In the Tang Dynasty, the literate Sect wrote a letter that named Li Bai's poems and songs, Pei Min's sword dance and Zhang Xu's cursive script as "three musts".
Tang Wenzong rarely issued an imperial edict to the whole country, and called Li Bai's poems, Pei Min's sword dance and Zhang Xu's cursive script "three musts" in the Tang Dynasty.
A generation of poetic immortals and his poems need not be elaborated.
Zhang Xu, born in Wu Jun (Suzhou, Jiangsu), was born in Gaobo and Ji Ming. At first, he was a commander in Changshu. Later, he became the commander of Jin Wu, known as "Zhang Changshi". He is free and easy, generous, outstanding, talented and knowledgeable. Together with Li Bai, He, Li, Li Jin, Cui Zongzhi, Jiao Sui, they are collectively called drinking. Du Fu wrote in Song of the Eight Immortals: "Zhang Xu's three cups of grass are sacred. He waved his paper like a cloud before taking off his hat to reveal the top of the maharaja. " Zhang Xu is a master of cursive script with great personality. Because he is often drunk, clamoring for madness, then writing books, and even writing with his hair dipped in ink, he has the nickname "Zhang Dian". After Huai Su inherited and developed his brushwork, he also got his name from cursive script and called it "drunk". He also wrote poems, and was called "Four Gentlemen of Wuzhong" with He, Zhang and Bao Rong.
Zhang Xu's calligraphy began with Zhangzhi and Erwang, with cursive script as the highest achievement. He himself is proud of inheriting the tradition of "two kings" and is meticulous in every word. His regular script is accurate. The rules are extreme, and Huang Gu is called "the first in the Tang Dynasty". If his regular script is more inheritance than creation, then his cursive script is a great innovation and development in calligraphy. Create a kind of natural and unrestrained, unpredictable weeds, and its shape is shocking. Han Yu said, "Xu is good at cursive writing, but he can't cure his book." Change is like ghosts and gods, so don't be arrogant. " Yan Zhenqing resigned twice and asked him for his brushwork. Zhang Xu is a pure artist. He pours his emotions into stippling, and no one looks at it, and he is as intoxicated as a madman. Tang Hanyu praised in "Preface to Send a Noble Sage to a Master": "Emotion, embarrassment, sadness, happiness, resentment, longing, drunkenness, boredom and injustice, if moving in the heart, must be expressed in cursive script. Looking at things, we can see mountains and rivers, cliffs and canyons, birds, animals, insects, fish and flowers, the sun, the moon and stars, storms and fires, lightning and thunder, singing and dancing battles, and changes in heaven and earth. Congratulations, one is in one book, so the book of Xu is still as unpredictable as ghosts and gods, and it will eventually be praised by later generations. " This is a true portrayal of a real artist's obsession with art. No wonder later generations talked about calligraphy in the Tang Dynasty, and praised Europe, Yu, Chu, Yan, Liu and Su, but they all praised Zhang Xu, which is unique in the history of art.
There is a seven-star sword on the waist and a bow on the arm.
I didn't know there was a general in the sky until I saw that I had captured Lu in the clouds.
This is a poem "To General Pei Min" written by the great poet Wang Wei. Pei Minzhi's sword dancing is known as one of the "three musts" in the Tang Dynasty. A person's swordsmanship can be compared with Li Bai's poems and songs and Zhang Xu's Wild Grass, which shows that his skill is very superb. "Historical Records" wrote: "During the Kaiyuan period, General Pei Min lost his mother. Yi Daozi (painting Saint Wu Daozi), please draw some walls of ghosts and gods in the Tiangong Temple in Dudong to help you. Tao Zi replied, "This painting has been abandoned for a long time. If the general is interested, struggle for me. Dance sword. Because of the intense stimulation, you will cross the underworld. "So take off your clothes and decorate them, if you always do. Ma Rufei, left-handed and right-handed, threw the sword into the clouds. High number+Zhang, if lightning strikes. Min led the sheath in his hand, and the sword entered the house. There were thousands of spectators, and there were no surprises. The Taoist priest then helped the wall, and the wind was rustling, which was a wonder of the world. Daozi painted all his life. There is no reason to be proud. " Flying sword into sheath is not an exaggerated description of ancient literati. Through hard practice, this difficult skill should be mastered. Pei Min's sword dance is so magical that it is no wonder that the emperor wrote a letter and the masses praised it, which became one of the "three wonders" in the Tang Dynasty.
I have read many martial arts novels, among which I often describe some martial arts experts who use swords. Swordsmanship is exaggerated and fantastic, with great power. Therefore, writers are endowed with sacred nicknames, such as Sword God, Sword Fairy, Demonbane and Blade Master. Someone listed fourteen saints in the history of China: Du Kang, Confucius in Wen Sheng, Sima Qian in Shi Sheng, Du Fu, Zhang Zhongjing, Guan Yu, Wang Xizhi, Zhang Xu, Wu Daozi, Lu Yu, Cha Sheng, Sun Wu, Zhang Liang, Zhang Heng, Sun Simiao, a wood saint, and Sun Simiao, a medical saint. If you have to find a saint in the kendo, I think General Pei Min deserves it.
