Su Shi's Exile to Huangzhou

Timeline

1. 1080Huangzhou · HuanggangSu Shi arrived in Huangzhou from Bianjing in February 1080 (third year of Yuanfeng), serving as deputy commandant of the Huangzhou militia and barred from signing official documents. He first lodged at Dinghui Temple, then moved to Lingao; living in hardship, he began farming Dongpo and styled himself 'Dongpo Jushi'.
2. 1082–1084Dongpo, Huangzhou · HuanggangDuring his exile in Huangzhou, Su Shi farmed Dongpo and styled himself Dongpo Jushi. In 1082 he visited the Red Cliff twice, writing the former and latter Rhapsodies on the Red Cliff and 'Nian Nu Jiao: Reflections on the Red Cliff at Chibi'; his Huangzhou Cold Food Observance calligraphy (Cold Food Tie) written that year is a celebrated surviving masterpiece. He left Huangzhou in 1084.