The so-called "context" refers to those indispensable and landmark works in the process of cultural development.
On January 16 this year, the Palace Museum in Beijing held a "Guozi Cultural Context - Successive Generations of Jin Shi Culture and Art Exhibition". In the past, the collections of the Forbidden City, which we rarely saw in the past, have appeared on display.
Among them are the national first-class cultural relics that are forbidden to be exhibited abroad, Du Mu, the talented son of the Great Tang Dynasty, and the only calligraphy work left to future generations: "Zhang Haohao Poem". This book was written by Du Mu to his lover, the prostitute Zhang Haohao.
It's just that this prostitute is not another prostitute, and the meaning of the word "prostitute" in ancient times is much broader than today, and it refers more to geisha, that is, the artist who specializes in dance music in the mansion of the dignitaries.
This work can be exhibited by the Palace Museum as a cultural context, there are quite good reasons, from the materials, brushwork, to the specific artistic style, it is a typical representative of the Tang Dynasty style.
This work was scattered in the modern era and was buried in a box, but the damage to the work was much less than that of other works, mainly due to the classic white table paper of the Tang Dynasty used in the work. This is also an important reason why this work has survived to this day.
In terms of pen, there are many forks in "Zhang Haohao Poem", and this way of using hard pen book forks and pens is a typical Tang pen.
This way of using the pen often gives people the feeling of "rough and chaotic", but "Zhang Haohao's Poem" is not cluttered at all, because Du Mu's pen is extremely strong.
The contrast between the thickness of the strokes in this work is quite strong, and the pressing is very exaggerated, and this rapid change and switch shows Du Mu's superb pen control ability.
Song Huizong commented on this work in the "Xuanhe Book Tree" compiled under the auspices: "The temperament is majestic, and it is in line with the article", and "there are six dynasties". Now in front of this work, there is also a thin gold inscription written by Song Huizong.
In 852, Du Muyi could not afford to fall ill, he did not want to face his frustrated life, and burned his life's manuscript, only this "Zhang Haohao Poem" he could not give up, he survived.
This work is rich in ink, free and imposing, it is a rare work with Wei Jin style and Tang Dynasty atmosphere, and we learn this work, which will be of great help to us to enhance our pen power and comprehend the strong and healthy writing style.