Interpretation of Su Shi's Ci

Su Dongpo never wants anything. He writes poetry anytime and anywhere, criticizes and denies, and simply expresses his feelings. His works reveal his nature, which is harmonious, vivid and powerful. He has a keen sense, thorough thinking and beautiful writing. As a brave man, he will never waver for his own interests, nor will he change because of the secular. He is an important member of the poetic innovation movement in the Northern Song Dynasty, and his poems can be free from the shackles of conventions, forming a "Dongpo style" full of rational interest. His ci broke through the limitations of traditional ci themes and expanded the realm of ci. He started a new era of Song Ci with poems as his lyrics, and was worthy of being a great writer in the peak period of Song literature development.

Su Shi's ci style can be divided into three categories:

First, the bold style.

This is the ideal style that Su Shi deliberately pursues. He wrote life with rich, passionate and even slightly sad feelings, and won with generous and heroic images and magnificent scenes;

Second, the broad-minded style.

This is a sentence that best represents Su Shi's thought and personality, expressing the poet's desire to live in seclusion, avoid troubled times and look forward to peace.

Third, elegant style.

The number of Su Shi's graceful words accounts for an absolute proportion in his total number of words. These words are pure and profound in feelings and healthy and lofty in style, and they are also the inheritance and development of traditional graceful words.