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"Wang Meng"
Wang Wei (71-761, say 699-761) was born in Puzhou, Hedong (now Yuncheng, Shanxi), and his ancestral home was Qixian, Shanxi. A famous poet and painter in the Tang Dynasty, the word "Mo Mo" was named "Mo Mo Ju Shi".
Wang Wei was born in the Wangs of Hedong, and won the first prize in the 19th year of Kaiyuan (731). Li Guan right gleaned, supervised the suggestion, and made our judges in Hexi. During the Tianbao period of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Wei worshipped the official department as a doctor and a servant. When An Lushan captured Chang 'an, Wang Wei was forced to take a false post. After Chang 'an was recovered, he was charged with granting Prince Zhongyun. During the first year of Tang Suzong's reign, he was appointed as a senior minister, so he was known as "Wang Youcheng".
Wang Wei learned Buddhism and Taoism, and was proficient in poetry, calligraphy, painting, music, etc. His poems were famous in Kaiyuan and Tianbao, especially in five words, and he praised landscapes and pastoral areas. Together with Meng Haoran, he was called "Wang Meng" and "Shi Fo". Calligraphy and painting are particularly wonderful, and later generations promoted it as the ancestor of Nanzong landscape painting. Su Shi commented on it: "The poem is full of paintings; Watch the painting, there are poems in the painting. " There are more than 4 poems, including Acacia and an autumn evening in the mountains. His works include The Collection of Wang Youcheng and The Secret of Painting.