Su Shi 苏轼 (1037AD – 1101AD), also known as Su Dong Po 苏东坡, was a Chinese writer, poet, painter, calligrapher, pharmacologist, gastronome, and a statesman of China's Song Dynasty 宋朝. A major personality of the Song era, Su Dong Po 苏东坡 was an important figure in Song Dynasty politics, aligning himself with Sima Guang 司马光 and others, against the New Policy party led by Wang Anshi. Su Dong Po once wrote a poem criticizing Wang Anshi's reforms, especially the government monopoly imposed on the salt industry and Su was exiled for political crimes. After a long period of political exile, Su received a pardon in 1100AD and was posted to Chengdu. However, he died in Changzhou, Jiangsu province while he was en route to his new assignment in 1101AD. After his death Su gained even greater popularity, as people sought to collect his calligraphy, paintings depicting him, stone inscriptions marking his visit to numerous places, and built shrines in his honor.

Su Dong Po's poetry has a long history of popularity and influence in China, Japan, and other areas in the near vicinity and is well known in the English-speaking parts of the world through the translations by Arthur Waley, among others. In terms of the arts, Su Dong Po has some claim to being "the pre-eminent personality of the eleventh century."

苏轼（1037年－1101年），字子瞻，又字和仲，号“东坡居士”，世称“苏东坡”。汉族，眉州眉山（今四川眉山，北宋时为眉山城）人，祖籍栾城。北宋著名散文家、书画家、词人、诗人。

苏轼是苏洵的次子（苏洵长子夭折），1057年（嘉祐二年），与弟苏辙同登进士。苏轼与父苏洵、弟苏辙并称“三苏”，父子同列唐宋八大家（韩愈，柳宗元，欧阳修，王安石，苏轼，苏洵，苏辙，曾巩）。为人宽大如海。苏轼中进士时二十一岁，神宗时期曾在凤翔、杭州、密州、徐州、湖州等地任职。1080年（元丰三年）因“乌台诗案”受诬陷被贬黄州任团练副使，在黄州四年多曾于城东之东坡开荒种田，故自号“东坡居士”，人称“苏东坡”。哲宗即位后，曾任翰林学士、侍读学士、礼部尚书等职，并出知杭州、颍州、扬州、定州等地，晚年被贬惠州、儋州。大赦北还，途中病死在常州，葬于河南郏县，追谥文忠公。

Liu Bo Wen (1311AD-1375AD) was a Chinese military strategist, philosopher, statesman and poet who lived in ancient China's late Yuan and early Ming Dynasty. He served as a key advisor to Zhu Yuan Zhang (朱元璋), the founder of the Ming dynasty, to help him overthrow the Yuan dynasty and unify China under his rule.

Liu Bo Wen dabbled in many fields of statecraft, philosophy, scholarly works, and military technology. His philosophical outlook was that of a skeptical naturalist, he was also known to be an expert in astronomy, calendrical science and Feng Shui (风水).

刘伯温是明朝非常特殊的人物。在民众心中刘伯温是清官的代表，智慧的化身，人民的救星。据说他能前知五百年、后知五百年，还是个风水大师。

刘伯温在元朝末年经历了坎坷的仕途之路，这也因为其任官期间，刚正不阿，能体恤民情，但不宽宥违法的行为;对于发奸摘伏，更是不避强权，也因此受地方豪绅排挤，这性格为后来遭奸人暗算埋下了伏笔。后来在被革职的他，为了施展心中的抱复，在刘伯温50岁时，应朱元璋聘参与军机，成为了朱元璋开创明王朝的主要谋士，这也让其才能得到了极致的发挥，被后人比作诸葛武侯。中国民间广泛流传着 ”三分天下诸葛亮，一统江山刘伯温;前朝军师诸葛亮，后朝军师刘伯温”的说法。