On April 10, Fan Zeng posted that he was married for the fourth time. At the age of 86, he tied the knot with his 36-year-old female assistant, Ms. Xu Meng. As soon as this matter was announced, it was directly on the hot search, probably because Fan Zeng was a celebrity. Another is that the age difference between the two people is too much, 50 years apart.
Everyone came to join in the fun, expressed their opinions, and received mixed reviews, and they are still discussing this matter to this day. Let's choose a serious thing to talk about, after reading Fan Zeng's article, Sheng Dalin felt that he wrote a typo and marked it.
However, Fan Zeng is different, he is a contemporary Confucian, a master of Chinese studies, a master of calligraphy and painting, a writer, a thinker, a politician and diplomat. It is well-known at home and abroad and through poetry, calligraphy and painting, literature, history and philosophy, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and is a scholar who runs through China and the West.
Such a powerful person is rare in ancient and modern times. To say that people like him should be more rigorous in matters related to their own profession. There should be no typos, no words, and he should be worthy of his titles.
Otherwise, it's really a bit ridiculous and generous.
However, it turns out that he really doesn't have that ability, and as soon as the expert makes a move, he will know if he has it. After all, this is what he brags about, there is no authoritative certification, everyone laughs it off.
He also said that he could surpass the Bada Shanren.
The original saying goes, "Painting is divided into nine products, one is called a painter: the second is a famous artist, the third is called everyone, and the works carry forward the past and forge ahead into the future, the fourth product is a master, and there are very few of them, the fifth product is called a great master, and one is born in five hundred years, and the sixth product can be called a devil, and has never been seen." Negative one product, I don't know what it is; negative two products, the longer you look at it, the farther away from its meaning; negative three products, and beauty do not share the sky". He himself belongs to "sit around and look forward to the coming day." ”
If he is given another thirty years, he can surpass the Bada Shanren and become the first person in 500 years.
Just ask if you are crazy, Tang Bohu of the Ming Dynasty, Qi Baishi of the Republic of China, and many famous artists in the past 500 years, all of them are ignored. What he admires the most is the Bada Shanren, and if he is given another thirty years, he will be able to surpass the Bada Shanren.
Of course, this is not authoritatively certified, and it is all boasting.
Anyway, there are quite a lot of controversies against him. On April 12, three days after he announced his new marriage, his apprentice came to visit him. Witness the love between the master and the master who are 50 years apart.
The two also took a group photo, Fan Zeng was sitting in a precarious position, in good health, really not like he was 86 years old.
His side, that is, the bride Xu Meng, has always been inseparable from him. Even when he signed, he was served by pen, ink, paper and inkstone, of course, Xu Meng was his assistant and took care of Fan Zeng's food, clothing and daily life.
The two have been together for a long time, and they have been in love for a long time, so they have this match made in heaven. And Xu Meng's friend also clarified that the two of them are together because of love.
It's not about money.
They also had dinner together, Xu Meng sat next to Fan Zeng, and the apprentice sat opposite Xu Meng, the teacher, to shoot a video. Xu Meng in the video looks very quiet, gentle and generous. is not like a very flamboyant person, and the photos that circulated on the Internet before were a little exposed, and they were indeed not her.
That's a model, Xu Meng herself is not a model, I believe everyone has seen the relevant reports.
During the meal, they talked and laughed, but Xu Meng kept talking endlessly, of course, as the host, she should liven up the atmosphere, and it can be seen that she is still very approachable.
I believe that the photos hanging in the video, everyone has also seen it, and each one may be worth a lot of money. In just this one shot, in a corner of the restaurant, I saw three paintings.
The paintings hanging in other places are really unimaginable, but the rich are different.
There is also Fan Zeng, who usually goes out, and he is hugged by the front and back, and the onlookers are overwhelmed, and he really looks like a big star. Of course, in terms of his achievements, stars can't be compared to him.
He has been praised by many celebrities, Qian Zhongshu and Ji Xianlin, all of whom call him a master, and evaluate him as "the painting is on top, and the incarnation appears outside".
Yang Zhenning, a leading figure in the field of physics, also praised him, "Mr. Fan Zeng's art is seen once in a thousand years." And further explained, Fan Zeng is no problem, he is a contemporary master, calligrapher, painter, and in my opinion, he is not only contemporary, but also hundreds of years, there is no one as big as him.
The two formed a deep friendship.
Of course, some people have criticized Fan Zeng's paintings, saying that his portraits are comic strips, "flowing water paintings", mass-produced. After Fan Zeng heard about it, he directly sued the other party.
The other party lost money and refused to apologize.
Then there is Fan Zeng's teacher Li Kuchan, who scolded Fan Zeng before he died, "The son is a wolf in the mountains, and he will be rampant when he gets his will", and said, "There is no Fan Zeng as a student, and he refused to let Fan Zeng help the spirit after his death." ”
Basically, it is said that Fan Zeng has a problem with his character. I'm sorry for my wife, I'm sorry for my friends, I'm sorry for my teachers. Especially Shen Congwen, he wrote his holiday with Fan Zeng in a letter, in fact, he is Fan Zeng's benefactor.
Let's take a look at a paragraph:
Shen Congwen is a master of Chinese studies, and he has a certain status in the Republic of China, before Fan Zeng became famous, he was respectful to Shen Congwen, and even wrote letters to say hello every day. Once, just after dawn, Fan Zeng came to knock on the door, saying that he dreamed that Mr. Shen Congwen was sick last night, and he was not at ease, so he rushed from Tianjin to visit by car overnight.
Shen Congwen was greatly moved after hearing this, and later recommended him to the Chinese History Museum to engage in the copying and drawing of ancient costumes. Fan Zeng should be grateful, but only a few years later, Shen Congwen was in trouble, and what he didn't expect was that the person who said the most bad things about him and reported him the most was Fan Zeng.
The key is to create rumors out of nothing. He, an honest man, didn't say anything bad about Fan Zeng everywhere, so he could only record this kind of thing.
However, from Fan Zeng's point of view, he didn't feel that he was wrong, after all, people die for money, and birds die for food. If he couldn't see people and talk nonsense, I believe he wouldn't have the status he has today.