Inscribed poetry is an art form.
In the blank space of Chinese painting, a poem is often inscribed by the painter himself or others. The content of the poem either expresses the feelings of the author, or talks about the artistic insight, or the artistic conception of the aria picture.
Chinese painting pays attention to the artistic conception, often in the painting inscription poems, poems and paintings complement each other, more charming.
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Memetu
"Mo Mei Tu" Yuan Wang Mian Shanghai Museum
Meme
[Yuan] Wang Tian
My house washes the pond head tree, and the flowers bloom light ink marks.
Don't let people praise the color, just leave the air full of dryness.
In this inscription poem, the poet praises Mo Mei for not asking for praise, only willing to leave a fragrance for the virtues of the world, in fact, he borrows Mei's self-metaphor to express his attitude towards life and his noble sentiment of not flattering the world.
Mo Mei's high wind and bright festival, as well as its noble and dignified inner temperament, are the self-portrait of the poet.
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Bamboo stone diagram
"Bamboo Stone Diagram", Qing Zheng Banqiao, Nanjing Museum
Bamboo stone
【Qing】Zheng Banqiao
Firmly believe that the green mountain does not relax, and the root is in the broken rock.
Thousands of grinding blows are still strong, and Ren'er's east, west, south and north winds are strong.
This is an inscription poem in praise of rock bamboo, and it is also a poem of poetry. The language is simple and bright, but it is persistent and powerful, which specifically and vividly describes the character of bamboo born in a harsh environment, growing up in danger, and being free and firm and optimistic.
Although the bamboo branches are short, they are not fragile and extremely high-spirited. The leaves are few and fat, more lush, neat and elegant, simple and beautiful.
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Spring River plumbing diagram vertical axis
"Spring River Plumbing Diagram Vertical Axis" Modern Guan Shanyue
Hui Chongchun River evening scenery two songs
[Song] Su Shi
Three or two branches of peach blossoms outside the bamboo, spring river plumbing duck prophet.
Artemisia annua is full of short reed buds, which is when the puffer fish wants to go up.
Two or two returns to the Hong want to break the group, and Yiyi is still like a north returner.
There are many winds and snow in the desert, and it is more waiting for the spring of the half moon in Jiangnan.
These two poems are inscribed by Su Shi on Hui Chong's "Spring River Xiaojing". Hui Chong's original painting has been lost, and some versions of this poem are titled "Spring River Xiaojing", which can no longer be verified.
This inscription poem depicts a scene of early spring. The earth has recovered, the bamboo forest has been dyed a tender green by new leaves, the branches have blossomed in three or two, and the ducks by the river have long been unable to hold back and rush to the water to play.
The artemisia on the ground has grown new branches, the reed buds have spit out, the puffer fish has become fatter, and the whole poem is full of a thick and fresh breath of life.
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Chunjiang diagram
"Spring River Map" Yuan Ma Wan, Freer Museum of Art, USA
Fisherman Langhua intends to snow for thousands of miles
[Five generations] Li Yu
The waves are intentionally thousands of miles of snow, and the peach blossoms are wordless in a team of spring.
A pot of wine, a pole body, happy as a nong there are a few people.
This inscription is written by the lyricist for the "Spring River Fishing Diagram" drawn by the famous painter Wei Xian in the Southern Tang Dynasty.
This word begins with a painting, and the mood in the painting is written out in words, and the mood is expressed in the painting. The spring river is surging and the spring is bright. In the waves of the boat, the two sides of the strait are peachy and plum white, the queues are accompanied, the flowers and trees are amorous, and the fisherman is idyllic.
The inscription is lyrical and borrows the meaning of the scene, so that the reader can read the fisherman's free escape from the worldly bondage.
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Qiu Jiang berthed last night
"Qiu Jiang Last Night", modern and modern Lu Yushao
Title QiuJiang solo fishing map
[Qing] Wang Shizhen
A flat boat, a silk and an inch hook.
A song of song and a bottle of wine, one person fishing alone in the autumn of the river.
This poem is Wang Shizhen's seven masterpieces written for "Autumn River Solo Fishing Map" at the invitation of a friend in his early years.
A coat, a bucket hat, a leaf boat, a fishing rod, anglers singing and drinking, the fishing style is portrayed vividly. Although you catch the autumn mood of a river alone, there is inevitably a little depression and loneliness hidden in the escape.
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Jinling Scenic Album
"Jinling Scenic Spots Atlas", Qing Shitao, Freer Art Museum, USA
Jinling diagram
[Tang] Wei Zhuang
Who says that sadness cannot be painted, painting people's hearts and people's feelings.
Jun looked at the six southern dynastic events, and the old wood hanyun filled the old city.
This poem is a work of hanging ancient wounds and wounds written by the author after reading six paintings depicting the history of the Six Dynasties, and expressing his deep worries about the reality of the late Tang Dynasty through the old events of the Six Dynasties.
The poem points out that these paintings did not whitewash the rulers of the late Tang Dynasty, but painted their bleak decay.
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Lotus root net cause diagram
"Lotus Root Pure Cause Map", Ming Wenjia, National Palace Museum, Taipei
Lotus root flower leaf diagram
[Yuan] Wu ShiDao
The jade snow is exquisite, covered with green and red.
Life is infinite, only in the heart of suffering.
This is an inscription poem, a five-word poem inscribed by the poet on a picture of lotus roots and leaves. In the poem, through the chanting of lotus leaves, the author's experience of life is written, which is full of philosophical significance.
The life of the lotus root continues from generation to generation, showing infinite vitality, because of the "bitter heart" of the lotus seed. This sentence implies a profound philosophy of life, and only by working hard can people achieve something.
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Autumn River fishing boat map
"Autumn River Fishing Boat Map" Song Xu Daoning
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Inscription Xu Daoning painting
[Song] Chen and Yi
Eyes full of Yangtze River water, cang He County Mountain.
It has always been a thousand miles, and now it is in a window.
All the trees are late, and the lonely clouds are not returned.
There are good sentences in this, and the judgment is not related.
The poem is an inscription poem written in 1118 AD. The painting inscribed by the poet is suspected to be Xu Daoning's "Fishing Boat Diagram of the Autumn River".
In this poem, the jaw link writes the landscape in the painting, and the scale has the potential of ten thousand miles; the neck link writes the twilight scene in response to "Cangran"; the tail link writes a poem, saying that the scene in the painting cannot be transmitted by pen and ink, which is both extremely praised for the magic of the painting and the clumsiness of the poem.
The whole poem is written in scenery and lyrical, and it is novel in the simple talk.