China: Su Shi (8 January 1037 – 24 August 1101), Song Dynasty poet and statesman. Woodblock print from 'Images of Ancient People in History', c. 1498. Su Shim art name Dongpo Jushi and courtesy name Zizhan, was a writer, poet, artist, calligrapher, pharmacologist and scholar-official of the Song Dynasty, and one of the major poets of the Song era. Besides his renowned poetry, his other extant writings are of great value in the understanding of 11th century Chinese travel literature as well as details of the 11th century Chinese iron industry.

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