<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" > painter - Luo Ping</h1>
Have you seen a ghost?
As the successor of the new era, most people may not believe in this kind of empty head.
However, in the Qing Dynasty, there was a painter who "saw" ghosts, and the ghost he painted was a must, and he gained a lot of fame.
The painter's name was Luo Ping.
He is one of the "Eight Monsters of Yangzhou" and has been evaluated by people as "five points of talent, five points of ghost talent."
Luo Ping
Ghosts are generally talking about those cunning and ingenious strategists.
Luo Ping just drew a painting, so what does this "ghost talent" mean?
I believe that some friends have already guessed it.
That's right, it's just that Luo Ping, he's good at drawing ghosts.
According to the people at the time, his eyes, like those of Westerners, were blue, and he could see ghosts during the day, in other words, the legendary natural pupils.
Since Luo Ping could see ghosts and was engaged in art, naturally, the subject of ghosts and monsters became a frequent visitor to his paintings.
The above content is true or false.
Luo Ping has 8 "Ghost Fun Pictures" that have been handed down to this day, which is true.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="17" > can Luo Ping really see ghosts? </h1>
On this question, you should say: This man is bragging.
What is the truth?
Eh, Luo Ping is really bragging.
However, Luo Ping only went with the flow.
Everywhere he bragged and preached: We can see ghosts.
At the very beginning, Luo Ping may not have really thought of this idea.
Kinnon
The origin of Luo Ping and the "ghost" can be traced back to the time when he studied art with his teacher.
In the twenty-first year of Qianlong (1756), luo ping, who was more than 24 years old, began to learn the craft with his teacher Jin Nong (the first of the eight monsters of Yangzhou).
Jin Nong is an all-rounder, in addition to collecting and studying gold stones, he is also proficient in seal carving and appreciation, and is good at painting bamboo, plum, kurama, Buddha statues, figures, landscapes and so on.
Luo Hired has such a teacher, the painting technique is naturally not bad, in addition to learning characters, landscapes, perhaps also learned a little bit of ghost painting skills.
Luo Ping later walked the society, mixing around, but in the end he opened the situation by painting ghosts.
Time came to Qianlong thirty-three years.
This year, Yangzhou was greatly withered due to policy adjustments.
In addition, the increasingly severe policy of cultural repression has also put everyone in society at risk.
The hearts of the literati have nowhere to rest, and it is difficult to release their emotions, so they can only be placed on ghosts and gods.
The more intuitive evidence is that around this time, Pu Songling's "Liaozhai Zhiyi"; Yuan Ming's "Zi Bu Shu"; Ji Yun's "Reading Wei Caotang Record" and other zhiwei literary works have come out one after another.
At this time, the situation in the cultural field can be summed up in one sentence: Talk about the wind of ghosts!
Luo Ping, as an expert in painting ghosts, was on this wave, and he also began to take off.
The above is the background of the era in which the saying "Luo Ping can see ghosts" appeared.
As mentioned earlier, Luo Ping bragging is also a trend.
To put it simply, it was contemporaries Jiang Baoling (a Painter of the Qing Dynasty) and Ji Yun who first proposed this statement.
They also wrote this nonsensical thing into the book. (They are "Mr. Luo Liangfeng's Strategy" and "Notes on Reading Wei Caotang")
These two were Luo Ping's friends.
"It's not too much to write a weird novel and use friends as material, right?"
"Friends can draw ghosts, they can see ghosts, otherwise how to draw?" This logic made sense at the time. ”
"Writing a good friend with a little fame can also rub the fans; besides, if you are on fire, can't you push a good friend again?"
They estimated that it was because of these factors that they concocted the "strangeness" of Luo Ping.
When he knew that someone had revealed the "secret" that he could see ghosts, Luo Ping did not say a word, and immediately stood up to explain the matter: Yes, they were right, I was the beautiful boy who could see ghosts.
Someone broke the news, and the parties concerned admitted that the melon-eating masses were surprised to hear it.
At this point, the saying that "Luo Ping can see ghosts" slowly spread.
