Brief introduction of Shen Du

a brief introduction to Shen Du and a profile of Shen Du

Shen Du (1357-1434) is a civilian, and his name is Zi Le. Huating (now Songjiang, Shanghai) was born. He is good at writing various styles, and his books are graceful and elegant, graceful and graceful. Dong Qichang highly praised Er Shen, saying that "Wen (Zheng Ming) and Zhu (Yun Ming) are two schools, and they are the targets of the moment, but they want to surpass Er Shen and fail." In the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizong especially wrote a heavy book, and Li Shao's "A New Story of the Imperial Dynasty" said: "Those who collect good books from Emperor Taizong try to be officials, and they most like Master Ershen from Yunjian, especially the heavy book, and each said," I am at Wang Xizhi. " Bachelor of Science in Official Lectures. He is as famous as his brother, and is also called "Mr. Er Shen" and "Bachelor of Big and Small". At that time, many gold-plated jade books and important imperial edicts were written by him, and because of the stereotyped imperial examination at that time, scholars followed suit and became a popular "Taige style". The Ming and Qing dynasties advocated the pavilion style, which bound and stifled the free spirit of calligraphy creation. However, this is also a revival of the spirit of "respecting the law" in the history of calligraphy. Pavilion body advocates strict statutes, meticulous, delicate and tolerant, and no sick pen, which is not something that ordinary people can do. It is impossible to write a decent pavilion style without more than ten years or even decades of continuous practice. Shen Du (1357-1434) was a calligrapher of Ming Dynasty in China. The word people, the number is self-happy. Huating (now Songjiang, Shanghai) was born. He used to be a bachelor of Hanlin Lecturer. He is good at calligraphy such as seal script, official script, model script and line script, and both his brother Shen charm are good at calligraphy, and they are hidden in the secret house. They are called "Pavilion Style" and are the representatives of Taige Style calligraphy in Ming Dynasty. Taige style is also called Pavilion style, and Taige originally refers to Shangshu, and later it was called by the government. Taige style calligraphy appeared as early as the Song Dynasty. By the Ming Dynasty, because it was appreciated by the emperor, it developed greatly, and it became an independent calligraphy style. In Ming Dynasty, Taige style calligraphy was neat, clean, dark and beautiful, which was suitable for the royal appreciation taste and aesthetic standards. However, some people think that the structure of Taige calligraphy lacks change and interest, and they are critical. Shen Du was deeply appreciated by Zhu Di, the founder of Ming Dynasty, because he was good at Taige calligraphy. There are ink "Teaching Zhai Zhen" and "Four Zhen Ming" handed down from generation to generation. Brother Shen charm, good at cursive script, son Shen Zao, good at writing, all inherited family studies.