Wei Xu's Calligraphy Works
Xu Wei's calligraphy is particularly prominent in the dull literary world of Ming Dynasty. Xu Wei, a native of Shaoxing, Rainbow Xizhi, especially admired Wang Xizhi's calligraphy. Therefore, Xu Wei and Xi Zhi are good at cursive writing. But the greatest influence on Xu Wei's calligraphy was not Wang Xizhi, but Mi Fei, a poet in the Song Dynasty. Xu Wei has a good knowledge of Mi Fei's calligraphy and has his own unique views on Mi Fei's calligraphy.
Xu Wei's calligraphy has been innovated on the basis of inheriting predecessors and formed his own style, which made the calligraphy of Ming Dynasty reach another peak. As we all know, Dong Qichang destroyed the brushwork of calligraphy, so Xu Wei destroyed the brushwork of calligraphy. Xu Wei destroyed the brushwork of painting and calligraphy. It can be said that Xu Wei's research on brushwork of calligraphy and painting is extremely thorough. This also made Xu Wei's great achievements in art and calligraphy.
Xu Wei handed down only calligraphy works, not as many as paintings. The representative works of Xu Wei's calligraphy works are: Dai Ying's Handwritten Cursive Axes and Dai Ying's Handwritten Cursive Axes. But on the picture scroll, we can also appreciate Xu Wei's calligraphy. Because Xu Wei generally likes to write a poem on his own scroll to express his feelings at a deeper level and show his calligraphy talent.
Xu Wei's freehand flower-and-bird painting in Ming Dynasty is in a period of collision between two kinds of consciousness: learning from the past and innovation. During this period, ink freehand brushwork was the most popular. Among them, the master of freehand brushwork in ink painting, represented by Xu Wei, pushed painting to another amazing peak with his own talent.
Xu Wei ju Shi tu
Although Xu Wei was frustrated in his official career and failed to realize his ideal ambition, he made great achievements in painting, calligraphy, drama, poetry and other arts. Among the freehand brushwork in ink and wash, Xu Wei's freehand brushwork in flowers and birds is the best, eclectic, magnificent and lifelike, and it is amazing to see.
Xu Wei's freehand flower-and-bird painting has a unique style, which no one can match. Xu Wei's flower-and-bird paintings are bold and innovative, absorbing the advantages of predecessors. The things in the paintings are not only similar to the things themselves, but also similar to each other. Xu Wei's freehand flower-and-bird paintings are not ordinary copying, but artistic processing, so that the inner part of things can be better interpreted and the viewer can enjoy the paintings while being there. The phoenix tree he painted, although only a small part, can remind people of the towering tree and be trapped in it. With his exquisite brushwork, Xu Wei painted a series of paintings that people were fascinated by and could not extricate themselves.
Xu Wei had an eventful life and was poor in his later years. However, because Xu Wei has the same noble quality as bamboo, he tries not to bend over for five buckets of rice. Even if those dignitaries hold huge sums of money, Xu Wei won't draw a picture for them. Up to now, there are many freehand flower-and-bird paintings by Xu Wei, such as: ink-and-wash grapes, flowers and birds with landscape figures, peony plantain stones, chrysanthemum stones and so on.
Xu Wei is a man with a long word. Regarding Xu Wei's nickname, although Xu Wei has many other nicknames, Xu Wei is the most commonly used by Tianchishan people. There are also many legends of Xu Wei among the people, which have been passed down to this day.
Appreciation of Xu Wei's poems
As we all know, Xu Wei is a painter and a calligrapher. But people often ignore another specialty of Xu Wei-poetry. In every freehand brushwork by Xu Wei, there is a poem, so Xu Wei is also a poet.
There are many poems of Xu Wei that can be searched now, including many good ones. From so many poems of Xu Wei, we can see the shadow of Xu Wei behind the poems. Xu Wei's poetry is different from traditional poetry in some ways. It can be said that Xu Wei's poems are as eclectic as his people.
The theme of Xu Wei's poems mainly focuses on reality, on the one hand, reflecting current affairs and politics, on the other hand, expressing his feelings. The poems written by Xu Wei have their own style, unrestrained emotion and sincere enthusiasm. Xu Wei's poems in his later years are novel and unique, and he does not pursue discipline.
