Poetics: Wen Zhiming, a gifted scholar in the Ming Dynasty, is immersed in his own creative achievements: I am still picking old poems under the light when other people's homes are busy on New Year's Eve. Don't laugh at me for being too pedantic. My main job and career in a year is articles and poems.
Wen Zhiming spent the first half of his life pursuing fame and fortune, and was finally recommended at the age of 54 to go to Beijing as a gongsheng, waiting for a petition to the Imperial Academy. Then, because he witnessed the decay of officialdom, he begged to return to his hometown after four years as an official and devoted himself to poetry, calligraphy and painting. Wen Zhiming, who is diligent, "writes all over the world", devoted his life to the accomplishment of literary words.
Wen Zhiming's New Year's Eve in the Ming Dynasty:
When people are busy on New Year's Eve, I choose old poems by myself.
Mo Xiao's scholar is too pedantic, and a year's achievements are just words.
Translation:
On New Year's Eve, other people's homes are busy, and I am still picking old poems under the light. Don't laugh at me for being too pedantic. The main work and career in a year is articles and poems.
Extended information
Wen Zhiming's calligraphy and painting attainments are extremely comprehensive, and he is known as the "four unique" all-rounder. Together with Shen Zhou, he created "Wu Pai", and together with Shen Zhou, Tang Yin and Chou Ying, he was called "Ming Sijia" (the "Four Wumen"). In poetry and prose, he is also called "Four Talents in Wuzhong" with Zhu Yunming, Tang Yin and Xu Zhenqing.
Wen Zhiming's paintings are good at landscapes, orchids, figures and flowers, especially landscapes. In his early years, he studied under Shen Zhou, and later devoted himself to Zhao Mengfu, Wang Meng and Zhen Wu, forming his own style.
The style of painting is coarse and fine. The coarse brush originated from Shen Zhou and Zhen Wu, and adopted the ancient wood and bamboo stone method of Zhao Mengfu. The brush and ink are vigorous and dripping, with dry brush and calligraphy flying white, and the hierarchy and charm can be seen in the coarse slips. Zhao Mengfu and Wang Meng are used in fine brushwork. The scenery is dense, with less space and depth, and the shape is regular, with edges and corners and deformation at times. The brushwork is fine and slightly rough, which is childish in be adept at.
Li Yingzhen, a beginner of Wen Zhiming's calligraphy, has extensively studied the famous works of the previous generation, and he has his own accomplishments in seal, official script, script, calligraphy and cursive script. In the history of calligraphy, he is famous for being good at all kinds of styles, especially at running script and small letters. His calligraphy is warm and vigorous, steady and mature, rigorous in statutes and vivid in meaning. Although there is no vigorous momentum, it has the charm of calligraphy in Jin and Tang Dynasties.
His book style is less angry, and he often reveals gentle and elegant atmosphere in his enjoyable writing. Perhaps the ups and downs of his official career killed his spirit of dying, but his style became more and more stable when he was a late bloomer. Wen Zhiming was the leader of wu school after Shen Zhou, with many disciples and disciples, which formed the largest painting school in Wumen area at that time.
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