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Portrait or photograph of Su Shi: This painting, depicting Su Shi (蘇軾), appears as the frontispiece in the Album of Both Odes on the Red Cliff (赤壁二賦冊), a callig

Virtual Memorial

Su Shi

A Memory Realm virtual memorial place honoring Su Shi, remembered for Poetry, Calligraphy, Song dynasty culture.

1037 - 1101Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Portrait or photograph of Su Shi: This book is a collection of anecdotes about two great Song masters of poetry, painting, and calligraphy, Su Shi (1037–1101) a
This book is a collection of anecdotes about two great Song masters of poetry, painting, and calligraphy, Su Shi (1037–1101) and Mi Fu (1051–1107). It was compiled by Guo Hua, abou Guo, Hua, http://www.wdl.org/media/4693/service/thumbnail/6000x6000/1/1.jpg Gallery: http://www.wdl.org/en/item/4693/, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Su Shi Is Remembered

Su Shi is remembered for poetry, calligraphy, song dynasty culture. This public page gives visitors a concise starting point for understanding why this figure remains part of cultural, civic, scientific, or literary memory.

The page is designed as an accessible introduction rather than an exhaustive account, with source links and image credits kept visible for further reading.

A Virtual Memorial in Memory Realm

This Memory Realm memorial hall turns a map reference into a virtual place for discovery. Visitors can move from the public page to the map and then into a 3D memorial hall connected to Su Shi.

The place is part of Memory Realm's virtual layer. It is not a physical marker and does not claim rights, control, access, endorsement, or affiliation connected to a real-world site.

Place Context

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China is used as a broad spatial reference for this memorial hall because it is connected to Su Shi's story, memory, or public legacy. The location is intentionally city-level or region-level so the page can provide orientation without implying a claim over a specific property or institution.

Historical Context

Su Shi, courtesy name Zizhan (子瞻), art name Householder Dongpo (東坡居士), was a Chinese literatus, scholar-official, and artist of the Song dynasty. Born into a prominent literary family in Meizhou, he was the son of Su Xun and brother of Su Zhe. Despite ambitions for high office, he became a repeated target in factional struggles between reformers and conservatives at the court, and he spent much of his career in exile, periods during which his literary output flourished.

Memory Realm presents this context for educational discovery and remembrance, with public source links and media attribution preserved alongside the page content.

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Portrait or photograph of Su Shi: Statuette de l'ère Meiji représentant le poète chinois Su Dongpo, également connu sous le nom de Su Shi. Bois, ivoire, laque n

Statuette de l'ère Meiji représentant le poète chinois Su Dongpo, également connu sous le nom de Su Shi. Bois, ivoire, laque nacré d'or. Création de la société Miyao. Conservée au

Zythème, Own work, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait or photograph of Su Shi: Detail of portrait of Su shi. Su shi wearing Dongpo jin.

Detail of portrait of Su shi. Su shi wearing Dongpo jin.

Zhao Mengfu 趙孟頫 (1254–1322), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait or photograph of Su Shi: Aka. Su Shi.

Aka. Su Shi.

Shwangtianyuan, Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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