At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the style of "Theology" in the book world gradually became decadent, and a group of literate scholars began to re-examine the tradition of "Theology" since the Song and Yuan Dynasties, seeking supplies from The tang tablets to revitalize the masculinity of the book world, so a group of scholars with Yan Zhenqing as the sect was formed, of which Qian Feng had the greatest influence and was known as "Learning Yan Jinliang".
Qian Feng
Qian Feng (1740-1795), character Dong Zhu, yi zi Yue Fu, nan yuan, Jie Shi Sheng, Ru Hai Ju Shi. Born in Kunming, Yunnan, his ancestral home is Jiangning, Jiangsu. The Qian family has been poor for generations, his father is a silversmith, and his mother Li is new to writing. Bai Dianzhong famous Confucian Wang Jin as a teacher, Qianlong thirty-six years "Enke will test" into the soldier.
During his term of office, Qian Feng was known for his "just and bold words, and the establishment of the dynasty is not scrupulous", daring to speak out and make suggestions, bravely fighting courtiers, winning the respect of the government and the public, and being known as "Mr. Nanyuan". In the fifty-eighth year of Qianlong (1793), he played "QingFu Military Aircraft Old Rules", accusing him of befriending internal prisoners, eavesdropping on secrets, and recruiting power and bribery. The Qianlong Emperor ordered him to inspect the Military Aircraft Department, and he collected more than twenty counts of crimes and made a statement to accuse him of being lost in the chapter. Qian Feng was poor all his life, and the military aircraft department was forbidden to the hospital, so that he became ill with overwork, and he took office due to wind and cold disease, and he was only 55 years old.
If Qian Feng had not died young, he would have broadened the sources of calligraphy in his studies, absorbed more of the nutrients of the Zhou Qin Ancient Seals, the Two Han Dynasties, and the Six Dynasties' Northern and Southern Monuments, and went further on the basis of inheriting Yan Zhenqing, trying to break through the strong imitation of the style, transcending the limitations of the times, and integrating all kinds of bodies in his later years, finding the perfect positioning of his personal style, which was enough to surpass the positioning of "Learning Yan Jinliang".
Many people have comprehensively compared the life experiences and artistic experiences of Qian Feng and Yan Zhenqing, and summarized the many similarities between the two in personality cultivation and artistic language. For example, both of them were influenced by Confucianism from childhood, both obtained meritorious titles from the imperial examination, and so on, but the most important point was the loyalty of the official and the person, and this convergence of spiritual temperament undoubtedly had a direct impact on their art.
Books are like his people, Yan Tikai calligraphy is rigorous, generous and graceful, and has an inviolable and upright gentleman's atmosphere, and this temperament has a profound influence on Qian Feng. Yang Shoujing's "Xueshu ShuYan" said: "Since I came to learn the books of the former sages, there are no ones who can become a family without changing their appearance, only Qian Nanyuan learns YanShu as heavy rules." This is not made by the integrity of the ancients, not to raid also. ”
As the faithful inheritor of the Yan style of calligraphy in the Qing Dynasty, Qian Feng's calligraphy inherited the spiritual temperament of Lu Gong in both form and charm. With the free and spontaneous use of the pen, the knot is smooth and stable, forming a clean and strong, healthy and beautiful artistic style, showing the shocking masculine beauty.
In the Qianjia period, when the style of the Thesis school of books was changed to the style of the Beipai school, Qian Feng's artistic orientation of taking Yan Lugong as the sect was of great significance at that time, and it was like a breeze sweeping away the soft atmosphere of the thesis style of books since the Song and Yuan dynasties.
The reason why Qian Fengqing's strong calligraphy was praised by later generations was that it contained a distinct exemplary meaning of personality, that is, the gentlemanly style and masculinity that a scholar should have. The "benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom, and faith" of Confucianism is a good wish and code of conduct rooted in the souls of scholars, and it is necessary to be loyal to people, to be filial to the Son of Man, to be sensitive to words and deeds, to be loyal to words, to be filial to the Son of Man, to be sensitive to words and deeds, and to be peaceful and righteous in writing. And these guidelines can be found in Qian Feng's life.
Therefore, the real significance of Qian Feng's acquisition of Fa Yan Zhenqing does not lie in the imitation of artistic language, but in the spiritual inheritance of the natives.
In today's book world, there are many people who learn to look at Yan, some only take the skin, but seek to resemble the shape, some blindly fabricate, the form of the god is lost, the true Essence of Yan Lugong is very few, there are two problems of insufficient inheritance and insufficient innovation. Especially today, with the rise of exhibition trends, many scholars pay too much attention to the form of the work in order to attract attention, and pursue visual impact through the exaggerated deformation of the word posture, while ignoring the content of the work.
As a literati who is both poetry and calligraphy, Qian Feng is very particular about the choice of texts, and has created and written a lot of content full of righteousness, while contemporary calligraphy creation is mostly based on copying ancient poems. Secondly, Qian Feng is the practice of Lu Gong's spirit, and the inviolable integrity in his works points directly at people's hearts, bursting out a shocking spiritual force, so that the viewer is moved by Qian Feng's calligraphy is to establish books with people, to learn to run books, and to cultivate books with virtue, which is the most successful place for his study of Yan Lugong.