致季常書帖 Letter to my deeply close friend

【作者介紹】

蘇軾（1037－1101），北宋文學家、書畫家、美食家。字子瞻，號東坡居士。漢族，四川人，葬於潁昌（今河南省平頂山市郟縣）。一生仕途坎坷，學識淵博，天資極高，詩文書畫皆精。

Inside Story

This was a letter Tungpo addressed to Chen Chichang to talk about little things that happened in life. He told him he had been looking for a calligraphy sample but he was unable to find it. Later, he remembered it was lent to someone and it would not be returned in a short period. He was worried he would not be able to get it back. In addition, he told Chicchang he wanted to give him a tea cake as a present. They were deeply closed friends and there was nothing they could not say to each other. As a result, even if it is a paltry thing Tungpo would tell Chichang without getting bored. At the time Tungpo was expelled and his financial condition was not steady, friends were worried about him. Tungpo often told his friends little things happened in his daily life in order to let them know he was optimistic toward life and he was not influenced by difficult situation.