Wang Mian (September 1, 1310 ~ 1359) was a mountain farmer, rice oxen, Kuaiji foreign historian, plum blossom house owner, Mr. Jiuli, Jiangnan ancient guest, Jiangnan savage, Shanyin savage, duckweed Xuanzi, Zhuguancaoren, Meisou, Stone Cooker, Laocun, Meiweng, etc. He is the author of representative works such as "Bamboo Studio Collection" and "Poems on Plum Blossom Pictures"... He has made great contributions to painting. Wang Mian, a poet, writer, calligrapher and painter of the Yuan Dynasty, was born in Zhuji, Shaoxing, China. Born into a farm family. Born on July 22 (September 1), 1287, he lost his father when he was young. He herded cattle in the Qin family. He used his cattle herding time to paint lotus flowers every day. At night, he went to the temple to read under the bright lamp. He was profoundly knowledgeable, capable of poetry, and was a young man. Tuan Mo Mei. He lives in seclusion in Jiuli Mountain and makes a living by selling paintings. The painting of plum blossoms uses rouge as the skeleton of the plum blossoms, or the flowers are dense and the branches are numerous, which is unique in style. He is also good at painting bamboo and stone. It can also be used for engraving, and it uses flower milkstone as the printing material. It is said that he was the first to create it.
As a child, he was fond of studying. During the day, he would herd cows and break into the school to listen to the students reading. At dusk, he would return and forget about his cows. Old Qin in the next room would angrily scold him, and then he would reappear. My mother was willing to listen to what he had done, so she went to Yiseng Temple and sat on the Buddha's lap every night, reading under the light of a long bright lamp. Later he studied from Kuaiji scholar Han Xing and eventually became a master of Confucianism. However, he repeatedly failed in the exams and burned his career-building articles. He behaves differently from ordinary people. He always wears a high hat, a green raincoat, wooden sandals, and carries a wooden sword. He sings loudly and goes back and forth in the city. Or riding an ox, holding the Book of Han and reciting it, people look at it with madness. Li Xiaoguang, a writer, wanted to recommend him as a government official, but Mian declared: "I have fields to cultivate and books to read, but I stand in court day and night with my case in hand to serve as an enslavement envoy!" Then he went to Soochow, entered Huaichu, and experienced View famous mountains and rivers. When traveling to Dadu, my old friend and secretary Qing Tai Buhua wanted to recommend him to an official position, but he refused and returned to his hometown south. He lived in seclusion in Jiuli Mountain in Kuaiji, planted thousands of plum blossoms, and built three thatched cottages. He named himself "Plum Blossom House" and called himself the owner of the Plum Blossom House. He made a living by selling paintings. He built a small boat and named it "Duckweed Pavilion" and placed it in Jianhu Lake. , let it stop. They also planted plums and bamboos, played the harp and composed poems, drank wine and roared. Zhu Yuanzhang pacified Wuzhou, captured Yuezhou, and stationed troops in Jiuli Mountain. After hearing its name, he scouted for it, set up a shogunate, and offered consultations to join the army, but he failed to do so. In the 19th year of Zhizheng reign of Emperor Huizong of Yuan Dynasty (1359), Zhu Yuanzhang used military force to ask for the title of official. Mian refused to become a monk and expanded his residence into Baiyun Temple. Xuan died in Lanting Tianzhang Temple.