Zhang Xu's "Late Reply"
Zhang Xu, the grass saint of the Tang Dynasty, was known for his "upside down", and the style of wild grass works passed down from generation to generation was diverse, so the debate between authenticity and falsity was not endless. His works "Four Ancient Poems", "Preface to Li Qinglian's Poems", "Cursive Heart Sutra", "Broken Thousand Character Text", etc. are all classics and are appreciated, but all have doubts about authenticity. The reason is that the gestures and strokes are different. After reading Zhang Xu's "Late Reply", I fully understand how Zhang Xu came out of the Wei Jin Grass Method?
"Late Reply" is a small post of Zhang Xu, the number of words is not much, its brushwork, grass method is completely Zhang Zhi Shen yun, take the Erwang aura, although the length is small, but the characters have a method, continuous back and forth, the momentum is flying, it is a relatively traditional cursive work. If Zhang Xu always maintains this style unchanged, he can only be regarded as a calligrapher, and it is difficult to become a generation of "grass saints". Therefore, Zhang Xu's cursive writing is precisely the cleverness of the calligrapher, and the calligraphy wizard who can write a different work is a calligraphy wizard. This also shows the problem of tradition and innovation, without the foundation of tradition, calligraphy innovation loses its meaning. Zhang Xu's "Four Ancient Poems" is innovative, but it also has the traditional power of "Late Repetition". Therefore, Zhang Xu's wild grass is not an accident of drunken madness, but a continuation of the later Han and Wei and Jin sage grass methods.
Zhang Xu (張旭), a native of Wu (present-day Suzhou, Jiangsu) between Kaiyuan and Tianbao (714-756 AD) of the Tang Dynasty, was a Han Chinese, a former official of Changshu County, and a jinwu changshi. Good cursive, good sex wine, known as Zhang Qian, is also one of the "Eight Immortals in Drinking". At that time, his cursive writing was called "Three Absolutes" along with Li Bai's poetry and Pei Wen's sword dance, and the poems were also unique, known for their seven uniquenesses. Together with Li Bai, He Zhizhang and others, he was one of the eight immortals in the drink. Emperor Wenzong of Tang issued an edict to take Li Bai's poetry, Pei Min's sword dance, and Zhang Xu's cursive writing as the "three absolutes". He Zhizhang, Zhang Ruoxu, and Bao Rong are known as the "Four Soldiers of Wuzhong", and their calligraphy achievements are the highest. His cursive writing, especially the wild grass, is neat and unpredictable, and its appearance is shocking. Legend has it that he saw the princess and the bearer arguing and got the meaning of the penmanship; he watched the Gongsun Lady dance the sword, and got the god of cursive writing. Zhang Xu is a pure artist, he pours his emotions into the dot paintings, and if there is no one around, he is drunk and crazy. Tang Hanyu once praised Zhang Xu: "The Book of the Ancient Xu, the change of the ghost god, can not be revealed, so that he will be famous for the future generations." ”
Interpretation of the Late Reply:
Late recovery under the feet, I don't know how the pain is? Deep and extremely sad than also, up and down.
He will be blessed to have been asked for fifteen days. Servant before suffering, Zhang Xushu.