Su Shi
Su Shi, courtesy name Zizhan (子瞻), art name Dongpo (東坡), was a Chinese poet, essayist, calligrapher, painter, scholar-official, literatus, artist, pharmacologist, and gastronome who lived during the Song dynasty. A major personality of the Song era, Su was an important figure in Song Dynasty politics. He had a lengthy career in bureaucracy, taking various provincial posts and briefly serving as a senior official at the imperial court.
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