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Su Shi
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Chinese writer and politician (1037–1101)
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Su Shi (1037–1101) was a male poet, writer, painter, and pharmacist from the Northern Song dynasty. Born in Meishan and deceased in Changzhou, he held the academic degree of jinshi and practiced Confucianism. His courtesy names included 子瞻 and 和仲, while his art names were 东坡居士 and 铁冠道人. He is recognized as one of the Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song.
His literary output includes works such as 蘇氏易傳, 經進東坡文集事略, 蘇文忠公詩集擇粹, 宋大家蘇文忠公文鈔, and 重編東坡先生外集. His writings are preserved in collections at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the National Palace Museum, and the Shanghai Museum. Su Shi was the son of Su Xun and the sibling of Su Zhe.
Synthesized by Vinony from 36 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Wikiquote, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1037
- Died
- 1101
- Works
- 257
Top works
- 蘇氏易傳
- 經進東坡文集事略
- 蘇文忠公詩集擇粹
- 宋大家蘇文忠公文鈔
- 重編東坡先生外集
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- China
- Active from
- 1037
- Active to
- 1101
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8
- Total plays
- 11
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Su+Shi">Read more on Last.fm</a>
via Last.fm · Su Shi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Su
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Northern Song dynasty
- Place of birth
- Meishan
- Place of death
- Changzhou
- Father
- Su Xun
- Sibling
- Su Zhe
- Occupation
- prose writer
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Native language
- Chinese
- Religion
- Confucianism
- Academic degree
- jinshi
- Field of work
- politics
- Movement
- Classical Prose Movement
- Image
- Su shi.jpg
Show 15 more facts
- Commons category
- Su Shi
- date of birth
- 1037-01-08
- date of death
- 1101-08-24
- topic's main category
- Category:Su Shi
- described by source
- History of Song
- Commons Creator page
- Su Shi
- art name
- 東坡居士
- courtesy name
- 和仲
- posthumous name
- 文忠
- date of burial or cremation
- 1101-00-00
- place of burial
- Jia County
- time period
- Northern Song dynasty
- writing language
- Chinese
- name in kana
- そ しょく
- name in native language
- 苏轼
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Zizhan Chinese子瞻
Dongpo Jushi Traditional Chinese東坡居士 Simplified Chinese东坡居士 Literal meaningEast Slope Householder
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