Where other poets were limited by poetic diction and conventional themes, Su could write a poem on massage at a bathhouse, and he could incorporate slang and make it sound well in a poem.

别的诗人作诗限于诗的辞藻，要选用一般传统的诗的题材，而苏东坡写诗不受限制，即便浴池内按摩筋骨亦可入诗，俚语俗句用于诗中，亦可听来入妙。