On April 10, the famous painter and calligrapher Fan Zeng announced his remarriage and released a photo of his wife.
But at the same time as the blessings sounded, many netizens also accused him of "old cows eating tender grass", because his new wife Xu Meng looked dozens of years younger than him.
Even the predecessors of the calligraphy and painting industry, Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian and others were also implicated, and they were once again hotly discussed by netizens......
1. Fan Zeng's four marriages
In 1957, Fan Zeng transferred from the history department of Nankai University to the art history department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. ”
As it turned out, his conjecture was correct.
After entering the field of painting, Fan Zeng showed an amazing talent and eventually became a world-famous master of Chinese painting.
In terms of calligraphy, Fan Zeng is also accomplished, absorbing all the beauty of calligraphy and becoming a family of his own.
Today, Fan Zeng is not only a tenured professor and tenured trustee of Nankai University, but also the president of the Chinese Academy of Painting and the "Special Adviser on Multiculturalism" of UNESCO.
But for the public, it is probably not easy to truly understand the beauty of Fan Zeng's paintings and calligraphy, so his private life is more interesting than his works.
So far, Fan Zeng has had a total of four marriages.
His first wife, Lin Xiu, was only by his side for 5 years before parting ways because of personality differences.
The second wife's name was Baohua, but soon after marrying Baohua, Fan Zeng fell in love with another girl, Zhang Guiyun, who also became his third wife.
Zhang Guiyun – later renamed Nan Li – was Fan Zeng's true love, and the two were together for forty years until the end of their lives.
In 2021, Nan Li passed away, and Fan wrote an obituary in the middle of the night, in which he spoke highly of Nan Li's life, saying: "Her noble character is recognized by the world!"
Three years after the death of his beloved wife, Fan Zeng also married his fourth wife, Xu Meng.
On April 10, Fan Zeng publicly said: "Ms. Xu Meng's meticulous care has made me fully recover physically and mentally...... After careful study by both of us, we are willing to tie the knot forever and officially register our marriage. ”
As soon as this incident came out, major media reprinted it one after another, congratulating the old artist, but the attitude of netizens was mainly banter.
Judging from the photos released by Fan Zeng, Xu Meng has a good face and a graceful figure, and she looks only about thirty years old.
And Fan Zeng is already an 86-year-old man, at least in appearance, the two are equivalent to grandchildren.
Therefore, in the eyes of many netizens, Fan Zeng was "an old cow eating tender grass", and Xu Meng was a "sugar daddy", and some comments even concluded: "The greenhouse messes up the four seasons, and money messes up the generations." ”
However, it is also pointed out that you should not maliciously speculate on others, that there is an age gap does not mean that love must not exist, and that money and love are not necessarily causal.
At least judging from the state of Fan Zeng and Xu Meng, they get along harmoniously and happily, which is enough.
2. "Old and Young Love"
The marriage of Fan Zeng and Xu Meng made "old and young love" hotly discussed again, and because of "peers", Qi Baishi and Zhang Daqian were implicated.
It is said that when Qi Baishi was 93 years old, he wanted to marry a 22-year-old nurse, but unfortunately the wedding was not held, and Qi Baishi passed away.
And Zhang Daqian was nearly half a hundred years old when he married 18-year-old Xu Wenbo, and his friends teased him many times about it.
But is this "love between old and young" purely out of consideration of profit? Not necessarily.
There is a lack of detailed records of the matter between Qi Baishi and the nurse, so it will not be discussed for the time being, but there should be a true relationship between Zhang Daqian and Xu Wenbo.
In the years after marrying Xu Wenbo, Xu Wenbo was an important subject in Zhang Daqian's pen, his "muse", and he was able to take the lead in considering Xu Wenbo's safety in a difficult situation.
Besides, Xu Wenbo, before marrying Zhang Daqian, she admired the other party's talent and wanted to worship the other party as a teacher; after marrying Zhang Daqian, she always attached importance to Zhang Daqian surpassing herself and silently dedicated herself behind his back.
Some people may say that this is not love, but is there any definite concept of love?
In contemporary times, Yang Zhenning and Fan were friends, and the former's marriage was also criticized by the outside world, after all, there is a considerable age gap between 82 and 28 years old.
However, 20 years have passed, and the relationship between Yang Zhenning and Weng Fan is still very stable.
Objectively speaking, as long as both parties are self-conscious adults and are united by their own volition, then the age gap cannot be called a "black spot".
Whether it is Yang Zhenning or Fan Zeng, they are all people who have made important contributions to the country, and they wish them to spend their old age in happiness.
Resources:
Baidu Encyclopedia
Qilu One Point "85-year-old famous painter Fan Zeng officially announced his remarriage, and his new wife Xu Meng is a 35-year-old model"