苏轼在熙宁四年(1071)因对王安石变法持不同政见而自请外任。朝廷派他去当杭州通判,三年任满转任密州太守。这首《江城子·密州出猎》就是熙宁七年(1074)冬天与同僚出城打猎时所作,是词史上第一个以健笔劲毫塑造英气勃勃的人物形象的词作。 Su Shi in Xining four years (1071) because of Wang Anshi change political dissident and invited himself. The court sent him to work as a judge in Hangzhou, and he became a prefect in the three-year term of office. The song “Jiangchengzi · Miaoshu Hunting” is made in the winter of 1074 when Xining was hunting with his colleagues out of town. It is the first word in the history of the word that the heroic figure was created with great strength.