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Zhengzhou, which is located in the middle of heaven and earth and on the banks of the Yellow River, has been nourished by the great river and nourished by "heaven", and since ancient times, many far-reaching politicians, thinkers, scientists, writers and other outstanding talents in various fields have emerged.
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Art master Zheng Qian
The wheels of history rolled forward, and after the Spring and Autumn Warring States Hundred Schools of Thought, the Two Han Dynasties were super-endowed, and the Three Kingdoms and Two Jin Dynasties were famous and popular, China entered the Tang Dynasty, and the prosperous era of Kaiyuan and Wuhua Tianbao, whether it was economic, social, cultural and artistic, has developed to a new peak. Among them, there is an art all-rounder who "eats all" in various art disciplines such as poetry, calligraphy and painting, and Zheng Qian, a native of Xingyang, Zhengzhou.
According to the New Book of Tang, Zheng Qian's family was poor and could not even afford to buy paper for practicing writing. When he lived in Chang'an, he learned that there were several houses of persimmon leaves stored in the Ci'en Temple in the south of the city, so he rented the temple and practiced hard every day with persimmon leaves as paper, day after day, without interruption, and even wrote down the persimmon leaves of several houses. Zheng Qian eventually became a great instrument, and the people rushed to see his calligraphy works "like a swift wind sending clouds, receiving the xia and pushing the moon".
How good is Zheng Qian? Unfortunately, due to the fact that Zheng Qian's own works, poems, calligraphy and paintings have not been passed down much, it is difficult for the academic community to give a specific judgment on Zheng Qian's achievements in various aspects, and can only make a general description of his achievements according to the evaluations of others recorded in historical records.
For example, the highest administrative level is the "Three Absolutes of Zheng Qian" personally commented by Li Longji of Tang Xuanzong, that is to say, Zheng Qian's poems, books, and paintings are very wonderful. In order to express his reverence for idols, Tang Xuanzong also set up a "Guangwenguan" for Zheng Qian's children to study, and appointed Zheng Qian as the first doctor of Guangwenguan to teach knowledge, so Zheng Qian was also affectionately called "Zheng Guangwen" by the people at that time.
In terms of poetry, famous poets such as Du Fu, Li Shangyin, and Du Mu in the Tang Dynasty praised Zheng Qian. Du Fu, in particular, did not hesitate to record his friendship with Zheng Qian. It should be known that Du Fu lived more than 1400 poems, of which more than 20 are poems that describe or recall Zheng Qian, such as "Drama Jane Zheng Guangwen And Present Su Siye Yuanming", "Zheng Gong Ma Chi Tai Xi Meets Zheng Guangwen Drinking Together", "Eight Lamentations , Ancient Writings Lang Degrading Taizhou Sihu Xingyang Zheng Gongqian", "There are Huaitai Prefecture Zheng Eighteen Sihu", etc., from the first acquaintance to Zheng Qian's depreciation until his death, he has always witnessed and recorded Zheng Qian's bits and pieces.
In terms of calligraphy and painting, "Mo Qian", "New Book of Tang" and other reading Zheng Qian's calligraphy and paintings have a high evaluation, "Tang and Song Art Painting Summary", "Tang song and Yuan Collection Paintings", "Xuanhe Painting Notation", "Records of Famous Paintings of Past Dynasties" and "Tang Dynasty Famous Painting Records" have a very high evaluation of his paintings, "Xuanhe Painting Spectrum, Volume 5, Character Narratives" said that "since Wu and Jin, those who have been called famous hands have only received thirty-three people", and Zheng Qian was listed among them.
In other words, Zheng Qian was unanimously praised and affirmed by the emperor, fellow artists and the people.
In addition to the high level of art, Zheng Qian is also very good at "morality": after the Anshi Rebellion, Zheng Qian was demoted to Taizhou Sihu to join the army. At that time, "Taizhou was vast and the sea was meditating", located in the wilderness, the style of literature was not opened, Zheng Qian took the education of the people of Taizhou as his responsibility to run the first official school, selected outstanding children of the people to teach, from the ceremonies such as crowns, marriages, funerals, and sacrifices, to the etiquette of ascension, descent, devotion, and so on, there was no one who did not lead by example, so that from then on, the folk customs of Taizhou became more and more simple, and the style of morale gradually rose.
After serving as a local "instructor" for several years, the emperor pardoned the world, zheng Qian had the opportunity to leave Taizhou, but he still insisted on staying behind, "resolutely taking the revival of culture and religion and changing customs as his own responsibility", neither showing discouragement of reality, nor being passively born because of his own misfortune, but cheering up his spirit, sacrificing the last years of his life for the development of Taizhou culture, so that Taizhou culture and education were revitalized, and the literati bachelors and famous officials and eunuchs basically "did not lack generations", and were deeply loved by the local people.
In addition, Zheng Qian also pioneered in military, medical and natural materials, and in the military aspect, Zheng Qian wrote the military book "Tianbao Army Defense Record"; in medicine, Zheng Qian wrote "Hu Bencao"; in terms of natural materials, Zheng Qian wrote a miscellaneous book "Hui Zhi" that recorded various rare animals and plants or social anomalies and strange monsters in nature, which provided extremely valuable information for the study of the social outlook of the Tang Dynasty.
It can be seen that as an "all-rounder" at that time, Zheng Qian was knowledgeable and had far-reaching social influence, and was definitely the best candidate for the image spokesperson of Zhengzhou at that time.
Reporter Zuo Lihui
Editor: Li Yiqing