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Wang Sheng was the most able figure to get the rice wind bone during the Southern Song Dynasty. Although Mi Youren, the eldest son of Mi Fu, is also a famous calligrapher and painter, he is not as good as Wang Sheng of the times in terms of passing on the wind and bones of Mi Fu.
Mi Fu has a unique position in the history of Chinese calligraphy, he has both theory and practice. In the creation of calligraphy, he formed a very distinct style of rice body; in the theory of calligraphy, he put forward academic issues such as "set ancient characters", "brush characters", "eight sides out of the front", and also sorted out a new calligraphy aesthetic, that is, "calm beauty".
Wang Sheng's "First Summer Thesis"
And where Wang Sheng's style is the most beautiful, he is not rigidly learning glyphs, but has mastered the connotation of calm beauty in artistic practice. The so-called beauty of ease is that in the creation of calligraphy, the contradictions of Shen Xiong, thickness, simplicity and elegance, and freedom are skillfully blended, so that new changes are skillfully produced, resulting in a new style of calligraphy, which is the beauty of ease. The beauty of ease can be valued by the Song people, thanks to the prevalence of the Shangyi calligraphy style.
During the Xuanhe period, Wang Sheng presented the Cursive Bible to Emperor Huizong of Song and was used by the Inner Government as a book. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Song, Emperor Gaozong summoned Wang Sheng to answer questions about political affairs, scriptures, literature and art, etc., and was fortunate to receive the grace and courtesy of Emperor Gaozong.
Later than Wang Sheng, tongzhi privy councillor, participated in the affairs of the governor, and conferred the key of the senior government hall university scholar Lou Zengji:
Zhu Yanyuan's "Preface to the Lanting Zen Of the Old Cursive Book of Pai Yi" Yun: "Yi Shao makes a line book, and Yi Lao is a cursive character." Outsiders know that there is a flavor in the house. "Yi Lao is known as Cao Sheng, and his name is publicly known as Ru Xu. Yuju Wushu, when the first Taishi Qiguo Duke was the overseer, returned to it, and the old also got its "Eight Immortals Song". This book changed the word "from nine days" to "upside down", and Gai Changshi is known for this name also. "Lamb dweller" is his self-title, "Shengcai" is the church where he dwells, and "Deliuxuan" is also his home? When the key was accompanied by the servant, when Shaoxing was eleven or twelve years old, he knew his people. This book was written at the age of Gengwu, and it is said that he was born in the year of 70 and 5, and he was born in Bingchen. Yu was born in Ding, the sixty-first year of the Later Gong, and when Fang Zhigong was known, he was only five or six years old. Jiading four years of Xin Wei, when he first saw this book, was also seventy-five. I am grateful for the past and be amazed by it.
In the history of Song Poetry, the only one who can more completely show his life's behavior and the change of mentality and emotions in the words is Zhu Dunru, except for Zhu Dunru. The "First Taishi Qiguo Gong" is Lou Key's father, Lou Xuan, who has reciprocated with Wang Sheng, and Lou Key has also seen Wang Sheng with his father.
Wang Sheng worked with Mi Youren, Du Conggu, Xu Jing, and others in Xuanhe Inner Province, and was appreciated and summoned by Emperor Huizong of Song and Emperor Gaozong of Song for his proficiency in cursive writing.
Wang Sheng's "Aging Post"
This period of Wang Sheng's life was the period of the Song Dynasty's ups and downs, through the Song Huizong, Song Qinzong, Song Gaozong, and these three emperors were all good calligraphy and painting, and they were extremely weak. After Emperor Huizong of Song helped the Jin state eliminate the Liao state, who knew that the Jin people attacked the Song Dynasty from the south and pushed the capital Kaifeng.
