Was the Mid-Autumn Festival post written by Wang Xianzhi? This issue has been controversial since ancient times.
Although the style of the Mid-Autumn Festival Thesis is the style of Wang Xianzhi's "one stroke book", the penmanship is not like that. You can compare the Mid-Autumn Festival Thesis and Wang Xianzhi's "Duck Head Pill Thesis" together, which is almost like two people.
I have seen that some people have also made their own analysis of this, believing that the current Mid-Autumn Festival post was not written by Wang Xianzhi.
Mid-Autumn Festival
The first reason is that the calligraphic lines of this post can be seen that the author uses a soft brush, similar to a brush such as a sheep brush. The brush used by Wang Xianzhi in that era was a brush with a relatively hard core, with a hard millimeter as the core and a soft millimeter as the quilt.
The second reason, from the point of view of the brushwork, is not the work of Wang Xian. Wu Sheng of the Qing Dynasty said in the Grand View Record that this post resembles a fat, and is afraid that it will be imitated by the Song people. Wu Sheng also saw from the brushwork that this post was not written by Wang Xianzhi.
Wang Xianzhi's duck head pill thesis and the Mid-Autumn Festival thesis are judged by two people
Mi Fu even thought that the Mid-Autumn Festival post was too ridiculous.
Dong Qichang made a prank in the Mid-Autumn Festival, saying that Mi Fu once said that after someone got Wang Xianzhi's Mid-Autumn Festival post, he removed some of the words and sold it to others as a fake post.
These imitation posts that remove some words cannot be read in terms of literal meaning, but posterity has forced them to explain it for the sake of involvement, which is indeed ridiculous.
There is a basis for Mi Fu to say this, and the Mid-Autumn Festival Thesis is indeed an excerpt from Wang Xianzhi's December Post.
Wang Xianzhi's December Post
From wang xianzhi's December post in the picture above, we can compare the Mid-Autumn Festival post and we can see that the Mid-Autumn Festival post is an excerpt from the December post, with many words missing. If there are fewer words, it will naturally not work.
Therefore, Mi Fu believes that even the meaning of the words is pronounced differently, and the Mid-Autumn Festival Thesis is definitely not the work of Wang Xian.
This matter is not over, and what is even more ridiculous is that posterity believes that the Mid-Autumn Festival post was copied by Mi Fu
It is estimated that Mi Fu himself will not think of this. He has made it clear that the Mid-Autumn Festival post is different in word meaning, so how could he imitate a fake post that does not make sense? To imitate is also to write a complete December post.
In fact, I also think that the Mid-Autumn Festival is not like what Mi Fu did. The point of view is similar to what Wu Sheng said in the Grand View Record, the Mid-Autumn Festival's penmanship is like a fat, it cannot be done by Mi Fu, and it should be known that Mi Fu's penmanship is focused on eight sides.
Conclusion:
A person's calligraphy style may change, but the brushwork will not change.
For example, someone likes to write fatter words at one stage, and likes to write thinner words at another stage.
There may be a big difference in the shape of the word, but it will still be seen that it was written by the same person, and the key point is that the person's penmanship will not change. If all the brushwork has changed, it is not him.
The Mid-Autumn Festival post is not written by Mi Fu, you can talk about your views.
Original Author: Inkworm