Successful artists have many subjective and objective factors, one of which is good at thinking and summarizing. Dongpo's Jiao Ge Yan Zhi is a prominent example. Ge, a native of Jiangyin (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang), has heard a lot about Su Shi. Su Shi was demoted to Wanli (now Hainan Island), and he visited Su Shi not far from his hometown. Su Shi was moved and lived in Ge for more than a month. The purpose of Ge's visit to Su is to ask the method of composing music face to face. Su made a speech, saying: although there are hundreds of families in the city, they depend on each other and take what they need, but what each family needs is not for nothing, and only one thing can be in charge can they use it for themselves. What is this thing? It is money. The same is true of composition. What's going on in the world is scattered in classics, history and philosophy. How to use it? There must also be something to control it before it can be used freely. This thing is meaningful. You can't take things without money, and you can't write without heart. This is the secret of composition that I want to tell you. Ge felt enlightened when he heard Su Shi's teachings, and immediately wrote them on his belt (silk belt). In order to thank Su Shi, Su smiled and wrote a poem in return. Su Yue said, "Hainan turtle is 3,000 years old, and Zhao Xi was born. Smart things don't cover the whole body, and the dead drill 72. Who can treat you as a little crown? You can create it by your grandson. Now that you're here, you're going back to Ningfu. If you want to comfort Acacia, you must come and see. " Su Shi's words are very enlightening, and Ge's gift is also very clever. Both of them interpreted "meaning" with actions.

Su Shi's innovative consciousness runs through all aspects of his life, especially in his artistic creation. As for Song Ci, he was the first person of the uninhibited school. The paper is as witty as a thousand springs, and it is out of order; On painting, based on meaning, is also the founder of literati painting theory; Calligraphy, one of the four great calligraphers in Song Dynasty, is the representative of Shang Yi, emphasizing that "you can't write with your heart, but you are tired of seeking for yourself"; Ideologically, he combined the essence of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. And so on. Su Shi became the most influential literary generalist in Song Dynasty. Luo Dajing in the Southern Song Dynasty said, "Dongpo is a prose, but in terms of meaning, military arguments are fun and there is no delay." Ye Shi also said: "Su Wen's frame is empty and dangerous, with hundreds of words. Readers want it, and promoters don't know where to come from. It is also a leader in ancient and modern discussions. "