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He was born in Meishan in what is now Sichuan province. His brother Su Zhe (蘇轍) and his father Su Xun (蘇洵) were both famous literati. In 1057, he and his brother passed the civil service examinations to attain the degree of jinshi, a prerequisite to holding high government office at that time. Throughout the next twenty years, he held a variety of government positions throughout China; most notably in Hangzhou, where he was responsible for constructing a pedestrian causeway across the West Lake that still bears his name.
He was often at odds with a political faction headed by Wang AnshiWang nsh ( 1021 1086) was a Chinese economist, statesman and poet of the Song Dynasty who attempted some controversial, major socio-economic reforms. His courtesy name was Jiepu , and sobriquet Oldman Half-a-Mountain ( Banshan Laoren . At that time, the u. This faction's rise to power eventually resulted in Su being exileSee Exile (disambiguation) for other meanings. To be in exile means being away from your home (i. city, state or country) and being either explicitly refused permission to return or being threatened by prison or death upon return. Personal exile Exile hasd twice to remote places; first ( 1080Events William I of England, in a letter, reminds the Bishop of Rome that the King of England owes him no allegiance. King Alfonso VI of Castile establishes Roman liturgy in Catholic church in place of Mozarabic rite. Births Deaths Note: '1080' may also r- 1084Events Saint Bruno founds the Carthusian Order of monks Kyanzittha begins his reign in Myanmar. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor crowned Emperor Births David I of Scotland Deaths 1084.) to Huangzhou (now in HubeiHubei (, Hanyu Pinyin: Hubei, Wade-Giles: Hu-pei, also seen as Hupeh , abbreviated to ( pinyin: E, WG: O), a province of the People's Republic of China, lies to the north of the Dongting Lake, giving it the name "North of the Lake". It covers over 180,000 province), and the second time ( 1094Events May the siege of Valencia ends Pleas for help fighting the Seljuk Turks by Byzantium starts the First Crusade Duncan III of Scotland succeeds Duncan II of Scotland as King of Scotland The first mention of the city of Zagreb, Croatia, as it became a- 1100For alternate uses, see Number 1100. Events William II of England dies in a hunting accident Henry I becomes King of England Baldwin I becomes King of Jerusalem. Baldwin of Bourcq becomes Count of Edessa. Dagobert of Pisa becomes Latin Patriarch of Jerusa) to Huizhou (now in GuangdongGuangdong ( Traditional: , Simplified Chinese: , pinyin: Guangdong , Kwangtung in older transliteration and Kuang-tung in Wade-Giles), is a province on the south coast of the People's Republic of China. Together, Guangdong and neighboring Guangxi are call province) and Hainan island. In Huangzhou, he lived at a farm called Dongpo (the "Eastern Slope"), from which he took his literary name. He died in Changzhou , Jiangsu province.