蘇軾博學多才，在中國文學史及藝術史上皆創一派風氣之先。然而他的率真固執、直道而行，卻讓自己捲入政治漩渦，身受其害，招來禍及生死的「烏台詩案」，所幸，得全身而退。而方歷生死，重獲新生的蘇軾來到黃州，想必對生命的價值、人生的意義、處世的態度都會有一番新的體悟才是。的確，蘇軾居黃期間，成就了許多千古名篇，人格思想也在歷經政治風雨後更見成熟，這些變化都能從其詩文中體現。因此，我們可以說黃州是蘇軾人生的一個新起點，本文論述重點即藉由這時期的創作，歸結其思想與生活，看他如何為其後的逆境建構出一套屬於自己特有的處世哲學。

Knowledgeable, learned and talented, Su Shi was a pioneer, creating new styles in one school of Chinese literature and one school of art. However, being straightfoward, outspoken and stubborn, he stuck up to righteousness, which got him involved in a political strife that led to the fatal Wu Tai Poem Case. Fortunately, he escaped narrowly. After having gone through the valley of death, Su Shi came to Huangzhou as a new leaf. He must have come to understand the value and the meaning of life, and must have held a new attitude toward it. In fact, while sent into exile in Huangzhou, Su Shi accomplished a lot of famous poems passed down in history, and became more mature in the wake of all political clashes. Apparently, his literary works witnessed his transformation. Hence, we can say Huangzhou represents a new start to Su Shi. The thesis is mainly to study his thinking and life through his works created during this period, and thus realize how he conceives his own philosophy of life by which to be confronted with the subsequent adversity.