Calligraphy, the development of the Song Dynasty, no longer satisfied with the Tang Dynasty's strict law, began to pursue the liberation of personality, is often said to be "Shangyi", and the initiation of this movement, is Su Shi (Su Dongpo), and can carry forward the glory of Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu two!
Huang Tingjian is one of the "Four Talents of Sumen", and Su Shi and he are also teachers and friends, and in terms of calligraphy, no one obeys anyone.
Su Shi commented on Huang Tingjian's calligraphy such as: Dead Snake Hanging Tree, and Huang Tingjian returned Su Shi's calligraphy: Stone Pressing Toad!
Portrait of Su Shi (painting by Zhao Mengfu)
And the relationship between Mi Fu and Su Shi is not so close, the two can say "feel sorry for each other", and they are different!
From the perspective of serving an official, Mi Fu pretended to be crazy and stupid by himself, and lived freely, while Su Shi fell into party strife and was depressed for "serving the country and saving the people", and the two completely different lives were destined to have little intersection.
Su Shi's "Cold Food Post"
Mi Fu interacted with Su Shi only twice, according to the records:
The first time: Mi Fu wanted Su Shi to ask for advice on learning calligraphy
31-year-old Mi Fu, to meet the 45-year-old Su Shi, Mi Fu thought that this big brother who is in the middle of the day in calligraphy, ask how to learn calligraphy well:
Su Shi sent him a sentence: "The beginning of the specialization of Jinren, his books have made great progress."
Since then, there has been a "collection of ancient characters" of the great calligrapher, Mi Fu (Mi Yuan Zhang), it is said that now the world's famous posts, many of which are imitated by Mi Fu.
This experience has laid a solid foundation for Mi Fu's original "brush" word!
Su Shi "Jiuliu Ti"
The second time: Before Su Shi died, the last month
The 64-year-old Su Shi, after two exiles, had serious problems in his body, and Mi Fu specially went to visit him and gave his beloved Purple Gold Yantai to Su Shi, who liked it very much.
During the period, someone asked Su Shi to write an inscription, and Su Shi modestly said: There is Mi Yuanzhang!
The arrogant Mi Fu even knew modesty, and replied: "So-and-so tasted the northern Duanming (Su Shi's official position), and so-and-so did not dare." "(With Su Shi here, I don't dare to write it)!
Su Shi laughed and said, "Now the blue is out of the blue." ”
This sentence made Mi Fu greatly used, and accepted it calmly: "Those who know me are also"
There is a feeling of seeing each other and hating each other late.
Mi Fu 《竹前槐後诗 Scroll》
A month later, Su Shi died of illness and wanted to use the entire Yantai as a funeral offering, but after Mi Fu heard about it, he actually did something that people despised:
Looking for Su Shi's son to return to this brick platform, when he returned home, he was complacent and recorded the process on paper:
Mi Fu Xingshu's work "Zijin Yan Ti", pale tooth color paper
29 cm in length and 40 cm in width, in the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei
Commentary:
Su Zizhan took Wu Zijin and asked his son to enter the coffin. I have it now, and I will not take it anymore. How can a thing that has been passed down from generation to generation dwell with the pure and enlightened nature of the mysterious and permanent nature?
It probably means that he wants to return to this brick platform, first, he wants to make it a thing to pass on to the world, and second, how can this worldly thing accompany the holy body of Su Shi (the body).
This word is also what everyone often calls "Zijin Yan Ti".
《Zijin Research Post》
The work is now in the National Palace Museum in Taipei, and it is also the work of Mi Fu's later years, with ups and downs, greater ups and downs, but there is absolutely no impropriety, such as the cunning rabbit in the forest, shuttling freely, and the "brush character" style of Mi Fu is vividly reflected, becoming a masterpiece of ancient times, one of the representative works of Mi Fu.
Finally, I would like to leave you a question, this piece of brick platform has a great history, do you know where it comes from? Welcome to leave a message to talk about.