The four talents of ancient Jiangnan, also known as the "Four Talents of Wumen", were four talented and temperamental cultural people who lived in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, in the Ming Dynasty. It is generally believed to refer to Tang Bohu, Wen Zhengming, Zhu Zhishan, and Xu Zhenqing.
Portrait of the "Four Talents of Wumen"
A Tang Bohu
Tang Yin character Bohu, later changed to the word Zi Wei, the number six such as the resident, peach blossom master, Lu Guo Tang Sheng, fugitive Zen immortal official and so on. Tang Yin is known as the first talented man in Jiangnan in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, he is erudite and versatile, poetry and composition, can write and paint, and is a Painter, Calligrapher and Poet of the Ming Dynasty.
Tang Yin was born in a merchant family, his status was relatively low, under the leadership of the "prominent relatives and fame" in the world, he studied hard, and at the age of 11, he was very good at writing and writing well. At the age of 16, Zhongxiucai and 29 years old participated in the Nanjing Yingtianxiang Examination and won the first place "Xie Yuan".
Tang Yin's calligraphy is hidden by the name of the painting, mainly learning Zhao Mengfu, more influenced by Li Beihai, handsome and beautiful, feminine and colorful, the pen is round and mature and free, but the pen is slightly weaker, the hook is soft, and the structure is slightly looser. Therefore, Wang Shizhen commented: "Bo Hu entered Wu Xingtang, and his ears were weak. ”
Appreciation of Tang Bohu's calligraphy works
"Self-written poems" on paper
Falling Flowers Poetry (Partial)
The Seven Laws of the Book of Conduct (Partial)
The Book of Books
"Manxing Inkblot"
《Inscribed Stone Cluster HuiTu》
Two essays are clear
Wen Zhengming, formerly known as Bi (or Bi), the character Zhengming. From the age of forty-two, he used lines of characters to sign Zhong. Wen Zhengming's calligraphy and painting achievements are extremely comprehensive, and his poems, texts, books, and paintings are all exquisite, and he is known as the "four absolute" all-rounders.
Wen Zhengming learned characters from the Su (轼) character. Later, Wen Zhengming learned from Li Yingzhen, Li Yingzhen Shuzong Ouyang Inquiry, Ping Zhengwanhe, Qingrun Duanfang, although not a master of calligraphy, but a calligraphy educator. He is Wen Zhengming's father-in-law and Wen Zhengming's enlightenment teacher. In addition to passing on all his learning experience to Wen Zhengming, he also encouraged him to break through the tradition and create his own style. When Wen Zhengming was 22 years old, Li Yingzhen looked at his Su script and said to Wen Zhengming: "How can it be broken but work with people's feet?" Let the learning become Wang Xizhi, just other people's books! These words influenced Wen Zhengming's life.
Wen Zhengming is famous in the history of calligraphy for being good at both styles, especially good at writing and xiaokai, and his calligraphy is gentle and beautiful, steady and old, and the law is rigorous and vivid. Although it does not have a majestic momentum, it has the style of Jin and Tang dynasty calligraphy. His writing style is less fiery, and in his happy writing, he often exudes a gentle and elegant atmosphere. Perhaps the bumpy journey of his career has worn away his youthful vigor, but the late success of the great instrument has made his style more and more stable.
Appreciation of WenZhengming's calligraphy works
The Seven Verses of the Book of Conduct
"Cursive Seven Laws Vertical Axis"
"Chibi Fu Before and After Xiao Kai"
"Xiao Kai Returns to the Word"
《Ten Chronicles of Xiaokai Caotang》
Three blessings to the mountain
Zhu Zhishan, name Yunming, the word Xizhe, because the right hand has more than one finger, and also calls himself Zhi Zhisheng, a native of Changzhou (Suzhou), Jiangsu. Known to the world as "Zhu Jingzhao", he was a famous calligrapher of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yunming is good at poetry, especially calligraphy, and famous in Hainei. In his early years, Kai shu was meticulous, teaching Zhao Mengfu and Chu Suiliang, and chasing the "Second King" from Ou and Yu. Cursive calligraphers Fa Li Yong, Huang Tingjian, and Mi Fu have profound skills, especially in their later years, and their wind and bones are rotten.
Zhu Zhishan's calligraphy works are appreciated
"Grass Returns to the Field"
"Cursive Yunjiang Chronicle"
Cursive "Preface and Poems of Tengwang Pavilion" (Part 1)
Cursive "Preface and Poems of Tengwang Pavilion" (Part 2)
Zhu Yunming calligraphy hand scroll (Part 1)
Zhu Yunming calligraphy hand scroll (Part 2)
Four Xu Zhenqing
Xu Zhenqing (1479-1511) character Changgu, a character Changguo, Han, Wu County (now Suzhou, Jiangsu), ancestral home of Changshu Meili Town, later moved to Wu County. Ming Dynasty literary scholar, known as "Wuzhong Poetry Crown", is one of the "Four Talents of Wuzhong".
Xu Zhenqing is intelligent by nature, less literate, and is known as "the family does not have a book, but everything.". In his early years, he studied literature in Wu Kuan and calligraphy in Li Yingzhen. In terms of literary genres, together with Li Mengyang, He Jingming, Kang Hai, Wang Jiusi, Bian Gong and Wang Tingxiang, they are called the "First Seven Sons", emphasizing the study of Qin and Han in articles, ancient poems advocating Han Wei, and the close body patriarchal Sheng Tang, and Wang Shizhen's "Yiyuan Jieyan" quotes the absolute sentence "Article Jiang Zuo Jia Jia Yu, Yanyue Yangzhou Tree Tree Flower". Calligraphy is also a must, Wang Shizhen said: "Waiting for xiao Kaishi's second king, the seiko is very good, the young grass master HuaiSu, the pen imitation Su (Shi), Huang (Tingjian), Mi (芾), and the "Jiwangshu Sacred Order" in the late years to take the "Jiwangshu Sacred Order" profit and loss, add old age, so as to become a family of their own."
Appreciation of Xu Zhenqing's calligraphy works
"The Teacher's Table"
Xu Zhenqing's calligraphy works