Ti Hua Shi usually refers to a poem on a Chinese painting. It is used to express the feelings, artistic opinion or the artistic conception of the author. Just as Fang Xun in Qing Dynasty said :“高情逸思,画之不足,题以发之” Gaoqing yisi, hua zhi bu zu, ti yi fa zhi – Noble feelings or surpassing thoughts cannot be fully expressed by a painting alone, write a poem to extend them.
A poem in calligraphy inscribed on a painting together with a stamp is a special characteristic of Chinese art. It is a unique style of Chinese painting and considered to be a unique aesthetic phenomenon in the world of art history. There are many excellent Ti Hua Shi and they are not only a valuable inheritance, but they are also important in the history of Chinese literature.
Before the Song Dynasty (960 -- 1279), poems that were not written on paintings, but praised paintings or expressed the poet’s feelings about some paintings could also be called Ti Hua Shi in the broad sense of the term.
There are two theories concerning the origin of Ti Hua Shi. One states that it started in the Wei (220-265),Jin (265 - 316), and Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-589), the other says it started in the Song Dynasty (960 - 1279).
Zheng Xie and the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou are acknowledged as being the best creators of Ti Hua Shi in the history of Chinese painting and poetry.
Traditional Ti Hua Shi were written on the blank part of a painting to help give the painting balance. Zheng Xie and the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou’s poems on their paintings developed this to a new phase.
As a representative of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, Zheng Xie did not only write poems all his paintings, but he also wrote his poems in a style combining calligraphy and painting together – using the four kinds of traditional Chinese calligraphy with his painting and poetry together. His calligraphy became a close part of his painting; his paintings were pictures and also poetry.
With the creative style of combining poetry, calligraphy, painting and stamp together perfectly, Zheng Xie and the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou extended the content of the traditional flower and bird painting, made literati painting more accessible to ordinary people, created a wonderful comprehensive art, and had great influence in their society and on later generations.
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Sequence:
Time Content Love, Kinship and Friendship
关雎 — Singing Ospreys
七步诗 — The Quatrain of Seven Steps
寄扬州韩绰判官 — Send to the Official Han Chuo in Yang Zhou
夜雨寄北 —Send a Poem Letter to Someone in the North on a Rainy Night
Landscape
敕勒歌 — Chi Le Song
一望二三里 — Have A Look Over, Two, Three Miles
柏林寺南望 — Look Over the South From the Bailin Temple
江雪 — Fishing on a Snowy River
Philosophy
赋新月 — Ode to the New Moon
Travel and Farewell
赠汪伦 — Present the Poem to Wang Lun
静夜思 — Missing my Hometown in the Peaceful Night
绝句(江碧鸟逾白) — On the Blue River, Birds Seem More White
Song of the Spring
晚春 — Late Spring
Encouragement
庭竹 — The Bamboo in the Courtyard
梅花 — Plum Blossoms
Appendix
My Endless Gratitude -Feb,2017 in the USA
The Appendix ( Nov 16, 2017 in China) of My Endless Gratitude -Feb,2017 in the USA
Ti Hua Shi -- Poem on Chinese Painting
Ti Hua Shi -- Poem on Chinese Painting
Ti Hua Shi – Poem on Chinese Painting or Painting PoemTi Hua Shi usually refers to a poem on a Chinese painting. It is used to express the feelings, artistic opinion or the artistic conception of the author. Just as Fang Xun in Qing Dynasty said :“高情逸思,画之不足,题以发之” Gaoqing yisi, hua zhi bu zu, ti yi fa zhi – Noble feelings or surpassing thoughts cannot be fully expressed by a painting alone, write a poem to extend them.
A poem in calligraphy inscribed on a painting together with a stamp is a special characteristic of Chinese art. It is a unique style of Chinese painting and considered to be a unique aesthetic phenomenon in the world of art history. There are many excellent Ti Hua Shi and they are not only a valuable inheritance, but they are also important in the history of Chinese literature.
Before the Song Dynasty (960 -- 1279), poems that were not written on paintings, but praised paintings or expressed the poet’s feelings about some paintings could also be called Ti Hua Shi in the broad sense of the term.
There are two theories concerning the origin of Ti Hua Shi. One states that it started in the Wei (220-265),Jin (265 - 316), and Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-589), the other says it started in the Song Dynasty (960 - 1279).
Zheng Xie and the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou are acknowledged as being the best creators of Ti Hua Shi in the history of Chinese painting and poetry.
Traditional Ti Hua Shi were written on the blank part of a painting to help give the painting balance. Zheng Xie and the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou’s poems on their paintings developed this to a new phase.
As a representative of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, Zheng Xie did not only write poems all his paintings, but he also wrote his poems in a style combining calligraphy and painting together – using the four kinds of traditional Chinese calligraphy with his painting and poetry together. His calligraphy became a close part of his painting; his paintings were pictures and also poetry.
With the creative style of combining poetry, calligraphy, painting and stamp together perfectly, Zheng Xie and the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou extended the content of the traditional flower and bird painting, made literati painting more accessible to ordinary people, created a wonderful comprehensive art, and had great influence in their society and on later generations.