Wu Xizai (1799-1870), formerly known as Tingyang, the character Xi zai, later with the character line, changed the word To let it, also as the word To make it, the number of Let Weng, the late scholar, the FangZhu Zhangren and so on. A native of Yizheng (present-day Yangzhou), Jiangsu. Seal engraver and calligrapher of the Qing Dynasty. Bao Shichen's disciple. Good at calligraphy and painting, especially fine seal carving. When he was young, he copied the Qin and Han seals, and then directly took the Fa Deng Shiru, obtained his essence, and synthesized his own knowledge, developed and improved the "Deng School" seal carving art, which has a pivotal position in the history of Ming and Qing school seal carving.
Seal engravers in the Qing Dynasty were popular in multi-faceted printing creation, of which Wu Rangzhi liked it the most and was also the best at it. Among the multi-sided seals engraved by Wu, most of them are double-sided seals, and there are very few people above the four sides, a total of four sides, namely the four-sided seal of "Wu Xizai", the four-sided seal of "FangZhu Zhangren", the five-sided seal of "Wu Tingyang Seal", and the six-sided seal of "Grass and Wood Have a Heart". Since the above three parties are Wu Rangzhi's own seals, some connoisseurs have deduced that this seal may also belong to Ren Weng's own use, although there are doubts to be examined, but Wu Rang's six-sided seal is the only party in existence, but it is an indisputable fact, which is really a treasure!
Wu Xizai seal engraved six seals: Qingtian stone, length 4.4 cm, width 4.4 cm, height 4 cm.
The six sides of this seal are all in white text, and the printed words are "Feng Tan Yu", "Sit My Spring Wind", "Chu Qinong", "Chu Ke", "Miscellaneous Pei Yi Zhi" and "Grass and Trees Have Their Own Hearts", the atmosphere is quaint and simple, the style is intended to imitate Han, and in fact, it is closer to Deng Shiru, which is Wu Rangzhi's early works.
After the offering
Sit me in the spring breeze
Chu Qi Nong
Chuke
Miscellaneous to give away
Grass and trees have their own hearts
Entering the white seal with the yuan Zhu wen seal method is a major feature of Wu Rangzhi's seal carving, all the way to the horizontal, wide, vertical and narrow, slightly rounded and penmanship of the flowing style, and his Zhu Wenyin harmonious unity. He is good at using the technique of shallow carving of the punching knife, the wrist is weak and the finger is real, the blade is cut, and his knife is like "the mind is too vain, if nothing happens".
Wu Changshuo commented: "Let Weng Pingsheng solidly obey the white, and yu Qin and Han seals to explore extremely deeply, so the sword method is round, there is no fiber Man qi, the weather is strong, and the quality is not lagging." Yu Yu Yuren: After learning bai, it is better to take the path of Rang Weng. He also said, "The calligraphy and painting are rigorous, the ancient and handsome people of the charm are not measured, they are covered with keeping without mud, and they can put themselves away without exceeding their moments." Cure the seal... The knife method is rounded, there is no habit of fiber man, the weather is strong, and the quality is not lagging."
This square seal is a masterpiece of Wu Xizai's seal engraving, and there are many records, but it was originally only scattered as a one-sided seal in the relevant Wu Xizai seal, and the earliest clear record of the six-sided seal should be the "Complete Collection of Chinese Seal Seal Engraving" published by the Shanghai Calligraphy and Painting Publishing House in 1999, and since then this six-sided seal has become known.
Text/Liang Zhangkai
Liang Zhangkai
Liang Zhangkai, zi zhangkai, do not sign the art of friends Zhai, Shanggu Bookstore. A native of Fuzhou, he is a connoisseur, collector and curator. He is currently a director of Xiling Printing Society, a visiting researcher of Xi'an Forest of Stone Steles Museum, a visiting professor of the Academy of Fine Arts of Fujian Normal University, a visiting professor of xiamen College of Arts and Crafts of Fuzhou University, a visiting professor of the School of Fine Arts of Minjiang University, a researcher of China Shoushan Stone Cultural Development Research Center, a member of the China Folk Writers Association, a standing director of the Fujian Folk Writers Association, a price recognition expert of Fujian Province, a consultant of the Xiling Printing Society Art Museum, a judge of the first, second, third, fourth, fourth and fifth cross-strait seal carving competitions. Artistic consultant of the Newspaper of Cultural Life. Edited and published: "Fifty Ancient Pottery Works of the State of Qi", "Fifty Works of Ancient Pottery in Yicheng", "Fifty Works of Tibetan Iron Seals", "Seals of Famous Artists in Yiyou Zhai Cun", "Relics of The History of Printing", "MeiZha Si Stone - Collection of Chinese Seal Stones at Home and Abroad", "Selected Tibetan Seals of Huaiyu Printing Room", "Selected Inks of Mr. Xiaolin Douyi", "Lin Zexu Old Tibetan Feeding Crane Diagram Inscription", "Wu Changshuo Golden Stone Calligraphy and Painting Collection" (Part 1. Volume II) and other representatives of a variety of professional art works and fine original rubbings. Curated exhibition: "Exhibition of Calligraphy and Painting Seal Engraving of the Japan Tamsui Society" (Hangzhou. China Printing Museum.August 2005) "Japan Yaolan Printing Society Exhibition" (Hangzhou. China Printing Museum.November 2007) "Exhibition of Calligraphy and Seal Engraving of Sanyousha in Japan" (Hangzhou. China Printing Museum.November 2009) "Mr. Kobayashi Doulu Calligraphy and Painting Printing and Huaiyu Printing Room Tibetan Printing Exhibition" (Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Taipei, Hong Kong and other places touring exhibition.November 2009 - May 2010) "Fei Xin I 110th Birthday Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition in Japan" (Tokyo, Japan-China Friendship Association. December 2013) "Zhu Sui's Calligraphy and Painting Japan Exhibition" (Tokyo, Japan-China Friendship Association Hall, May 2014) "Akai Kiyomi Works Exhibition" (Hangzhou. Art Museum of China Academy of Art., July 2015) "Akai Kiyomi Works Exhibition" (Beijing. Guardian Art Center.September 2017) "Unexpected Encounters - Sculpture Art Exhibition".Hangzhou Station (Hangzhou. Xiling Printing Society Art Museum.November 2017) "Sheng Tang Poetry Rhymes--Xiling Printing Society Members' Works Exhibition" (Tokyo, China Cultural Center, November 2017) "Golden Stone Phase Period- Special Exhibition of Famous Jinshi Calligraphy and Painting Seal Carvings by Famous Artists Since the Qing Dynasty" (Fuzhou. Fujian Silk Road Art Museum.May 2018) "FuShan Exhibition" (Tokyo. Qianshen Calligraphy Association.January 2019) "Japan Yaolan Printing Society Selection Ceramic Printing Exhibition" (Hangzhou. China Printing Museum.Nov. 2019) "Akai Kiyomi Works Exhibition" (Taipei. Hui Feng Tang Gallery.April 2020)