Xu Wei chrysanthemum map
Although Xu Wei had a rough life and failed to realize his ideals and ambitions, he made great achievements in painting, calligraphy, drama, poetry and other arts. Xu Wei's freehand flower-and-bird painting is the most prominent in freehand ink painting. It is bold, majestic and realistic. It's amazing.
Xu Wei's freehand brushwork of flowers and birds is unique and unparalleled. Xu Wei's flower-and-bird paintings are bold and innovative, absorbing the advantages of predecessors. It not only shows the similarity of things themselves, but also shows the similarity of things. Xu Wei's freehand flower-and-bird painting is not a general copy, but an artistic treatment to better interpret the inner meaning of things, so that viewers can be there when they appreciate the work. Although the plane tree he painted is only a small part of it, it can remind people of the towering trees and fall into it. Xu Wei drew many fascinating pictures with delicate brushstrokes, and he couldn't extricate himself.
Xu Wei lived a hard life in his later years and was down and out. But because the quality of bamboo is high and clean, Xu Wei didn't bend down to eat five bushels of rice. Even if Xu Wei has a lot of money, he won't draw a picture for those dignitaries. Xu Wei's freehand flower-and-bird paintings have been handed down to this day, including ink grape paintings, landscape figure flower paintings, peony plantain stone paintings, chrysanthemum stone paintings, and old woman Du Ni.
Xu Wei's poems
Many people who like and appreciate Xu Wei know that Xu Wei calls himself "Book One, Poetry Two, Literature Three and Figure Four". It's just that many people are more interested in calligraphy and painting achievements than Xu Wei's poetry achievements. Although Xu Wei's paintings and calligraphy are outstanding, his poems are by no means ordinary. Xu Wei's poems can also be said to be remarkable achievements.
Xu Wei's Memetics Poems
Therefore, when others study the vague characters in Xu Wei's paintings and calligraphy, it is best to focus on Xu Wei's poem "Xu Wei's Unknown Things". Although Xu Wei's poems are not as famous as other famous poets, his poems are highly respected in the literary history of the Ming Dynasty. From Yuan Hongdao's compilation of Xu Wei's poems into a book, we can also see that Xu Wei's poems have high literary value. Xu Wei pursued innovation, change and difference all his life, and so did his poems, which were unique and unforgettable.
In Xu Wei's five-character poem 0: "Youth is just a passer-by, cut your hair into Ni, don't leave makeup powder for your mother, and take a break from thrush." The illusion of reality is in front of the mirror, and the life and death of flowers are well known. Today is impossible. Who was the predecessor? "On the surface, it is very popular, but it is actually full. Xu Wei used the first two sentences to describe the scene at that time, and the last four sentences raised the connotation of this poem to a higher level, expressing his feelings at this time: his understanding of Buddhist philosophy and his disillusionment with life.
In short, Xu Wei's poems, like other people's poems, don't need too much whitewashing. They show everything in the world in the most natural state in his works and express his thoughts and feelings to vent his anger and boredom.
Xuweide calligraphy
As we all know, Xu Wei claimed to be "calligraphy first, poetry second, literature third and painting fourth". Xu Wei's cursive script is magnificent, but it is hard for people to accept it, and it is hard for ordinary people to see what Xu Wei wrote. However, Xu Wei is confident in his calligraphy and likes it very much. It can be said that he has reached the point of conceit.
Xu Wei's Calligraphy Works
Xu Wei's calligraphy is particularly prominent in the dull literary world of Ming Dynasty. Xu Wei, Guangzhou, Rainbow, Shaoxing. Xu Wei especially appreciates Wang Xizhi's calligraphy. So Xu Wei, Zhi and Hong are good at cursive writing. But the greatest influence on Xu Wei's calligraphy is not Wang Xizhi, but Fei. Xu Wei has done a lot of research on Mi Fei's calligraphy and has his own unique views on Mi Fei's calligraphy.
Xu Wei's calligraphy continued to innovate on the basis of inheriting predecessors and formed his own style, which made the calligraphy of Ming Dynasty reach another peak. As we all know, Dong Qichang destroyed the method of calligraphy, while Xu Wei destroyed the brushwork of calligraphy. Xu Wei destroyed the brushwork of calligraphy and painting. It can be said that Xu Wei's research on calligraphy and painting is extremely in-depth. This also made Xu Wei's great achievements in art and calligraphy.
Xu Wei handed down only calligraphy works, not so many paintings. The representative works of Xu Wei's calligraphy are sword calligraphy and cursive calligraphy, ink calligraphy and cursive calligraphy. But on the picture scroll, we can also appreciate Xu Wei's calligraphy. Because Xu Wei usually likes to write a poem on the scroll to express his deeper feelings and fully demonstrate his calligraphy ability.
What kind of person is Xu Wei?
Xu Wei is an outstanding writer, calligrapher, painter and poet. No matter in which art field, Xu Wei has very good works to present to the world. It can be said that Xu Wei was born lonely and worshipped by the world after his death.
Portrait of Xu Wei
Born in a declining bureaucratic family, Xu Wei was outstanding in wisdom when he was young. There is a folk story about how smart Xu Wei was when he was young. Although Xu Wei was very talented, he failed in the imperial examination. Xu Wei is bold and unconstrained by nature, and likes free and unrestrained life as well as literature. So Xu Wei doesn't like stereotypes, which are boring and lack originality. This also led to the frustration of Xu Wei's official career and the failure of the imperial examination. By the time he was 40, he had not passed the exam.
Xu Wei was also praised as talented by Hu Zongxian, the head of southern tour. However, after the governor was killed, Xu Wei became weak and even crazy, suspecting that his wife had cheated him. Finally, the madness broke out, and Xu Wei was arrested and imprisoned for killing his wife. Xu Wei spent many years in prison. Xu Wei was 53 when he was released from prison. Since then, Xu Wei has even hated high-ranking officials and dignitaries. In his later years, he made a living by selling calligraphy and painting, but he never made calligraphy and painting for high officials and dignitaries.
However, due to Xu Wei's experience and his aversion to restraint, Xu Wei has made such outstanding achievements in calligraphy, painting and other artistic fields. On the basis of predecessors, Xu Wei created a new era of ink painting with his own talent and founded a new painting school-Ivy School.