“I would rather eat a meal without meat than live in a house without bamboo.”

— Su Shi · Happiness quote

I would rather eat a meal without meat than live in a house without bamboo. — Su Shi quote card
Poet and statesman · 1037 – 1101

Su Shi, also known as Su Dongpo, was a Song-dynasty poet, essayist, calligrapher, and statesman. Exiled repeatedly for his outspokenness, he answered misfortune with some of the most joyful and philosophical verse in Chinese literature.

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