Historical Witnesses: Mr. Li Houzhi's Archaeological Notes: Liu Yingqiu and ziyang qishi

Liu Yingqiu and Ziyang Qishi

The appreciation and treasure of Ankang Qishi can be traced back to the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. The Ankang poet Liu Yingqiu was the earliest known collector of stones to play with stones, appreciate stones, and bard stones. Although his family is surrounded by four walls, and there are no long objects on the shelf except for the books, he has hidden a stone stone, although this side is not the stone of the deep stream in Duanzhou, but an inconspicuous stone, but in the eyes of the poet, it is "a piece of Danxia reflecting the water red, and the immortals personally teach the Purple Stone Palace." The sound moves more and more, and the style is full of ancient style. Yun Sleeve wants to carry the learning rice, and the ink marks are finely etched and laughed at Sang Gong. In this life, I have fallen into ignorance, and I have always been able to do so." The stone stone that can be entrusted to the whole time is naturally a treasured and loved thing, so in the Preface to the Collection of The Collection of The One Yan Zhai, the author affectionately describes this stone stone stone: "Its color, its eel, venus jade, and its sound is clear and long,...... Gentle and pure, often like the mist of the rivers rising, containing water on it, light without floating, and the whole virtue of the yan." Therefore, it is inscribed in its study room: "Yi Yan Zhai", taking it as perfect as Yan.

The stone used in Qing Dynasty Ankang to make stone was mainly from Ziyang. According to the Chronicle of Ziyin County, "Ziyang stone, green black chapter, stonemasons used as yan ponds, masons, chair surfaces, patterns such as pine cypress, bamboo, landscape style, then used as a small screen, enough for books to play." It can be seen that ziyang stone was developed at the latest in the Qing Dynasty, and is considered to be a usable and rewarding stone. In particular, the production of bricks is even more praiseworthy. Therefore, some people in the poem "Ziyang Stone Yan", it is extremely praised: "The stone of the mountain of the dragon's tail is bone, and it is refined from the sun and the moon." The Literary Spirit of the Ying Gravel Star is high and rampant, and the peaks of the Eyes are full of vultures. In the past, people split the yin of the mountain, and the sound of the stone cleared the south. The mist is watery, and the MSI is shining like gold. Good work is a good work, although God does not finish the light and electricity. Chisel Kun Wu cut a piece, and the color was refined by Nuwa. Luo Wen was once called the Marquis of Wanshi, and from now on he no longer speaks of Xuanzhou. The Zhao Bi people asked for the city, but they did not reach the Ziyang Valley." Chen Yushan (only), who served as a member of Ziyang Zhi County, also wrote the Ziyang FangShi Yan Inscription for his friend Weng Qiuqiao: "Straight body, such as its virtue; use Zhengping, but its position; intermediaries such as, to carve; light and dull, Jian Wu hidden; spit smoke clouds, walking the calendar; Luck of the gods, Cun Mu; Wei Shi Jiao, good at attacking; temporarily separated, reminiscent of the times; lifelong life, cohabitation; Ming Yuzi, never 泐" (巜 Ji Ya Tang Collection, Guangcheng Collection, vol. 21).

And made into a "Bonsai style", "screen style" of the viewing stone, the picture mood, the talent charm, more and more amazing, thus causing endless associations. One day, Liu Yingqiu was invited to attend the meeting, and at Huang Dingshan, deputy commander-in-chief of Xingzhen, he saw a landscape-style screen, that is, he was attracted by the magical patterns on the screen and fell for it, so he quoted Xu Xiake's words and praised: "It is really a creation that is more and more strange, and from then on, the Danqing family has been a common pen." And at the request of the master, the book said: "The first knows that the creation is wonderful, but the victory is ten thousand axes of paper and silk" to be strange.

Liu Yingqiu loves stones, so friends give gifts of many strange stones. There was a scholar named Li Zhan'an, who had always wanted to get Liu Yingqiu's ink treasure, so he tried his best to find a landscape-style stone and make it into a basin island for him. Liu Yingqiu was ecstatic when he received this, regarded it as the most precious treasure, and blurted out a poem: "When the Lux Axe was chiseled open, the faint Yanyan flew from afar." The sound of the sword shook the water peak, and the sword qi was about to be destroyed. Yinghai sometimes floats on the island, and Wushan lost Cui Wei last night. The Mi family is an amorous person, and the robes will eventually worship several times." After the chanting, he was still unfinished, so he waved a stone to repay Li Zhan'an, and passionately wrote in the inscription: "The lonely mountain virgin Yanxia people, there are countless hills and valleys in the chest. Occasionally, the pen ends out of cunning, dripping like seeing Xuan and spectral. The emperor's five colors are separated from each other, and the nine Huashi in the pot dance. Don't take it lightly, I'm afraid there will be thunder and lightning." Although we can't see the innate charm of this natural stone now, from Liu Yingqiu's poems, we have deeply felt the breathtaking artistic appeal of this strange stone.

Of course, in addition to ornamentation, the value of stone stones also has the value of commodities. In the Qing Dynasty's Kangqian Dynasty, the society was relatively stable, and people were interested in playing with stones, appreciating stones, chanting stones, and even hiding stones. Driven by interests, there are naturally people looking for stones and quarrying. It was during the Daoguang years that Wu Chun of Ziyang County issued the feeling that Ziyang Stone was "not much near". Since then, ankang has experienced wars and fires, coupled with natural and man-made disasters, people have no time to take care of themselves, and they can't get any more elegant. Even if a strange stone is found by chance, forced to make a living, no one pays attention to it. As a result, the place where the stone was produced was gradually forgotten, and the rare stone treasures that were unearthed were also lost. Therefore, the Republic of China's Hui Continued Xing'an Fu Zhi sighed: "Ziyang Stone, Ankang Minren Zhou Zi Zhan in the Artemisia River Mountain foraging stone cave (found), stone is firm and fine, the color is like banana leaves, intended to be offered to open the stock, unfortunately there is no response, the goods abandoned on the ground, it is a pity."