Xu Sangeng (1826-189) was a famous seal engraver in the late Qing Dynasty. The word xingu, and the word Guo, the number is full, well, and the number? Xu Sangeng praised the stone carving
Sleeve Sea, calling himself a Taoist Jin Qian. Stone carvings in Hangzhou, Xu Sangeng
[1] Fish room owner, Yu Liangsheng, Shanmin, alias Yan Ransan, etc., are important people in Zhangzhen, Shangyu. Gong Zhuan Li, as famous as Wu Rangzhi and Zhao Zhiqian, can engrave inscriptions on stone and stone, and the carved portrait book of Wu Huang is especially good. Engraving power can catch up with Qin and Han, and it is unique after Deng Shiru and Wu Xizai. Recently, there are many seal engravers. In his later years, his seal cutting tended to be stereotyped, and his habits gradually deepened, eventually becoming harmful. ”? Xu Sangeng was born in a poor peasant family. He went out for a long time to earn a living and tried to do odd jobs in Taoist temples. Taoist priests in the middle school are good at calligraphy seal cutting, and Xu Deqi taught them. Therefore, this introduction has a deep foundation for imitating Chinese seal, as well as the calligraphy foundation of Han tablet seal cutting and heavenly divination tablet. His works trace back to the Qin and Han Dynasties, catching Yuan and Ming Dynasties, and devoted himself to Zhejiang School. Later, he took the inscriptions of Bai and Han Dynasty and the inscriptions of the heavenly gods, and used their flying posture to make them melt into a furnace. He used his pen to be charming and provocative, cut neatly with a knife, and his composition was alternating with reality, creating a new way and having a unique style. He became another innovative seal engraver in the same period as Zhao Zhiqian. Its seal script is known as "Cao Yi comes out of the water and Wu Dai is the wind". The seal cutting works include Jin Qian Shan Min Yin Cun, Yi Yu Shi Yin Pu, Jin Qian Shan Min Yin Pu, etc. There are entries in "Molin at Sea" and "Biography of Re-printed People". Existing works include "The Seal of the Golden Mountain Man" and "The Seal of the Golden Mountain Man's Hand".