Speaking of which, whether Luo Ping can see the ghost, the answer to this question is self-evident.
From the perspective of future generations, this may be said to be a "commercial" hype.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="53" > Luo Ping: This ghost picture, do not draw it</h1>
Luo Hiring was famous for painting ghosts, but in his later years he chose not to draw ghost pictures.
Forty-four years after Qianlong, Luo Ping was already 47 years old.
As a businessman selling paintings, his life is still difficult.
Maybe it's going out to play, maybe it's going out to run a business.
In early May, Luo Ping left his bedridden wife and set off for the capital.
It is estimated that he did not expect that this separation would become a farewell forever.
On May 19, Luo Ping's wife, Fang Wanyi, died of illness in Yangzhou at the age of 44.
Luo Ping may have been on his way at this time, because he did not arrive in the capital until August.
Luo Hired sold paintings and begged for work in the Beijing Division, and the mixture was not very good.
If you want to go home, the travel expenses are not even.
Luo Ping held his painting and begged his grandfather to tell his grandmother, but he could not get a penny.
After a few months, he finally returned to his hometown of Yangzhou.
On this road, it is estimated that he relied on part-time work and karma.
Since then, Luo Ping's temperament has changed greatly.
Instead of doing his own tricks, he painted Buddha statues instead.
Is it because of the death of his wife, and the guilt of hindsight has arisen?
Or do you summarize what happened in Kyoshi and have some insights?
Or are you afraid that you will draw ghosts and anger the ghosts?
In short, Luo Ping never drew ghost pictures anymore.
As for the story after that.
Luo Hired practiced hard for ten years, and painting Buddha statues also became famous.
Going to the capital again is no longer what it used to be.
Luo Ping, no longer the cheering street cub he used to be.
In the past, those high-ranking officials and nobles who ignored him were now eager to step through the threshold of his home to get a Buddha statue painting.
Luo Ping, like the people who became rich, had money to make hard work, spent money like dirt, and wantonly scenered in the capital.
It's hilarious that he ended up getting out of balance and going into a bunch of debt.
In order to pay back the money, so much so that the clothes were sold.
The cost of the trip home was gone again.
Fortunately, Luo Ping relied on his own name, made a friend who was an official, and finally returned home safely.
The world is a big dream, and life is cold several times in autumn.
The following year after returning to his hometown, Luo Ping passed away, but it was also successful.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="86" > said at the end</h1>
Seeing this, everyone must have a little understanding of the painter Luo Ping.
Can Luo Ping see ghosts?
He said yes, but he couldn't stand up for testing and proof.
Say no, he has been running around all his life, and the glamorous rays in society must have seen a lot.
How to judge, all depends on your understanding.
The things of ghosts and gods are no longer in line with the current era.
However, the theory of ghosts and gods stems from people's alternative interpretations of mysterious natural phenomena in ancient times.
Not only in our country, but also in foreign countries with a long history, there are such legends.
With the evolution of the times, the ancients also had a lot of discussion and research on the theory of ghosts and gods.
Xunzi, a famous scholar of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, has many assertions on the theory of ghosts and gods, which are more typical:
"The eclipse of the sun and the moon and the relief, the drought and the drought, the blessing and then the decision of the great, not to think that you have to ask for it, but also to the text." Therefore the gentleman thinks of the text, and the people think of God. I think that Wen Zeji, I think that God is fierce." (Xunzi Tian' Treatise)
After this, Wang Yun of the (Eastern Han Dynasty) also further clarified his views on ghosts and gods:
"Ghost god, the name of yin and yang, yin qi returns against things, so it is called a ghost; yang qi is born of things, so it is called a god." ("On Balance and On Death")
"When a person dies and his blood is exhausted, his essence is exhausted, his form is decayed, and his body is decayed into ashes, so why use ghosts?" ("On Balance and On Death")
"Man does not die as a ghost, he is ignorant, and he cannot harm others." ("On Balance and On Death")
(Southern Dynasty) Fan Jian put forward the view that "if the form exists, the god exists, and the form is destroyed.". (The Annihilation of God)
To cite these examples, what I want to express is that the ancients, like today's people, were complete people with the power of thinking.
