Zhu Changwen

Zhu Changwen

Zhu Changwen (1039-1098) was a calligrapher of the Northern Song Dynasty. He was born in Wu County of Suzhou (now Suzhou, Jiangsu Province) and was named Bo Yuan.

Life experience

Jiayou four years (1059) Jinshi, awarded the Secretary of the provincial school Shulang. His father was worried about leaving his job, and he was promoted to be a scholar. He refused to try because he was sick. He built a room for music garden and wrote books to review the ancient times. Wu people turned him into a virtuous man. Those who had passed the exam were ashamed of not going to music garden, so he became famous as the capital.

Yuan Youzhong (1089) began to teach in his hometown and was called as a doctor of Taixue. Also the Secretary of the province Zhengzi, death. After 20 years of living at home, the library was built as "lepufang", with a collection of more than 20000 volumes. At that time, famous people and doctors were ashamed of not being in "lepufang", and most of them had rare and secret books. The "lepufang" collection was famous in Beijing.

Yuanyou middle school (1086-1094) was a professor in Honshu and a doctor of Taixue. He was transferred to the post of secretary, provincial Zhengzi, secretary and secretary.

Main works

His works include Wu Jun tujing sequel, Qin Tai Ji, Yue Pu Yu manuscript, Yue Pu Ji, etc.

Chang Wen's works are very rich. Originally, there were 100 volumes of Yuepu collection. After crossing south, it was destroyed by war. The remaining eight volumes of Yuepu's manuscripts, the sequel to the Yijun tujing, the compilation of Mochi, and the history of Qin are all handed down to the world. He is good at calligraphy theory, and his works such as Mo Chi Bian and Xu Shu Duan are very important.

He compiled two pieces of epigraphs and famous people's notes since King Mu of Zhou Dynasty, namely "Mochi" and "review of ancient times", which is one of the earlier famous pieces to collect epigraphs.