Xie An had learned from Wang Xizhi the Book of Calligraphy, and his calligraphy was very good, especially the Book of Works.
Later generations of Mi Fu once praised his calligraphy as "the mountains and forests are mysterious, the rock corridor is heroic, it is not sloppy, and it is spontaneous and ancient." ”
The Xuanhe Book Genealogy states that it was "the first Mu Xi's work was a cursive orthography, and the Xi Zhi had a reader of books." Those who comment on its words later are also said to be at ease, and if the whip is in the trend of the tiger, it is necessary to be able to be a person. However, the magic of it is solitude and grass ears. All this is the book of deeds. "It contains his books "Near Question Post", "Good Protection Post", and "Zhonglang Post".
"Chunhua Ge Ti" has "Depressed Post" and "June Post". Its relics are preserved in the "Baojin Zhai Fa Ti" and other series of thesis.
Xie An's "June Post"
During the Wei and Jin dynasties, there were Xi, Yu, Wang, Xie, etc., and the major families would move back and forth between each other, and the relationship between Xie An and Wang Xizhi was also inextricably linked.
First of all, Xie An was a student of Wang Xizhi, who had learned from Wang Xizhi and made rapid progress. And established a very good teacher-student friendship with Wang Xizhi.
Secondly, The Genealogy of Tang Sun's Court records the stories of Xie An and Wang Xianzhi, who are more famous in history:
Xie Anso is good at rulers, and the book of light son respect. Zi Jing tasted the good book with it, said that it would be recorded, and answered it after an answer, and even thought it was hated.
An Tian asked, "Why is Qing Shu like the Right Army?" ”
Answer yun: "Therefore, it should be victorious." ”
An Yun: "The theory of matter is not the same." ”
Yu Jing replied, "When people know!" ”
Xie An's "Wife Stuffy Post"
The general meaning is that Xie An has always been good at writing ruler books, but despises Wang Xianzhi's calligraphy. Xian Zhi once carefully wrote a letter to Give to Xie An, but was unexpectedly returned by the other party with a comment, and Xian Zhi was very resentful of this matter. Later, when the two met, Xie An asked Xian Zhi, "How do you feel about your words compared to your father's?" He replied, "Of course it's more than him." Xie An added, "The comments of others are not like this." Xian Zhi replied, "Where do ordinary people understand!" ”
In addition, the female poet Xie Daoyun during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, as Xie An's niece, married Wang Ningzhi, the son of Wang Xizhi.
Xie An's niece Xie Daoyun
Xie Daoyun has been thinking quickly since he was a child, and he does not let his eyebrows be raised. One day, when heavy snow fell, Xie An casually chanted, "What is the snow like?" ”
In order to show his talent, the elder brother Xie Lang quickly continued: "Sprinkling salt in the air is almost comparable." Finally, when everyone was finished, Xie Daoyun said slowly, "If the willow is not raised by the wind." ”
The demeanor of the Xie family was well demonstrated in Xie Daoyun, and Xie An also loved this niece and personally selected a dragon concubine for her, with the ultimate goal of Wang Xizhi's second son, Wang Ningzhi.
Of course, Xie An's ambition and fame are not calligraphy.
Xie An's "Zhonglang Thesis"
Xie An's position was zai chancellor, a man of both culture and martial arts, and a great politician who had buried hidden dangers because of his meritorious service, a famous politician, prime minister, calligrapher, and brother of the famous scholar Xie Shang.
When Xie An was young, he was famous for his Clean Talks, and was initially recruited by Situ, except for Ren Zuoshulang, who resigned due to illness and lived in seclusion in Dongshan, Shanyin County, Huiji County, where he traveled with Wang Xizhi and Sun Qi, and educated the children of the Xie family. Since then, he has repeatedly refused to let the imperial court take orders.
Since following Sima Shi to Jiangzuo, the literati and celebrities have experienced a long period of turmoil and wandering, and finally gradually settled down. The talents of the younger generation gradually formed several groups. Sun Qi, Wang Xizhi, Zhi Yu and Xie An often gathered to drink and write poems for fun, and the Lanting Pavilion in HuijiShan was one of the places they most frequented. Here, they left behind many unforgettable poems. Xie An has only passed down a few poems, and there are two "Lanting Poems" done here
Phase and Happy Festival, the same dress.
Thin clouds luo yang scenery, breeze wing light navigation.
Alcohol Tao Dan Province, Wu Ruo You Xi Tang.
Wan Shu mixed up the reasoning, and An Fu felt Peng Yan.
《Lanting Yajitu》
After the Xie family died in the middle of the dynasty, they made a comeback, and After Emperor Huanwen's conquest of Sima Xi, Emperor Jianwen collapsed, and Wang Tan defeated HuanWen's intention to usurp the throne.
In the Battle of Shuishui, Xie An, as the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Jin dynasty, defeated the former Qin army with 80,000 troops, winning decades of quiet peace for the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In the tenth year of Taiyuan (385), he returned to Jiankang due to serious illness. On August 22 of the same year, Xie An died at the age of sixty-six, and was given the title of Taifu and Duke of Luling County, with the courtesy name Wenjing.
After Xie An's death, the people revered him as a deity, known as "Xie Chitose", "Xie Shengwang", "Xie Wanggong", "Xie Lao Marshal", "Guanghui Shengwang", "Guanghui ZunWang", "Guangying Shengwang", "Guangying Zunwang", "Xianji Lingwang", "Protector of the Country", etc. When General Chen Yuanguang of the Tang Dynasty led the officers and men of the army into Zhangzhou, he carried Xie An's incense and honored Xie An as "King Guanghui". The faith of King Guanghui also came to Nanyang, Taiwan and other places with the people of Zhangzhou.
For Xie An, posterity commented on him like this:
Taifu Chen'an Gongxun was both harmonious and high. And serve the emperor beforehand, and the cloth of the long cloth. His Majesty is still rich, and he devotes himself to supplementing Shengming with all his heart and mind.
— Wang Xianzhi
The north of Sanchuan is chaotic, and the four souths of the sea are like Yongjia. But with Dongshan Xie Anshi, for the jun to talk and laugh Quiet Husha.
—Li Bai
An Shi is in the East China Sea, engaged in sideburns. Middle-aged relatives and friends are difficult to say goodbye, and silk bamboo is slow to leave sorrow. Once the achievement is completed, it is quasi-proposed to return to the sea road in the east and help the sick into the western state. Yazhi is trapped in Xuanxuan, and hates to send Cangzhou.
—Su Shi
When we look at Xie An's resume, we have to pay tribute to this famous man, from light and well-known, to loyal to the country, victorious in the Battle of Shuishui, to loyal to the auxiliary government, unswerving. He is gentle and gentle by nature, acts fairly and clearly, does not monopolize power and is selfish, does not take credit and pride, and has the arrogance of a prime minister. Rule the country with Confucianism and complement each other with Taoism; as a high-ranking scholar, you can take into account the overall situation and subordinate the interests of the Xie family to the interests of the Jin dynasty. Multiple extreme temperaments. Xie An's most elegant rhyme, of course, is his talent. This is the ultimate of literary and artistic talents.
Many people, even historians, believe that in Chinese history, the Jin Dynasty is the most beautiful. At that time, celebrities and scholars, the style is unique, the Jin people are dashing, and they are not stuck in things. They experience nature with an ethereal mind and a metaphysical meaning, but the surface is clear and empty, and they have established the highest crystalline beauty.
And, Xie An, that's the kind of person.
From the Calligraphy Dictionary