After failing to learn calligraphy, he switched to painting and achieved the "painting saint" Wu Daozi

When we look at the history of Chinese art or literature, we know that the artists who are named "sheng" are all extraordinary achievements, and they are all giants of a certain category, such as Wang Xizhi, a Calligrapher of the Jin Dynasty who is known as the "Sage of Books", Du Fu, a Tang Dynasty poet known as the "Sage of Poetry", and Wu Daozi, a Tang Dynasty painter known as the "Sage of Painting".

Because I watched a movie "Painting Sage", I had a story that I wanted to tell to Wu Daozi.

Wu Daozi lost his parents since childhood, is an orphan, life must be poor, by chance, he once followed Zhang Xu, He Zhizhang to learn calligraphy, and later with Zhang Shengxuan to learn calligraphy, according to the truth, he should go to the road of calligraphy, the finished product is also in the calligraphy industry, but why is his great achievement in the painting world?

It turned out that Wu Daozi, a bitter child, also had to bend his waist for five buckets of rice, forced to make a living, just for the cost of living, he needed to work, he learned from folk painters and carvers, and learned from the Kuntong Mountain Daoists. The hard-working children are brilliant in everything they do, young and already famous.

Tang Xuanzong summoned Wu Daozi to the palace as a court painter and became a royal painter, without the emperor's order, he could not paint without authorization, which on the one hand made Wu Daozi feel constrained and restricted, on the other hand, he was given favorable conditions, without wandering the rivers and lakes, delving into his artistic talents.

It is said that Wu Daozi has a bold personality, informal, often has to drink alcohol to paint, legend has it that when he depicts the round light above the Buddha's light in the mural, he does not use a ruler, swings the pen, and the speed of the whirlwind painting is completed in one go. This is just a legend, we all know that long-term drinking will hurt the brain, or there is an impact.

His famous works are innumerable, "Hell Disguise", "Heavenly King Sending Son", "Daozi Ink Treasure", "Baoji Bingaluo Buddha Statue", etc., the evaluation of the painting saints in the past hundred years is numerous, I will not list them one by one, we will look at the first thing he learned was calligraphy, the masters he followed were also famous, but he gave up being a calligrapher, and instead studied paintings that he was more interested in, but calligraphy brought him a rich foundation, but also reflected in painting skills, although he did not become a calligrapher, The auxiliary contribution to learning calligraphy and diligently copying techniques is indispensable.

From the perspective of Wu Daozi's half-way change, he is successful, which means that our future academic and career paths do not necessarily have to be chosen at present, as long as they are interested and have worked hard, they will achieve something, and halfway out of the house is also a way, do not be afraid of change, the results brought about by change are not necessarily bad, so it is still necessary to bravely pursue what you like.