Dong Qichang is from Dong Jiahui, Shanghai County (now Shanghai), Songjiang Prefecture, and Nanzhili. Born in the thirty-fourth year of Jiajing (1555 February 10) on January 19th. /kloc-at the age of 0/7, he took the Songjiang government exam. At that time, he wrote a very proud eight-part essay, thinking that he would definitely win the championship, but when the list was announced, it was not as good as his nephew Dong. The reason is that the county magistrate thinks that the words on his test paper are poor, and although the article is good, it can only rank second.
This incident greatly stimulated Dong Qichang, who made great efforts to learn calligraphy. Taking Yan Zhenqing's "Duo Ta Tie" in the Tang Dynasty as a model, it was later changed to Wei and Jin Dynasties, copying the posts of Zhong You and Wang Xizhi. After more than ten years' efforts, Dong Qichang's calligraphy has made great progress, and landscape painting has gradually become an introduction.
Dong Qichang's main works:
Dong Qichang created a large number of paintings and calligraphy works in his life, many of which have been handed down to this day. Existing works include Rock House Map, Eight Scenes in Autumn, Zhou Jintang Map, Bai Juyi Pipa, Imperial edict of the Third World, Poem Collection in cursive script, Smoke Jiang Tu and Postscript, etc. His works include Essays on Painting a Zen Room and Rong Rong.
The Palace Museum has the largest collection of Dong Qichang's works, among which the most famous paintings are: High Axis, written at the age of 63, is a masterpiece for middle-aged and elderly people; The book Snow Roller in Guanshan, written by 8 1 year-old, is the hard work of the old people. According to the title at the end of the book, this book is adapted from the original picture of Guan Tong's Guan Shanxue Roller.
The famous calligraphy works hidden in the Forbidden City are: Yuefu, written at the age of 47, is a meticulous work in the early years, with beautiful strokes and beautiful; Painting Monument, written by Mr. Dongfang at the age of fifty, is a representative masterpiece of regular script in the Middle Ages, which imitates Yan Zhenqing's regular script. Hao Ming III, written at 7 1 year old.
Regular script, learning from Yan Zhenqing, correct structure and strict statutes; The Story of Yueyang Tower, written at the age of 54, is a great play, and studied under Yan Zhenqing and Li (that is, Li Yong). The stroke center is straight down and the turning point is smooth, which embodies the face of middle-aged running script. The Story of Luma Lake represents his running script works in his later years. Guan Hai City, written at the age of 69, was written by Yuan Keli in the same year, with Mijia Law as its book, which is very exquisite.
The representative works collected by Shanghai Museum are: landscape painting "Three Trees in Jianggan" and "Eight Scenes in Autumn"; Beijing cultural relics store has calligraphy work "Jinsha Iron"; There is a portrait of Yuan Shulin in Tianjin Museum, which was created by Yuan Keli in his later years in the same year. Nanjing Museum has a calligraphy work "Songjiang Mansion Letters Patent"; Anhui Provincial Museum has 16 Dong Qichang Ji You picture album.