Wang Shizhen (1526 65438+February 8-1590 65438+February 23) was born on the fifth day of November, the fifth year of Jiajing, and died on November 27, the eighteenth year of Wanli. He was born in Taicang, South Zhili, Suzhou in the Ming Dynasty.
Wang Shizhen is an outstanding collector of calligraphy and painting in Wumen area, and has a deep friendship with many literati painters. As far as calligraphy is concerned, his official seal calligraphy view praises the calligraphy of Wen Zhiming and his disciples and despises the previous generation of calligraphers; Although his view of seal script is biased, his appreciation and evaluation of seal script in the Ming Dynasty, when its creation declined, is precious and beneficial to the rise of seal script creation and evaluation in later generations.
Wang Shizhen is good at books, but the title is not obvious. Zhan Jingfeng, a Ming scholar, said: "Yuan Mei (Wang Shizhen) was not named after one word. Although all the calligraphers in Wuzhong, only Yuan Mei knew the ancients." This evaluation is not low; Wang Shizhen not only can write, but also has profound research and opinions on the theory of calligraphy and painting. He is an accomplished critic of calligraphy and painting, and has written Wang Shu Shu Shu, Hua Yuan, Yi Zhou Shan Min Inscription and Postscript, Yi Zhou Ink Painting Inscription and Postscript, Three Inscriptions and Postscripts, etc. Wang Shizhen's calligraphy, like his literary thoughts, should not be imitated by people after the Tang Dynasty. He said in Four Drafts of Yizhou Mountain Man (Volume 133) and Ten Postscripts of Chunhua Pavilion Post: "Calligraphy has reached the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and the imitators carved stones three or four times, which is enough to overwhelm Yu Zi. When poetry involves Jian 'an and Wen Xijing, it is a dust-free world, and I am also a cloud in the book. "There is a saying in the Ming Dynasty:" Shizhen calligraphy is not a master, but it is eloquent and elegant. The word "quaint" is one of the standards of Wang Shizhen's usual writing.
The information comes from Baidu Encyclopedia.