On May 7, the Supplement of Xinmin Evening News, Luminous Cup, published Feng Jicai's "Inscription for Meilin Calligraphy and Painting".
▲ Han Meilin and Feng Jicai
Inscription for Meilin calligraphy and painting
Feng Jicai
The gift of pen and ink is an exchange between literati. There is no socializing here, let alone forced, all due to temporary temperament or interest. Once, Merrill gave me two small paintings, one on one cow and one horse, both drawn with thick markers on an old rice paper. Paper is quite peculiar, it is a kind of antique paper, the color is the same as the kind of red and yellow old silk or old paper common in Tang and Song dynasty calligraphy and painting, and the upper part is covered with mottled old marks. Merrill Lynch's painting "Marker Stroke" is good at it, with a pen that is extremely simple, majestic and old,full of vitality, and unique in the future, with the meaning of opening up the world. This horse this cow painting score is exceptionally good, is a fine product. I laughed and said, "Some of the inscriptions and stamps are tang or song paintings." ”
He said, "Go write essay questions again." ”
I'm done. In the "Horse", it is inscribed: "Why are the people who paint animals all han family members?" Han Gan painted horses, Han Di painted cows, and Han Meilin, who painted cows and horses, also. Could it be that in his previous life, he was a cow and a horse? You ask me, I don't know, or I have to ask Merrill. Ding you autumn solstice. Ji Cai. ”
One day, the interest suddenly came, and he repeated the question: "I have four horses on me, the surname is the second horse, the name is one horse, and it belongs to the horse, and the horse is difficult to chase." ”
In another painting of "Niu", it is inscribed: "Meilin painted cattle with Tang style, strong and mighty, and did not lose to Han Di." With a minimalist pen, it is a miracle that it is eighty years old, and it is a miracle that it is so proud. Ding You's summer sun gu on the heart of the host. Ji Cai. ”
Later, the inscription was: "The cow has the strength, and the lion and tiger do not have this temperament." ”
Merrill Lynch's paintings are too personal, the cow is strong, the horse is unrestrained, and Han Meilin is naturally unrestrained and strong, so his favorite painting of cattle and horses is also.
Once again, when I went to see him, he took out two hand scrolls framed into the same, written in wild cursive calligraphy, from beginning to end, full of passion. He said that this scroll was going to ask me to write an inscription, two volumes with the same content, and then one volume for him and one volume for me. I took it back to the studio, put it on the painting plan and opened it, and a majestic wind came to my face, and his calligraphy ignited my poetry, and then the inscription:
"The history of books does not leave parrots,
Remember only the people who opened up the world,
Zhang Qiansu is crazy,
Who can sweep away a thousand armies with a stroke of a pen?
Drunken ink wake up pen by heart nature,
Calling the wind and rain is a god.
Han Mo a roll of casual exhibition,
Thousands of miles of clouds accompanied by dragon chants.
Watching the Merlin Wild Grass Song. Ji Cai. ”
He gave both volumes to Merrill Lynch. He left one volume, and the other one for me to keep and play with.