The 398th Issue of Writing Classics Online Exhibition, Writing "One of Two Yue Chan Poems" by Zhang Wentao (Qing Dynasty)

Classics need to be inherited and culture needs to be promoted. Calligraphy and poetry are important components of the traditional culture of the Chinese nation and are also important carriers of history and traditional culture. Cultural self-confidence needs to start from scratch, expressing ancient poetry in the form of calligraphy, hoping to provide some reference for poetry and calligraphy enthusiasts, especially young enthusiasts, and further deepen their understanding and love for traditional culture. Calligraphy enthusiasts and poetry enthusiasts from Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Henan, Hunan, Sichuan, Shanxi, Gansu, Guangdong, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shandong and other parts of the country are specially invited to jointly carry out online exhibitions of writing classics.

The 398th issue of the Writing Classics Online Exhibition is about Zhang Wentao's (Qing Dynasty) "One of Two Yue Chan Poems".

Original text:

Sitting on a futon with a clear mind, enjoying the free fragrance of lotus flowers. There are 84,000 different roads, but who knows that the west is just an inch away.

Explanation:

With a pure heart and few desires, sit upright on the futon and sincerely worship the Buddha. All the sorrows and troubles of the world will disappear in the brilliance of the lotus. Although there are many ways to understand Buddhism and get rid of troubles, and the methods are different, who knows that one can achieve Western bliss with just a small heart?

About the author:

Zhang Wentao was born in 1764 AD and died in 1814 AD. His courtesy name was Zhongye and his first name was Liumen. His hometown was Chuanshan in the west of Suining, Sichuan. Because I thought it was a number. Because he was good at painting apes, he also called himself "Old Ape of Shushan". A native of Heibagou, Suining County, Tongchuan Prefecture, Sichuan Province in the Qing Dynasty (now part of Pengxi County, Suining City). Qing Dynasty poet, poetry critic, calligrapher and painter.

Zhang Wentao was a Jinshi in the 55th year of Qianlong's reign (1790). He served as a reviewer of the Hanlin Academy, a supervisory censor of Jiangnan Province, and a doctor in the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Later he served as the magistrate of Laizhou, Shandong Province, and later resigned and lived in Huqiu Shantang, Suzhou. In his later years, he traveled all over the country. On March 4, the 19th year of Jiaqing (1814), he died of illness in his residence in Suzhou at the age of fifty-one.

Zhang Wentao wrote "Chuanshan Poetry", which contains more than 3,500 poems. His poetic genius is so great that he, together with Yuan Mei and Zhao Yi, is known as the "Three Great Masters of Xingling School" in the Qing Dynasty, and together with Peng Duanshu and Li Tiaoyuan, he is known as the "Three Talented Scholars in Shuzhong in the Qing Dynasty". He is known as "the reincarnation of Qinglian" and "the comeback of Shaoling". , "the top poet in Sichuan" in the Qing Dynasty.

Writers for this issue:

Hao Yi (Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 1974),

Chang Fang (Yangquan, Shanxi, 1976),

Chen Changshui (Zhengzhou, Henan, 1945),

Cui Mingshan (Yulin, Shaanxi, 1976),

Dongting Laolong (Yueyang, Hunan, 1955),

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Fan Chaoyang (Zhengzhou, Henan, 1963),

Hu Tiehan (Yueyang, Hunan, 1956),

Li Dazhong (Yantai, Shandong, 1961),

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Liu Guohua (Yueyang, Hunan, 1945),

Liu Yangming (Yueyang, Hunan, 1953),

Liu Yuesheng (Yueyang, Hunan, 1948),

Longshang Moyan (Baiyin, Gansu, 1960),

Shi Xianzhong (Zhengzhou, Henan, 1964),

Tang Le (Yueyang, Hunan, 1970) ,

Wan Haibin (Yueyang, Hunan, 1946),

Wei Jie (Handan, Hebei, 1972),

Yao Shufang (Shaoyang, Hunan, 1965) ),

Yao Yuping (Zhuzhou, Hunan, 1967),

Zan Caichuan (Tianjin, 1970),

Yuan Fu (Jinzhong, Shanxi, 1968) ,

Zhen Xiaohong (Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 1973).

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