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"Late Qing Dynasty Madman" Wang Minyun and his disciples, Xiangbo New Exhibition "Wang Men Art"

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Wang Minyun (1833-1916), a native of Xiangtan, Hunan. Wang Minyun was a generation of famous scholars, Xiangchu Daru, and also had the title of "Late Qing Madman". He traveled all over the world all over the world and preached and taught. Qi Baishi once inscribed a poem to thank The Teacher: "Remembering the old and meeting the old people, Ah Wu will no longer dream of the King's Gate." After his death, many of Wang Men's disciples have been on the grand stage of Modern and Contemporary Chinese history.

The Paper has learned that on June 11, 2021, the Hunan Provincial Museum will launch a special exhibition on "Wang Men Art Affair - Wang Minyun and His Disciples", which is an original exhibition based on the works of Wang Minyun and his disciples in the museum's collection. In this exhibition, two pieces of handwritten Buddhist scriptures donated by Yang Du's family to the Hunan Provincial Museum will also be exhibited.

"Late Qing Dynasty Madman" Wang Minyun and his disciples, Xiangbo New Exhibition "Wang Men Art"

Poster of the exhibition "Wang Men Art Affair - Wang Minyun and His Disciples"

Wang Minyun (1833-1916), also spelled Nongqiu, also spelled Nong's father, Xiangqi, Hunan Xiangtan people. Xianfeng was a native of the shogunate, such as Sushun and Zeng Guofan, and later taught at the Chengdu Zunjing Academy, successively serving as the head of the Changsha Sixian Lecture House and the Hengzhou Chuanshan Academy, hosting the Nanchang Higher School, and later teaching apprenticeships in the Xiangqi Building. In the Qing Dynasty, he was given the title of Hanlin Academy review and added the title of waiter. Min Chu served as the director of the Qing History Museum and also served as a member of the Senate. He has made outstanding achievements in many fields such as classics, literature, history, education, and calligraphy, and has authored "Xiangqilou Poetry Collection, Anthology, and Diary".

"Late Qing Dynasty Madman" Wang Minyun and his disciples, Xiangbo New Exhibition "Wang Men Art"

Manuscript of Wang Minyun's "Xiangqilou Diary" In the collection of Hunan Provincial Museum

Wang Minyun was a famous scholar of a generation, Xiangchu Daru. Throughout his life, he traveled all over the world, preached and taught, and his protégés were all over the world, known as The Taidou, and his strength advocated the application of the scriptures and cultivated the talents of the world. Among them, the famous disciples Yang Du, Yang Zhuang, Yang Jun, Xia Shoutian, Qi Baishi, Eight Finger Toutuo, Song Yuren, Yang Rui, Liao Ping, Hu Yuanyi, Yi Shunding, Liu Yiyi, Ma Zonghuo and so on have made outstanding achievements. Qi Baishi once inscribed a poem to thank The Teacher: "Remembering the old and meeting the old people, Ah Wu will no longer dream of the King's Gate." After his death, many of Wang Men's disciples have been on the big stage of Modern and Contemporary Chinese history, and the emergence of talents in Modern Huxiang and the revival of Bashu scholarship are inseparable from Wang Minyun's meticulous cultivation of a large number of talents.

Hunan Provincial Museum collection of Huxiang local celebrity letters, calligraphy and paintings since the Ming and Qing dynasties is very rich, the exhibition specially from the collection of Wang Minyun and his disciples of the relevant works carefully selected more than 100 pieces (sets) as exhibits, including calligraphy and paintings, seals, diaries, manuscripts, letters and other works, most of these inkblots are exhibited for the first time, very rare, precious, not only has important literary and historical value, but also has the aesthetic value of literati art, is nothing less than a feast of academic exchanges and art appreciation. Through this exhibition, through the tunnel of time, from the art of Wang Men, we can glimpse the deeds of Wang Minyun and his disciples who take the world as their own responsibility and apply it to the world, sort out the unique cultural inheritance system of Huxiang in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China period, and then promote the research of Huxiang culture in the academic and artistic circles.

