Zhang Ruitu (1570-1641), also known as Changgong,also without painting,Ershui,also known as Guoting Shanren,Wasabi Zi(劉子), BaiHao'an Lord, BaiHao'an Lord Daoist, etc. The twenty-seven capitals of Jinjiang were from Xiaxing Township (present-day Lianyu, Qingyang Town). Born in 1570 in the fourth year of Ming Muzong Longqing, he was a famous calligrapher and painter. The History of the Ming Dynasty enshrines it in the "Biography of the Castration Party".
The former residence of Zhang Ruitu in Qingyang, Jinjiang, has been preserved to this day, and is inhabited by the descendants of the Zhang clan ("Quanzhou Folk Residence, Zhang Ruitu Former Residence"). In the thirty-eighth year of the Wanli Calendar (1610), Zhang Ruitu returned to his hometown on leave, stayed at home for two years, and built a living room on the shore of the East Lake in Quanzhou as a place to travel with the county sergeant.
Zhang Ruitu's calligraphy is indeed different from feminine fashion, and has a unique "strange" attitude. He is good at italics, lines, cursive writing, hard and steep penmanship, clumsy and wild, layout of canine teeth staggered, the momentum is fierce, constituting a strong sense of force, turbulent momentum, is indeed strange and easy, when people praise as "strange like a dragon moving snake, no dust gas".
Zhang Ruitu's calligraphic origins have been discussed slightly by previous generations.
Zhang Ruitu also started from the thesis, but advocated the "wild grass" style of writing and the "Su body" brushwork that emphasized thick strength.
Qing Liang Wei's "Commentary" said: "Zhang Ruitu has to write with great force, but he is bent on supporting horizontally, with little subtle and quiet meaning, and his quality is not expensive." Rui tu xingshu first learned Sun Guoting's "Book Spectrum", later learned Dongpo cursive "Drunken Pavilion", Ming Ji shuxue JingShang Roumei, Wang (Wang Duo), Zhang (Zhang Ruitu) two family force to correct habits, single standard qi bone, although not into the gods, it is immortal. ”
