In ancient times, there was "Ya Father" Fan Zeng, and in modern times there was the painter Fan Zeng.
Lao Qin first saw the name Fan Zeng in a collection of Illustrations of Lu Xun's Novels.
When Lao Qin was a child, he loved to read comic strips and collected a lot of comic strips.
When I came into contact with the "Illustration Collection of Lu Xun Novels", I was attracted by the style of illustrations in the book.
Therefore, I paid attention to the name "Fan Zeng", the author of the painting.
Moreover, I slowly learned that the illustrations of these Lu Xun novels were painted in 1977, when Mr. Fan Zeng was seriously ill and felt that he was dying and struggling in his hospital bed. Admiration came over me.
The late famous master of linguistics, Mr. Wang Li, was a native of Lao Qin, and the master of traditional Chinese studies, Ji Xianlin, honored Mr. Wang Li with a teacher. Because of this relationship, Lao Qin had a little more affection for Ji Lao than respect.
Ji Lao once had this evaluation of Fan Zeng: Fan Zeng had three identities, the first identity was a painter, the second identity was a scholar of Chinese culture, and the third identity was a thinker. Moreover, in all three fields, he has extremely high attainments.
Ji Lao was a master of traditional Chinese studies in Hai Nei Xianyang, and since he praised Fan Zeng so much, it was enough to explain Fan Zeng's status in the cultural circles.
Fan Zeng grew up thanks to the environment in which he lived.
He is a native of Nantong, from the Shuxiang Mendi of the poetry book heirloom.
His Fan ancestors, from the late Ming and early Qing dynasties to his father Fan Ziyu's generation, twelve generations are poets, and there are poetry collections passed down from generation to generation, which can be described as long and continuous.
Fan Zeng's father, Fan Ziyu, was not only a great poet, but also a famous educator in Nantong.
Fan Zeng's mother, Miao Jingxin, was also remarkable, and was the principal of the Second Affiliated Primary School of Nantong Women's Normal School.
Fan Zeng's primary school studies were completed in the Second Affiliated Primary School of Nantong Girls' Normal School, and then he entered the Jiangsu Provincial Nantong Middle School and was admitted to the History Department of Nankai University.
In the History Department of Nankai University, Fan studied with professors such as Zheng Tianting, Lei Haizong, Lai Xinxia, Gu Xiegao, and Xie Guozhen, who were famous for their thunderous ears.
Two years later, because of his obsession and dedication to painting, he transferred to the Art History Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and later transferred to the Department of Chinese Painting, where he received guidance from a large number of painting giants such as Jiang Zhaohe, Li Kuchan, and Li Keyan.
After graduating from the Chinese Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Fan Zeng received help from Shen Congwen and was assigned to the art group of the China History Museum to compile and draw materials on the costumes of Chinese dynasties.
Lao Qin has already introduced several articles about Shen Congwen, who was originally a literary titan, but due to various reasons, he closed his pen in 1948 and switched to cultural relics research.
From 1948 to 1960, in the more than 10 years, Shen Congwen walked extremely difficult.
In 1962, the year Fan graduated from the Chinese Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, shen Congwen's life began to change as the achievements of antiquities research continued to be introduced, and the research he was doing on the "history of ancient Chinese costumes" was cared for and supported by Premier Zhou.
Lao Qin said in the previously written "Qian Zhongshu used his narrow insight to ridicule Shen Congwen, but what Shen Congwen wrote was true", that Shen Congwen's grandfather Shen Hongfu was a military general who had made meritorious contributions in the Pacific Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement and once became the viceroy of Guizhou; his father, Shen Zongsi, was also a military general with high martial skills, and was once a general under Luo Rongguang, the admiral of Tianjin Dagu. Shen Congwen was a man of letters, although he was physically weak, polite on the outside, a humble gentleman, but in his heart he was a warrior and a hero, had experience in the army, and was red-hearted to people, fiery as fire.
Lao Qin also said in "Zhang Zhaohe in his later years that he could understand Shen Congwen, but about her husband's tombstone, exposed her hypocrisy", Zhang Zhaohe's mother's family is one of the four major families in Anhui, she has lived a luxurious life since she was a child, after marrying Shen Congwen, she saw Shen Congwen, who had a poor life, treated his friends, often generously donated money and helped each other, and was so distressed that he often complained about Shen Congwen.
