Brief introduction or appreciation of Wang Meng and Qian Zhongshu's works

Wang Meng (1308- 1385) was a painter in Yuan Dynasty. Shu Ming was born in Huzhou (now Xing Wu, Zhejiang). Grandfather Zhao Mengfu, grandmother Guan Daosheng, uncle and cousin Zhao were all famous painters in Yuan Dynasty. Wang Meng's landscape paintings were directly influenced by Zhao Mengfu, and later imitated Wang Wei, Dong Yuan, Ju Ran and others to form a new style. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the official asked, and after abandoning the official, he lived in seclusion in Linping (now Linping Town, Yuhang, Zhejiang Province), named Huang Heshan firewood. In the early Ming Dynasty, Wang Meng became the magistrate of Tai 'an (now Shandong) and died in prison because of the Hu case. Wang mengneng's poems and calligraphy. Especially good at painting landscapes, he got the method of Zhao Mengfu, the ancestor of Dong Yuan and Ju Ran. The scenery is dense, the layout is full of mountains and rivers, and it makes good use of understanding the thirst and thirst, showing the lush and boundless atmosphere of the forest. Beyond mountains and rivers, you can also be a man. It had a great influence on landscape painting in Ming and Qing Dynasties, second only to Huang, and later generations were also called "Yuan Sijia" with Huang, Zhenwu and Ni Zan. Dong Qichang once wrote an inscription in his works; "A monarch can lift a tripod with his pen. There has been no such monarch for 500 years." Masterpieces handed down from generation to generation: Living in Seclusion in Qingbian and Reading in Chunshan in Shanghai Museum; The Migration Map of Ge Zhichuan in the Palace Museum in Beijing; "Autumn Mountain Cottage Map" in the National Palace Museum in Taipei.

The "Reclusion Map" with clear edges was written in 1366, written in paper and ink, with a length of 14 1 cm and a width of 42.2 cm. Dong Qichang is known as the best in the world. This painting is layered, and it covers the whole picture from bottom to top. Use the pen casually, and the color is elegant. The local feeling of trees and rocks is excellent, but the overall effect is fragmentary, and the shape of peaks is a bit strange, which is suitable for close viewing but not for far viewing.

Wang Meng's "Water Faint Ink Seal" enriches the expression of Chinese painting. His unique style is characterized by "vigorous vitality", skillful use of pens, and "bizarre vertical and horizontal directions, unable to distinguish clues". "Painting History and Painting Essentials" said: "Ju Ran, a landscape master of Wang Meng, had to use ink painting". Yunnan Tian even said that he "lives in a remote place (Wang Wei)". There are two common methods, Jie Suocun and Niu Maocun. Their characteristics are: first, they are easy to use pens, curled like earthworms, and are famous for their diversity and complexity; The other is to use "light ink to hook the stone bone, pure Jiao Mo to rub it, so that there is nothing left in the stone, and then break it to make it look deep and beautiful".

Qian Zhongshu (1910.1.21-199865438+February19) Mo,No. Huai Ju. People from Wuxi, Jiangsu. In his early years, he studied in Suzhou Taowu Middle School and Wuxi Renzhong School run by the church. 65438-0933 After graduating from Tsinghua University Foreign Languages Department, he taught at Guanghua University. 1935, she married Jiang Yang and went to study in England together. 1937 graduated from Oxford University, UK, with an associate doctor. He also went to Paris University to study French literature. /kloc-0 returned to China in the autumn of 1938, and successively served as professor of foreign languages department of Kunming Branch of National Southwest Associated University and head of English Department of Lantian Teachers College for Nationalities in Hunan. 194 1 was detained in Shanghai for falling from a building when he went home to visit relatives. He wrote the novel Fortress Besieged and the collection of short stories Man, Beast and Ghost. Fortress Besieged has been translated into English, French, German, Russian, Japanese and Spanish. Prose is mostly included in Writing on the Edge of Life, a book. Tan Yi Lu is a pioneering work of comparative poetics between China and the West. At the same time, he has taught or served in Jinan University, Central Library and Tsinghua University. After 1953, I worked as a researcher in Peking University College of Literature. The multi-volume edition Guanzuibian is a textual research and interpretation of ancient Confucian classics in China, which is expounded and discriminated from the comparison of Chinese and western cultures and literature. He is currently the vice president of China Academy of Social Sciences.

Bibliography of works:

Written on the edge of life (essays) 194 1, enlightenment.

Man, beast and ghost (collection of short stories) 1946, Wu.

Fortress Besieged (Novel) 1947, Morning Light

Lu (literary theory) 1948, enlightened; Supplement, 1984, China

Guan Cone (1-4, Literary Theory) 1979, China; Updated version, 1982, China.

Qi Peiji (Collection of Literary Theories) 1985, Shanghai Ancient Books.

Qian Zhongshu (1910-1998), a researcher and writer of modern literature, was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu. Because when he was one year old, he grabbed a book and named it "Zhongshu". Qian Zhongshu was born in a family of poets and calligraphers. He was educated in traditional classics and history since childhood. He was good at Chinese and English in middle school, but he did badly in math and other sciences. When I applied for Tsinghua, my math score was only 15. But because of my outstanding achievements in Chinese and English, especially English, I got full marks. 65,438+0929, admitted to Tsinghua University Foreign Languages Department. During this period, he studied hard and was widely exposed to the cultural and academic achievements of all countries in the world. 1933 graduated from university. 1935 married writer and translator Jiang Yang. In the same year, he obtained the qualification of a foreign student at public expense, studied in the English Department of Oxford University for two years, and then studied French literature at the University of Paris for one year. 1938 returned to China. He has taught in several universities. Qian Zhongshu made a thorough study of China's history, philosophy and literary classics. At the same time, he never stopped reading and studying western literature, philosophy and psychology, and wrote many prestigious academic works. His prose and novels are also excellent, especially the novel Fortress Besieged, which is brilliant and full of metaphors, and is widely known.

Life is a besieged city and marriage is a besieged city. If you rush in, you will be surrounded by various concerns about survival. Qian Zhongshu tells the joys and sorrows of a group of intellectuals in a free and easy humorous style. His insight into the bone marrow and his transcendental survival wisdom are enough to make readers comment again and again. Fortress Besieged is a vivid picture of the world, which vividly reflects the ups and downs of life. Mr. Qian Zhongshu combined his linguistic genius with extremely profound knowledge, plus some ironic and humorous spices, and decided the country with one book.