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1037–1101 China
Su Shi (苏轼; 8 January 1037 – 24 August 1101), also known as Su Dongpo, was a Chinese writer, poet, painter, calligrapher, pharmacologist, gastronome, and a statesman of the Song dynasty.
China Academics Painters Poets Politicians Also known as: Su Dongpo, Su Tung-Po, Su Tung-p'o, Su Tungp'o
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For ten long years the living of the dead knows nought.
What a ruler has to rely upon is only the human heart. Human hearts are to the ruler what roots are to a tree, what oil is to a lamp, water to fish, fields to a farmer, or money to a merchant.
Sources of Chinese Tradition: From Earliest Times to 1600 (1999)
The brimming waves delight the eye on sunny days;
Families when a child is born
From the side, a whole range; from the end, a single peak;