Unit 1

A generation of Great Confucians Wang Minyun

"Late Qing Dynasty Madman" Wang Minyun and his disciples, Xiangbo New Exhibition "Wang Men Art"

Wang Minyun wrote the "Xiangqilou Anthology"

25 × 15 cm

"Late Qing Dynasty Madman" Wang Minyun and his disciples, Xiangbo New Exhibition "Wang Men Art"

Wang Minyun Book of Twelve Words

Paper

266 × 25 cm

Wang Minyun was a great educator in modern times, who embraced the study of the emperor in his early years, tried to participate in the rule of the world, but suffered repeated setbacks, could not exert his ambitions, so he was determined to make progress, returned to writing apprenticeships, engaged in education, sincere and easy to students, diligent in teaching, and tireless all day long. Wang Minyun is not only well-educated, but also works calligraphy. His scholarship runs through the history of scripture, and he is good at literature, historiography and classics, and his writings are equal. His calligraphy works are natural, dignified and very flavorful.

Unit 2

KuangDai Yicai Yang Du

"Late Qing Dynasty Madman" Wang Minyun and his disciples, Xiangbo New Exhibition "Wang Men Art"

Yang Du to Xia Shoutian Letter Page

15.5 ×28.6 cm

Yang Du (1875-1931), formerly known as Yang Chengzhen, was a native of Xiangtan, Hunan. He was a man of many years, participated in the book on the bus, served as a Manchu Qing Sipin master, was friends with Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao, and Huang Xing, and was a classmate of Cai Yi and Qi Baishi. In the chaotic world of the late Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the People's Republic, he repeatedly sought and sought the way to save the country. In order to seek "constitutional monarchy", he supported Yuan Shikai as emperor, and Yuan personally gave a plaque and inscription "Kuangdai Yicai". After Yuan's defeat, Yang Du fled into the Buddhist Gate, but the "Emperor Dao Zhenru" was useless. In order to "heal the people and save the country", he also agreed with Sun Yat-sen's "republic". Finally, he joined the Communist Party of China in the autumn of 1929, persisted in the work of the Party under the White Terror, and not only participated in the rescue of the Communist Li Dazhao, but also wrote inscriptions for the publications of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, "Struggle" and "Red Flag". In his final years, he was full of hope for the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese people!

Unit 3

Strange Woman of the Troubled World Yang Zhuang

"Late Qing Dynasty Madman" Wang Minyun and his disciples, Xiangbo New Exhibition "Wang Men Art"

Yang Zhuang wrote a poem album of Liu Dao

25.3 × 30.3 cm

Yang Zhuang (c. 1880-1940), also spelled Shaoji, also spelled Shuji, Shuji, was a native of Xiangtan, Hunan. Sister of Yang Du and sister of Yang Jun. At that time, people called Yang Du, Yang Zhuang, and Yang Jun the three brothers and sisters "Xiangtan Sanyang", and all three were Wang Minyun's proud disciples. Since childhood, Yang Zhuang has been talented, poetic, and tireless in mechanics. In his early years, together with his brothers Yang Du and his younger brother Yang Jun, he worshipped the "blacksmith poet" Zhang Dengshou as a teacher, and later followed Zhang into Wang Minyun's family school, becoming the only female disciple under Wang Minyun's disciples, and his poetry was greatly advanced, and he married Wang Daiyi, the fourth son of Wang Zhi. Because of his unfortunate marriage, Yang Du also wrote "Lamenting Jiangnan": "The ugly woman is often beautiful and the odd woman is more than a philistine." Although the world is self-flattering, it is worthy of others" as a metaphor.

Unit 4

The Spirit of the Grass Hall Yang Jun

"Late Qing Dynasty Madman" Wang Minyun and his disciples, Xiangbo New Exhibition "Wang Men Art"