Rather than labeling the Chinese ancestors as ignorant, it is better to say that most of them have little contact with correct knowledge.
Finally, the theory of ghosts and gods, Xiaobian has never regarded it as a kind of feudal scum.
It is not that the editor believes in this set, but that they should be viewed from a different perspective.
Wouldn't it be better to think of them as a culture, a cultural heritage that was integrated into the body of Chinese civilization and had an important impact in the past?
There are legends of ghosts, elves, ghouls, vampires, werewolves, pharaohs and other legends in foreign countries.
For thousands of years, our ghosts and gods are no less than any of them in any country!
They can see it as a culture, make it into film and television export, and provoke our young people in China to be fascinated.
Talk about the day, talk will be American drama; dislike the domestic ghosts and gods like brooms, like snakes and scorpions, say disdainful, smell discolored.
Why can't we let the legend of the local ghosts and gods come back to life, and use it as a window for the people of the world to understand the cultural heritage of our country and win a round back in the culture of ghosts and gods?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="113" > expand knowledge 1: two interpretations of the connotation of ghost fun maps</h1>
The "Ghost Fun Scroll" is luo ping's surviving masterpiece, and there are now eight paintings.
The more mainstream interpretation of its connotation is that the painter exaggerates a strange and strange ghost world to satirize social reality.
Another theory is that "Ghost Fun Map" was only created by Luo Ping out of the ultimate concern for the fate of life.
Because the image of the ghost in the picture is different from the traditional cognition of the image of the green-faced fangs and the fierce god, it is full of life, as if it really depicts the appearance of people after death.
As for which one is appropriate, it is a matter of benevolence.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="119" > expand knowledge 2: Where is the ghost map stored? </h1>
Nowadays, many places say that "Ghost Fun Map" is stored in the "museum".
In a serious and responsible manner, I confirmed it in the next step.
There are 8 "Ghost Fun Pictures" placed in the museum, and the number is comparable.
And that museum is called "National Palace Museum in Taipei".
However, the "Ghost Fun Map" there was painted by Pu Ru in the late Qing Dynasty (it seems to be a former imperial family), not by Luo Ping in the middle of the Qing Dynasty.
One of them
Luo Ping's "Ghost Fun Map" is now in Hong Kong and is collected by private collectors.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="126" > expand knowledge 3: the content of the ghost map</h1>
The first painting is in a thick smoke, and some strange faces and limbs can be faintly seen, as if they were real, and two little ghosts are whispering.
In the second picture, there are two ghosts: one in front of the other, speeding forward.
The ghost who followed behind, wearing a tasseled hat, was very thin, or was a pair of ghost masters and servants.
I don't know which one is the Lord and which is the Servant.
The ghost in front is so fat, it's not like it didn't eat before you died, and the back is like a small follower, but people have hats.
The third painting depicts a richly dressed and abominable-looking "broad ghost", holding an orchid in his hand, whispering close to a female ghost, and there is a ghost next to him eavesdropping, but look at the top hat, or is it white and impermanent? But the mourning stick is not right.
In the fourth painting, it depicts a dwarf ghost on crutches, and a little red-clad ghost holding a wine bowl for him.
The fifth is of a green-haired ghost with long legs and arms, making a catch. Saying that his left arm was dislocated, it seems that it is okay, it is difficult to just experience a real person pk, the result can not be grasped, so in the black gas desperately run away.
In the sixth picture, there is a big-headed ghost chasing the two little ghosts running in front. The two little devils ran and looked back in panic.
In the seventh painting, a total of 4 ghosts are drawn. A ghost with an umbrella sped through the wind and rain, closely following a ghost in front of him. There are also two little ghosts, whose heads appear next to the umbrella and have no body.
In the eighth painting, two white skeletons, a man and a woman, stand by an ancient tomb in the bushes and talk.