Qian Mingshan (1875-1944) was named Zhenqun, with the courtesy name Mengjing and the nickname Banxing. Later, he changed his name to Mingshan and went by the name. In his later years, he was also named Zangzhi and mediocre people. He lived in Jiangsu for a long time. Lingxi, Changzhou, is known as the Great Confucian of Jiangnan. Qian was smart since he was a child. He could compose poetry at the age of ten, became a scholar at the age of sixteen, passed the imperial examination at the age of nineteen, and became a Jinshi at the age of twenty-nine. He was once appointed as the head of the Ministry of Punishment, but later he did not seek official advancement because he obeyed his father Ding You.
Qian Mingshan first learned calligraphy from Ouyang Xun, followed by Yan Zhenqing, and absorbed the strengths of Wang Youjun and Ni Yuanlu. Qian Mingshan's calligraphy in his early years was based on calligraphy, and later incorporated calligraphy on stele. Both the use of the brush and the movement of the brush reflect a pleasant effect. The iron painting and silver hook are decisive and decisive. It has the broadness and strength of the Yan calligraphy and the clumsy and square stele. The magnanimity and momentum are both broad and lofty. Yu Youren once said personally: "Mr. Mingshan's calligraphy is better than mine." Zhang Daqian's calligraphy was more or less influenced by Qian's, while Zhu Qizhan said in his own words: "The success of his painting skills was influenced by Mr. Mingshan's calligraphy." Inspiration. "
Qian studied Yan Zhenqing in his early years, studied Han Li Beibei in his middle age, and studied Huai Su in his later years, and was particularly influential in "Lanting Preface". Qian does not advocate hanging the wrist when writing books. He believes that words are sent out by the force of the wrist. Hanging the wrist affects the movement of force and cannot write calmly and happily. Therefore, Xie Zhiliu's calligraphy and painting were also influenced by it, and he did not hesitate to do so. Looking at the characters of the two people, they seem to be breathtaking, and they are distinguished by their tranquility and beauty. During the Republic of China, Qian Mingshan and Li Ruiqing were elected candidates in the same year, and Zeng Xi was awarded Jinshi in the same year. The three of them had a close friendship. Qian Mingshan's Youxian chapter "Shameful Guest at Sea" is because when he was living in Shanghai, the Anti-Japanese War broke out and Shanghai fell. There is also an idle seal "Guimao Jinshi". Anyone who doesn't know me can ask for this seal. Qian Mingshan died of gastric ulcer in Taoyuan Village, Shanghai in 1944 at the age of 70.