Legend has it that Su Dongpo, a great writer of the Northern Song Dynasty, had a long face, and his sister-in-law mocked him with a line: "A tear of love last year has just flowed to his cheek today." Su Dongpo ridiculed him in return: "The lotus steps have not yet left the incense frame, the forehead has reached the painting hall."

The little sister was not willing to show weakness, and laughed at his brother's full beard: "want to knock teeth and teeth without looking for a place, suddenly heard the sound of the hair." Su Xiaomei this sentence is to mock Su Dongpo face long.

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Su Shi was born in the Song Dynasty. p>Su Shi was born in Meishan, Meizhou, on December 19[11] (January 8, 1037), the third year of the Jingyou reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, after Su Weiwei, a minister of the early Tang Dynasty. Su Shi's father, Su Xun, was known as "Su Laoquan" (苏老泉), who is mentioned in the Three Character Classic as "Twenty-seven, Beginning to be Fervent".

Su Xun was a late starter, but he worked hard. Su Shi's name "Shi" originally meant the handrail in front of the car, taking the meaning of his obscurity, but to help the poor, indispensable. In the eighth year of the Qingli era (1048), Su Xun stayed at home because of his father's death, and closed his house to read, teaching his own knowledge and behavior to Su Shi and his youngest son, Su Zhe.

Su Shi was an open-minded and honest person, and he was a Taoist by nature. He was a good friend and a good gourmet, creating many culinary masterpieces, tasting tea, and traveling in the mountains and forests.

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