1.Central Question
Q: How did Su Tungpo look at death?
A: He regarded old age, illness and death as human beings, and it might have something to do with his experience. Although he was exiled for many times, the optimism and immunity that he showed during his exile were apparent in the book. And also contribute their wisdom and ability to the local people. Like reburial the bones of a wild grave without a master, and wrote a sacrifice to comform the unnamed. The preparatory fund set up a public hospital and so on. This made him exile, but he was still optimistic about life. So he said something when he was sick, that was, if I don't get well by the help of these three herbs, then it is God's will and not my fault. And Chien offered him some very rare medicine said to have a magical power, but he refused to take it. He was not afraid of death, but at the same time he was in awe of life, which may explain why he was able to face death with such ease.
2.Sentences
(1) If Chang Yuan thought that Su Tungpo entertained ideas of revenge, he was greatly mistaken.
章援若是以為蘇東坡會向他父親報復，那他就大錯特錯了。
這句話表明，蘇東坡面對對手的被貶仍心懷慈善之念，說明他是個豁達不記仇之人。
（2）Su's first and last joys were in his writing.
蘇東坡最初與最后的喜悅都是在寫作上。這說明，蘇東坡即使在他生命最后的盡頭，仍對寫作念念不忘，由此說明他極愛寫作。
（3）Su Tungpo died and his name is only a memory, but he has left behind for all of us the joys of his spirit and the pleasures of his mind, and these are imperishable.
imperishable? ? ? adj.不滅的，不朽的
蘇東坡已死，他的名字只是一個紀念。但他就給我們的是他那心靈的喜悅，是他那思想的快樂，這才是萬古不朽的。
這句話高度總結了蘇東坡對后世的影響。
