biography
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Su Tung-p'o
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pseudonym of Su Shih
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| lived:
| (1036–1101)
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| biography:
| Poet, essayist, calligrapher, and public official, born in Mei-shan, Szechwan, C China. From a literary family, his brilliance brought him official appointments, as well as periods of exile which did not embitter him. One of the most prominent men of his time, he excelled in all fields of literature, and epitomized the cultural ideal of 11th-c Chinese humanism. |
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