Li Ti

Li Ti

Shi Hong, a member of Yuanqiao, was born in Taiyuan. He went to Jixian to study as a bachelor. He is fond of learning, erudite and harmonious, and is famous for his good books. In his spare time, he takes Wang Xizhi's book of the right army of Jin Dynasty as his example. Yan lived in Shanfang, which is called Zuijin. His plays are beyond comprehension. Like to make ink bamboo, Zongwen with. Li Ti and Li Yuanqiao were mistakenly named as two people in the treasure book of drawing according to the pictures. In addition to the double collection of painting history, Xie Tingzhi's name and native place were mistakenly included in the article of Yuanqiao, from which the dictionary of names of Chinese painters followed. "Treasure of painting", "coral in iron net", "collection of Shanyuan"

Zhao Mengfu was the representative of the trend of the Yuan Dynasty's revivalism. His high official position and excellent painting and calligraphy made him famous all over the world. However, in terms of deep understanding and faithful inheritance of the two kings, another calligrapher in the Yuan Dynasty emphasized the sense of Jin rhyme much better than Zhao Mengfu and went to the hall to see the mystery of the two kings. Unfortunately, in all kinds of calligraphy history, he is quite lonely. It is not only difficult to find out his life experience, but also how many handed down works there are. Li Ti's history of the Yuan Dynasty has no biography. From some sporadic descriptions of calligraphy and painting, we know that he is good at ink and bamboo, rich in collection, and "the article is the most important in the world". His calligraphy is to pursue the style of Jin people, and is famous for his natural and elegant style in the world. Even the study of the various landscape furnishings are all authentic Jin Yun elegant. The records of the two scholars give us a glimpse of this man: Li gongshihong, a master of Jixian, is famous for his excellent books. In his spare time, he took the portrait of the right army of the Jin Dynasty as an example. The inkstones on the window wall of the mountain house and the flowers and objects on the mat all had the spirit of the Jin Dynasty. (Dai Biaoyuan's "collection of Shanxi") - when I was a scholar in the past, I saw that he liked to write on a low desk and wrote highly, so was his calligraphy. (Zhang Xinba) in Yiyi's study with Jin style, the calligraphy of Yiyi with Jin style does not follow Zhang Xu's crazy manner, nor does it have Yan Zhenqing's sense of pressure and ruggedness. He disdains to pursue the style of storm, thunder and lightning. However, it is not suitable for him to sing and dance lightly, to be beautiful and light. The style of being broad, natural and elegant is a kind of local scholar bureaucrat style. In Li Ti's opinion, the former is too fierce, while the latter is too weak. Both of them have lost their status as scholars. Only when he is clear and tranquil and oblivious, is his ideal state. Although Li Ti's calligraphy is often ignored by later generations, I think he deserves to be known for his style of Yuan Dynasty calligraphers and the whole retro style of pursuing Jin rhyme. Didn't Yuan Dynasty calligraphy dazzle itself with skills? Jiemanshuo, Xianyu, kanglizishan, who can match Li Ti in the use of pen? Their basic skills are not as high as Li Ti's, let alone their creative ability. As for Zhao Songxue, although he is known as a king, he is familiar with Jin Yun. As for his understanding of Jin Yun, especially the subtle feeling of using pen, he still can't look at Li Ti's back. If we say that Zhao advocated the trend of returning to the ancients and forcing Jin Dynasty, then Li Ti is a prominent commanding point of this trend. In spite of the pressure of the times, he may not really be able to join the ranks of Jinxian, but after the authentic technique levee was smashed by the lyric torrent, later generations often hold a divide and rule attitude towards Jinyun: a comprehensive grasp is powerless, then a scale and a half claw in detail. It is also a good emergency plan. It should be said that the appearance of Li Ti is a blessing in the history of calligraphy. It represents the level of later generations' high-level understanding of ancient law. Ignoring it will at least make our research lose a lot of valuable content

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