Collection of Interesting Talk·An Qi
An Qi (1683～1746), named Yi Zhou, was named Lucun and Songquan Old Man. People from Tianjin, firstly speaking, Koreans. Literati and connoisseurs of the Qing Dynasty. He was a salt merchant in his previous life and his family was extremely wealthy. He has been studying since childhood and loves French calligraphy and famous paintings. The Gushui Caotang where he lives is in the southeast of Tianjin. There is also an antique bookstore, where famous paintings and calligraphy are stored. There are a large number of famous Dharma calligraphy and paintings in the collection, ranging from the Three Kingdoms period to the late Ming Dynasty. Basically, they are all recorded in the book "Mo Yuan Hui Guan".
For a time, the armor was hidden in the sea
Anqi salt merchants from generation to generation had a rich career, but they aspired to live indifferently. They had "extreme knowledge and exquisite appreciation". Wang, Gao Shiqi and other celebrities Salty and friendship. Anqi was in charge of the salt affairs and traveled between Huainan and Jingu. When he met calligraphers and painting dealers who wanted to sell them, he would exchange them for a lot of money and hide them in the sea for a while. There are those who ask for their identification. Every time there are rare copies, I will select them and compile them one by one. "Mo Yuan Hui Guan" is a calligraphy and painting record compiled by An Qi by selecting the best ones from his collection and his life records. There are two volumes each of calligraphy and famous paintings, with descriptions of the paper and silk, the content of the works, and occasional textual research. All sophisticated connoisseurs in the country will praise it. Duanfang, the governor of Zhili and a great collector, said in the preface that his "knowledge is as good as that of Sun Beihai, Gaojiangcun, or Xie Fuminyan".
In the more than 200 years after An Qi's death, due to wars and disasters, and the vicissitudes of life, the fine works recorded in "Mo Yuan Hui Guan" were scattered everywhere. Some were stolen from the palace, some were trafficked overseas, and some survived. Mr. Zhang Boju donated to the country Lu Ji's "Ping Fu Tie" in the Western Jin Dynasty, "Spring Outing" by Zhan Ziqian in the Sui Dynasty, and "Snow Scenery in the Cold Forest" by Fan Kuan in the Northern Song Dynasty, which is the "treasure of the museum" in the Tianjin Art Museum. The wealth of collection and the essence of appreciation.
Appreciating ancient relics makes me unhappy
Mei Chengdong, a scholar from Tianjin in the Qing Dynasty, said that An Qi had the ability to "appreciate ancient relics without feeling unhappy" (according to "Jinmen Poetry" Banknote"). So how did he develop such skills? An Qi claimed: "I have a pedantic nature and aspire to live in indifference. Since the Year of the Bun, I have been interested in all the things I have loved in life, such as sensual play and piano chess skills. I only enjoy ancient and modern calligraphy and painting for my own entertainment. Every time Playing with it, like finding a perfect match, worked tirelessly all day long, rarely forgetting to eat... After that, his eyesight improved day by day." ("Mo Yuan Hui Guan·Autobiography") It can be seen that An Qi gained the ability to distinguish authenticity through his perseverance and forgetting to eat. , he has developed a pair of discerning eyes through his personal experience and knowledge. Most of the calligraphy and paintings that he identified were accurate and reliable. Throughout his life, he made great contributions to the elimination of fakes and preservation of authenticity in cultural relics.
In his later years, Anqi still spared no effort to purchase and hide famous relics. On the 5th day before the Double Ninth Festival in the ninth year of Qianlong (1744), 62-year-old An Qi had been ill in bed for a long time. Suddenly he heard that someone was selling the "Recommendation of Seasons" by Zhong Yao from the Wei and Jin Dynasties. He got up from the bed and was unhappy. Self-disciplined, I tasted it again and again and thought it was "undoubtedly authentic." So he spent a lot of money to buy it, and wrote with emotion: "How fortunate that after years of decline, I can still have the wonderful ink. It is very strange. Isn't it related to calligraphy?"
Hidden Famous Inscriptions
p>An Qi is not only fond of ancient and modern paintings and calligraphy, but also likes to collect ancient classics. His family collected many rare books and contributed money to engrave titles of books. The library was named "Guxiang Bookstore" and "Gushui Thatched Cottage". "Qingyi Lei Chao·Appreciation" records: During the Qianlong period, Anlu Village reengraved several stones from Sun Guoting's "Shupu". Yuan Zicai was in charge of Fengya, and he gave two thousand gold coins to Yuan for inscriptions and postscripts. An was overjoyed when Yuan Ji wrote "On a certain day and month in the fifty-seventh year of Qianlong's reign, Yuan's seal was printed in the garden at the age of seventy and seven." The details and dates of this and Yuan Mei may not be true, but Anqi obtained the ink of Tang Sun Guoting's "Shupu" and became a disciple of Jiahui. ) funded the publication of "Shupu" at his own expense, which is indeed true. Later, the An family fell into decline, the library and thatched cottage were abandoned, and the ancient books in the collection were scattered, but the engraved "Book Book" and so on are still handed down to this day. "Shu Pu" published by An Qi has a great influence on the calligraphy circle in my country. Mr. Qi Gong, a master of contemporary calligraphy, commented on the "Book Book": "Qing Anqi obtained the ink mark and copied it carefully on the board. When the ink copy was not circulated, this rubbing was the most rare book.
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Book and photo of "Mo Yuan Hui Guan" written by An Qi
Tang Dynasty Collection Wang Xizhi's "Preface to the Holy Religion"
Rubbings of the statues of Wang Yuanxiang in Beihai at Longmen Grottoes
Seclusion in Qingbian (Yuan Dynasty) Wang Meng