Su Zhe, or Su Che, courtesy names Ziyou and Tongshu, was a Chinese essayist, historian, poet, and politician from Meishan, located in modern-day Sichuan Province, China.
13 Facts About Su Zhe
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Su Zhe left many fine works and most of them have been widely read.
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In 1070, Su Zhe wrote a letter to the emperor to point out that it was not wise to reform.
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Su Zhe respected his brother very much and the brothers had good relationship, so Su Zhe tried to save his brother from the prison and he hoped that he can use his official position in exchange for his brother's safety.
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Su Zhe settled in Yinchuan in 1104 and he enjoyed a peaceful life there without the stir of society.
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Su Zhe's works were heavily influenced by his brother, Su Shi, who was a famous writer.
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Su Zhe admired Mencius most but he learned from many different people.
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Just like his father and his brother, Su Zhe could find out the main problem of that society and he would like to try to solve it from Predecessors' experience, which can reflect that Su Zhe was a patriotic writer.
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Su Zhe wrote an article with the same name as his father's work 'On the Six Fallen States'.
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Su Zhe was good at writing political comments and historical essays.
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Su Zhe thought that works came from Qi, and we could not write works just by learning but we could get Qi by developing.
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Finally in 1104, Su Zhe lived in a farm in Xuzhou and spent the last years enjoying the peaceful life there until he died in 1112.
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Su Zhe excelled in the shi, ci and fu forms of poetry, and during his writing, he tried to catch up with his brother but only to achieve less satisfied result.