A brief introduction of Deng.

Deng, formerly known as Yan, used words, learned less, carved stones and imitated Han seal cutting in order to avoid the taboo of Renzong. There is no combination of sex and honesty. At that time, Weng Fanggang was good at seal cutting, and he did it before the stone reached his door. Liu Yong and Liu were shocked when they saw his book. Go to the door and ask to meet. Bao Chen Shi praised his seal script as a miracle. And the world ministers traveled to Jiao Shan, saw the seal script Heart Sutra on the wall and said, "This can't be without a little temperature (Li). Is there such a person in the world? " If you don't have the taste of Meishuo's home in Jiangning, you have to look at the rare books of epigraphy since Qin and Han Dynasties, and copy hundreds of each kind. Cao Wen claimed that his four books were the first in Qing Dynasty. Seal cutting, in and out of Qin and Han dynasties, became a family of its own, known as Deng School in history. Born in poverty, ancestors loved painting and calligraphy, and all died in rags. When Deng Shiru was nine, he studied for a year. After leaving school, he collected firewood and sold cake bait for a living. /kloc-at the age of 0/7, he began to write and engrave for a living, and his social status was low all his life. He himself said, "When I was young, I never studied and tried everything. When I was thirteen or fourteen years old, I was whispering in my heart and liked books. When I was 20 years old, my grandfather took it to Shouzhou. Now I can teach me to be old. I travel and eat in rivers and lakes. People don't treat educated people. " When Deng was about 30 years old, he met Liang Bi, a lecturer at the Methodist Church in Shouxian County, Anhui Province, and was introduced by Liang Bi to Jiangning, where he became a guest of Meibi, a juren. Deng spent eight years in Meishuo, a great collector in Jiangning. "I began to study ink every day. At night, the ink was used up, and the cold and heat continued." Soon, Cao Wenzhao, Jin Fuzhi and others won the prize, and the title of the book was greatly improved. In the fifty-fifth year of Qianlong (1790), on the occasion of Qianlong's eightieth birthday, Cao, a senior minister of the Ministry of Housing, went to Beijing in June and invited him to go with him. In autumn, pass by Shandong, and then climb Mount Tai to see it. After entering Beijing, Deng became famous for his calligraphy. Qianlong fifty-six years (179 1), worked as an aide to Bi Yuan, the governor of the two lakes for three years. Both Bao and Bao studied calligraphy from him.