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I want to know something about Sansu

The outstanding literary achievements of Sansu and his son have a profound influence on the history of Chinese literature. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo became the natural leader of the literary world after Ouyang Xiu. There were many students around him, forming a Sumen literati group. The famous "Four Scholars of Su Clan" and "Six Gentlemen of Su Clan" are Huang Tingjian, Qin Guan, Zhang Lei, Chao Buzhi, Chen Shidao and Li Fangshu. They were all the elites of the literary world at that time. Emperors Gaozong and Xiaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty successively vindicated Zhaoxue and restored the reputation of Sansu and his son. The three Su father and son were revered as masters of writing, and were given posthumous titles of eminence: Su Xun was "Wen'an", Su Shi was "Wenzhong", and Su Che was "Wen Ding". They were all posthumously named Prince and Grand Master. Under this social background, a situation was formed for a while where "Yuanyou's learning was passed down from person to person, and the book of Meishan was in every family", and "when Su Wen was born, he ate vegetable soup, when Su Wen was cooked, he ate mutton". Everyone among scholars and scholars strived to read Sansu's articles. Therefore, various collections of Sansu's essays and poems were published and copied again and again. In the Ming Dynasty, the literary reputation of Sansu and his son reached a considerable height. The publication of "Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasty" established their status as great literary figures. Su Xun's "Jiayou Collection", Su Shi's "Dongpo Collection", and Su Che's "Luancheng Collection" were successively reprinted. The Sansu Temple Museum currently collects 141 editions of 2,689 volumes of ancient books from the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties about Sansu and his son, as well as 246 volumes of ink rubbings. The National Palace Museum in Taiwan has more than 50 authentic Dongpo ink calligraphy pieces in its collection. The accompanying Song Dynasty notebook novels compiled many anecdotes about Sansu and were circulated among scholars. They were also compiled into dramas and vernacular novels and circulated in the market. Descendants of Sansu were favored and protected by the emperor one after another. For example, Su Dongpo's grandson Su Fu became the Minister of Rites during the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty. Descendants of Sansu have been able to multiply and are widely distributed throughout the motherland. Many descendants of Sansu are still scattered in Xuchang, Henan, Changzhou and Guangdong, Jiangsu, and Taiping, Anhui.

Since everyone from the emperor to the common people respected Sansu and his son, the rulers, paintings, and pieces of paper of Sansu and his son have become treasures that people love to collect. The places where Sansu and his son visited left many relics and famous poems and articles. These later became historical sites where people paid homage to the sages of Sansu. Such as Chibi in Huanggang, Hubei, Sudi in Hangzhou, Huanglou in Xuzhou, etc. In addition to the most famous Sansu Temple and Sansu Tomb in Meishan and the Sansu Temple and Sansu Tomb in Jiaxian County, Henan, there are hundreds of Su Dongpo ruins across the country. There are many large relics in Sichuan and Chongqing alone, such as the Dongpo Tower of Lingyun Mountain in Leshan, Su Dongpo's huge book stone carvings in "Lian'ao Mountain" in Meishan, the "Huanyu Pond" in Chonglong Mountain in Zizhong, Su Shi's ink-washing pond in Pengan County, and Fengdu in Chongqing. Su Dongpo Memorial Temple, etc.

The influence of Sansu and his son is not limited to the country, but also to Southeast Asian countries, Europe and the entire world. Su Dongpo's fame has already crossed national borders and he has become a world-class cultural giant.