A fish let off the hook Though Su Dongpo's career as an official started brilliantly, he was later banished into a succession of obscure posts, and after 30 years found himself in Huizhou in Guang-dong Province.
松風亭下，掛鉤之魚得解脫蘇東坡宦海浮沈三十年，一路由黃州、定州而成廣東惠州流人，嶺南氣候溫和，他所住的嘉佑寺山上有松風亭。