Su Shi's relationship with stone was influenced by social environment.At the same time,Su Shi's love and taste of stone also played a role in promoting the culture of stone appreciation in the Northern Song Dynasty.Su Shi's appreciation of stones is manifested in his pursuit of small and uniquely shaped stone appreciation.His stone apprecia-tion is natural,abstract,and subjective.His ways of stone appreciation are item decoration,raising the plants with stones,nourishing stones with water,and smoking the stone with incense burner.In the aesthetic concept of appreciating stones,Su Shi puts forward"ugliness is the making of stone's elegance"and"meaning in things".
Su Shistonemeaning in thingsugliness is the making of stone's elegance