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Dong Qichang mainly lived in Wanli era, that is, when the trend of thought of personality liberation swept across the country in the late Ming Dynasty. From Li Zhi's "theory of childlike innocence" to the "theory of spiritual nature" of the police, opposing the rigid moral concepts of retro and retro in the early and middle Ming Dynasty strongly embodies the publicity of people's subjective consciousness and the prominence of personality, which is a profound impact and cleansing on the traditional philosophical system and moral concepts.
Under the direct influence of this concept, the literary and art circles set off a whirlwind of romanticism. In the field of calligraphy, the representative figures of this romantic calligraphy style are Xu Wei and Wang Duo, who are good at writing the vertical cursive script with a tall hall and a big axe. The book style is wild and uninhibited, and it gives people a strong visual impact and becomes fashionable for a while. But at this time, Dong Qichang was unusually calm and conservative, and his calligraphy was still gentle, unmoved by the times, just like a traditional guardian image.
Although he has the same philosophical and ideological foundation as the public security school, he is not as anti-traditional as the public security school in practice, but tries to absorb and carry forward the essence of the best heritage in the tradition. He combined the charm of gold, the method of Tang and the meaning of Song well, and organically combined imitation and creation. In this era of intense literary thoughts, he skillfully constructed his own artistic world between retro and retro, and completed his artistic ideal with Zen thought.
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Many of his works are antique, but not for the purpose of forcing the ancients, but also for the new, with unique charm.