Wang Shen (Song dynasty)
| Wang Shen | |
|---|---|
 "Misty River, Layered Peaks", by Wang Shen. | |
| Poet and author of Song dynasty | |
| Born | c. 1036 |
| Died | c. 1093 |
| Names | |
| Traditional Chinese | 王詵 |
| Simplified Chinese | 王诜 |
| Pinyin | Wáng Shēn |
| Courtesy name | 晋卿 |
Wang Shen was a Chinese poet, painter, and calligrapher (Murck 2000, pp. 126-156). He is very well known as a painter, with some surviving paintings. He is also a poet, with some surviving verses.
Early life
Wang Shen was from Taiyuan city, in Shanxi.
Painting
Further information: Shanshui
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Looking in a Mirror by an Ornamental Box (繡櫳曉鏡圖), in National Palace Museum.
Wang Shen was an accomplished landscape painter in the Chinese tradition. He also painted some beautiful ladies, such as the painting Looking in a Mirror by an Ornamental Box.
Poetry
Although less remembered as a poet than a painter, Wang Shen traded rhymes with Su Shi, one of the most renowned poets of the Song dynastic era, if not all time.
See also
- Classical Chinese poetry
- Crow Terrace Poetry Trial
- Emperor Shenzong of Song
- Huang Tingjian
- Li Cheng (painter)
- Mi Fu
- Su Shi
- Xiaoxiang poetry
References
- Murck, Alfreda (2000). Poetry and Painting in Song China: The Subtle Art of Dissent. Harvard Univ Asia Center. ISBN 978-0-674-00782-6.
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