Does anyone know He Zhen, a seal engraver in Ming Dynasty?
\ He Zhen (? -1604) A famous seal cutting artist in Ming Dynasty and the founder of Anhui seal cutting. The word main minister, Changqing people, number Yu Xue. Huizhou Prefecture (now Jiangxi Province) is from Wuyuan County. He Zhen has a profound understanding of the essence of ancient seal script. Theoretically speaking, he advocates that the rules of seal script should be based on six books, and his works are famous for their seamless printing. At that time, strange fabrication habits were popular in the field of lithograph seal cutting. In order to correct the rough and smooth seal cutting altar and restore the thick and moist style of the seal cutting end, he made friends with the teacher and studied the ancient brush, and finally found his own way and became a world-famous seal cutting master. At that time, it was known as "the master of modern times, the best in the world", and it was known as "leading the generation with Wu Pai leader Wen Peng". The outstanding feature of He Zhen's treatment of printing is the consistency of calligraphy and knife technique. The knife moves at will, which means cutting. He is good at using the single knife method, with a free and clean blade and fierce and spicy style, but without the disadvantages of rough and noisy, especially the imitation of Chinese and Indian white, which is magnificent and swaying, making people say absolutely. He Zhen's seal cutting works are consistent with the freehand brushwork of Chinese painting in aesthetic taste, with square space, exquisite layout, incisive knife cutting and meaningful aftertaste. After the death of He Zhen, disciple Cheng Yuan collected more than 5,000 seals from his tutor, and his son Cheng Pu selected more than 1000 seals from them and compiled them into four volumes, which became a model for studying epigraphy at home and abroad. He Zhen is the author of "Continuing to Learn Ancient Books" in two volumes.