Li Yingzhen

Li Yingzhen

Li Yingzhen (1431-1493) was an official and calligrapher in Ming Dynasty. At the beginning, it was named Shen, and its name was Yingzhen. It was also named Zhenbo and fanan. South Zhili Changzhou (now Suzhou, Jiangsu) people. In the fourth year of Jingtai period, he was elected to be a scholar of zhongshushe, and moved to the southern military department as a doctor. He became an official of Shaoqing, the imperial servant of Nanjing, and was known as Li Shaoqing. Ouyangxun, the author of the book, has a family of his own.

Personal profile

In 1453, Li Yingzhen took the provincial examination and entered the Imperial College. During the Chenghua period, he chose Shanshu as the middle script and gave orders to write Buddhist scriptures. Kangshu said that he only heard nine scriptures, but not Buddhist scriptures. In the early Hongzhi period, Shaoqing, a servant of the imperial family, was called Li Shaoqing. He was good at calligraphy and was good at regular script, line, grass and official script. The real book learned from Ouyang Xun and Yan Zhenqing, and was written by Cai Xiang. Later, he devoted himself to the study of the ancient method and changed it. His skill was extraordinary and he became his own family. He is erudite and good at ancient times, and has both seal and regular script. He is a true grass official, and he is also clean and elegant, just like a man. Although he devoted himself to the ancient law, he was more complacent and should be the first in the Ming Dynasty. It's especially wonderful, can three fingertips tetany tube, empty wrist quick book, modern people can't. People who ask for more anger should not, so less handed down. The year of his death was sixty-three. On the day of his death, there was no funeral. A friend bought land to bury him. There was a record of Suzhou mansion.

Calligraphy features

Li Yingzhen learned from Ouyang Xun and Yan Zhenqing and got the skill of CAI Xiang. Tao Zongyi's "Book History meeting" said: "Shaoqing's books are pure and elegant, just like his personality." Seal script and regular script are all in the style, especially the three fingertips and the empty wrist. He is Zhu Yunming's father-in-law and Wen Zhengming's calligraphy teacher. At the age of 22, Wen Zhengming learned calligraphy from Li Yingzhen. In his later years, Li Yingzhen told him that he had learned calligraphy for 40 years before he got anything. He also discussed many principles of calligraphy to Wen Zhengming. Wen Zhengming commented on Ying Zhenyun: Gong Nan devotes himself to the ancient law, but he is complacent. When it was the first in the dynasty, it was especially good at three fingertips tetany tube, empty wrist quick writing, which today's people can't match. You Yun: Gong not only read more ancient books, but also had a deep understanding of the three tastes, so he became his own family and the ancient law survived. Wen Zhengming and his son-in-law Zhu Yunming studied books from them and made great achievements in innovation. There are few handed down works, such as Jixi tie, which is stored in the Palace Museum in Beijing. Li Yingzhen's letters are beautiful and magnanimous. They are natural and generous in writing. Their horizontal strokes are vivid, and their sizes and thicknesses vary naturally. "Wanwentie" paper version. 6 cm in length and 41. 5 cm in width. It is now in Beijing Palace Museum. This post is a letter. It's thick and powerful. It's full of stele learning.

Selected Poems

Dongchan

Pines and fir are all over the courtyard, melons and beans are all green. if you don't hear the passing of horses and chariots, you'll have to stay at home. I'm still alone at dusk, looking at the East Song of the city.

Spring day mountain village evening walk

The grass in chaimen is fresh, the clouds and trees are deep, and the birds are singing in spring. the setting sun goes down in the West and flows to the East, but there is no Sha Tou to call the ferry.

And Qiu Shiyong

When you come back to Caojie nunnery, you will want to keep your mouth shut. He would rather forget the world if his temples are half bald, but he is still afraid of slander if his bones are not completely gone. the villa often carries wine in spring, and the clear lake is full of moon without sailing. When you plant plum trees in the new year, you have to watch the flowers bloom and snow cover the rocks.

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