In the calligraphy circle of the Song Dynasty, there was a maverick wizard calligrapher, who was one of the four families of the Song Dynasty, Mi Fu, a calligrapher with a crazy temperament but a very deep calligraphy skill.
Mi Fu calligraphy first learned Yan Zhenqing, after learning Liu Gongquan, after finding that Yan Liu is from Europe, turned to learn Europe, his calligraphy charm is extremely strong, writing is not stuck in the rules, but step by step in line with the ancient law, with 8 words to describe the words, is "the wind and the horse, calm and happy"!
Among the Song Sijia Su Huang Mi Cai, some people even ranked his calligraphy first! For example, the great calligrapher Dong Qichang said: "I tasted the rice characters and thought that the Song Dynasty was the first." "Mi Fu is good at writing calligraphy in big characters in this life, and his big character works are full of vigor and momentum, which have won the love of many people."
Among the large character calligraphy he has passed down, the most famous character is the xingshu "Yanshan Ming".
The origin of this word goes back to a stone.
Mi Fu was a man who loved the strange stones on weekdays, and his wife gave him a strange Lingbi stone on his wedding night, and the name of this stone was "Kenshan".
Lingbi Stone Yanshan, the earliest is the beloved of Li Yu, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, because of its peculiar shape, the appearance looks like a mountain and got its name, Mi Fu was greatly pleased after getting this stone, and one night, he wrote this large character book "Yanshan Ming".
Namely: five-colored water, floating Kunlun. The pool is at the top, out of the black clouds. Hanging dragon monsters, flashing electric marks. Under the tremor, Ze Houkun. Pole change, close the door. Bao Jin Shan Qian Xuan Shu.
Throughout this work, although there are only 39 words, each word has reached a mysterious realm, and the overall momentum is magnificent, like a thirsty fountain, full of ups and downs, and the knots are free to go, completely unconstrained by the laws of the predecessors, just like the beauty of breaking the cage and regaining freedom.
This work, which was once in the Imperial Inner House of the Song Dynasty in the early years, was later exiled to the people and has been treasured by the folk literati. It was not until the 1920s that it was acquired by a Japanese museum and went east to Fuso.
In 2002, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage spent 29.99 million yuan to buy this work back, when Mr. Qi Gong saw this work, he was excited to speak incoherently, calling it a great blessing!