Wang asked

Wang asked

Wang Wen (1497-1576), Zi Yu, Zhong Shan, was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. Jiajing seventeen years (1538) Wuxu branch (second class 18) Jinshi, Li official car driving doctor, promote Guangdong according to cha Qian affairs, did not go to office, abandoned official home.

In calligraphy, Mi Fu and Huang Tingjian are excellent at painting landscapes, flowers and birds; in poetry, Xiao leisurely and carefree, and complacent, including Zhongshan poetry anthology and chongwenguan manuscript.

brief account of the author's life

Wang Wen was born in the 10th year of Hongzhi and died in the 4th year of Wanli. He is from Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. He has been intelligent since childhood, and he is good at poetry and painting. Later, he studied in Erquan academy founded by Shao Bao and swore to study behind closed doors for 30 years. He made great progress in his studies and good conduct, and was elected in 1519. In 1532, the 11th year of Jiajing period, there was a mid-term examination, but he did not take part in the palace examination, so he went back to Wuxi to continue his study. Six years later, he went to Beijing to fight. In 1538, he was a Jinshi of the 1898 movement (the 18th of the second class), and he was 42 years old.

At the beginning, he was appointed as the head of the household department and supervised the warehouse in Xuzhou. He had good management and reduced the loss by two to three tenths. After the transfer of Nanjing's Ministry of military affairs, he was allowed to ride in the middle of a long journey to sympathize with the sufferings of the soldiers. At that time, Japanese pirates often broke the border. In order to take precautions, he investigated and registered the civil heroes in advance and mobilized them to recruit in time. After recruitment, they were given rich pay and rice; when they were dismissed, they often had surplus money to take away. Someone reported it to the Ministry of war. Please chase it. Wang Wen had no fear and argued. Wang asked his father to be filial. In the capital period, he was ready to support his father. But his father refused to leave his hometown and asked him to draw 30 fans and write a poem for each. The old man used one of them every day, as if his son served him every day. After that, Wang Wen was transferred to Guangdong Qianshi and went to Tongjiang (now Tonglu County, Zhejiang Province). Because he missed his father, he decided not to go south any more. He abandoned his official post and returned to Wuxi to raise his father. From then on, he was indifferent to his official career and was nostalgic for Hushan and Linquan. In Wuxi Huishan Tingsong nunnery's side (today's Tingsong Square), East zhaochunmenwai lvluo nunnery's former site (now near lvta Road) and the foot of Baojie mountain on the South Bank of Wulihu, there are different buildings. He lived in seclusion in Baojie Shanfang (also known as Hushan thatched cottage) for the longest time and did not stay in the city for 30 years. In the 33rd year of Jiajing period, he rebuilt the Bishan poetry club in Huishan together with Qin Han, Gu Kejiu, Hua Cha, Wang shisha, etc. In 1576, he died at the age of 79.

Selected works

Poetry

[to Wu Zhishan]

The watchman's voice is still in the middle of the night, the clouds are beginning to disperse, and the autumn wind is cool.

Seeing that you have become a homeless guest, you are still talking about your hometown.

Painting and Calligraphy

The name of Wang Wen's painting is greater than that of his poem. The landscapes, figures, flowers and birds are exquisite and unique in style. Calligraphy is powerful and self-contained. It is similar to Mi Fu, but also like Huang Tingjian. The painting works handed down from generation to generation include the volume of landscape painting for Zuojiang (illustrated in the volume of landscape painting of Wang Zhongshan), the painting of fishing in a boat (now collected in Japan's East volume, now collected in Nanjing Museum), Jingjing Jiatang, the axis of juexian painting (recorded in the atlas of the history of Chinese painting), and the painting of autumn scenery on isolated islet (now collected in Wuxi Museum). Calligraphy works handed down from generation to generation include the stele of Hushan song (now in the rest Pavilion of Yuantouzhu Park in Wuxi City) and the volume of running script (now in Wuxi City Museum). Poetry collection includes Zhongshan poetry anthology and chuzhai collection.