In fact, when studying the poems of Ming and Qing Dynasties, the reason why Xu Wei's poems were submerged in so many poems was because he was a common people. Xu Wei was neglected before his death and unhappy after his death. Fortunately, Yuan Hongdao, the literary leader at that time, discovered Xu Wei's poems and published them in the literary world, which made Xu Wei's poems reach the realm of research. Yuan Hongdao arranged Xu Wei's poems into a complete work, which provided a precious clue for future generations to study Xu Wei's poems. This * * * did not fade quickly, but continued into the Qianlong period. Xu Wei's poems spread all over the world because of Yuan Hongdao, so that the world can appreciate Xu Wei's outstanding literary talent instead of lying in obscurity in the dark.
Xu's story Wei, a painter and writer in Ming Dynasty. Xu Wei was clever and witty since he was a child. A folk story can prove Xu Wei's cleverness-Xu Wei punished the old rich man with poetry.
Portrait of Xu Wei
During the Jiaqing period of the Ming Dynasty, there was an old rich man, Gou Jianru, who showed no mercy to others. In his opinion, money is the most important thing. On the tenth day of February this year, the county magistrate's family in the county government was in double happiness, one was the birthday of the county magistrate, and the other was the son of the county magistrate who had to spend a hundred days. In order to get the protection of the county grandfather, the old rich man intends to take this opportunity to send a gift.
The old rich man heard that the county grandfather likes to chew on words, so he planned to send a gift with a strong scholarly atmosphere. Finally, I thought of sending couplets to grandpa, but the old rich man didn't read books and couldn't read. So, I'm going to find Wei Xu, a famous talent.
However, Xu Wei hated the old rich man's guts and gnashed his teeth and thought of a way. Xu Wei quickly agreed to the old rich man's request. Finally, on the wedding day of grandpa's family in the county, the old rich man took gifts to please grandpa in the county. Unexpectedly, the county grandfather ordered the servant to palm his face for the old rich man. The old rich man didn't know why he hit him. I didn't know it was a couplet until I asked.
The old rich man reported the matter to the county grandfather, who ordered someone to bring Xu Wei. Xu Wei explained: "It is the old rich man who is in a hurry. He took the couplet away before I finished it. " The county magistrate didn't quite believe Xu Wei's story, so he had to let Xu Wei finish the couplet. The couplet was originally written like this: "The magistrate is not a person, and the adopted son is a thief." After Xu Wei finished writing, he completely changed it. "Magistrate's adult is not a person, but this is the birthday girl of Nanshan. Raise a son to be a thief and steal a flat peach for his father. " Everyone praised Xu Wei for his talent, so the old rich man had to go back despondently. We can see Xu Wei's cleverness and talent from this story.
Xu Wei's former residence is in Shaoxing, Zhejiang. There is a quiet and long alley in Qianguan Lane of Shaoxing, which extends to the Qingteng Bookstore. Qingteng Bookstore is the former residence of Xu Wei, a painter and calligrapher in Ming Dynasty.
Former residence of Xu Wei
Walking into the Ivy Bookstore, you can see a yard that is not too big. In the corner of the yard, there are some bamboos swaying in the wind. Opposite the bamboo are plantains, pomegranates and so on. Although it is just ordinary flowers and plants, what gives people an elegant and comfortable feeling is the design of the yard.
Walking slowly inside, Xu Wei's study appeared in front of him. The decoration of the room is particularly simple and ordinary, and there is nothing special about it. There are Four Treasures of the Study on the desk in the room: pen, ink, paper and inkstone. On the wall opposite the door, the top plaque reads "Qingteng Bookstore" with the portrait of Xu Wei hanging under it. On both sides of the portrait, there is a couplet "Several rickety houses with a southern accent and a northern accent".
The back room of the study turned out to be Xu Wei's room. Now, it has become a place for Xu Wei's calligraphy and painting, and there are many excellent works of Xu Wei, including some classic works that amaze the world. This design can let visitors see Xu Wei's talent.
Xu Wei's life was bumpy, poor and brilliant, which made Xu Wei resentful and could only send love poems and paintings. In fact, the original bookstore was not called Ivy Bookstore, but was written by Chen Hongshou. At first, Wei Xu called his bookstore Liu Hua Bookstore. Fifty years after Xu Wei's death, the painter Chen Hongshou repaired Xu Wei's former residence because he appreciated Xu Wei. Chen Hongshou lived in Xu Wei's former residence for a year or two.