Su Shi (1037-1101), a native of Meishan, Meizhou, was known as Zizhan, known as Dongpo Jushi, "one of the eight masters of the Tang and Song dynasties".
He was a famous writer, painter and calligrapher during the Northern Song Dynasty.
Su Shi shines in calligraphy, and Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu, Cai Xiang three people together known as the "Song Four Family", his calligraphy and painting masterpieces have "cold food post", "dead wood and strange stones" and so on.
In this "Dead Wood and Strange Stone Picture", there is little delicacy of calligraphy, and more of it is the fluctuation of the brush, and he does not care about the shape of the object in the painting, but more cares about the likeness of its existence and the interest of the object of brush and ink.
Judging from the structure of the painting, there is a large stone on the left and small on the right in the lower left corner, and there is also a small bamboo on the left side.
On the right side, there is a dead wood, and its branches grow upward, as if telling the old body that can also have endless vitality.
For painters, paintings are a kind of psychological insinuation of painters, used to express their emotions and express their feelings.
Because Su Shi has been wandering all his life, depreciating again and again, the strange stones in this painting seem to be used to express the injustice in his chest.
In 2018, with the sound of the auctioneer's hammer, this "Dead Wood and Strange Stone Map" that was identified as Su Dongpo's authentic work ended with 4HK$600 million in ** transactions.