Biography
Sun Zhuang with friends in Beijing (Sun Zhuang is sun zhuang in the back row, second from right)
Sun Zhuang (1879-1943), Zi Boheng, No. Snow Garden, Room Name Reading Snow Zhai, Yujian Caotang, Chengqiu Hall, Baopu Zhai, Xi Room, directly under daxing people, originally from Yuyao, Zhejiang.
Guozijian is a student who studied in Tongwenguan and Kyoshi University.
After the Republic of China, he served as the manager of the Beiping Commercial Press and the school manager of the China Construction Society, and was a member of the Archaeological Society. He is the author of "Yongle Dadian Examination", "Series of Editions", "Jituo WeiShiJing", "Chu Qi Tu Kao", "Beijing Customs and Soil Records", "Ancient Notes on Sayings" and so on.
First acquaintance with Sun Zhuang
The author first learned about Sun Zhuang, or when he wrote "Lu Zhi Lingguang Jinshi Yongnian - Remembering the Golden Stone Calligraphy seal engraver Ding Buddha's Words", according to historical records, after Ding Foyan's death, Ke Changsi, a professor at Beiping Normal University, and Sun Zhuang, manager of the Commercial Press, had intended to sort out and publish Ding's remains, but due to various reasons, they could not be realized.
Manager of Beiping Commercial Press
Sun Zhuangzhi Rong Gengxing cursive writing
According to Sun Zhuang's grandson Zhenshen recalled, his father Sun Zhuang worked in the Commercial Press about 1912, served as the manager of the Beiping Commercial Press for many years, he had a lot of contacts with Zhang Yuanji, the elder of the publishing industry, and the Communist Party elders Chen Yun, scholars Chen Shutong, shen Yanbing also worked in the Commercial Press, and had certain contacts with Sun Zhuang, Shen Yanbing was initially able to enter the Commercial Press to work also because of Mr. Sun's recommendation.
"Ice Society" friends
Last year, the author sorted out the information of Zhou Kangyuan, vice president of the "Ice Society", and wrote an article entitled "A Brief Analysis of the Artistic Achievements of Seal Carvings of Zhou Kangyuan, Vice President of the "Ice Society".
Sun Zhuang titled Yan Tuo
"Reading the Seal of Xuezhai"
In 1924, Han FenLou published the "Reading Xuezhai Seal Spectrum", in which Cun Sun Zhuang wrote a preface, which reads: "Ancestor Zu Kao Chun Shan Gong collected more than 300 Qin Han Seals, Gengzi Soldiers were scattered and lost, only two-thirds of the printed copies remained, and they were not examined, Ding Weiqiu Chen Jun Shu Tong came from Shanghai to Zha, saw that there were two volumes of Guquan Gong Seal, the first list of the ancestors Shaochun Gong Preface, judged as my family's relics, urgently need to buy back, make up for the previous lack and regain Chen Jun's benefits, and now the seal of The Seal of The Seal of Han Fen Lou is widely spread, and Chen Jun's heart of passing on the ancient is particularly admirable. I would like to summarize the gains and losses with a slight intention. In February, Beiping Sun Zhuang was careful to meet the Beijing Division. ”
"Reading the Seal of Xuezhai" book shadow
From this passage inscription, it can be seen that Sun Zhuang's uncle "Chunshan Gong" and uncle "Shaochun Gong" are good at collecting seals, which shows that Sun Zhuang is good at collecting the origins of the family, and he also has a party to use and print it as "Chunshan Sun Family Treasure".
Big collector
Sun Zhuang's collection of Hongfu is known to the world for the rare and rare rubbings he collects, such as the Beiping Guguang Pavilion once wrote to Fu Sinian to sell 217 rubbings such as Sun Zhuangzang's three generations of Qin and Han pottery tiles and mud.
Fu Sinian also wrote to Rong Geng to search for rubbings, and Rong introduced Sun Zhuang's collection, but it seems that the price was not satisfactory.
Sun Zhuang also had a good relationship with his widow Luo Zhenyu, who had given Sun many oracle bone extensions, some of which also became important collections for him.
The relationship between Sun Zhuang and Zhou Kangyuan, a famous seal engraver and ancient instrument collector in the old Beijing, is also extraordinary, and when the author sorted out Zhou Kangyuan's "Seal of Shiyanguan" (Zhou Kangyuan's self-compilation printing), printing and rubbings, he found that in the "Seal of Shiyanguan", Zhou Kangyuan was able to examine more than twenty squares, and there was one seal metamorphosis (not included in the seal) and Sun Zhuang's inscription and inscription for "Shiyanguan Seal", which showed that the two were friends.
Zhou Kangyuan carved the "Snow Garden" seal for Sun Zhuang
Another seal engraver, Zhang Fancheng, who was active in the Liuli Factory, should also have had some interaction with Sun Zhuang, and his seal ("Shi Yiju Seal") contains the seal of Mr. Zhang's rule for Sun Zhuang. (To be continued)
Sun Zhuang inscribed Zhou Kangyuan's "Seal of the Stone YanGuan"
Sun Zhuang wrote an inscription for Zhou Kangyuan's "Seal Grass of Shiyanguan"
(The author Zou Dianfei is a member of the Beijing Calligraphers Association and vice president of the Beijing Jingpai Calligraphy Research Association)