Su Dongpo left behind countless anecdotes throughout his life: Dongpo pork, the roar of the lion of Hedong, the monk Foyin—almost every one of them could be turned into a story. But among the many legends, one stands out in particular—this romantic hero who wrote "Ten years have passed, and we are separated by life and death" is said to have once traded a woman in his life for a friend's white horse.
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Su Dongpo left behind countless anecdotes throughout his life: Dongpo pork, the roar of the lion of Hedong, the monk Foyin—almost every one of them could be turned into a story. But among the many legends, one stands out in particular—this romantic hero who wrote "Ten years have passed, and we are separated by life and death" is said to have once traded a woman in his life for a friend's white horse.