Famous calligrapher in Luxi Jin Dynasty, grandson of Sun Wu Prime Minister Lu Xun, fourth son Kang. Lu Ji once served as a door god when Sun Wu was in power. After Wu's death, he became an official in the Western Jin Dynasty. In the ten years of Taikang, Luji was appreciated by Taichang Zhang Hua. He used to be a wine offering teacher and doctor of Wu, and became twenty-four friends with Jia Mi. When Sima Lun, the king of Zhao, came to power, Lu Ji led Guo Xiang to join the army, sealed the Guanzhong Hou, and was falsely appointed when he usurped the throne.
After Sima Lun was executed, he was saved by Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu. Since then, he has devoted himself to the civil history of the plain. In the second year of Tai 'an, Lu Ji became the later general and governor of Hebei Province, and led an army to crusade against Wang Sima tile in Changsha, but he was defeated by Qilijian, finally killed and defeated by three tribes. Lu Ji and his brother Lu Yun were both famous writers in the Western Jin Dynasty and were known as "Taikang English". The poets of the Western Jin Dynasty, represented by Pan Yue, formed the Taikang poetic style known as "the sea of the river". Lu Ji is also good at calligraphy, and his Ping Fu Tie is the earliest authentic celebrity calligraphy in the Middle Ages.
Although Lu Ji was born in a famous family, he was interested in Confucianism since he was a child, and he was able to write good articles and handle daily behavior according to etiquette. In 274, after his father Lu Kang died, he and his four younger brothers led the army and served as dentists. When Lu Ji was 20 years old, the country he guarded, Wu Dong, surrendered. Therefore, he retired home and studied hard behind closed doors. After 10 years of accumulation, he achieved some results and created a discussion about death.
In 289, he went to Luoyang with his younger brother Lu Yun and just arrived in Luoyang City. The two brothers are proud, thinking that they are of noble birth. They look down on those lowly Zhongyuan people and just visit those famous people. After seeing Zhang Hua for the first time, I admired his virtue and treated Zhang Hua with the teacher's etiquette. Later, Zhang Hua recommended his two brothers to the princes, making them famous in Luoyang.
Later, he served as a wine sacrifice and writer in North Korea. In the following days, Sima Ying once saved his life, so he went to settle accounts with him, served as a plain literature and history, and gave advice to Sima Ying. Later it was called "Lu Pingyuan".
In 303, Sima Ying and Hejian Wang prepared to attack Changsha Wang, making Lu Ji a post-general. Because Lu Ji was very popular, no one else under Sima Ying's account accepted it. He spoke ill of him many times in front of Sima Ying, but Sima Ying was silent. In this battle, Sima Ying was defeated, and the courtiers around Sima Yi repeatedly hinted that Lu Ji had betrayed him. In the end, Lu Ji was killed and three families were killed.
Lu Ji was a genius when he was young, and his articles are unparalleled in the contemporary era, which shows the high level of creation. Later, after the death of Wu, Lu Ji retired to his hometown and studied hard behind closed doors, which made some achievements. At the end of Taikang, he and his younger brother went to Luoyang and met Zhang Hua. After that, their fame soared.
At that time, the Central Plains was still in a troubled situation, and everyone advised Lu Ji to return to Emperor Wu. However, Lu Ji thinks that he is famous and should save the world and get people out of danger, so many suggestions have not been listened to. In the whole imperial court, only Chengdu Wang Ying didn't take credit, who could comfort his subordinates and treat the scholars with courtesy. However, accidents often occur in the court, so Lu Ji wanted to change this situation and went to Wang Ying. Wang Ying knew that he was a talented person, so he was appointed as a military adviser. He told the court that he hoped to appoint Lu Ji as the civil history of the Plain.
In the early years of Tai 'an, the king of Chengdu, together with other kings, wanted to fight against the king of Changsha, making Lu Ji a post-general, which led his subordinates to be dissatisfied with Lu Ji and thought that he was just a scholar. Among them, Meng Chao refused to accept the dispatch of Lu Ji, so he led his troops out of the station, which led to the collapse of the whole army. However, Meng Jiu thought that Lu Ji intended to let him die, so he spoke ill of Lu Ji in front of Wang Ying and said that he had rebellious ideas. Wang Ying was furious and sent Qin Bing to catch Lu Ji. As a result, Lu Ji was killed in the military camp at the age of 43. He died unjustly, but he didn't do anything to serve the motherland. Instead, he was killed by a traitor. All the soldiers in the army felt sorry for him, shed tears for him, and even God was eclipsed. It can be seen that Lu Ji was wronged.
Evaluation of Lu Ji's calligraphy
The most representative work in Lu Ji's calligraphy is Ping Fu Tie, which embodies the essence and style of his calligraphy. "Ping Fu Tie" inherits the social atmosphere of the Western Jin Dynasty, and has the simple and natural temperament that Jin people should have, with a hint of bamboo slips and cursive script. Among them, bald pens are the main ones, and bald pens follow the trend of pens. Handwriting is extremely natural and simple, which is called "it is impossible for non-China ancients to write a pen" by later generations.
The structure of this post is a bit casual, revealing a free and easy temperament, which makes people feel that the author is handy and effortless to write. Throughout the "Ping Fu Tie", people feel the simple and dignified atmosphere in the post. Lu Ji was deeply influenced by the calligraphy style since the Han Dynasty, so he used to press more than lift lightly when using a pen. His lines make people look similar in thickness, but they lack that elegant brushwork.
Its shape is still mainly tied, and the lines don't wander at all, just like a bud in bud, which has been hastily put away before it is written and tasted. In the hands of Lu Ji, cursive script has not yet reached its true peak. It only cares about the writing of a single word and pursues the composition of the word, but it has not reached its real dripping water. What cursive script wants is a passionate nature. It is precisely because of this deliberate control that implicit beauty is shown. This is another style of cursive script, and Ping Fu Tie is a model of this style.
Its stippling features are extremely prominent, stippling is very simple, and the horizontal stroke is very short, giving people a sense of pitching; Vertical strokes are long, a little bent to the left and back to the right; Those longer parts, which are wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, look a little inclined, but they are still stable and interesting.