The middle of the Qing Dynasty was a period of drastic changes in the history of Chinese calligraphy, and the book world showed a strange and unusual prosperity scene, and Deng Shiru was the innovative calligrapher and seal engraver at that time. He vigorously corrected the shortcomings of the times, integrated the ancient and opened up the new, and the new style of stele learning in the late Qing Dynasty such as Fu Shan and Wang Duo, and the new style of stele learning in the late Qing Dynasty such as He Shaoji and Kang Youwei, still has a far-reaching impact to this day. He is a figure in the history of Qing Dynasty and even Chinese calligraphy.
On February 6th, the "Meditation - Deng Shiru Calligraphy Art" jointly organized by Shanxi Museum and Anhui Museum opened at Shanxi Museum. The Paper learned that the exhibition exhibited a total of 43 calligraphy and painting works (groups), from the perspective of Deng Shiru's own calligraphy, seal carving art and his teachers, friends, sects, families, etc., to display Deng Shiru in an all-round way, outlining the grand view of zhongxing in epigraphy in the middle of the Qing Dynasty.
Deng Shiru is like a statue
Deng Shiru (1743-1805), formerly known as Yan (琰), the character Shiru , to avoid the Jiaqing Emperor, so he used the character line, and later changed the character stubbornly, because he lived under the Anhui Gong Mountain, and was also called baishan people, guyou dao people, Fengshui fishermen, and longshan tree chiefs. Anhui Huaining people. Influenced by his father Deng Yizhi, he was good at sealing when he was young, and lived in the Meijia family in Jinling for eight years, copying the golden stone rare books since the Qin and Han Dynasties. Suigong Four-Body Book, especially longer than the Seal Book, known as the "Deng Sect" or "Anhui School", has "The Seal Carving of the Completed White Mountain People". Shiren spoke highly of Deng Shiru's calligraphy, saying that he was "all four bodies are exquisite, and the national dynasty is the first".
Deng Shiru calligraphy is all four works, but the greatest achievement lies in the seal book.
He studied three generations of Qin and Han Chinese characters, creatively combined the Calligraphy brushwork, and greatly enriched the use of seal writing. Especially in his later years, the thick seal book with rounded lines, the weather is even more majestic. The penmanship skills and the round and high ancient style of the transformation of the realm led to the new fashion of seal writing in the Qing Dynasty.
His Lishu has both the Three Kingdoms and the Northern Wei calligraphy style, using the pen of the seal slightly mixed with the meaning of grass, and accompanied by the strength of the Wei Monument, the center of the pen, the reverse in and out, the style is naturally unique; the body is tight, the body is round, making the Decadent Lishu of the Qing Dynasty a new one. In the exhibition, the four screens of his book "Gifting the Source Zen Friend" are representatives.
Deng Shiru Lishu "Gift to See the Source Zen Friend" four screens
His calligraphy traces back to the source, directly taking the posture of the Southern and Northern Dynasties of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, which is different from the graceful and luxurious pavilion style of the time, and opens up a broader path. Most of his calligraphy is square brushes, and the strokes make the transformation contain the meaning of subordination, and the knot body is not fashionable with the method of horizontal light and vertical weight, left low and right high, but seeks a smooth square, nailed brushwork, rectifies xiuyi and Ou Zen, and the ancient and simple style is different from the elegant and luxurious pavilion body at that time, showing the innovative spirit of courage to explore.
Deng Shiru Four-Body Book "Dumen Yulu Jigu"
His cursive calligraphy was kneaded into the seal and the Northern Wei calligraphy, breaking the law of the thermosy and smoothness, adding a vigorous vitality to the book world at that time; his seal engraving was due to calligraphy, the book was printed from the print, the print came out of the book, breaking through the limitation of only taking the Qin and Han dynasties at that time, so that the appearance of the seal altar was changed.
Deng Shiru Xingshu "And The Great View Pavilion Xiling Female History Inscription Wall Poem and Preface" (partial)
Deng Shiru", "Seven Words of Cursive Writing"
The reason why Deng Shiru has achieved such high achievements in the art of calligraphy and seal engraving is first of all due to his different life experiences from others: his poor origin, the experience of traveling, and the support of friends, which have made Deng Shiru develop an independent personality and also determine the high taste of Deng Shiru's life art. More importantly, his continuous pursuit of art, through his practice and innovation of teaching hundreds of masters and hard work, he has integrated calligraphy and seal engraving, so that he has achieved artistic achievements that are rare in his predecessors, and has formed his own unique artistic characteristics. Therefore, observing Deng Shiru's community of teachers and friends is also an important perspective to understand the transformation of the artistic atmosphere of Deng Shiru's era.
Cao Wendi, "Seven Words of the Book of Conduct"
Then, Deng Shiru created the "Anhui School" style. The disciple Bao Shichen was able to use the method of pen and write books to make theoretical endorsements for his teacher, publicizing and expanding the influence of Deng Shiru's stele art. Then Bao passed on the technique to Wu Rangzhi, making him deeply understand the rhythm of Tang's pen and fall out of the blue. The core members of The Tang calligraphy lineage also include Hong Liangji, Zhang Zuyi, Sun Xingyan, Mo Youzhi and others, until the late Qing Dynasty, Wu Changshuo, Kang Youwei, Shen Zengzhi and other important scholars in the book world, all of whom were not affected by their nutrition.
Mo Youzhi recorded the axis of "The Battle of Xiangyu Benji and The Deer"
Zhang Zuyi, "Lishu Five Words Lian"
In addition, in Deng Shiru's family, there is an excellent family style of serving the country with professional skills for generations. Since the beginning of Deng Shiru, he traced his ancestors back seven generations and were all intellectuals. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the ancestors of the Tang clan scrupulously adhered to the national ideology of the remnants of the late Ming Dynasty, refused to participate in the Qing Dynasty examination, and lived by literary and artistic scholarship all their lives. Although the Deng family is not prosperous, from Deng Shiru to the present, calligraphers, seal engravers, writers, educators, medical scientists, and scientists have been handed down from generation to generation, and Deng Jiaxian, the "father of the two bombs" of Our country, is an excellent representative of this family, and it can be said that it has made indelible contributions to the rise of the Chinese nation and the prosperity of science and technology.
Deng Chuan secretly recorded the four screens of "Zhuangzi, Outer Chapter, Heavenly Dao"
In addition, according to the curator, the exhibition of Deng Shiru's fine works of calligraphy was not only because he played a huge role in revitalizing epigraphy and turning the tide of decadence at that time, but also because he grew up to become a great calligrapher from "not reading when he was young, hardships and hardships, and tasted everything", all relying on his unswerving belief in life, tenacious will quality and hard-working spirit of struggle. This is also a rich fortune he left to our descendants. Through this exhibition, we can appreciate and appreciate Deng Shiru's broad art world and unconventional and innovative spirit, and be educated and inspired from it.
It is reported that the exhibition will last until May 6.