Wang Mian (1287-1359), named Yuanzhang, also known as Zhuishishanong, also known as Shizhongweng, Meihua Housekeeper, etc., was a native of Fengqiao, Zhuji, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, and a famous painter of the Yuan Dynasty. Poet and seal carver. He was born into a poor family and worked as a herdsman for others when he was young. He became a self-taught man.
Wang Mian was aloof and despised the powerful. Most of his poems sympathized with the suffering of the people, condemned the rich and powerful, despised fame and wealth, and described pastoral and secluded life. There are 3 volumes of "Zhuzhai Collection" and 2 volumes of sequels. He has loved plum blossoms all his life, planted plum blossoms, chanted plum blossoms, and painted plum blossoms. The plum blossoms painted are densely packed with branches, full of life, strong and powerful, and have a great influence on future generations.
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Wang Mian is a naive and simple farmer who has lived in difficulties all his life. His poems are full of rebellious spirit, exposing the national and class contradictions at that time, and expressing his deep concern for the fate of the motherland and the suffering of the working people.
Most of his poems are included in the "Zhuzhai Poetry Collection". The "Concise Catalog of Sikuquanshu" said: "Mianben is wildly born, his genius is unbridled, and his style is arranged and horizontal, and cannot be stuck in a regular pattern." Liu Ji once commented on Wang Mian's poems.
He said: "When I was in Hangzhou, I heard that Wang Yuanzhang of Kuaiji was good at poetry, and many scholar-bureaucrats praised him for his poetry, and I wished I could not recognize him. In the first year of Jiawu (1354), I stole the Oukuo room, and I The poems written by Yuan Zhang can only be seen in Kuaiji.
The poems are straight but not twisted, quality but not slang, bold but not absurd, strange but not strange, broad but not excessive, and loyal to the emperor. The love for the people, the ambition to eradicate evil, and sincerity are reflected in the meaning of the words. They are not done in vain, because of great respect."
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