Who are the famous calligraphers in Ming Dynasty?
During the nearly three centuries of the Ming Dynasty, the emperors of the imperial court liked calligraphy very much, and in the next generation, calligraphy creation was also spectacular. Taking Chenghua and Wanli as the boundaries, this exhibition selects dozens of pieces from the Ming Dynasty calligraphy collection in the courtyard, which objectively shows the development and artistic achievements of calligraphy in the middle of the Ming Dynasty and the spiritual outlook of calligraphers at that time who inherited the tradition and devoted themselves to innovation. In the early Ming Dynasty, calligraphy was characterized by "one word with many images" and "Taige style" prevailed. Brother Shen helped push the stable lower case to the extreme. "Every gold edition of the jade book is used by the imperial court, hidden in the secret room, and the book is awarded to the country." Er Shen's calligraphy is regarded as a model of imperial examination. In the early Ming Dynasty, there were Liu Ji who was good at cursive script, Song Liao who was good at small seal script, Song Lian who was good at seal script, and Zhu Ke, a famous Cao Zhang master at home and abroad. And Zhu Yunming, Wen Huiming and Chong Wang. In the middle of Ming Dynasty, four schools of Wuzhong emerged, and calligraphy began to develop in the direction of business. Zhu Yunming, Wen Zhiming, Tang Yin and Wang Chong followed Zhao Meng to the Jin and Tang Dynasties and took the Supreme Law. The style of writing is also peerless, which is related to the development and liberation of thought at that time, and calligraphy began to enter a new realm of advocating individuality. There was a critical trend of thought in calligraphy in the late Ming Dynasty, which pursued large-scale and shocking visual effects, borrowed the momentum from the side, spread it horizontally and vertically, and covered the paper with smoke, which made the original order of calligraphy begin to collapse. Representative calligraphers are Huang Daozhou, Wang Duo and Ni. Dong Qichang, commander of Tiexue Temple, still sticks to the traditional position. Early Ming Dynasty: Famous calligraphers include Song Ke, Song Cong, Song Guang, Zhan Xiyuan and Du Huan. Mid-Ming Dynasty: Li Dongyang, Wu Kuan, Shen Zhou, Zhang Bi and Zhang Jun. Zhu Yunming, Wen Zhiming and Wang Chong. Late Ming Dynasty: Xu Wei, Xing Dong, Dong Qichang, Mi, Huang Daozhou, Ni, Wang Duo, Fu Shan, etc. In addition, there are Zhao Huanguang, who created Cao Zhuan, and Song Jue, who specializes in official script. But at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Dong Qichang was the most influential one, creating a generation of calligraphy style.