The Complete Biography of Zhang Daqian (Volume 1, Volume 2)

Author: Li Yongqiao
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Publish Date: 1998-04-01
Features: This biography adopts a chronological biographical style, arranging events in chronological order. The historical records are striving for reliability and detail, aiming to faithfully document, reflect, and recreate the complex, multifaceted, highly legendary, and colorful life of the subject, Mr. Zhang Daqian. The content of the biography is arranged in the order of the subject's "Biographical Sketch," "Chinese Painting Creation," and "Poetry and Prose" year by year. Since leaving his hometown, Daqian has wandered outside for over thirty years. During this long period, he often felt a deep longing for his homeland, his heart filled with turmoil and affection. As for his relatives and old friends, he was even more deeply attached, constantly thinking of them day and night. During this time, the numerous poems and paintings he created prominently featured his yearning for his motherland and his longing for his loved ones. With emotionally charged brushwork, he poured out the heartbroken feelings of an overseas wanderer, his words moving readers to tears and evoking profound emotions. In his later years, after settling in Taiwan Province, the emotions of homesickness and longing in his works became even more pronounced, fully expressing the painter and poet's intense sorrow and deep sorrow over the abnormal situation of the motherland remaining divided and his loved ones still scattered.