Yan Bowen

Yan Bowen

Yan Bowen (year of birth and death unknown), the word hold about. Dezhou (now Dezhou, Shandong) people. He is a famous poet, calligrapher and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty. Yan Bowen is erudite and versatile. He is especially famous for his poems and paintings. He has a great influence and a high reputation. His poems are full of talent, not stick to one style, and have their own temperament and personality, which are highly praised by people. His calligraphy has its own characteristics. He ascended Jiake in the eighth year of the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty (1118) and began his official career. However, due to various reasons, especially the complexity of the struggle in the officialdom, his official career was not smooth, but his artistic achievements and attainments in poetry, calligraphy and painting were very high. When he was demoted to Guangzhou in his later years, he could not support himself in food and clothing. He was so poor that he made a living by selling paintings.

Life of the characters

In terms of painting art, Yan Bowen has a wide range of subjects. He is a painter who mainly focuses on figure painting, supplemented by flowers and landscape painting. In his figure painting, he pays great attention to the expression of the characters, is good at taking the spirit from the form, and grasps the characteristics of subtle changes to describe them. When describing these Buddhist figures, he noticed that he sought change in unity, sought difference in sameness, and made great efforts to show the look and characteristics of each character, so as to show the thoughts and feelings of the characters, so as to convey them subtly and vividly. This art treasure was once collected by Yuwen Jimeng. It is a rare treasure and has great preservation value. The painting is similar to that of Li Gonglin in its strokes, position and structure. It can be seen that his patriarchal system, Li Gonglin, was assiduously pursued, but his artistic conception in figure painting was worse. But after all, he was a brilliant figure, and he was also an important figure painter in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Personal life

In addition to figure paintings, Yan's ink flowers are also unique. His painting "the painting of momei", as a work of borrowing things to express one's feelings, is also a rare masterpiece in the field of painting. As for this painting, Chen Yuyi once wrote a poem praising it: "the scenery in front of the window is late and new, and half a picture of the river and vine is full of spring. From then on, we won't be greedy for the good road of the river, but we won't be greedy for the truth. " (two poems of Yan Chiyue's painting of plum blossoms in ink and wash by he Wenzhen in the second rhyme, quoted below) Zhenzhen is a beauty. Therefore, the author personifies the plum blossom. From this, we can also see the fidelity of this work. In the picture, the painter arranges the time in the evening, let the dark plum set off the evening scenery, and arrange it in front of the window. In this way, the scene is used to assist the feeling, the background is used to support the object, and the object is used to describe the feeling, giving people a kind of harmonious beauty, reflecting the artistic characteristics of Chinese aesthetics. "Never be greedy for a good road from now on" is to "win the heart and call the truth". The concept of time and space is accurate and implicit, giving people endless imagination. In his second poem, Chen Yuyi said, "if you win the slanting branch, you will not let it go. You will look at the light by leaning against the window and the moon. The snow mountains in Mochi are all good in spring. Let the poet tell right and wrong. " He wrote poems by painting and expressed his feelings by poems. "Seizing the slanting branch" refers to the dynamic situation, "not letting go", which is a temporary stalemate. "Leaning against the window to inherit the moon", we can see the spring of "Mochi snow ridge". This right and wrong depends on people's perception, understanding and deep research. These are exactly the poetic meaning contained in Yan Bowen's "Mo Mei Tu". It can be seen that his skill is highly appreciated by the poet. Besides, Yan Bowen is also famous for his landscape paintings. His landscape painting is deep in skill, strong in spirit, and has a good atmosphere in writing, which is quite unique. His landscape painting is not artificial, but based on life, making choices and generalizing life, so as to follow and imitate nature. The angle of his landscape painting is very novel. It can be said that the horizontal view is particularly emotional, and the vertical view has its own characteristics. Both the front and the side can reflect the harmony of nature. These, he is a kind of innovation, reflects the unique characteristics of his painting art.

Achievements and works

Yan Bowen is good at making friends and attaches great importance to friendship. He had a deep friendship with Wang. When Yan Bowen returned home, he found out all the poems and letters he had been dealing with. They were cremated to ashes. As a result, he was relegated to Guangzhou to sell paintings. Yan Bowen's paintings include the painting of Luohan, the painting of Luohan listening to scriptures, the painting of Xueling, the painting of idle clouds emerging from the hill, the painting of wild water, and the painting of long dyke and sparse willows. For the description, please refer to preparation for painting. the world has commented on Yan Bowen's character and works. There are records in Huaji, Luxi collection, Tuhua Baojian and Hualu Guangyi.

Poetry Appreciation

Xijiang moon

(on Guangshi's mat) I'm tired of writing brocade words in cursive script, and I'm tired of dreaming about plum blossoms. There is no plan for the seamount to stay in xingcha. Under the shadow of Canna.
In the old courtyard, flying clouds were everywhere. Now it's the first to win. Said sentimental already afraid.

Product order

(boat times five sheep) the night is bleak. Listen attentively and blow the horn at the head of Qinghai building. Stop to return, don't feel heavy door closed, hate only hate, evening tide fall.
Steal to think red cry green grudge, way I really a feeling thin. Outside the screen window and on the new moon, I can't sleep. Baidu Encyclopedia content is shared by netizens. If you find that your data content is inaccurate or incomplete, you are welcome to use your own data service (free) to participate in the correction. Go to > > now

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