Tang Shisheng

Tang Shisheng

Tang Shisheng (1551-1636) was a scholar of Ming Dynasty. He was born in Jiading (now Shanghai), Suzhou Prefecture, southern Zhili. At the age of 30, he abandoned juziye and devoted himself to the study of antiquity, poetry and prose. He was good at painting the plum blossom. Poor family, but good to help others, said good giving and. Together with Lou Jian, Li Liufang and Cheng jiasui, they are called "four masters of Jiading", and together with Lou Jian and Cheng jiasui, they are also called "three elders of Lianchuan".

Life of the characters

Tang Shisheng was born in 1551, the 30th year of Jiajing reign of emperor Shizong of Ming Dynasty, and died in 1636, the 9th year of Chongzhen reign of emperor Sizong of Ming Dynasty. Tang Shisheng was well versed in world affairs and open-minded. His father, Tang Qinxun, is friendly with GUI Youguang. In his early years, he paid homage to Gui Youguang and studied poetry. He had a reputation for poetry, but he abandoned his career in his twenties. He specializes in paleontology at home. His family is poor, but he is ready to help others. People call him "good at giving". He takes the official name of money lightly. He grows vegetables at home and works in the countryside. He leads a poor but contented life like Tao Yuanming. Tang Shisheng, Lou Jian and Cheng jiasui are all the disciples of GUI Youguang. The article is very elegant and quiet. In his later years, Tang Shisheng, together with Lou Jian and Cheng jiasui, often went out to play and talk about poetry. People who travel together all say that they are like ancient scholars. They are free from worldliness and have the aura of immortals. They are called "three elders of Lianchuan". Tang Shisheng is very good at writing. When he writes poems with his friends, he often does it without thinking. He didn't like difficult and astringent articles. He wrote his own poems with simple words, and without adding a little Dou, all at once. He named his collection of poems "three changes", but he didn't like the meaning of difficulty. At that time, his poems and essays were highly respected, and he was called "the four masters of Jiading" with Cheng jiasui, Lou Jian and Li huanfang. Xie Sanbin, a man of the Siming Dynasty, inscribed his collection of three changes with the poems and essays of the other three people as the collection of four masters of Jiading.

literature

Most of the poems in the book of three changes are lyrical works that express doubts about the changes of the world, because two of the prefaces to friends mentioned Nuzhen, and their words were disrespectful, which were later banned by the Qing Dynasty. Tang Shisheng had the best five ancient poems. He consciously studied Tao Yuanming and concentrated on many poems such as drinking with Tao and Miscellaneous Poems with Tao. His five ancient poems can well combine scenery, lyricism and discussion, and the four poems in junior high school can reflect these characteristics. Tang Shisheng's style of writing is different from that of poetry. His articles are written in a vertical and horizontal manner, and his words are forceful. Qian Qianyi commented in the biography of liechao Poetry Anthology: "Shuda's Wen Qinxun was the best friend of guixifu (Youguang), while Jiading's old scholars mostly came out of Xifu's gate. Therefore, Shuda, Cheng Chongyang (jiasui) and louzirou (Jian) were able to preach to the world. And Shu Da's writing, after zongzong Lu, is particularly well-known Tang Shisheng's articles were also influenced by the Tang and Song school. The famous ones are "preface to Yuchen's travel poems" and "epitaph of Taipusi's chengguigong", which have the characteristics of smooth and elegant writing.

Handed down paintings

He is good at painting the plum blossom. His works handed down from generation to generation include the painting of the plum blossom in 1608, the 36th year of Wanli.

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