The translation works about Jiang Kui are as follows:
Jiang Kui’s introduction:
Jiang Kui (about 1155-about 1221), also known as Yaozhang, also known as Baishi Taoist , Han nationality, one said to be from Poyang in Raozhou (now Poyang, Jiangxi Province) in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the other said to be from Dexing in Jiangxi Province. He was a writer and musician in the Southern Song Dynasty and was known as one of the top ten musicians in ancient China.
He was lonely and poor as a young man, failed in many examinations, and remained in office all his life. He moved around the country and made a living by selling letters and helping his friends. He is versatile, proficient in music, able to compose music by himself, and his lyrics have strict rhythm. His works are known for their ethereal and subtle nature. Jiang Kui is proficient in poetry, prose, calligraphy and music. He is another rare artistic talent after Su Shi.
Jiang Kui's poems have a wide range of themes, including feelings of time, expressing feelings, chanting things, love affairs, describing scenes, travel notes, sequence, friendship, rewards, etc. In his poems, he expressed his thoughts that although he was wandering in the world, he never forgot the sentiments of his country. He described his wandering life as a traveler, expressed his depressed mood of not being able to live in the world and being frustrated in love, as well as his otherworldly and ethereal mood. The group has a personality like a solitary cloud and wild crane.
Jiang Kui lived in West Lake, Hangzhou late in his life and was buried in Ximachong. There are books such as "Collection of Poems by Taoist Baishi", "Songs of Taoist Baishi" and "Sequel Book" handed down to the world.
Poetry creation:
Jiang Kui’s poetry is based on Jiangxi Huang Tingjian’s poetry, and his poetry is also greatly influenced by Huang Tingjian’s poetry. He himself said that three mu and three smokes made Huang Taishi's family. Jiang Kui's lyrics are unique, and his artistic thinking and expression techniques are also unique.
He is good at using synesthetic thinking, using artistic synaesthesia to connect different physiological feelings together to express a specific psychological feeling; he is also good at lateral thinking and writing about emotional objects, rather than directly depicting them head-on. , but the pen is written on the side, expressing the spirit in the empty space. His contribution mainly lies in transforming the expressive art of traditional graceful words and establishing new aesthetic norms.
Calligraphy creation:
Jiang Kui is also a calligrapher. His "Sustained Book of Books" was written after Sun Guoting's "Book of Books" and was not a continuation of the "Book of Books". The whole volume is divided into eighteen parts: general introduction, real calligraphy, pen writing, cursive writing, pen writing, ink writing, running script, copying, square and circle, facing back, position, density, wind spirit, slowness, writing posture, emotion, bloodline, calligraphy elixir, etc. Therefore, the various aspects of calligraphy art discussed are actually words expressing his own experience.
Jiang Kui "advocated the Jin Dynasty and demoted the Tang Dynasty" and opposed popular books, which was consistent with Su Dongpo, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu and others who advocated literati taste. However, he did not deny the "Tang Fa" out of hand. Instead, he devoted a lot of space to a systematic and comprehensive discussion of the "Fa", and extended the "Jin Yun" ancient method from affirmation and explanation.