Can you imagine the concept of eight characters selling tens of millions?
In July of the fourth year of Yongzheng (1726), the Yongzheng Emperor personally wrote a letter of "loyalty, sincerity, honesty, diligence and honesty", and gave it to Yin Xiang, the Prince of Yi, because he did his best to do his best, bowed down, did his best, knew people wisely, did things skillfully, and was humble and prudent. Therefore, Yongzheng rewarded him with eight characters. Through these eight characters, Yongzheng gave Yin Xiang a high evaluation of what he did and did.
But no one expected that decades later, this imperial pen calligraphy was given to Vice Changde, the commander of the Japanese army invading China, in 1945 by Heng Duo, who was the captain of the Xiling Garrison at the time of Prince Yi's descendants. His behavior is in great contrast to that of his ancestor Yin Xiang, the Prince of Yi, and this work is undoubtedly another historical witness to the Japanese invasion of China.
At that time, the commander of the Japanese army invading China, Vice Changde, was ecstatic to accept the treasure and bring it back to Japan. After that, the calligraphy work appeared at the Beijing Poly Autumn Auction and sold for 9.43 million yuan.
Among the calligraphy of the three most outstanding emperors in the history of the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, the most popular is Yongzheng, whose calligraphy is elegant, wonderful and popular in the auction market. After all, in the early qing dynasty, the Ministry of Internal Affairs opened the "Ruyi Hall" to cultivate calligraphy and painting talents, and the art of calligraphy and painting also became the family heirloom of the members of the royal family.
Yongzheng's calligraphy followed his father, following Dong Qichang's smooth and beautiful path. Looking at the surviving inkblots of Yongzheng, his calligraphy is taken from Zhao Mengfu and Dong Qichang, changlang and skillful, the pen is slow and orderly, and the qi pulse is through, which is a rare masterpiece in the imperial pen calligraphy of the emperors of previous dynasties.
His writings are written with ups and downs, with ink and smooth, and the qi pulse is consistent, fusing the spirit of the "second king", the simplicity of the Jin and Tang Dynasties and the yiqi of Dong Qichang into one furnace, which is quite a style for everyone.
Although Yongzheng followed his father, he was better than blue out of blue, and his calligraphy was more ethereal and open-minded than Kangxi's Confucian Junxiu.
Tian Zhongyan's "Brief Introduction to the Calligraphy of the Emperors of the Qing Dynasty" commented: "Compared with Kangxi and Qianlong, Yongzheng calligraphy has a beautiful character, Yongzheng's character is relaxed, and Qianlong's character is sweet. In contrast, Yongzheng's character personality is more stretched, and the expression of meaning is more natural. ”
After Yongzheng ascended the throne, he was diligent in political affairs, and although he only had a thirteen-year period of power, his handwriting was not much circulated. Among these handwritings, the largest number is the Zhu Batch script. A few crosses, more than a thousand words, sprinkled with foreign words, in one go, some even longer than the original fold.
The content of Zhu Ping's criticism is extensive, and there is no shortage of exhortations from renjun to his ministers. These Zhu Pi are relatively easy to write, and the atmosphere is elegant, and it is still not difficult to see the influence of Dong Qichang's calligraphy on him. At the same time, the Yongzheng imperial large-character works are obviously influenced by Zhao Mengfu, while the meaning of Dong Qichang is gradually reduced, and the reason why there is still a Dongshu flavor in zhu batch is probably related to the relatively relaxed and natural writing state.
Yongzheng Kaishu is relatively dignified and fluent, plump and full, with a royal atmosphere. His pen is very refreshing, the dot painting is thick, and the knot is natural, which can be seen that his calligraphy skills are very good.
And his cursive tendency is smooth, ups and downs, and the pulse of qi is through, giving people a passion that cannot be contained, and it is not inferior to the Hanlin calligrapher at all.
The yongzheng emperor's calligraphy was generally skillful, generous and natural, elegant and vigorous, with profound strategy, extraordinary style, grandeur, and a grandeur that the emperor wanted to surpass the mighty. Yongzheng is good at calligraphy, calligraphy, cursive writing, and list books, of which cursive writing has the highest achievements. Yongzheng's late writing works, the center of the pen, steady and smooth, the body of the body, the bones are clear, the calligraphy is beautiful, giving people a sense of rhythm and rhythmic beauty.
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