Some people may ask questions. In fact, Pei Min's martial arts may not be high, because Emperor Wenzong gave him a sword dance, not fencing. In fact, I have had such questions. However, although Pei Min is good at sword dancing, he is neither a dancer nor an acrobat, but a general who can recruit good fighters. "General House General House" said: "Pei Min and Sun Biao, the governor of Youzhou, were besieged by Xi thieves. Min immediately left, the knife was like thunder, the arrow was like a star stream, and it should be broken. The thief dared not take it and flew away. " Of course, he didn't use a sword on the battlefield, but in the Tang Dynasty, the sword was replaced by a knife (according to Xi Taiyun's History of China Martial Arts), but it also shows his high martial arts. It is also recorded in the Supplement to National History: "Pei Min is the ambassador of Longhua and keeps Peiping. Tigers are everywhere in Peiping. Good at shooting. Try killing a tiger every day. " There is a sword dance at the hongmen banquet. Father Fan Zeng didn't let him play because of his good swordsmanship, but wanted to assassinate Liu Bang with his brilliant swordsmanship. Therefore, Pei Min's fencing is not only beautiful to dance, but also very useful.
So jokingly, during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, there were many talented people, many of whom could be called great geniuses, and actually produced the "Five Saints". Which five saints? Zhang Xu, the sage of grass, Wu Daozi, the sage of painting, Lu Yu, Cha Sheng, Du Fu, the sage of poetry, and Pei Min, the blade master. Of course, Du Fu was still very young during the Kaiyuan period.
A few years ago, there was a beautiful Gongsun who danced her dagger from all directions.
The audience is like a mountain lost between them, and the world moves back and forth with her movements.
As bright as an archer shooting down the nine suns in the sky, as fast as an angel in front of a dragon's wings.
She began to be like a thunderbolt, venting its anger and ending the shining calm like rivers and seas.
But those red lips and pearl sleeves disappeared, and no one except this student smelled of her fame.
This beautiful woman from Linying, White God Town, still dances and sings happily.
When we answer each other's questions, we sigh together and feel sad for the changes that have taken place.
There are 8,000 ladies-in-waiting in the harem, but none of them can dance short sword like Mrs. Sun.
Fifty years have passed, like the rotation of a palm, wind and dust filled the world and covered the imperial house.
The disciples in the pear garden scattered like smoke, and the rest of the women were happy to reflect the cold weather.
The golden millet piled nanmu has been arched, and the grass in Qutang Shicheng is bleak.
The song has been sung, the slow-string allegro has stopped, the joy is in full swing, the moon in the east rises, and the sadness follows.
And I, a poor old man, don't know where to go. I must sharpen my feet towards illness and despair on a lonely mountain.
This is a sword dance song written by Du Fu for a female disciple of Mrs. Sun. On October 19th, the second year of Dali (AD 767), I wrote it after watching Gong Sundaniang disciple Li Shierniang dance the sword. Speaking of the Three Wonders of the Tang Dynasty, we have to mention another person-Gong Sundaniang. Two of the three wonders are related to her.
In the preface before the poem, Du Fu mentioned: "Zhang Xu, a former Wu, was good at cursive calligraphy. He often saw Gong Sundaniang dancing Xihe Sword in Yexian County. Since then, cursive calligraphy has been long and grateful, that is, what Sun knows. " The Book of the New Tang Dynasty says, "When you make a speech, you should first see the princess arguing for the Tao, smell her preaching, get the meaning of brushwork, and watch her advocate Sun Yat-sen's dance" Sword "to get her spirit." It turns out that the growth and fame of a generation of grass sage Zhang Xu was inspired by Gong Sundaniang's sword-dancing device.
According to Ming Taizu's Miscellanies, "When I was in Xuanzong, I knew the melody, and when I had Gong Sundaniang, I was good at sword dancing. I was able to make the songs of my neighbors, the full house of General Pei, and the detachment of Xihe swordsmanship leave a wonderful legacy, all of which were the best at that time. " From these records, we know that Gongsun's dancing skill is very high, and no one can match it at that time. Gong Sundaniang is good at fencing, which is a dance created by absorbing the fierce momentum and some special effects of Peimin's fencing.
According to textual research, Gong Sundaniang wore a military uniform when he danced sword. The vigorous swordsmanship and vigorous style in the prosperous Tang Dynasty were all inspired by a beautiful woman. Can this scene make people feel sad? It's a pity that the life story, native place and life experience of a generation of refined Gong Sundaniang can't be verified. It seems that ancient sober people and saints have been forgotten!