Shen Du's "Sending Li Wish to Return to the Pangu Order" axis, in calligraphy, on paper, 132.2 cm in length and 38.7 cm in width. The Palace Museum in Beijing. The beauty of calligraphy, "graceful and ethereal, graceful and graceful", embodies the style of Taige calligraphy that prevailed in the early Ming Dynasty. The book on this page, "Tang Hanwen Gong Sent Li Willing to Return to Pangu Order", is a letter written by Shen Du, which is neat and rigorous, and it is also a combination of letters.
Shen Du was praised by Cheng zu as "Wang Xizhi of my dynasty", and with its unique Taige style calligraphy, it set off a wave of learning Shen in the Ming Dynasty, which lasted for three generations without fading, which cannot but cause us to think.
The study of Shen Du specifically in previous dynasties was very limited, and only a few hundred words were used in the History of the Ming Dynasty, and the situation of Shen Du was briefly described in less than one page. The study of the Taige style is endless, but it often focuses on the study of the Style of the Taige Style, and the research on the Style of the Taige Style is obviously insufficient, and the specialized articles that study Shen Du as the representative of the Taige style are even more limited.
As a representative calligrapher of the Ming Dynasty's Taige style, Shen Du not only wrote a beautiful Taige style script, but also had its own unique features. Shen Du's calligraphy was deeply loved by Chengzu Zhu Di, "the Hall of the Day Attendant, the Golden Edition of the Jade Book, the Imperial Court, the Secret House, the Granting of the Kingdom, and the Book of Obedience", and each called him "The King of My Dynasty Xizhi". Shen Du is good at calligraphy, affiliation, line, and cursive, and especially gong calligraphy, and his calligraphy is a typical example of the Taige style.
There is no accurate record of his calligraphic origins, but from his calligraphy works, it can be seen that he was influenced by Zhao Mengfu, and the leisurely And Gentle Daojin, the generous wind and generous style displayed in Shen Shu, and the degree of conformity at every turn are obviously very close to the beautiful Andering Daorun displayed by Zhao in the form of calligraphy. Therefore, Yang Shiqi once summarized the characteristics of Shen Du's calligraphy style with eight characters of "graceful and ethereal, graceful moment".