Ji Yun (1724~ 1805), whose real name is Xiaolan, whose real name is Chunfan, was born in xian county, Zhili (now xian county, Hebei). Politicians and writers in Qing Dynasty. In the 19th year of Qianlong (1754), he was admitted to imperial academy and was elected to Jishi Shu, imperial academy. Successively Zuodu suggestion, ministry of war history, does history, co-ambassador, with the prince of Taibao, imperial academy as an official.
He studied Confucianism all his life, read widely, devoted himself to poetry and parallel prose, and was good at textual research and exegesis. He is the editor-in-chief of Siku Quanshu. In his later years, his inner world became increasingly closed, and Yuewei Caotang Notes was the product of his mood at that time.
In the tenth year of Jiaqing (1805), he died in February at the age of 82. Posthumous title Wenda, a villager called Wenda Gong, wrote Ji Wenda's Public Legacy Collection because he was "sensitive and eager to learn, able to write, and was given an inscription by Emperor Jiaqing".
calligraphy
Calligraphy in the early Qing Dynasty, due to the advocacy of Zhao Mengfu and Dong Qichang by Kangxi and Qianlong, most contemporary calligraphers were influenced by this trend. Ji Yun also keeps up with the contemporary trend and occupies a place in the contemporary era. His calligraphy is fluent, harmonious, elegant and elegant, and his calligraphy is large and small. It can be said that it is a combination of practicality and artistry.
Culturally, Ji Yun attaches great importance to the artistic effect of literary works. His style advocates simplicity, naturalness and exquisiteness, and his content advocates not mixing personal grievances and disobeying religion. In addition to his class limitations, his views on style and morality still have reference value today.