Bada Shanren calligraphy refers to the earliest chronological calligraphy left by Zhu Da, a Bada Shanren, in the "Sketchbook of Chuanqi" written at the age of 34 in the 16th year of Shunzhi (1659). Inscriptions and calligraphy.
The "Sketching Book of Chuanxi" includes three pages of calligraphy and seven paragraphs of inscriptions (three of which are written on the same page). Among the ten paragraphs of text, there are five paragraphs in regular script, one paragraph in official script, one paragraph in cursive script, and three paragraphs in running script. The three paragraphs of running script have different styles, which shows the status of calligraphy learning and creation of Badashan people in their early years. At this time, Bada Shanren was able to write relatively neat European regular script, with a well-proportioned structure and appropriate stipples.
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Bada Shanren’s poems are full of mystery and irony because of their weird and seductive style, which has always been puzzling to people.
In general, the overall characteristics and tendency of all the inscribed poems and essays on Bada Shanren’s calligraphy and painting works before the age of 57 are to use calligraphy and painting to express his own thoughts and moral integrity of the survivors, which often suppresses Zen. Chinese language and historical allusions are mixed in the poems, so the poems are obscure and convoluted.
For example, in the "Inscription on Lake Stone" in "Zhuanqi Sketch Book": It takes a waist to break it, but the tail of Langjia is broken: there are no ax chiseling marks, so it will not scare ghosts and gods. Another example is the "Inscription on Broken Branches of Plum Blossoms" in the "Plum Blossom Album" written at the age of 52: I have been a scholar for thirty years, and the wine flag flutters in the wind. The broken bridge and barren moss are deserted, and the color now looks like apricot blossoms. This poem describes the poet's character and integrity almost as if it was written by himself.