Wang Xizhi, Gu Kaizhi, Xie Daowen, Tao Yuanming, Chen Shou and others.
1. Wang Xizhi
Wang Xizhi (33-361, 321-379), a calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was known as a "book saint". A native of Linyi (now Linyi, Shandong Province), he moved to Shanyin, Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province) and lived in seclusion in Jinting County in his later years.
I have served as a secretary, general Ningyuan and Jiangzhou secretariat, and later as a civil servant, leading the right general. His calligraphy is good at calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy and calligraphy.
the style is peaceful and natural, the brushwork is euphemistic and subtle, and it is beautiful and healthy. The masterpiece Preface to Lanting is known as "the best running script in the world". In the history of calligraphy, he and his son Wang Xianzhi are called "two kings".
2. Gu Kaizhi
Gu Kaizhi (348-49), born in Wuxi, Jinling (now Wuxi, Jiangsu Province), was born in Kang and Hutou. Outstanding painter, painting theorist and poet. Gu Kaizhi is well-read, good at poetry and calligraphy, and especially good at painting.
Being good at portraits, Buddha statues, animals, landscapes, etc., people call them three unique skills: painting, writing and infatuation. Xie An is so deep that he thinks that there is nothing since the birth.
Gu Kaizhi, Cao Buxing, Lu Tanwei and Zhang Sengyou are called "four masters in the Six Dynasties". Gu Kaizhi's painting is intended to convey the spirit, and his ideas such as "moving the mind wonderfully" and "describing the spirit with form" have laid the foundation for the development of traditional painting in China.
3. Xie Daowen
Xie Daowen (date of birth is unknown), whose name is Ling Jiang, was a poetess in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. She was the niece of Prime Minister Xie An, the daughter of Anxi General Xie Yi, and the wife of Wang Ningzhi, the second son of the famous calligrapher Wang Xizhi.
She and Ban Zhao, Cai Yan and others in the Han Dynasty were called representatives of ancient talented women in China. During the rebellion of Lu Xun and Sun En, her husband Wang Ningzhi was a civil servant, but he was poorly guarded and escaped and was arrested and killed.
when Xie Daowen heard of the enemy's arrival, he acted with great aplomb and went out with a knife to kill several people before he was caught. Sun En pardoned Daoyun and his people because he felt righteous. After Wang Ningzhi's death, Xie Daowen lived alone in Huiji and never remarried.
4. Tao Yuanming
Tao Yuanming (352 or 365-427), with bright characters, was also known as Qian, who was known as Mr. Jingjie in the world and was born in Xunyang Chaisang (now Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province).
A great poet and lyricist from the late Eastern Jin Dynasty to the early Southern Song Dynasty. He served as Jiangzhou wine-offering, Jianwei army, Zhenjun army, and pengze county magistrate, and his last official position was Pengze county magistrate. He left his post for more than 8 days, and since then he has retired to the countryside.
He is the first pastoral poet in China, known as the "Sect of Hermit Poets in Ancient and Modern Times", and has The Collection of Tao Yuanming.
5, Chen Shou
Chen Shou (233-297), the word Chengzuo. A native of Anhan County, Brazil (now Nanchong, Sichuan). Famous historians of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms and Western Jin Dynasty.
when Chen shou was young, he was eager to learn. He studied with Qiao Zhou, a county scholar. In Shu Han, he served as the chief bookkeeper of General Wei, the secretary of Dongguan, the official of Guange, and the assistant minister of riding Huangmen.
At that time, the eunuch Huang Hao was autocratic, and all the ministers obeyed. Chen Shou was repeatedly dismissed because he refused to give in to Huang Hao.
after Shu's demotion to Jin, he served as a writer, a prefect, a scholar, and a son of a prince. He was demoted many times in his later years and criticized many times. In the seventh year of Yuankang (297), he died at the age of 65.
In the first year of Taikang (28), after the division of Wu was ended by Jin Dynasty, Chen Shou completed the historical masterpiece The History of the Three Kingdoms after ten years of hardships.
This book completely describes the historical panorama of China's transition from division to unification in the last hundred years from the end of Han Dynasty to the beginning of Jin Dynasty, and is called "the first four histories" with Historical Records, Hanshu and Houhanshu.
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