Politically, he was even more likely to sound off about injustice, frequently voicing dissenting opinions on the new administration of Wang Anshi. Subsequently dismissed by his former friend Zhang Chun, he was exiled twice, once at the age of 44 and again at 59, ultimately landing in Guangdong and later on Hainan Island.
政治上，更是鳴所不平，蘇東坡既對王安石的新政屢陳異議，後又遭奸相章惇的陷害，於是分別在四十四歲和五十九歲時遭到流放，最後還被貶到廣東和海南島。