Weng Tonghe (1830- 1904), whose real name is Ping Shu, whose real name is Songchan, whose real name is Pinglu Jushi, Meiju, etc., whose real name is Tian Fang Lairen, whose real name is Ping An Jushi, who is from Changshu, Jiangsu, is a famous politician and calligraphy artist in China's modern history. Weng Xincun, the third son of Tierenge University, was the champion of Xianfeng for six years (1856). He has served as Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Minister of Military Aircraft and Minister of Government Affairs. Successive Qing Tongzhi and Guangxu emperors. Chasing Wen Gong after death.
Weng Tonghe (1830- 1904)
As one of the outstanding representatives of the late Qing Dynasty, Weng Tonghe's calligraphy style belongs to the former. He began to study calligraphy, and then the middle-aged and elderly people merged into the study of steles. He was a very successful political calligrapher in the late Qing Dynasty. Tan, an official in the late Qing Dynasty, was a famous official in this dynasty, just above the plain (Yan Zhenqing), with galloping, such as Nanyuan (Ganfeng), Daozhou (He) and Changshu (Weng Tonghe).
First, Weng Tonghe studied under Europe, Liu and Zhao in his early years, and his calligraphy advocated thinness; In middle age, I changed my face, learned from it, and wrote New Year pictures like Su Shi and Mi Fei. In his later years, he benefited from the North Monument and saw the spirit in the plain. He learned from others, absorbed the strengths of Liu Yong, Qian Feng and He, and absorbed the softness and fluency of Dong Qichang. He learned the essence of Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy and wrote his own calligraphy works, which formed a unique style of Weng Zi's calligraphy and became an influential calligrapher in the late Qing Dynasty.
2. The Diary of Weng Tonghe records the writing and creation of Weng Tonghe's daily couplets. Among the calligraphy styles such as banners, banners, plaques, screens, squares and sectors, the calligraphy style that Weng Tonghe frequently writes is couplets. Of course, Weng Tonghe frequently writes couplets not only because of his own preferences, but because of the huge demand in society.
Third, Wang Gangang commented on Weng Tonghe in the Book Review of the Qing Dynasty: "Seeing that his book couplet is in his forties, he began to learn from his aunt, and his pen is very healthy. See also the Association of Calligraphy and Eight-character Xuan Paper for the Elderly, which is developing vigorously to learn the running script of Qian Nanyuan and He. Although it is inevitable that the running script is tense and the attitude is remarkable, it is also their cooperation. His books were popular for a while, and Gai took the lead. His students were all over the world and spread widely. " Weng Tonghe talked about many things in his diary, such as "there are many people who want books, so they are too busy to give them", "I don't go out to bask in the sun, I want to write books for others, and my wrists have to get rid of them", "people who want books are too bitter", "writing couplets for people" and "writing entertainment words".