The Life of the Characters in Yang Yisun's Works

Although Yang Yisun has a high title, there is little information about his life behind him. Deng Zhuan, a draft of the history of Qing Dynasty, has a short biography with more than 100 words, which is commonly used by later researchers and introducers. The full text is quoted as follows: "Yang Yisun, whose name is Yongchun, is from Changshu, Jiangsu. In the twenty-third year of Daoguang, he served as the magistrate of Fengyang, Anhui Province. My father was afraid of coming back and could not come out, so he called himself Hauzo. Learn less from Li Zhaoluo, rule the Zhou and Qin philosophers, indulge in calligraphy, especially concentrate on seal writing. He wrote Explanation of Lies, which made up for what Duan Yucai and Wang Yun had not prepared. Archaeological history, Reese compromise, in Xu Shen, the past. There are many stones in seal script, and it is complacent. Taste: My calligraphy is Deng's masterpiece. I am proud of it, but I can't reach it without it. Guangxu died in seven years at the age of sixty-nine. " Guangxu seven years, AD 188 1 year. Based on this, the birth year was raised to the 17th year of Jiaqing (18 12 years). In addition, according to some scattered letters, poems and other materials, we can make a little supplement: in a letter to my good friend Jacky, I asked him to write an epitaph for his father. Yang Yisun talked about his father's "writing poems at the foot of the Phoenix Mountain", which expressed his spirit and was close to letting the world go. Calligraphy blends Europe and Zhao into one. Very thin, very small, will last forever. "Also said that" changed by the world, the establishment of current affairs and systems is appropriate, does not involve lofty oneness, and will be attributed to peace and justice. "From this, we can understand the family atmosphere and inheritance of Yang Yisun's boyhood. Sun Yi, "His father was worried about going back to his hometown, so he couldn't go out", resigned and devoted himself to academics and calligraphy, which was similar to his father's nature.

Yang Yisun's Calligraphy

Yang Yisun studied in Changzhou in his early years and studied under the famous scholar Li Zhaoluo. Li used to be a magistrate of a county, and after resigning, he presided over Jiangyin Jiyang Academy for decades. He has a wide range of knowledge, is good at exegetical research, casts astronomical instruments, and has books on geography in his works. He "learned regardless of Han and Song Dynasties, focusing on experience and practice". Wei Yuan called it a "modern Confucian scholar". The main people who learn from Li are philosophers and primary schools. In the 23rd year of Daoguang (1843), Yang Yisun was elected as the magistrate of Fengyang, Anhui Province, and then he took up his post with Ding Fuzhi's worries. He used to run a farm business, and his family business was about to decline because of the war of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Since then, I have often traveled between my hometown Changshu and Anhui Wancheng (now Qianshan County) to make a living with pen and ink. Zhao Hezong of Changshu has a "half-acre garden" in the north of the city, and the environment is very beautiful. There is an ancient mountain building in the park, which has collected tens of thousands of volumes of ancient books, calligraphy and painting, and inscriptions. It is a place where Changshu cultural celebrities often meet. And Sisun are good friends of the Zhao brothers, and they are frequent visitors to Banmu Garden. After enjoying flowers and drinking, there are naturally poems. In addition, they often get together in the half-acre garden, and they are also closely related to the Yang brothers in the past, such as Xiushui (now Jiaxing) Yang, Wuxi Huayi Lun in Jingui, Pang Zhonglu and Wu Honglun in Changshu. Painter Yang is an old friend he met in Shanghai in the first year of Tongzhi. His name is Xiaoxi and Li Shu. Calligraphy and painting are quaint, especially painting Buddha statues. Stranger still, a good turtle has become a sacred object. Please ask Yang Yisun to call her "turtle nest" and call herself "old turtle". Hua Yilun, whose name is Zanqing, is Peng Qiu. Fine appraisal and rich collection. Fa Wang Yuan Qi, a master of landscape painting, wrote Illustration. Later, Pang Zhonglu became a prominent official, from the official to the Minister of Industry and the Minister of Punishment. In August of the 11th year of Tongzhi, Weng Shu Tong, a bachelor of cabinet in Taibu Temple, was in Beijing. He was worried about his mother's return to Changshu. Zhao Cihou arranged a large-scale elegant collection in the half-acre garden and invited many celebrities in Changshu. And the brothers also gave up their seats. During the dinner, they enjoyed the stone carvings and talked about the art of calligraphy and painting. He Weng also exchanged views on the inscriptions in Han and Tang Dynasties. In the years after the age of 60, Yang Yisun mainly lived in Wancheng and made a living by selling words. At this time, the title of the book has been written, and life is not a problem, but I don't want to use books to cater to the world and invite pets to make a profit. Being in a foreign land, I feel lonely and unhappy I often feel tired of selling words all day, like a bookkeeper. Every homesickness. Friends in his hometown also want him to go back, but on the one hand, Anhui already has some basis for living, on the other hand, his hometown seems to have some family troubles, so he hesitated, and finally adopted a natural attitude: "Fate should come back, let it go before it is too late."