Yang Jun paints the Mosong diagram axis

228 × 60.5 cm

Yang Jun (1881-1940), zi zhongzi, number baixin, late trumpet fear weng, self-called Mr. Wuli, zhai name Baixin Caotang, Hunan Xiangtan people. He is the younger brother of Yang Du and Yang Zhuang, and a proud disciple of Wang Minyun. He studied in Japan and lectured in Changsha, Xiangtan and other places for several years after returning to China. He has lived alone for many years, entertaining himself with reading, calligraphy and painting, art, collecting, and writing, and is good at calligraphy and painting, gold stones, and poetry, and his calligraphy is particularly profound. Yang Jun learned calligraphy at the age of six, specialized in Tang tablets before the age of thirteen, and then studied the Northern Tablets and Linhan Li all over the place, with great diligence, and the number of tablets in his life reached more than 5,000. After forty years, he studied painting, entered the painting with calligraphy, and studied the paintings of the literati in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, with styles close to Fu Shan, Wang Zhiduan, Cheng Yi, and Mei Qing. Yi shan seal carving, zhang fa duo reference tablet plate ancient seal, and Qi Baishi acquaintance for more than 20 years. There are "The Spirit of the Grass Hall", "The Poetry Of the White Heart Caotang", "The Golden Stone Calligraphy and Painting of the White Heart Grass Hall" and so on.

Unit 5

The founding father of the Republic of China, Liu Yiyi

"Late Qing Dynasty Madman" Wang Minyun and his disciples, Xiangbo New Exhibition "Wang Men Art"

Liu Yiyi "Liu Yi Yi Seal" name stamp

Stony

Height 6.5 cm, printed surface 2.7× 2.7 cm

"Late Qing Dynasty Madman" Wang Minyun and his disciples, Xiangbo New Exhibition "Wang Men Art"

Liu Yiyi (1878-1950), zi Linsheng, ancestral home of Hengshan, grew up in Xiangtan. In 1903, he studied in Japan and met Huang Xing. In the following year, he participated in the organization of the Huaxing Association, served as vice president, and contacted the party, set up a common hatred society, plotted the Changsha uprising, and the incident was restored to Japan. In 1907, he joined the League and served as a clerk in the executive department, and his descendants served as prime minister. During the period of presiding over the work of the Tokyo Headquarters, he vigorously defied public opinion and maintained the leadership of Sun Yat-sen. After the Wuchang Uprising, he returned to China and went to Hankou to participate in the war. In 1912, he was appointed Chief of Industry and Commerce in Yuan Shikai's government. Later, he participated in the Patriotic Movement. Founded the "Citizen Daily" in Tianjin to oppose the imperial system. He was a member of Parliament from 1916 to 1918. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was hired as an adviser to the Hunan Provincial Military and Political Committee. He is the author of "Biography of Huang Xing".

Unit 6

Shu Xiu Yingcai Song Yuren

"Late Qing Dynasty Madman" Wang Minyun and his disciples, Xiangbo New Exhibition "Wang Men Art"

Song Yuren letter to Wang Zhichun page

24.1 × 13.1 cm

Song Yuren (1858-1931), zi yunzi, yunyan, late daofu, Sichuan Fushun people. In 1876, he entered the Zun Jing Academy. Because the Zunjing Academy aimed to revitalize Shu Studies, it created a number of "Shu Xiu" talents and eventually became a model academy in Shuzhong, among which Fushun Song Yuren, Mianzhu Yang Rui, Jing Yan Liao Ping, and Mingshan Wu Zhiying were also known as the "Four Masters of Zunjing". His teacher Wang Minyun once said: "After eight years of running a school in Shu, there were many talents, especially Song Yu and Yang Xiong", and Song Yu refers to Song Yuren. Song Yuren was an early bourgeois reformist thinker in China, known as a giant of new learning, the leader of the Bashu Restoration, and the originator of the Sichuan newspaper industry.

Unit 7

Ma Zonghuo, the lord of the Xiayue Building

"Late Qing Dynasty Madman" Wang Minyun and his disciples, Xiangbo New Exhibition "Wang Men Art"

Ma Zongho Book poetry axis

79.5 ×26 cm

Ma Zonghuo (1897-1976), formerly known as Ji, Zi Chengkun, room number XiaYue Lou, late name Xia Yue old man, Hunan Hengyang people. After graduating from Hunan South Road Excellent Normal School, he taught at many famous universities. After the founding of New China, he served as a professor and head of the department of Chinese of Hunan Normal University, and the dean of the College of Literature of Hunan University. He is a member of the first session of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a deputy of the first and second sessions of the Hunan Provincial People's Congress. In July 1960, he was hired as a librarian of the Central Research Museum of Literature and History, and the following year he was hired as an editor of the Zhonghua Book Company, presiding over the point school work of the Twenty-Four Histories of the Ming Dynasty. He has written extensively in scripture, paleography, and historiography. He has a deep research on calligraphy theory, and his books "Shulin Zaojian", "Xia Yue Lou Pen Talk" and "Shulin Chronicle" are classic monographs for the study and evaluation of calligraphy. It also works calligraphy, is good at seals, subordinates, and calligraphy, and integrates the strengths of many families and becomes a self-contained body.

