Free and easy without losing the heaviness - Xu Wei's "Cursive Baiyan Poem Scroll" moves freely, simple and natural

Xu Wei (1521-1593) was a native of Shanyin, Shaoxing Prefecture (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang). The first word Wenqing, later changed to the word Wenchang, the old man of Qingteng, a famous calligrapher and painter in the Ming Dynasty.

Xu Wei's "Cursive White Yan Poems", 30 cm long, 420.5 cm wide, collected by Shaoxing Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, recorded from the four poems of "White Yan Poems", the poem volume is the last three. The pen is swaying freely, the pen is hidden, the cursive is unrestrained and continuous, and it is free and easy without losing its weight. The glyphs are varied, unpretentious, so there is a simple and natural interest.

Xu Wei has taken cursive's emotional expression function to the extreme. His cursive script broke the rules of traditional theology in terms of penmanship, knotting, and chapter method, which had a huge impact on traditional theology.

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