Rao Jie

Rao Jie

Rao Jie (1300-1367) was named jiesou. He was named zuiqiao, Xingqiao, xingweng, ZUIWENG, huagaishanqiao, huagaishanshuzhe, huagaifuqiu Tongzi and zixuandongqiao. Linchuan, Jiangxi (now Fuzhou) people. He was a famous poet and calligrapher at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty. The book traces include Miscellaneous Poems, qinzhen, fangsijiashu, Lanting, etc.

Character experience

It is active in Zhizheng (1341-1368). At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the imperial academy should offer money to Jiang and zhe lian to visit the ministers, and they were promoted to Huainan province to participate in politics. When Zhang Shicheng was in charge of Wu, Rao Jie and Du menbu came out, and Zhang Muming paid a personal visit to him, and appointed him to be a political adviser in Huainan province. In 1367, Zhu Yuanzhang went down to Pingjiang, where Shi Cheng was defeated. Rao Jie was also captured and sent to Nanjing to be killed.

Rao Jie is a famous scholar and calligrapher in the late Yuan Dynasty, with high popularity and influence. His friend Shi daoyan commented on him: "Jiezhi is a man, handsome and unrestrained, and he has made friends with many people. The book is like huaisu, the poem is like LiBai, and the spirit is shining. Ye is compelling. " Song Ke, one of his disciples, commented on him as "a flower bathed in rain, with new branches and leaves". Jie was bold and unrestrained. He had contacts with JunLiu at that time. He not only had the ambition to be born, but also had the heart of the world. He is famous for his poems and books. His poems are ingenious in conception, strict in sentence and unique in style; his cursive script is elegant, clear and elegant, and he is in exile. It's a pity that he was killed in his prime and failed to achieve his ambition.

Rao Jie was the main calligrapher of Wu clan at the end of Yuan Dynasty, and made an important contribution to the revival of calligraphy in Jin and Tang Dynasties. He is erudite, witty and elegant. His family has a large collection of calligraphy and inscriptions, including dozens of Orchid Pavilion and Dingwu Version (Orchid Pavilion) in his later years. Because of his sight, he can go in and out of his own style. Because of his bold and unconstrained personality and his experience in joining the peasant uprising army, his calligraphy is bold and confident. Rao Jieyou is good at cursive writing. He started from huaisu and Zhang Xu, who were the two kings of Jin Dynasty. He also took the strength of kanglizi mountain as an example. His writing is smooth and smooth, with clear strength and elegant style. He is very active in making changes. The work is free and easy, and it doesn't break the rules. Because of his wide range of views, he was able to enter and leave the country in an elegant way. Li Rihua's liuyanzhai notes comments on "the introduction of books is round, vigorous and smooth, and the God pursues the great order". His good friend Chen Ji commented on his book, saying that "Jiezhi cursive script is especially magnificent and strange, and it is gratifying to see that its potential is not as good as holy.". Jiang Shaoshu also commented on Liu Wenjuan's cursive script, saying: "when you enter the Yin Hall of the mountain, you can feel pure cotton wrapped in iron. This volume is a big Lingfa. It's written in grass, Han and Liu. It's drunk and ink dripping. It seems strange." It can be seen that his cursive script was well-known at that time.

Rao Jie's calligraphy had a great influence in Suzhou. Song Ke and song Guang, the "two song" calligraphers in the early Ming Dynasty, came from his family, and Wen Zhengming, the leader of Wu School of calligraphy, was also deeply influenced by him. He was also the convenor of the poetry circle at the end of Yuan Dynasty, and sponsored Gao Qi's Beiguo Shiyou and most of the "Wuzhong Shizi".

His representative work, the book of the illusory living image of the peak in the book, is characterized by clear and vigorous strokes, and sometimes with Zhang Cao's brushwork, which shows the stubbornness in Xiujin. It's interesting that the structure of "magic" is deliberately shifted. His "Nan Mu tie" is free and unrestrained. It's a short letter. It's also a small matter. It's full of pride and elegant lines. It turns over with the trend and flows away like a pill. The rhythm of this work is very strong, the "ear" shape of thick ink dry pen occupies a few word positions, while the "Dang" character is left and right rushing, strange and strange, with a great charm of huaisu. In the last few words, only smoke and clouds are left, and the "word" is no longer recognizable. The involvement of Zhang Cao's brushwork increases the change and strength of the line shape, which is a very rare product.

Main works

He is the author of Youcheng collection, but not yet. The poems are collected in Jiangxi poetry collection, liechao poetry collection, yuxuanyuan poetry and Ming poetry collection.

There are few authentic works in the world. The book "Zhao Mengtiao 100 feet of Wutong Xuan poem" is now collected in the Shanghai Museum; the running script "the letter to Mr. Guo", "seven poems" and "the gift of monks and magic poems" are collected in the the Imperial Palace Museum in Taiwan. See (Tongzhi) Linchuan county annals, Jiangxi Tongzhi, Sikuquanshu, Yuding shuhuapu, Yang Shiqi's Rao Jiezhi Shihou, Ming Shizong and liechao Shiji.

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