Emperor Huizong of Song heard about the military situation, and in horror grabbed the hand of Cai Jing's eldest son and privy councillor Cai You, and said, "I really didn't expect the Jin army to dare to drive straight in so long!" As soon as the words fell, he fell unconscious because he was angry and anxious, and fell into bed. After Emperor Huizong of Song woke up, the first thing he did was to ask for a pen and paper, writing: "The crown prince can be the emperor." Afraid that even the emperor did not dare to ask for it, the crown prince Zhao Huan was made to the throne by his father Emperor Huizong of Song, Zhao Yichan, for Emperor Qinzong of Song. Like his father, Emperor Huizong of Song, Zhao Huan, was indecisive, capricious, and lacked judgment on political issues.
After the change of Jing Kang, Emperor Gaozong crossed in Hounan, and it was delicious to talk about peace. Shilin refused to advance, and all focused on literature and art, and the goodness of Emperor Gaozong's Linchi made this wind even more prosperous, the king was good, the subjects were subservient, and the courtiers in the world were playing calligraphy. Wang Sheng, a figure who was good at cursive writing and understood the changes in Zhang Xuhuai's turning point, was especially praised by Emperor Gaozong of Song.
The calligraphy from the end of the Northern Song Dynasty to the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty was the "Shangyi" style represented by Su, Huang and Mi. The Su, Huang, and Mi families occupied the commanding heights in morality, articles, and other aspects, won the right to speak, and achieved achievements that were difficult for ordinary people to look up to, and most of the scholars at that time could not get rid of the baptism of Shangyi's style of writing. Among them, Wang Sheng's skillful technique and writing skills naturally became the leading figures after the "Song Four Families".
Although Wang Sheng's cursive writing has been praised by everyone, his calligraphy or cursive writing that has won the charm of mi fu is obviously more worthy of recognition, and from the perspective of calligraphy skills, his standard is better than that of "millet" Mi Youren. At that time, Wang Sheng received general recognition and praise from emperors to scholars, but his influence on later generations was not very large, and his name was Mi Fu and Mi Youren. There was another reason that his reclusive thinking and artistic attitude were not in harmony with the mainstream views of the literati at that time.
There are not many handwritings of Wang Sheng, including the xingshu inkblots "Shouxia Ti", "Goose Wine Ti", "Aging Ti", and the cursive ink "Dumen Ti", all of which were written in his later years and were written during his Shaoxing period. Judging from his "First Summer Post", the whole passage is full of pain and happiness, and the wind wall is full of a strong sense of rhythm; but because of the focus on pain, it is a little less heavy. Artistic practice is like this, it is impossible to take care of both faces, what can be taken into account is the handicraft, which is the decoration calligraphy produced by modern society, and the authenticity of calligraphy has been lost.
In his calligraphy, Wang Sheng reveals historical information, cultural information and personal cultivation information, as well as his aesthetic views. The arrogance and gentleman in the bones of intellectuals are perfectly interpreted in his words.
Wang Sheng also wrote Du Fu's "Song of the Eight Immortals in Drinking" in cursive, which has disappeared. Lou Key, the prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, a famous literary scholar, and a scholar of calligraphy, said in the "Collection of Attacks on Shame": "Elder Yi is known for his 'grass saint'. Wang Sheng was more famous for cursive at that time, and Wang Sheng's cursive writing creation and writing speed had always been a topic of discussion among the Song people.
The work of Mr. Lu Xiuhui, the author of this article
From the book "Shouxia Ti", it can be inferred that Wang Sheng's speed of writing cursive is very rapid. Fast and easy to gain power, in line with the aesthetic view of cursive writing of Emperor Huizong of Song, this is also the reason why Wang Sheng was able to become a book during the Xuanhe years. There is a strict difference between writing and cursive writing, but after all, both are dynamic, so there are many similarities between the two. Because of this, Wang Sheng was able to obtain the rice wind bone, and Mi Youren was inferior to Wang Sheng at the rice wind bone.
Wang Sheng (1076-1150 was still alive), a native of Kaifeng, Henan. During the Northern Song Dynasty, during the reign of Zhenghe and Xuanhe, he was summoned to serve. After crossing the south, he lived in Jiahe Lamb Li (now part of Tongxiang, Jiaxing, Zhejiang), and called himself a lamb resident, and the church name was Shengcai.
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