SU SHIH (Chinese, 1036-1101), better known as Su Tung-p'o, an almost universal genius and a great favorite with the Chinese literary public, was a native of Meishan, Szechuan Province.
Born in Mei-shan, Szechwan, into a family of modest means (his father, Su Hsün, 1009-66, a self-taught man, did not win recognition as a scholar until the last decade of his life), Su Shih passed his chin-shih examination, with Ou-yang Hsiu as his examiner, in 1057, along with his younger brother, Su Ch’e (Tzu-yu, 1039-1112).]
About ten kilometers east of today’s district town, we find a ridge of hills that forms a natural borderline with neighboring Meishan眉山 County, once home to the famous Song dynasty poet Su Dongpo 蘇東坡 (1037-1101).
2018 July 25, Se Young Lee, “Chinese police break up $1.5-billion pyramid scheme, snare 82 suspects”, in Clarence Fernandez, editor, Reuters[5], archived from the original on 09 May 2022, Emerging Markets[6]:
Police in Meishan City in the southwestern province of Sichuan said the suspects set up hundreds of shell companies and 28 fake industrial chains and lured investors with promises of high returns, it added.
1973 February 4, “New stations to record Taiwan seismic activity”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly][7], volume XIV, number 5, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4:
The stations are situated at Suao, Fenglin, Yuli, Tawu, Kaohsiung, Yuching, Tunghsih, Hualien, Taitung and Meishan.
The rural township of Meishan in Chiayi County is welcoming the beginning of plum blossom season. The township is home to a park with more than a thousand blossoming plum trees.
