Wen Zhengming (1470-1559) was the most famous calligrapher and painter of the mid-Ming Dynasty. In history, he was ranked alongside Shen Zhou, Tang Yin, and Qiu Ying, and collectively known as the "Four Masters of Wumen". Wen Zhengming died at the age of 90, the longest-lived of the "Four Talents of Wumen", and had a good reputation in his later years, known as "writing all over the world". Wen Zhengming's calligraphy and painting achievements are extremely comprehensive, and his poems, writings, and paintings are all exquisite. He is known as the "four absolute" all-rounders.
Wen Zhengming Xiaokai's "Taishang Laojun Says Chang QingjingJing" and "Lao Tzu Lie Biography" are combined volumes, on paper, 20.9 cm in length, 11 cm in width, 8 lines per page, and 18 characters per line in the main text. It is now in the collection of Tianjin Art Museum.
Lao Tzu like
The first page is a portrait of Lao Tzu in gongbi ink, and the inscription fly head XiaoKai is a line: "Changzhou WenZhengming writes a portrait." "The Taishang Laojun Says that the 37-line Sutra of Constant Purity was written on July 12, 1537, in the sixteenth year of Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, at the age of 68.
The 34 lines of the Biography of Lao Tzu were written on June 19, 1538, in the seventeenth year of Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty , at the age of 69. Junzhu "Sign" and "Ming" Zhu Wen Lianzhu small seal.
Wen Zhengming's achievements in calligraphy were almost unparalleled at the time. Other lines, grass, subordinates, and seals are all worked. However, in his various books, the most valued and the most artistic achievement is Xiao Kai. Sometimes there is a reputation of "small Kai name moving in the sea". His xiaokai is clean and elegant, and he is "deeply impressed by the wisdom of the penmanship". In his Xiao Kai works, "The Biography of Gao Shi" and "Title Zhao Wei Gong Er Ti" are early works, and Zhao Mengfu's shadow is more, his posture is slightly flat, and his pen is relatively sharp.
In the middle of the xiaokai works, there is a shadow of Ouyang Qian, such as the "Tomb Inscription of the Right Suffrage Wu Cemetery", etc., and Jin Jian has a stagnant atmosphere. "Returning to the Word" is a small letter written by Wen Zhengming when he was 82 years old, the characters are only slightly larger than millet, stretch freely, have the tendency to be sloppy and dense, and the pen is home, quite energetic and relaxed, showing superb calligraphy skills. This is also the work of Shi Ou's Xiao Kai, which belongs to a style in Wen Zhengming's Xiao Kai book.
The "Departure from sorrow" was written by Wen Zhengming at the age of 83, which has entered the realm of transformation and has no slackening. "Before and After Chibi Fu" is another style of Wenzheng Ming's calligraphy, which takes more from the calligraphy of the Fa Wang Xi and is a more common style of calligraphy. This kind of work is well-written, elegant and energetic, and meticulous. When he was 88 years old, he wrote "Xiao Kai Zhen Appreciation and Preface", which is still strong and unremitting, which is extremely rare in the history of Chinese calligraphy. Although Wen Zhengming's Xiaokai is slightly different in the early, middle and late stages, it reflects that he has worked Xiaokai all his life.
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