Weng Tonggong (1830-1904), zi Shuping, Song Zen, Bei Shu Zhai, Bottle Sheng, Song Zen, Bottle Lu Resident, And Mei Resident, etc., do not call the Heavenly Idler, the late number Bottle Anjue. An influential politician in the recent history of the mainland. In the sixth year of Qing Xianfeng (1856), he entered the priesthood and was taught the Hanlin Academy to repair, and successively served as the emperor of Tongzhi and Guangxu, successively serving as an official, a worker, and a household department Shangshu, an assistant university scholar, a military aircraft minister, and a prime minister minister for state affairs.
In the Sino-French War, he advocated the War of Resistance and supported Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army to defend its territory. During the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War, they also vigorously advocated defending against foreign insults and opposing Li Hongzhang's request for peace. Later, he recommended Kang Youwei and supported the reform of the law, and in the twenty-fourth year of Guangxu (1898), he was stripped of his post by Empress Dowager Cixi and returned home; in October, he was ordered to be dismissed from his post, never to be used, and handed over to the local officials for strict discipline. After returning to Li, he lived in seclusion in the tomb of Pigeon Peak in the western foothills of Yu Mountain. He died after seven years of difficulty. After his death, he posthumously honored Wen Gong. Learn through the Han and Song Dynasties, Wenzong Tongcheng, poetry near Jiangxi. Paintings, especially calligraphy. He is the author of "Weng Wen Gonggong Diary" and "Bottle Lu Poetry Manuscript".
Weng Tonggong "Xingshu Testament Xuan Li Axis"
He was nurtured by his family since childhood. Xi calligraphy, from the study of Qian Nanyuan and Dong Qichang's calligraphy traced back to Mi Fu and Yan Zhenqing, the calligraphy composed is pure and generous. Immersion in Han Li in his later years, Draft History of the Qing Dynasty. The Biography of Weng Tonggong praised Weng Tonggong's calligraphy as "a family of its own, especially the worldly sects". Qing Xuke's "Qing Barnyard Banknotes" said: "Shuping Xiangguo calligraphy is eclectic, for Qianjia after the one ...
In his later years, his achievements were far beyond Qin Xi (Weng Fanggang) and Nanyuan (Qian Feng). On the scribes of the state dynasty, Liu Shi'an (Liu Yong) outside, when there is no match, not a passing theory also. After Guangxu Pengshu, he lived in meditation and had no intention of seeking work, and Chaoyi was even worse. Qing Yang Shoujing's "Xueshu Shuyan" praised this giant who looked up to the late Qing Dynasty book world: "Song Zen learned Yan Pingyuan (Yan Zhenqing), the old man was so old that there was no elegant pen. Tongzhi and Guangxu are pushed as the first, and They are not falsely accused. Ma Zonghuo's "Yue Lou Pen Talk" said: "Song Zen was peeped at Xiangyang by Sibai in his early years; from Nanyuan to spy on Lu Gong in middle age; after returning to the field, he was indulgent and uninhibited, but his breath was pure and thick, and he was generous and broad, and he wanted to be more like Lu Gong." Even if it is eight points, although it has not entered the ancient world, it can also be far away. ”
Weng Tonggong "Kai Shu Shou Du Ci Gao Eight Words Lian"
Weng Tonggong in his early years from Xi Ou, Shu, Liu, Zhao, calligraphy advocated thinness; in middle age, he transferred to Yan Body, taking its thickness, and also learned Su Shi and Mi Fu, and the book came out of novelty; in his later years, he was able to rely on the North Monument, and saw the spirit in plainness. He absorbed the strengths of all the people, pondered the Tang Dynasty Yan Zhenqing and the Northern Wei tablets, participated in his own wishes, and absorbed the strengths of Liu Yong, Qian Feng, He Shaoji and others, and dissolved the softness and fluency of Zhao Ziang and Dong Qichang into it. He deeply grasped the essence of Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy and wrote calligraphy works with his own personality, thus forming a unique calligraphy style of Weng Zi and becoming an influential calligrapher in the late Qing Dynasty.
Weng Tonggong's "Excerpts from the Book of Dead Trees"
Weng Tonggong", "Recording Su Shi on the Scroll of Painting"
Weng Tonggong's "Five Words of the Crane hanging on the hanging pole"
Weng Tonggong "Xingshu Jade Axis Carving Saddle Six Words Lian"
Weng Tonggong's "Eight Words of Sweeping the Mountain of the Book of Conduct"
Weng Tonggong "Xingshu Fan"
"Weng Song Zen Xiangguo Da Zi Fa Ti" Mo Tuo Old Print of the Republic of China