The Absence Of One Branch Of The WuZhong Artistic School ——The Study Of Yu Cai’s Calligraphy Work And Theory

Heng Zhang once made comment on Yu Cai as followed: ‘The calligraphy work of Yu Cai establish a branch of the Wu Zhong Artistic School.’ Yu Cai is an important member of the Wu calligraphy artistic school who had not been paid enough attention on till now.We could frankly say that he is absence in the calligraphy history in some sense.This essay focused on the calligraphy of Yu Cai and make a case study on him which discussed Yu Cai’s calligraphy work combined with the Ming Dynasty’s era background,Yu Cai’s life story,the circle of his friends,poetic and literary achievements,and separately discussed the theory value of Yu Cai’s calligraphy theory work.The image of the establisher of one branch of the Wu Zhong Artistic School has been recreated in the essay through many specific history facts.Compared with the other members of the Wu Zhong Artistic School such as Chong Wang,the peculiarity style of Yu Cai’s calligraphy works and the influence on the Chong Wang’s calligraphy work were manifested.As a result,the status and the contribution of Yu Cai in the calligraphy history had been revealed clearly.Also,the value and impact of the calligraphy work of the group members of the Yu Cai’s branch have been mentioned and untangled.At the mean time,the reason why Yu Cai had not been famous after his death was inquired into deeply from vary angles.