Unit VIII

Buddhist disciple Xiang Qi shi disciple Eight-fingered tou Tuo

"Late Qing Dynasty Madman" Wang Minyun and his disciples, Xiangbo New Exhibition "Wang Men Art"

Eight-fingered tout self-written poetry volume

26.5 ×452 cm

"Late Qing Dynasty Madman" Wang Minyun and his disciples, Xiangbo New Exhibition "Wang Men Art"
"Late Qing Dynasty Madman" Wang Minyun and his disciples, Xiangbo New Exhibition "Wang Men Art"
"Late Qing Dynasty Madman" Wang Minyun and his disciples, Xiangbo New Exhibition "Wang Men Art"
"Late Qing Dynasty Madman" Wang Minyun and his disciples, Xiangbo New Exhibition "Wang Men Art"

Eight-fingered Tou Tuo (1851-1912), legal name Jing'an, character Ji Zen, common name Huang Reading Mountain, self-titled "Eight Finger Tou Tuo", Hunan Xiangtan people. The first president of the Chinese Buddhist Association, a famous poet monk in the late Qing Dynasty. In 1877, Jing'an burned two fingers in front of the Buddha Stupa in Ningbo Ashoka Temple, and shaved his arm to burn a lamp to offer to the Buddha, so he called himself "Eight-Fingered Head". Jing'an was not only a high-ranking monk with national influence in the late Qing Dynasty, but also a poet with outstanding achievements, and one of the few famous patriotic poets in the history of Chinese literature. In 1886, he joined the Bihu Poetry Society organized by Wang Minyun and others, and called himself a "disciple of Buddhism, a disciple of Xiangqi poets.".

Unit 9

Fortunately, there is Jia'er ShuShili Wang Daigong

"Late Qing Dynasty Madman" Wang Minyun and his disciples, Xiangbo New Exhibition "Wang Men Art"

Wang Daigong's book is a seven-word connection

195 × 42.5 cm

Wang Daigong (王代功), courtesy name Boyu, was a native of Xiangtan, Hunan, and the eldest son of Wang Minyun. He wrote the "Annals of the Emperors of Xiangqi Province", recording the life deeds of his father Wang Minyun, which consisted of six volumes and was divided into two volumes. His heirloom calligraphy, the Amitabha Sutra of the Buddha, is one of the classic works of Mahayana Buddhism, including the Wang Minyun Shupa. Wang Minyun said: "The Spring and Autumn Table has not yet been completed, fortunately there are Jia'er's poetry ceremonies; the vertical and horizontal calculations are not enough, and the vacancies are high and full of rivers and mountains", which has extremely high expectations for Wang Daigong.

Unit 10

Hanlu poet Yi Shunding

"Late Qing Dynasty Madman" Wang Minyun and his disciples, Xiangbo New Exhibition "Wang Men Art"

Yi Shunding Book seven words of the axis

194 × 45 cm

Yi Shunding (1858-1920), zi Shifu, Shi Father, Zhongshuo, Confession Qizhai, Mei Jia, Late Weeping Nunnery, Yiguang Jushi, etc., Hunan Hanshouren, Yi Peishen's son. An official and poet at the end of the Qing Dynasty, one of the seven sons of Han Lu. He was known as the "Three Poets of Hunan" along with Cheng Songwan of Ningxiang and Zeng Guangjun of Xiangxiang. Guangxu raised people in the first year. He was hired by Zhang Zhidong to be the main lecturer of the Two Lakes Academy. After the signing of the Maguan Treaty, he wrote a petition to strike and negotiate peace. He went to Taiwan twice to help Liu Yongfu resist Japan. After the Xinhai Revolution, he went to Beijing to make friends with Yuan Kewen, the son of Yuan Shikai, who was proclaimed empress dowager and served as the director of the Printing and Casting Bureau. After the failure of the imperial system, he indulged in the Songlou Tavern. Gong poems, pay attention to the genus of craftsmanship, novel intentions, and Fan Zengxiang and called "Fan Yi". He is the author of "Qin Zhilou Chronicle Poetry Collection" and "Four Souls Collection".

