The Path to Dongpo: The Evolution of Su Shi's Poetic Style(Chinese Edition)

This book is the first poetic biography of Su Shi written in English, focusing primarily on the making of "Su Shi the poet." The author examines and closely reads Su Shi's poetry within the dual contexts of the classical poetic tradition and the intellectual history of the Northern Song Dynasty, accurately tracing the evolutionary trajectory of his poetic style and revealing how his distinctive poetic expression came into being. The author argues that the formation of Su Shi's poetic style was a dynamic process of continuous adjustment and creative transformation, ultimately achieving a perfect fusion of thought and art in his Huangzhou poems. It was at this point that Su Shi truly transformed into "the poet Su Dongpo." 本书是第一部用英文撰写的苏轼诗传，主要展现了"诗人苏东坡"的生成史。作者将苏轼诗作置于古典诗歌传统与北宋思想史双重语境中进行考察、细读，精准勾勒出苏轼诗风的演进轨迹，揭示其独特的诗学表达是如何形成的。作者指出，苏轼诗风的形成是一个不断调适与创造的动态过程，最终在黄州诗歌中达到思想与艺术的完美融合，此时的苏轼才真正蜕变为"诗人苏东坡"。