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Author: Shanghai Shuxue Publishing House
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Zhu Yunming (1460–1526), styled Xizhe, styled Zhishan, known as "Zhu Jingzhao," was a native of Changzhou (now Wuxian County, Jiangsu). He was appointed as the magistrate of Xingning and later promoted to Tongpan of Yangzhou. He excelled in both poetry and prose, leaving behind the collection Huixing Tang Ji. He was also skilled in painting, though few of his works have been passed down. Together with Xu Zhengqing, Tang Yin, and Wen Zhengming, he is known as one of the "Four Talents of Wu." Zhishan was renowned for his calligraphy. Initially, he learned from the external features of his father-in-law Xu Youzhen and his teacher Li Yingzhen. Later, he studied widely from various masters. As Wang Shizhen said in Yi Yuan Chi Yan (Discussions on Art): "Jingzhao's regular script style draws from Wang Xuanzhi, Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi, Mi Fu, Wang Xingzhen, He Zhizheng, Wu Xingzhen, and others; for running script and cursive script, he mastered the styles of Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi, He Zhizheng, Cai Yong, Zhang Huai, Bei Yi, Mei Shao, Yu Zhang, and Xiangyang." He was unparalleled in his skill. In his later years, his style evolved and became unpredictable, with a flamboyant and unrestrained spirit. Overall, Zhishan's calligraphy reached its peak in regular script, running script, and cursive script. His regular script was transcendent, directly entering the halls of the Jin dynasty masters; his running script possessed unique secrets, rivaling the Jin, Tang, Song, and Yuan dynasties; his cursive script was vigorous and unrestrained, with a dynamic and spirited aura, displaying a hundred different poses. It was called the "Cursive Script of the Ming Dynasty." His style combined regular script and clerical script, and only those deeply versed in the calligraphy of the Wei and Jin dynasties could achieve such mastery, as Wu Fanggang noted when he inscribed Lixiao Er Zhe, Qianhou Chushibu Biao, and Huizhi Shi.

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