Unit XI

Master Park Xue Hu Yuanyi

"Late Qing Dynasty Madman" Wang Minyun and his disciples, Xiangbo New Exhibition "Wang Men Art"

Hu Yuanyi to Fang Rong Bingxin page

24× 13 cm

Hu Yuanyi (1848-1908), Ziwei, Lan Ming, a native of Xiangtan, Hunan. He studied under Wang Minyun and was born in the twelfth year of Tongzhi (1873). In the late Qing Dynasty, there was an academic climax of examining the history of scriptures and exhorting texts in Hunan, and many famous scholars represented by Wang Xianqian, Ye Dehui, and Hu Yuanyi emerged. The "Flow of Examination Anduology" was the most commendable study in the late Qing Xiang studies between Jia Dao and Guangxuan, and Hu Yuanyi occupied an important position in it. His major works include "Mao ShiPu", "Beihai Three Examinations", "Hu Shidian", "Bu Jiang Ci" and so on.

Unit XII

Temple test list eye Xia Shoutian

"Late Qing Dynasty Madman" Wang Minyun and his disciples, Xiangbo New Exhibition "Wang Men Art"

Xia Shoutian tried the ink scrolls from the Book Hall

40.5 ×259 cm

Xia Shoutian (1870-1935), given the name Qizhong (启中), was a native of Guiyang, Hunan. Gong poetry calligraphy, but also good seal engraving. Xia Shoutian was intelligent since childhood, and studied with his father Xia Shi at The Yuzhang Academy in Jiangxi Province, that is, he studied under Wang Minyun, and later followed Wang into the Chuanshan Academy, where he befriended Yang Du, Li Jinjie, Qi Baishi and others. Guangxu fifteen years of township examination, Guangxu eighteenth year of the examination of the eighth place, Guangxu twenty-four years (1898) in the pentagram of the eighth jinshi, the temple examination list eye and the first, achieved the best results in the Qing Dynasty Shonan region of the imperial examination, awarded the Hanlin Academy editing, and later served as the general library of the faculty, defending his father and angering the imperial court was dismissed. In the third year of Xuanun, he was appointed as the grand master of the imperial council, and in the first year of the Republic of China, he was appointed as the civil administrator of Hubei Province. Yuan Shikai claimed the title of emperor, and after the defeat, he lived with Yang Du in the Tianjin Concession, surrendered to Cao Kun, and served as a confidential secretary. Later, he lived in Shanghai and helped the Shanghai underground party with Yang Du (who had joined the Communist Party at the time).

Unit 13

The Master of the King's Gate, Qi Baishi

"Late Qing Dynasty Madman" Wang Minyun and his disciples, Xiangbo New Exhibition "Wang Men Art"

Qi Baishi Painted grape chart axis

193 × 61 cm

Qi Baishi (1864-1957), formerly known as Chunzhi, the character Weiqing, also known as Lanting, later renamed Huang, the number of endangered life, Baishi, do not sign the apricot dock old people, the owner of the borrowing mountain yinguan, the rich man of the three hundred stone seals, etc., Hunan Xiangtan people. He worked as a carpenter in his early years, began to teach himself to paint at the age of 20 with "Mustard Garden Painting Notation", and after more than 50 years old, he resolutely carried out the "decay method", creating a large-scale freehand flower and bird painting style of "safflower ink leaves", and was the most prestigious master of Chinese painting in the 20th century. Qi Baishi was born in Xiangtan County, Hunan Province, Baishipu Apricot Dock poor peasant family, from his grandfather to study and paint, and later studied under Zhou Meimei, Hu Qinyuan and so on. He successively participated in the organization of the Longshan Poetry Society and the Luoshan Poetry Society, worshiped under Wang Minyun' gate, became one of the "Three Craftsmen of Wangmen", and was able to get acquainted with a large number of literati and celebrities, laying a solid foundation for Qi Baishi to go to a higher platform.

(Source: The Paper)

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