Yesterday's "Why Did Shen Congwen Seal His Pen in 1948?" Talking about shen congwen and Guo Moruo's enmity and feud, it is also mentioned that Xiao Qian's ability to rise up in the literary world is inseparable from Shen Congwen's vigorous promotion. Xiao Qian could not find a job after graduating from Yan University, and Shen Congwen even raised Xiao Qian for eight months.
I have to say that Shen Congwen is a real celebrity and a real haojie!
Then again, Fan Zeng, as a hairy boy who had just graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, specialized in painting, how did he catch up with Shen Congwen, who was engaged in cultural relics research?
Chen's bare hands disclosed in the article "Shen Congwen Under the Noon Gate City": It was Fan who took the initiative to find Shen Congwen, wrote letters to Shen Congwen every day, softly grinded hard bubbles, wrapped around, and even used in the letter "Dreaming that Mr. Is sick and rushing from Tianjin overnight" and other meaty sentences.
Shen Congwen was a sincere and enthusiastic person, who was impressed by Fan Zeng's letters, actively opened up for him, and went to great lengths to help him transfer to the art group of the History Museum, letting him act as his assistant and illustrating the "Study of Ancient Chinese Costumes" in his compilation.
Cha Fan once personally described the book "Fan Zeng's Self-Description", in which he honored Shen Congwen as a teacher, claiming that the master-apprentice relationship was once close.
However, good flowers do not bloom often, and good times do not always exist.
In 1966, Fan Zeng actually posted more than 10 big newspapers exposing and framing Shen Congwen, among which there were vicious words such as "pustules on his head, rotten", "writing yellow novels, opening yellow dance parties" and so on.
Shen Congwen was like a thousand arrows piercing his heart, unable to speak for a long time.
Later, in a letter to Zhang Zhaohe, he said bitterly: I really can't imagine that fan Zeng is the one who exposes me the most! As the old saying goes, killing people is not enough to kill people, the ten major crimes are enough to kill people, Fan once wrote hundreds of articles at once, I really don't know why he wanted to put me to death?
Why did Fan Zeng do this?
Many years later, he wrote the article "My Grievances with Shen Congwen", admitting that he was sorry for the teacher, but he blamed the times for doing so, saying that he was forced by the times and had to do it, and what he did was just to beat everyone to shout "current", nothing more.
Old Qin mentions here by the way that Fan Zeng was also a student of Shen Congwen's cousin Huang Yongyu, but he painted such a picture: a foreigner leads a dog, and the dog wears a Sam Uncle hat with the words "Huang Yongyu" written on the hat.
In the autumn of 2014, when the National Museum of China held the "Shoucheng and Tengfei - Cardo Sculpture and Fan Zeng Painting Group Exhibition", Fan zeng was interviewed by reporters, and when talking about Huang Yongyu, he said that he did have a grudge with Huang Yongyu, but they did not hate each other. For example, he also said that during the Olympic Games, his paintings and Huang Yongyu's paintings appeared in the exhibition, and the two met unexpectedly, resulting in four eyes looking at each other and silently embracing.
Fan Zeng and Huang Yongyu met with a smile and a vendetta, Shen Congwen did not usher in this day, and Fan Zeng's other painting teacher, Li Kuchan, did not.
Shen Died in 1988, and Li Kuchan was a few years earlier, in 1983.
Before his death, Master Li Kuchan made a special confession to his family: Fan Zeng was not allowed to help the spirit.
Therefore, the scholar Li Ao once said in public that "Fan Zeng's character is problematic, which is certainly credible", but, as Fan once said: People's feelings are very complicated, and many things are not imaginable by secular people.
In 2003, Fan zeng donated a one-time donation of 500,000 yuan to his alma mater, Nankai University, to fight SARS; in 2004, he generously donated 1 million yuan to establish the "Yucai Library"; in 2008, he donated 10 million yuan for the wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan; in 2009, he donated 3 million yuan to protect the intangible cultural heritage of the Qiang people in Sichuan Province; in 2010, he donated 10 million yuan as a disaster relief fund for the earthquake-stricken area of Yushu, Qinghai.
It can be said that Fan Zeng made great contributions to charity and public welfare in his later years, which is still very admirable.