promoted the development of Ci style, he failed to improve the literary status of Ci.