The Three Wonders of the Tang Dynasty refer to "Li Bai's Poetry", "Pei Min's Sword Dance", and "Zhang Xu's Cursive Script". The Five Sages are: Zhang Xu, the Sage of Grass, Wu Daozi, the Sage of Painting, Lu Yu, the Sage of Tea, Du Fu, the Sage of Poetry, Sword Saint Pei Yu. Therefore, the Three Jue and Five Sages refer to six people: Li Bai, Pei Min, Zhang Xu, Wu Daozi, Lu Yu, and Du Fu.
1. Li Bai’s Poetry
Li Bai, also known as Taibai and Qinglian Jushi, his quatrains are natural and lively, elegant and unrestrained, and can express endless emotions in concise and clear language. Among the poets of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Wei and Meng Haoran were better at Wu Jue, and Wang Changling was good at Qi Jue. However, Li Bai was the only one who could write both Wu Jue and Qi Jue superbly and to the extreme.
2. Pei Min's Sword Dance
Pei Min was a native of Kaiyuan in the Tang Dynasty. His sword dancing skills were hailed as one of the "Three Wonders" of the Tang Dynasty. A man's swordsmanship is comparable to Li Bai's poetry, and Zhang Xu's wild cursive skills show that his skills are very superb. He was also called the "Sword Master" by later generations.
3. Zhang Xu’s cursive script
Zhang Xu, also known as Bogao and Jiming, was born in Wujun (Suzhou, Jiangsu). Zhang Xu's calligraphy was first developed by Zhang Zhi and Er Wang, and he achieved the highest level in cursive script. He himself is proud to inherit the tradition of "Two Kings", and every word is legal.
As a cursive script of the Tang Dynasty, it is integrated and integrated on the basis of inheriting the "Two Kings", "using pointillism as the form and quality, and transforming it into emotion," writing the vigorous and indulgent "voice of the Tang Dynasty" state. The art of calligraphy was both the most popular and the most prosperous art at that time. Due to the bold innovation and creation of cursive calligraphy art, it reached an unrepeatable peak. As a representative figure, Zhang Xu was.
4. Painting Saint Wu Daozi
The reason why Wu Daozi achieved such extraordinary achievements in the art of painting is because he deliberately sought innovation and had the courage to create. He is unconventional in the art of painting and has a bold and innovative spirit. Therefore, his works became models for painters to learn from, and his paintings were called "Wu Family Model".
5. Tea Saint Lu Yu
Lu Yu has been addicted to tea all his life and is proficient in tea ceremony. He is famous for writing the world's first tea monograph "Tea Classic". He was also good at writing poetry, but not many of his poems have survived in the world. He has a strong interest in tea and has conducted long-term investigations and research. He is familiar with tea tree cultivation, breeding and processing technology, and is good at tea tasting. He ushered in an era of tea and made outstanding contributions to the development of the world's tea industry.
6. Du Fu, the Saint of Poetry
Du Fu (712-770), courtesy name Zimei, was a great realist poet in the Tang Dynasty. Together with Li Bai, he was known as "Li Du". Du Fu had a profound influence on Chinese classical poetry. He was called the "Sage of Poetry" by later generations, and his poems were called the "History of Poetry". Later generations called him Du Shiyi and Du Gongbu, and also called him Du Shaoling and Du Caotang.
When Du Fu was a boy, he traveled to Wuyue and Qi and Zhao successively, during which time he went to Luoyang to fail in the examination. After the age of thirty-five, he first took the examination in Chang'an and failed; later he presented gifts to the emperor and nobles.
Unsuccessful in officialdom, he witnessed with his own eyes the extravagance and social crisis of the upper class of the Tang Dynasty. In the fourteenth year of Tianbao (755), the Anshi Rebellion broke out and Tongguan fell. Du Fu traveled to many places. In the second year of Qianyuan (759), Du Fu abandoned his official position and went to Sichuan. Although he escaped the war and lived a relatively stable life, he still cared about the common people and national affairs.