Shupa
Publishers 400 years ago.
Too real history
Zhengyangtu
Qinglouyun
army flag
portrait
Brief introduction of Macao
Diaotaiji
Daoyuan faw
To drink/drink tea
drink excessively
Sister Wu, co-editor
China's woodcut prints have a long and glorious history and rich heritage. However, in the past, it was always ignored and no one studied it systematically.
It should be noted that in the past, it was "people don't do it", and the "people" here refers to the literati class in feudal society. They look down on printmaking and think it's an ugly thing. Catalogers in the old society always refused to collect printmaking books and compiled the titles into their own books. But the working people are just the opposite. They like woodcut prints very much. Because prints often appear in popular books such as operas and novels. These are exactly what the working people are closest to and love. There are also woodcut New Year pictures and decorative pictures, which are also works of art closely related to the lives of the broad masses of the people.
Unfortunately, the working people do not have the conditions of collecting books like the literati class, so this kind of book with woodcut illustrations has been handed down very little. Although the heritage is rich, today, these things have become very rare.
In the past thirty years, the situation has changed, and people began to pay attention to ancient woodcut prints and collect them. People who conduct research have also appeared one after another. The History of China Printmaking edited by Mr. Zheng Zhenduo is a brilliant masterpiece in this field, although it has not yet been written.
These ancient prints are not only highly artistic, but also often record some contemporary social customs. Through pictures, people not only feel beauty, but also gain a lot of knowledge. From people's daily life, to specific famous things, and then to the social features and customs of the times, we can often get empirical evidence through illustrations of ancient books. This is really the best reference map for history study besides ancient objects.
Over the past few years, I have occasionally seen it on the desk in the store or at a friend's house, so I tried to take pictures of the book and write down fragmentary reading notes. Over time, there are more and more collections, and there are fewer and fewer collections, which becomes this small volume. The physical materials are mainly carved in the Ming Dynasty, with clear carvings in the middle. As for the earlier works of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, not only are they rare, but they are often illustrations of Buddhist stories, which are of little use and will not be collected. As for the selection criteria, it is mainly rare books, and try to choose rare books that are not recorded. As for those biographies, there are still many, and the significance is important. Naturally, it is appropriate to choose.
The purpose of reading notes is to explain the contents of illustrations. Although it is extremely incomplete, I always hope that readers can get some help when looking at the painting. However, due to the low level of the author, there may be serious deficiencies in many places. I sincerely hope that readers will criticize and correct me.
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1999 1 On 25th, I reviewed several Illustrated Stories written fifty years ago and published them in newspapers one after another. Later, it was compiled into a booklet and published by a publishing house. Editing and proofreading have just been decided, but Feng Gang in 1957 suddenly took me away with my writing and publishing rights. The publishing house had to return the manuscript. From then on, it stayed at the bottom of the box for forty-nine years.
My interest in printmaking in the late Ming Dynasty came into being after seeing two volumes of "Beautiful Pictures of the Millennium" printed by Dong Kang under the name of "Beautiful Life". This is an album printed with Cosette edition, which he collected seven illustrations of The West Chamber in Ming Dynasty. I remember that Mr Ye Shengtao and I discussed the cover design when Ming Kai Bookstore just printed "A New Talk about Old Plays", so we sent these two "stunning pictures". Mr. Ye chose a painting in Wang Lihe's review of The West Chamber as the cover. This is the beginning of my work and Ming printmaking.
At that time, there were not many books, and all the gains were recorded as treasures. When I was young, I had a broad vision and a large collection of books, so I wrote "Printmaking in the Late Ming Dynasty", which was listed in detail. Most of the adopters are Tibetans, and it is not enough to know. That is to say, as far as the Picture of the West Chamber is concerned, the color illustrations of Min Qiji 13-year-old Chongzhen in the Oriental Art Museum in Cologne, Germany, are unprecedented excellent works. Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House reprinted Xie Guangfu's Old Collection of He Bi. The attached drawings of the two books are unprecedented, which can make up for those "absolutely gorgeous for thousands of years". At noon, Dong Kang also photocopied the twelve volumes of "Su Men Xiao" in Chongzhen, and Hong Guoliang's twelve carved circles, which are exquisite and unique. In addition, Dong Jieyuan's overprint of The West Chamber is not collected by Dong Ke. "Ancient Zaju", an engraving of Wanli Ancient Quzhai, is also a peerless masterpiece. We can take a few articles from each article to form this article, which can make up for the deficiency of the last one and increase the interest of readers. When this old work is resurrected, we'll talk about mending it to show our relief. Readers can learn from it.
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