Portrait of Yang Ningshi
Yang Ningshi's personality is the wild type. When he was in Luoyang, he often wrote inscriptions on the wall together. At that time, Yang Ningshi's works could be seen in many places in Luoyang. However, because Yang Ningshi was born in the late Tang Dynasty, the political situation at that time was chaotic, and frequent wars also changed Yang Ningshi's character greatly. People nicknamed him "Yang Fengzi" (that is, Yang Crazy). Yang Ningshi left many works in history. In the long history, many people tried to imitate Yang Ningshi's calligraphy, but they didn't reach the level of Yang Ningshi. Many people think that it is because Yang Ningshi's life in the late Tang Dynasty caused infinite sadness in Yang Ningshi's heart that he wrote such beautiful words. Another thing about Yang Ningshi is that he likes all kinds of temples. When he was young, he always liked to visit various temples, and his handwriting was left in many places. Later generations concluded that his elegant handwriting was caused by his bohemian heart. Yang Ningshi has also made great achievements in poetry. According to historical records, he once wrote many poems, but compared with his calligraphy, his calligraphy is better, which is why many people say that Yang Ningshi is a calligrapher rather than a poet.
Yang Ningshi's life is extremely idle. Although he is brilliant, he was born at the wrong time, which limited his talent. This is also the saddest place, and it is easy to see a trace of sadness in his works.
The story of Yang Ningshi.
Yang Ningshi was a famous calligrapher in Tang Dynasty. He has a beautiful personality and a blank and white name. Later, Shaanxi people lived in Luoyang because of the war. So what is the story of Yang Ningshi?
Yang Ningshi's works
Yang Ningshi is a gifted scholar. When he was young, he successfully took the imperial examination and became an official in Beijing. However, his political situation in the late Tang Dynasty was very chaotic and war raged. After being an official for a period of time, I resigned and traveled around. Yang Ningshi likes temples very much. He thinks that the purity in the temple is the life he wants. He travels around in order to learn Buddhism everywhere. Whenever he goes to a temple, he will stand up and start writing on the wall. Because of this, there are not many of his works left, because most of his works are written on walls, and after so many wars from Tang Dynasty to modern times, many relics were destroyed and his works were lost. Yang Ningshi's works are mainly cursive, and his cursive is elegant and bold, which has a lot to do with his environment.
Many people say that Yang Ningshi's works are a bridge between the Tang Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty. In the Northern Song Dynasty, many people imitated Yang Ningshi's works and writing styles, but almost no one could imitate them perfectly. We can also see Yang Ningshi's superb calligraphy skills. Of course, Yang Ningshi's works have a great influence on later generations. Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Cai Xiang and Mi Fei, the four masters of the Northern Song Dynasty, all read Yang Ningshi's works to reach such a height. Yang Ningshi witnessed the demise of the Tang Dynasty, which also filled his works with some sadness. Yang Ningshi died at the age of 82 and never pursued fame and fortune again. In the late Tang Dynasty, the talent of this gifted scholar was ignored and not reused.
Yang Ningshi's achievements.
Yang Ningshi was a calligrapher and poet in the late Tang Dynasty. His writing is beautiful, and his name is empty. Yang Ningshi's achievements are mainly reflected in calligraphy, and he is very good at cursive writing. His calligraphy works are elegant and vigorous, and the main representative works are Ten Notes of Lu Hong Caotang and Immortal Living Method. His cursive works also have a great influence on later generations.
Yang Ningshi's works
In the late Tang Dynasty, Yang Ningshi lived in an era of frequent wars and chaotic political situation. Yang Ningshi is a gifted scholar. Affected by this situation, he naturally became a geek. His calligraphy also shows his mood. Yang Ningshi traveled around temples and left his handwriting on the walls. These handwriting can still be seen in the Northern Song Dynasty, but it gradually faded later. There are many kinds of calligraphy in Yang Ningshi, such as regular script, cursive script and running script, but cursive script has the greatest influence on people. His cursive script is elegant and bold, which is in direct proportion to his character. Many people say that Yang Ningshi's works built an artistic bridge between the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty. From the perspective of calligraphy, there are countless people who imitated Yang Ningshi's font style in the Northern Song Dynasty, but no one can imitate the essence of Yang Ningshi. Building a cultural bridge is also one of Yang Ningshi's greatest achievements.
Yang Ningshi's existing works are kept in museums for viewing only, because Yang Ningshi's writing style also leads to an unusually small number of Yang Ningshi's works, but many of them are imitations of Yang Ningshi, but this does not affect Yang Ningshi's calligraphy attainments.