In the field of artistic creation, we count the outstanding works of art in the past, the vast majority of which are not intentional works, the so-called "articles are natural, clever hands are occasional", artistic creation often requires great contingency.
The same is true in the calligraphy world, many highly respected calligraphy masterpieces, often created in specific circumstances, did not hear the news of "first tomb and then poisoned", Wang Xizhi is difficult to write such a masterpiece as "funeral post", without the pain of his brother and nephew being brutally killed by the rebels, there will be no birth of the "second book under the heavens", Su Dongpo did not experience the "Wutai Poetry Case" such a life and death disaster, in the third year of the cold food festival in Huangzhou, he would not have created such an artistic masterpiece as "Cold Food Post".
Zhang Xu's cursive book "Preface to Li Qinglian" is a long scroll of rice paper
The creation of excellent works of art often requires the realm of forgetfulness, Jin people create this "realm of forgetfulness", like to smoke "five stones scattered", this kind of drug-like drug, will make people fluttering, can reach the realm of material and self-forgetfulness, in this realm of artistic creation, often able to be high and wonderful.
By the Tang Dynasty, the recipe for five stones had been lost, and the world often achieved this state by drinking alcohol. Therefore, among the poems of previous dynasties, the Tang Dynasty had the most drinking verses.
In the Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty, there was such a calligraphy genius, he was born famous, learning calligraphy did not go through detours, the brushwork came from the family tradition, the great calligrapher Yan Zhenqing was his disciple, and the painter Wu Daozi also asked him for brushwork, and he wrote cursive to a peak.
He is "Grass Sage" Zhang Xu.
Zhang Xu can be said to be the first "roaring book" master in the history of calligraphy, and the master of the Tang Dynasty, Li Ji, described in the poem:
The top of the exposed bed is based on the beard, and the long scream is three or five times. Sprinkle the walls and swipe like shooting stars.
Zhang Xu, who was lying on the high bed, roared a few times in delight, and then wrote a cursive letter on the wall, which was very Tang Dynasty courage!
Zhang Xu and Huai Su both liked to write cursive after drinking, and Du Fu described Zhang Xu as writing after drinking:
Zhang Xu's three cups of grass holy legend, taking off his hat and revealing the crown before the prince, waving the paper like a cloud of smoke.
In front of the princely ministers, Cao Sheng Zhang Xu drank three cups, wrote cursive writing and the sprinkling of clouds of smoke, which is the real artist temperament.
Zhang Xu once achieved the official position of "long history", equivalent to today's "vice mayor" level, and the people who interacted with him were All Tang Dynasty Junjie, the great poets Li Bai, Du Fu, Yan Zhenqing, He Zhizhang and other figures, and his calligraphy also influenced the future generations for more than 1,000 years, which can be described as a great master who inherited the past and opened up the future!
Zhang Xu once wrote a cursive book for Li Bai, with iron paintings and silver hooks throughout, and the characters were dashing, and this work was the famous "Preface to Li Qinglian".
This "Preface to Li Qinglian" is a rare cursive masterpiece passed down by Zhang Xu to later generations, and this work fully reflects Zhang Xu's achievements in learning from nature. As a great master who inherited the Jin people's portal, Zhang Xu was extremely creative in calligraphy, he was good at learning from nature, and extremely skillfully integrated the shape, qi and rhyme of calligraphy perfectly, and reached the realm of "self-vibration, flying in the sand".
Yan Zhenqing commented that Zhang Xu's cursive writing is "beyond ancient and modern", saying:
Xi, Xianzi descended, Yu and Lu Xiangcheng, and the oral skills were taught, so that Zhang Xu of Wu County had a long history. Although the posture is turbulent, it is beyond the ancient and modern, and the model is exquisite, especially true.
This means that since Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi, Zhang Xu has obtained the canonical transmission of penmanship, although he is more crazy, but his calligraphy is enough to surpass ancient and modern!
Zhang Xu created an aesthetic realm of strange and wild, rapid and agitated in this "Preface to Li Qinglian", this unique sense of rhythm can often find imagery in the natural world, and was evaluated by the aesthetic master Mr. Li Zehou as "dance on paper"!
Today, we have copied zhang Xu's "Preface to Li Qinglian" 1:1 according to the size of the original work, and restored the work that is no different from the original work, and the characters are exactly the same as the original.
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