In the twelfth year of Jiajing (1533), Wang Pet died of illness at the age of forty. Wen Zhengming wrote the "Epitaph of Wang Luji" (王雅宜先生 favored, Zi Lu Ren, Hou Zi Lu Ji, Wu County people." The gentleman and his brother performed their duties as yi zhusheng, and the name was too great, and Gu Tired tried unfavorably, and entered the Taixue school with his seniority, and the test was unfavorable, and he died, and he was only forty years old. ”
Wang Pet (1494-1533), Ming Dynasty calligrapher, characters Lu Ren, Lu Ji, Yayi Mountain people. Yi Zhusheng, Gong into Taixue. Erudite and versatile, craftsmanship, good at landscapes, flowers and birds. The poetry has a high reputation, especially the book title, and the book line is particularly exquisite.
His calligraphy began to learn Cai Yu, later standardized the Jin and Tang Dynasties, the calligraphers Yu Shinan and Zhiyong, the calligraphers Wang Xianzhi, who integrated and penetrated, Xiao Kai Youqing, Jian Yuan ethereal, and his name was called Zhu Yunming and Wen Zhengming.
The "Xiyuan Poetry Scroll" is an inkblot of the Ming Dynasty Wang's favorite book, and it is also one of its representatives. It is now in the collection of Tianjin Museum.
"Xiyuan Poetry Scroll" on paper, 25 cm in length and 235 cm in width. Where 65 lines. The book was written in the ninth year of Ming Jiajing (1530), when the author was 37 years old, three years before his death.
Wang's calligraphy is unique and highly styled. From this work, we can see that his calligraphy has both the beauty of Wang Xian's book and the color of Yu Shinan's book. Its style is elegant and elegant, and the knots are sparse.
The "Xiyuan Poetry Scroll" takes the pen meaning of The King's Dedication and Yu Shinan's penmanship, hides the clumsiness and mixing, and achieves cleverness and not flattery, clumsiness and vulgarity, smooth and transcendent, with a clear and elegant pen, warm and subtle, not exciting.
The arrangement of the knots throughout the text is exquisitely flowing away, the expression of skill and action is very delicate and exquisite, and the stroke changes are extremely subtle. The integration of law, rhythm, and temperament in one, and sometimes the rhyme of zhangcao are revealed, which is more ancient and profound.
The whole breath is uninhibited, sloppy and sparse, but in the calm convergence, it has more of an internal tension.
From the perspective of the whole work, the size and thickness of the words change slightly, but his cursive writing has a very conspicuous feature, that is, the structure between the strokes falls off, many strokes are only half written, the strokes are not connected, the font invades a lot of blanks, and there is a feeling of non-connection between the pen and the pen, if there is none, giving people a very sparse and ethereal feeling.
There is condensation in the dispersion of the knots, and there is inclination in the square. The pen is slow, the strokes are steady, the strokes are rounded, and there is hope between the pen and the pen, but never indulgence.
The starting and closing pens are very smooth, giving people a stable, slow and empty appearance, and the gestures are exquisite, which makes people have a clean and super-elegant beauty.
Wang's calligraphy is simple and elegant, very different from the customs, and the dilution of his calligraphy coincides with the calligraphy of the Jin people, so posterity comments that his calligraphy is one of the few calligraphers who can be called one of the "most Jin rhymes" after the Jin people.
Qing Li wei praised: "The true deeds of the Jin people are rare in the world." The one who preaches it, the imitation of the book ear. The bodies are confused, if they do not distinguish who they are, the near-world Wang Luji can track down the Great Order, Xiao Sanjunyi, and come back to the generations, although he does not see the Jinren Book, he knows that he is a masterpiece.
The most attractive thing about Wang Pet's calligraphy is the ethereal and comfortable feeling that comes out between the lines, and this beauty comes from the high character bred in the idyllic and comfortable life, and it is definitely not the ability and skill that can be displayed.
He died at the age of forty, many people lamented his untimely death, lamented that fate did not give him more time to create more perfect calligraphy, he may not be a great master in the history of books, but his sparse, clean, no trace of earthly calligraphy and pure heart, but also enough to make people love and miss him forever.
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