Su Shi's Crow Terrace Poetry Case

Timeline

1. 1079Censorate (Crow Terrace), Bianjing · KaifengCensors He Zhengchen, Li Ding and others fabricated charges of 'slander through poetry' from Su Shi's writings, and Emperor Shenzong ordered his arrest. Su Shi was taken into the Censorate prison in Bianjing, interrogated for over forty days, shocking court and country.
2. 1079Bianjing · KaifengAfter interrogation, Su Shi was convicted of 'mocking the previous dynasty', sentenced to beating and released, then demoted to deputy commandant of the Huangzhou militia and confined to the prefecture, barred from signing official documents. The case implicated many and became a famous literary inquisition of the Northern Song.