In the ancient calligraphy and painting treasures, in addition to the qianlong emperor's collection seal, the most is his mark: Xiang Yuanbian, Xiang Zijing, Merlin Shanren, Zijing treasure, retreat, etc., some works, cover his collection of seals up to seven or eight directions, but he is just a big folk collector.
Xiang Mu is the eldest son of Xiang Yuanbian, born in the family of scholars, influenced by his father,Long-term in the ancient artifacts, celebrity calligraphy and paintings, he himself has become a calligrapher, painter, connoisseur. Although he was an official, there are not many records in history, but his calligraphy treatise "Calligraphy Yayan", which has a great influence, has been included in the "Four Libraries Of The Whole Book", has a high evaluation, has been passed down to this day, and has taught future generations, which is a rare theoretical work of calligraphy.
There are many people who pursue Xiang Yuanpi, the Qianlong Emperor is one, and now many world-class museums look up to its great name and worship it. To identify the authenticity of ancient calligraphy and painting, it is often necessary to see whether there is a collection mark of Xiang Shi, which shows his great name and influence in the field of calligraphy and painting collection. He did not love to be an official in his life, and the emperor did not go under the edict, but he was good at calligraphy and painting antiques, and enjoyed it tirelessly, and founded the "Tianlai Pavilion" in his hometown of Jiaxing, which was rich in collection and rare in the world. Many unique and famous products are treasured by Tianlai Pavilion. Like Gu Yuzhi's "Female Shi Zhen Picture Scroll", Han Gan's "Wrangler Map", "Illuminated Night Moon Map", Wang Xizhi's "Orchid Pavilion Collection Sequence" (Shenlong Ben), etc., the collection of top grades, the rich side, the famous government and the public. He loves to communicate, the Tianlai Pavilion is often full of high-ranking friends, talking and laughing, Wen Zhengming father and son, Qiu Ying, Chen Chun, Dong Qichang and many Ming Dynasty calligraphers and painters, are regular customers in the cabinet. Xiang Yuanbian has long known and friendshipd with calligraphy and painting and high people, and has no teacher to communicate with himself, and over time, he himself has become a famous painter and calligrapher, and his calligraphy and painting works have been included in the catalog of classics.
After Xiang Yuanbi's death, the Qing soldiers entered the pass, and disaster descended from heaven, and Wang Liushui, the centurion of a simple Qing soldier, actually looted the Tianlai Pavilion classics and collections. Most of these collections later flowed into the Qing Palace. Kangqian's prosperous world, the treasures, calligraphy and painting treasures are very rich, many of which should come from Xiang Yuanbian's collection! The Qianlong Emperor loved Tianlai Pavilion, and when he went down to the south of the river, he hung on the old site, and when he returned, he built a Tianlai Book House in the Rehe Summer Resort, and selected several pieces of Xiang's collection to enter it to fulfill his wishes.
Xiang Mu inherited his family's studies, studied calligraphy and painting, and wrote a lot of works. The "Calligraphy Yayan" written by him takes Confucius as the spiritual leader, takes Confucianism as the basis for appreciation, neutralizes and Shangya as the aesthetic ideal and aesthetic standard, carries the far-reaching meaning of "making a speech on behalf of the sage", and expounds the theory of calligraphy in line with the purpose of the original and clear source, he quotes from the side, seeks verification retrospectively, holds the arguments, has sufficient reasoning, and is worthy of a very holistic and systematic bookish work, and its unique and incisive insights and magnificent and upright atmosphere have laid the status of this book. However, some of the explanations in the book are too orthodox, not dialectical enough, and some biased words appear, which is the limitation of this book!
But in any case, the father and son have carried forward and carried forward the preservation and inheritance of Chinese paintings and calligraphy, and have paid a lifetime of painstaking efforts, and the name is in history, reflecting the ancient and modern, so that the late students will be admired.