Su Shi


Su Shih was a poet, essayist, calligrapher, and painter, who continually cultivated his optimism.
   
He was educated at an exclusive independent school founded by a Taoist priest.

 His prose poetry displays Taoist, Buddhist, and Confucian influences, as well as that of earlier Chinese poets, who Su appropriated from without restriction.

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