Huang Tingjian, whose real name is Lu Zhi, is a rich man in Fenning, Hongzhou (now xiushui county, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province). He was a famous writer and calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty and the founder of Jiangxi Poetry School.
He was good at poetry creation and founded Jiangxi Poetry School. In terms of calligraphy, he is good at calligraphy and cursive script, and is also called "Song Sijia" with Su Shi, Mi Fei and Cai Xiang. Zhou Yue was the teacher at the beginning, and later Yan Zhenqing, Zhang Xu and Huai Su. Eudaly in He tried to chase the marrow of two kings. His cursive script not only absorbed the advantages of predecessors, but also was innovative and unique in style.
Creation background
Sticking on Bamboo is his masterpiece in cursive script. This long scroll is 33 cm long and more than 7 meters wide, with 79 lines and 383 words (excluding the last 13 lines), which is now in the Palace Museum in Beijing.
In the third year of Fu Yuan (A.D. 1 100), 56-year-old Huang Tingjian recorded and wrote "Quotations from Wen Yi, a monk of the Five Dynasties in Jinling" for his good friend Li Rendao. Because it is Zen, the content is obscure, but the cursive pen is clumsy, such as ploughing; Knots are retracted and unfolded, such as boatmen rowing; The body is like a falling cloud, pitching to the side, and the action is just right and amazing. Left a shocking weed classic for future generations.