Wang Xizhi is Director Wang’s cousin, while Wang Mianze has nothing to do with Director Wang Xizhi.
Director Wang loves calligraphy very much. When he moved east, he sewed Zhong Yao's "Declaration Form" into his sleeve, vowing to "stick it to people when they are alive, and stick to people who die to die", which shows his love for calligraphy.
He often taught people in his family to respect calligraphy. His cousin Wang Xizhi, the "Sage of Calligraphy", his grandnephews Wang Xianzhi, grandson Wang_ and Wang Min were all calligraphers of the generation. Wang Dao's calligraphy works handed down from generation to generation include "Provincial Shitie" (seven lines of residual characters recorded in "Chunhua Pavilion Tie") and "Gaishuo Tie", among which "Gaishuo Tie" is one of the masterpieces in the development of Jincao.
Wang Mian (1310-1359), named Yuanzhang, also known as Zhuishishanong, also known as Shizhongweng, Meihua Housekeeper, etc., was a native of Fengqiao, Zhuji, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, and a famous painter of the Yuan Dynasty. Poet and seal carver. He was born into a poor family and worked as a herdsman for others when he was young. He became a self-taught man.
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Living in seclusion in the mountains and forests
Wang Mian lives in seclusion in Shuinan Village in Jiuli Mountain, north of Zhuji Fengqiao Town, his hometown with beautiful mountains and rivers. There are three families in Murakami ***, and they live hard all year round. A stream flows through like a belt, and tall and graceful mountains stand behind the house. The mountains are lush with bamboos and trees. The mountains and waters complement each other, the scenery is beautiful, and the environment is quiet. Just as he said in his poem: "The green hills are faintly connected with the river, and the windows of the houses on the river are quiet."
He planted "three acres of beans and millet" here. There are thousands of plum trees, half of which are peach and apricot trees. There are one area of ??taro and hundreds of scallions and leeks each. The water is diverted into a pond and more than a thousand fish are planted." (Volume 10 of "Zhiyuan Houji"). Wang Mian spent most of his life in such a poetic mountain village. The simple life and quiet landscape gave birth to his character of loving life and working people, giving his poetry and painting creations a strong flavor of life.
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