Celebrities are not many. Before only knowing that Fan Zeng was a famous painter and artist, but did not know that Fan Zeng had a lot of controversy in his life, with the death of Fan Zeng's wife Nanli, paying attention to Fan Zeng again, I learned that this old artist had a rich love history and many stories in his life. Here we do not discuss the three marriages in Fan Zeng's life, only from the evaluation of Fan Zeng by two celebrities, one is Li Kuchan and the other is Yang Zhenning.
The famous painter Li Kuchan commented on Fan Zeng as "Without Fan Zeng as a student, the sub-family Zhongshan wolf, the ambition is rampant"; the famous scientist Yang Zhenning praised him in this way: "Fan Zeng, who is here today, he has no problem, he is a contemporary master, a contemporary great calligrapher, a contemporary great painter, and in my layman's view, he is not only contemporary, but also for hundreds of years, there is no one as big as him." ”
Yang Zhenning gave Fan Zeng a high evaluation, a master who had been encountered for hundreds of years. How great Fan Zeng's artistic achievements are, let's see how many titles Fan Zeng has on his body: Chinese contemporary Confucian, thinker, master of traditional Chinese studies, master of calligraphy and painting, writer, poet. [1] Dean and Chair Professor of the Institute of Chinese Painting Law, Peking University[24], Tenured Fellow of the China Academy of Arts, sole tenured professor of Nankai University and Nantong University, UNESCO Special Adviser on Multiculturalism, Honorary Doctor of Literature from the University of Glasgow, UK, Honorary Doctor of Literature from the University of Alberta, Canada. [2] It is a collection of poetry, calligraphy, painting, literature, history and philosophy, Confucianism and Taoism in contemporary China, and has published more than 160 kinds of poems, calligraphy and painting, and philosophy, of which 119 are treasured by the National Library. [3]
Fan Zeng's artistic achievements, this is recognized by the world, there is no doubt.
Mr. Li Kuchan's evaluation of Fan Zeng felt very harsh and ruthless. Li Kuchan and Fan Zeng were teacher-apprentice relations, Li Kuchan was born in 1899, Fan Zeng was born in 1938, Li Kuchan and Fan Zeng were 39 years apart, Fan Zeng was only a nobody when he followed Li Kuchan to learn Chinese painting, but Fan Zeng, who has always been good at creating opportunities and seizing opportunities, took the mentor as a springboard for development and rise, and after achieving achievements, he no longer respected Li Kuchan.
We cannot know in detail what unpleasant things happened between the two masters and disciples, which led to the teacher saying such ruthless words, and when Li Kuchan was dying, he also instructed his family to refuse Fan Zeng to come to his funeral and refuse him to help the spirit, which was tantamount to refusing to recognize Fan Zeng as his disciple.
Heaven and earth are kings and masters, and masters and disciples are like fathers and sons. There are many examples in history of masters appreciating apprentices and even marrying their daughters. For example, Chairman Mao Zedong's first wife, Yang Kaihui, was the daughter of his teacher Yang Changji. From the matter of Li Kuchan and Fan Zeng's master-apprentice relationship, we can see that Fan Zeng's inadequacies in dealing with the world.
"Gold has no feet, no one is perfect", and the artist Fan Zeng is no exception.
