元丰二年(1079),苏轼在御史台遭遇到的那场“文字狱”——“乌台诗案”~①,是造就苏轼传奇人生的重要事件。“乌台诗案”确实衍生出太多引人入胜而又虚实参半的故事~②,但正因如此,这往往使人们轻易忽略了苏轼所面临的那场审讯的严重性。如果不是因为宋代不杀士大夫的惯例和神宗的格外开恩,苏轼很可能早就被处以极刑了。当时王安石受命于神宗执行变法, Yuen Fung two years (1079), Su Shi encountered in the Yu Shi Taiwan that “Prison ” - “Wutai poem ” ~ ①, is to create Su Shi legendary life an important event. Indeed, “Wutai Poetry” does produce too many fascinating and mixed stories ②, but this often makes it easy to overlook the seriousness of the trial that Su Shi faces. If it were not for the Song Dynasty’s practice of not killing a doctor and God’s exceptionally merciful, Su Shi likely had long been sentenced to death. At that time Wang Anshi was ordered by Shenzong to enforce the law,