Wen Zhengming's Xiao Kai, the world's best. This has become the consensus of the book world. Many people have begun to like this person precisely because they have seen Wen Zhengming's Xiao Kai.
But in the history of the Ming Dynasty, there was a person's Xiao Kai, which was considered to be comparable to Wen. Even in the eyes of some people, his xiaokai can crush Wen Zhengming. He was a Ming Dynasty calligrapher, seal engraver, and bibliophile, a native of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, Fengfang.
Fengfang Bao Zhang Xu's "Four Ancient Cursive Poems", collected by the Liaoning Provincial Museum
Part of Fengfang Bao Zhang Xu's "Four Ancient Cursive Poems"
Part of Fengfang Bao Zhang Xu's "Four Ancient Cursive Poems"
Part of Fengfang Bao Zhang Xu's "Four Ancient Cursive Poems"
Fengfang's life ended in tragedy. His calligraphic talent and arrogant character were impressive at the time.
Fengfang briefly served as the head of the ceremonial department during the Jiajing period, and he was obsessed with collecting books, and there was a special building with 10,000 scrolls in his home. Although his family was rich, he used almost all of them to buy the title stickers of the ancient law books. Fengfang often chases after his hands day and night. Therefore, his calligraphy is extremely knowledgeable, and he is able to do all five, which is admired by the people of the time.
Part of Fengfang Bao Zhang Xu's "Four Ancient Cursive Poems"
Wen Zhengming, who was thirty years older than him, once praised FengFang, saying: "Mr. Feng writes, and every bit of painting comes from the ancients." ”
Part of Fengfang Bao Zhang Xu's "Four Ancient Cursive Poems"
However, Huai Cai did not meet fengfang, which was proud of talent and pride, and the social atmosphere at that time was incompatible. So he lived in a cynical state of mind, and in his later years he was poor and sick, and then he died of overwork and madness. Can't help but sigh.
Part of Fengfang Bao Zhang Xu's "Four Ancient Cursive Poems"
Fengfang loves to copy ancient texts, and his pen is pedantic and solid, which is almost indistinguishable from the original. So he began to counterfeit, and because of this, he was out of control. This caused a great negative impact on his works, so in the history of books, Fengfang appears to be lacking.
Part of Fengfang's "Fengnan YuShu Xie Ti Bao"
Part of Fengfang's "Fengnan YuShu Xie Ti Bao"
There has been no shortage of famous calligraphy and painting counterfeiters in the past. For example, Mi Fu wrote the most pseudo-Jin books in his lifetime, and Zhang Daqian also imitated Shi Tao's works when he was young, but the art history was silent for a while and passed. Because their creation is almost as good as the reputation of falsification, they have become the coordinates of an era.
Part of Fengfang's "Fengnan YuShu Xie Ti Bao"
Part of Fengfang's "Fengnan YuShu Xie Ti Bao"
Since ancient times, regardless of the positioning of Chinese historical figures, no matter what field, character has often occupied an extremely important position. As far as calligraphy is concerned, there are many people who have discarded books because of people.
Part of Fengfang's "Fengnan YuShu Xie Ti Bao"
Part of Fengfang's "Fengnan YuShu Xie Ti Bao"
But with the development of the times, the progress of concepts, the mentality of objectivity and inclusiveness will be accepted by more and more people. Perhaps this is also a realm that you and I who use art to practice life should have.
So, what do you think of Fengfang's Xiao kaibi Wenzhengming?
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