(Ming Dynasty) The complete collection of Wen Zhengming’s calligraphy in small regular script (How many copybooks are there in Wen Zhengming’s small regular script? What are their names?)
Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), Its original name was Bi, with the courtesy name Zhengming. At the age of forty-two, he began to use the character Xing and changed the character Zhengzhong. Because he was born in Hengshan, he was named Hengshan Jushi, also known as "Wenhengshan" in the world. He once served as an official in the Imperial Academy and was a native of Changzhou (now Suzhou, Jiangsu). He was born in the sixth year of Chenghua reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Ming Dynasty and died in the thirty-eighth year of Jiajing reign of Emperor Shizong of Ming Dynasty at the age of ninety. He is good at poetry, calligraphy and painting. His poets are Bai Juyi and Su Shi, his literary studies are from Wu Kuan, his calligraphy studies are from Li Yingzhen, and his painting studies are from Shen Zhou. In poetry, together with Zhu Yunming, Tang Yin and Xu Zhenqing, he is known as one of the "Four Talents in Wuzhong". In painting, he followed Shen Zhou's example, which was elegant and beautiful. Together with Shen Zhou, Tang Yin and Qiu Ying, he was known as the "Four Wu Clan".
Wen Zhengming - "Album of Falling Flower Poems" in lower regular script
1. Evaluation of Wen Zhengming's lower regular script
1. Wen Zhengming's lower regular script has the highest attainment. The main imitations are Wang Xizhi's "Huang Ting Jing", "Le Yi Lun", Zhong Yao's "Proclamation", Wang Xianzhi's "Thirteen Lines", etc. It can also be integrated into the small regular script of the Tang Dynasty to form a "warm, pure and exquisite" own style. style.
——Anonymous
2. Wen Zhengming is famous for being good at all styles, especially small regular script and running script. His regular script was learned from various schools in the Jin and Tang dynasties, mainly from Zhong Yao, Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi, Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang, Ouyang Xun, etc. His regular script is not only precise and neat, rigorous and proficient in law, but also powerful in writing and elegant in style. After the age of 80, the skill in small regular script is particularly evident.
——Anonymous
3. There is no real regular script in ancient times, that is, "Jian Ji Zhi Biao" and "Le Yi Lun" passed down by Zhong and Wei, both with running script, since the Tang Dynasty The steles such as "Jiucheng Palace" and "Duobao Pagoda" began to be rigorous in calligraphy and painting, but the disease of being too fat and too thin is still unavoidable. In the imperial dynasty, Mr. Wen Zhengzhong began to pay close attention to the structure, which was well-proportioned and well-proportioned. Like the Eight-faced Avalokitesvara, it has both form and form. He is also one of the most famous people in Shuyuan.
——Ming Dynasty·Xie Zaihang
4. Wen Zhengming’s attainments in small regular script calligraphy paved the way for the “ZTE” of calligraphy in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and contributed to it. From Zhao Mengfu, we can glimpse the charm of the Jin and Tang Dynasties from afar. We have changed the old habits of the times that were bound by the "Taige style". On the premise of obsessively adhering to the law, we seek the joy of calligraphy in shengmo, so as to pursue the true and pure deified state of small regular script calligraphy. .
——Qi Guanshan "Taking Wen Zhengming's "Ten Records of the Thatched Cottage" in small regular script as a guide - Talking about the experience of graduation creation (small regular script calligraphy)"
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