Peach blossoms follow the flowing water all day. Where is the hole in Qingxi?
Taohuaxi is at the foot of Taoyuan Mountain in Taoyuan County, Hunan Province. There are many peach forests on the bank of the stream. In the late spring, there are colorful trees, and the stream is flowing. According to legend, Tao Yuanming's Peach Blossom Garden in the Eastern Jin Dynasty was set here. The Peach Blossom Creek described by Zhang Xu does not necessarily mean here, but it uses its artistic conception implicitly. This poem is graceful in conception, profound in taste and rich in painting.
"The faint flying bridge is separated from the wild smoke", which is fascinating from the beginning: the mountains and valleys are filled with clouds and smoke; Looking through the clouds, the long bridge across the mountain stream is flickering, as if it were nothing, as if it were flying in the void. How deep and mysterious this realm is, and it is hazy, like entering a fairyland. Here, the static bridge and the floating wild smoke set each other off in interest: the wild smoke makes the bridge static, ethereal, flying in the air; The bridge turns wild smoke into silence, just like hanging a gauze curtain. Looking at the bridge through this curtain makes people feel a kind of hazy beauty all the more. The word "partition" makes these two kinds of scenery set off each other and dissolve into an artistic whole; The word "ge" also implies that the poet is watching from a distance. If he stands by the bridge, he will not feel "ge".
draw a close-up below. Nearby, rocky rocks are exposed in the water, such as islands like islands (rocky rocks); On the stream with falling flowers, there are fishing boats rocking gently, and the scenery is beautiful and beautiful. "Ask the fishing boat on the west side of the rocky mountain", a word "ask", the poet also entered the painting, so that we can see both the beauty of the landscape and the modality of the characters from this landscape painting. The poet stood beside the ancient rocky mountain and looked at the endless peach petals and fishing boats drifting on the stream. In a trance, he seemed to regard the fisherman in front of him as a Wuling fisherman who had once entered the Peach Blossom Garden. The word "ask the fishing boat" vividly shows this longing modality. He asked innocently and interestingly: "Peach blossoms follow the water all day. Where is the hole in Qingxi?" He seems to really think that this "flowing" peach blossom petal flows from the peach blossom source, so it is associated with peach blossom entering the cave of Taoyuan. Where on earth is this hole in Taohuaxi? This inquiry about the fisherman deeply expresses the poet's eagerness to yearn for a paradise. However, the Peach Blossom Garden is a fiction, and the poet certainly knows that the fisherman has no answer. He knows perfectly well past asking, which also vaguely reveals the poet's frustration that his ideal state is slim and hard to find. The poem came to an abrupt end, but the questions raised in the last sentence aroused people's wonderful reverie. The poet's brush is exquisite, from far to near, from real to virtual, constantly changing angles to show the scenery; However, it doesn't make a complicated description, with a few faint strokes and a slight outline. It is interesting outside the ink, just like a freehand painting, which is subtle and intriguing.
Zhang Changshi, namely Zhang Xu, was born in Wujun, Tang Dynasty (Suzhou, Jiangsu). The date of birth and death is unknown. The word "Bo Gao" has a long history, so it is known as Zhang Changshi. Like to drink, they often write books after getting drunk, or write books with their hair soaked in ink. The world calls them "Zhang Dian", and together with Li Bai, He Zhizhang, Li Shizhi, Li Jin, Cui Zongzhi, Su Jin and Jiao Sui, they are called the Eight Immortals in Wine. He excels in regular script and cursive script, especially in cursive script. His calligraphy is unique and original. The regular script "Langguan Shizhu Ji" adopts the brushwork of Ou Yangxun and Yu Shinan, which is dignified and rigorous, without breaking the rules, showing the exquisiteness of regular script. "Xuan He Shu Pu" commented: "Its name is based on jumping grass, but as for cursive writing in small letters, it does not reduce the beauty of cursive writing. Although its cursive writing is full of strange things, it seeks its origin, and there is no one who should not be disciplined in painting."
His calligraphy is derived from the "two kings" and is original and innovative. His regular script is correct and precise. The rules are extremely extreme, and Huanggu is known as "the Tang Dynasty is the best." If his regular script is more inheritance than creation, then his cursive script is a great innovation and development in calligraphy. Han Yu said: "Xu is good at cursive writing, but he can't cure the book of his skill. It changes like ghosts and gods, so you can't be arrogant." Du Fu wrote in the Song of the Eight Immortals: "Zhang Xu's three cups of grass are sacred. Before taking off his hat and exposing the top of the maharaja, he waved his paper like a cloud." He can sublimate the art of calligraphy to the artistic realm of expressing calligraphers' thoughts and feelings with abstract dotted lines. In the art of calligraphy, his handwriting seems strange but not strange. The key is that the pen for stippling completely conforms to the traditional rules. It can be said that he used traditional techniques to express his personality, and became a creative calligrapher worthy of his own time in calligraphy. Broad, fresh and unrestrained, it far exceeds the works of previous calligraphers and has a strong atmosphere of prosperous Tang Dynasty.
Zhang Xu is bold and unrestrained, and likes drinking. He often dances after getting drunk, and then returns to the table, pen and ink, with a wave of his hand.
Some people say that he is rude, so they give him an insane nickname. In fact, he is very careful. He thinks that everything he touches in daily life can inspire writing. Occasionally, I got something, that is, I melted it into my own calligraphy.
at that time, as long as people got his pieces of paper and calligraphy, they all regarded it as a treasure, and it was hereditary and true. At that time, Zhang Xu had a neighbor whose family was poor. Hearing that Zhang Xu was generous, he wrote to Zhang Xu, hoping to get his support. Zhang Xu was very sympathetic to his neighbor, so he said in his letter: You only need to say that this letter was written by Zhang Xu, and the asking price can be hundreds of gold. The neighbor sold the letter on the street according to his words, and it was sold out in less than half a day. The neighbor returned home happily and thanked Zhang Xu very much. At that time, people called Zhang Xu's cursive script, Li Bai's poems and Fei Min's sword dance three unique skills.