[3] At the age of 18, he and his brother Su Shi passed the highest level civil service examination to attain the degree of jinshi, a prerequisite of high government office.

He wrote an article with the same name as his father's work 'On the Six Fallen States' (六 國 論).

When the rules organizing things are inconsistently or incompletely applied, even if it doesn't end in a revolution there will be severe social problems.

The essay before he worked on politics were penetrating like 'On the Six Fallen States' (六 國 論), vivid like 'About three Kingdoms' (三國論).

[11] When he became an official of local government, his essay gradually changed from making comments to expressing passions and not so cared about its structure.

[4] In 1070, Su wrote a letter to the emperor saying that it was so ridiculous to change the law because it was immutable, which was aimed at criticizing Wang Anshi's reforms.

Finally in 1104, Su Zhe lived in a farm in Xuzhou and spent the last years enjoying the peaceful life there until he died in 1112.

[16] Being an essayist, Su Zhe was especially skilled at Celun (策论), which led him had a special status in the Song dynasty.

For example, in his work"Letter To Emperor", he pointed out that the most important factor that caused the society in ferment was that people had been impoverished for such a long time (今世之患, 莫急于无财).

[18] Same as both of his father and his brother, all his historical essays were aimed at criticizing the social condition in order to attract the emperor's attention to build a better environment for further development.

Su Zhe excelled in the shi, ci and fu forms of poetry, and during his writing, he tried to catch up with his brother but only to achieve less satisfied result.