Song Huizong Evonne reigned for 25 years. He is a generation of emperors who have made no achievements in politics, diplomacy, economy and military affairs, but are omniscient and omnipotent in art, especially his original thin gold calligraphy, which is vigorous, restrained, vigorous and beautiful, showing his great artistic talent.
Listening to the Qin is a masterpiece of figure painting in the Northern Song Dynasty. On the top right of the picture frame, there is a fine gold inscription: "Listening to the Qin", and the next volume is called "Qi". It is said that the whole picture is called "Tian", the lower part is called "Xia", and the upper and lower parts can be regarded as "one person" meaning "one person under the sun".
Listening to Songs is an excellent figure painting of China. In the painting, the hero sits on a stone pier in the middle, and Huang Guan dresses up as a Taoist. He lowered his head slightly, put his hands on the piano and fingered the strings gently. There are three listeners, one on the right wearing a gauze hat and a red robe, sitting on one side, leaning against the stone pier with one hand and pressing his knees with the other, as if completely intoxicated with this moving tune; The one on the left, wearing a gauze cap and a green robe, sat hand in hand and looked up, seemingly ignoring it. That state was stirred by this wonderful piano sound and daydreamed there; Next to him stood a unkempt boy, his hands crossed, staring at the hero from a distance, listening attentively, but in a simple mood. Three audiences, three different expressions, can be vividly portrayed.
The background and props of this painting are very simple. Draw a pine tree behind the hero, the female radish climbs, the branches and leaves are sparse and graceful. Panasonic has several bamboo poles, green and dripping, swaying back. Apart from the piano case, there are only a few props, a few incense burners and curled cigarettes. Opposite the hero, there is a small and exquisite stone with a small ancient tripod and a bunch of flowers in it. There is nothing but the above. It makes people feel that this is an advanced garden, but it has been carefully cut by the author. All the scenery, props and positions of minor characters are arranged around the performance of the protagonist. The atmosphere of the whole picture seems to make people feel that in this silence, there are waves of piano music, mixed with the sound of a breeze blowing pine branches and bamboo leaves, coming from the painting. Described by a poem by Bai Juyi, its beauty is really "silence is better than sound".
There is a seven-character quatrain written by Cai Jing, the first of the "Six Thieves", at the top of the picture. Look up at the low-minded guest, such as listening to the string. " In the upper right corner, the font with the word "Listening to the Qin" is a thin gold book written by Song Huizong, and in the lower left corner, there is his "A Man in the Sun". In this way, the work became his. In fact, this painting is what happened when the painter of his painting academy painted Zhao Ji himself.
There are four people in the picture * * *, and the fiddler sitting in the middle is Song Huizong; The viewer on the left of Tsing Yi is Wang Fu, standing hand in hand with a boy. On the right is Cai Jing. They all listened attentively, immersed in the beautiful and leisurely piano sound. At this time, the majestic and personable king would never have thought that he would be captured by the Jin people in the future and die tragically in a foreign country.
In the Palace Museum, there is a famous painting of the Northern Song Dynasty-Tingqin, which was handed down from Song Huizong. Different from traditional ink painting, this painting is painted in a variety of colors, with quaint and beautiful tones.
This painting depicts playing and listening to music under a tree. In the center of the picture, the fiddler is dressed as a Taoist, with a censer beside him. He just bowed his head slightly and gently plucked the strings with his hands. The fiddler leans against the big tree to enjoy the cool, and there are many branches and bamboos beside the tree. There are three people listening to the piano, two of them are wearing royal robes, one is wearing a gauze cap and a red robe, the other is wearing a gauze cap and a green robe, one is holding a leaf on his knee, one is sitting on a stone pier, bowing his head, and the other is with his hands in his sleeves and his head slightly leaning forward. They are like officials of the imperial court, sitting opposite each other, their thoughts wandering between heaven and earth, all moved by the sound of the piano and paying attention to each other. Behind him stood a young man who was also attracted by the sound of the piano. There are only a few simple plants on the screen to show the tranquility of the courtyard. Melodious piano music flows between them, and the composition is very balanced. Characters in the composition of the Golden Triangle. The upper and lower plants complement each other, and the characters are vividly portrayed, which reflects the psychological dynamics of the characters intoxicated by the piano music.
Who painted this picture after all? It is difficult to find the real author's retraction on the screen. There is a seven-character quatrain at the top of the picture, which reads the title of Cai Jing's poem. In the upper right corner, there is the emperor's title to this work, and in the lower left corner, there is the emperor's seal. Who is its author? Some people think that this painting was written by a court painter. Some people think that this painting was painted by the emperor himself.
He is a very talented emperor, who established the Palace Painting Academy and strongly advocated sketching flowers and birds. Judging from his works, he is good at figures and landscapes. But the styles are diverse, so later generations think that many paintings under his name can't all come from his hands, and many of them are ghostwritten by people from the Academy of Painting. Maybe the real pen can only wait and see, but it really can't be seen.
There are also many speculations about who the characters in the painting are. Most people think that the Taoist priest who plays the piano in the painting is the emperor himself.
Because Taoism flourished in the Song Dynasty, there were Taoist temples around the palace, and Taoist priests often asked Taoist priests to preach. Taoist priests also touted the emperor as a Taoist saint, so it is not surprising that they dressed themselves up as Taoist priests, played the piano in the palace for everyone to appreciate, and ordered people to paint his immortal posture. It is true that this painting is centered on the emperor and is based on his belief in Taoism. This is not a portrait of an ordinary person. This basis is credible, which contains a lot about politics, court, religion, art and so on.
Some say this painting is his favorite work; People who are also opposed to it say that this painting is only painted by a painter in the palace, and it only depicts life in the palace. The main point is that it really looks like paintings in the Northern Song Dynasty. The picture is exquisite and gorgeous but not tacky, but it can't be the emperor's. Judging from his handed down works, there are many differences from his previous brushwork.
So who is the character in the painting? Are they idle court officials or members of the royal family? It is generally accepted that this work is a scene in which the court painter depicts the emperor's entertainment and leisure, as well as his courtiers and poets.
Why is the poem of an ordinary official in front? It is recorded in the book that he dared to publicly accuse the emperor, but we think with his rich political experience that he never had the courage to do anything that could not reach the people. There are two reasons for this result. First, with the approval of the emperor, poetry can be higher than its own handwriting. Second, format restrictions. The paper is too narrow, so it is not good to arrange a poem at the bottom of the picture, and it is not good to cooperate with the emperor to find another place to write a poem.