The study of Su Tungpo's life is, therefore, at the same time a study of national degeneration through party strife, ending in the sapping of national strength and the triumphant misrule of the petty politicians.
研究苏东坡传记,同时也就是研究宋朝因朋党之争而衰微,终于导致国力耗竭,小当政。