Here is his portrait, smiling, kind and gentle, lying in the flowers and cypresses as if asleep.
At that time, people from all walks of life gathered here to bid farewell to the legendary old man. Everyone stepped on the music drums and slowly came to the body of Mr. Qi Gong to observe a moment of silence and bow to him three times.
Qi Gong, the ninth generation grandson of Yongzheng, is a famous contemporary calligrapher. He was once called "the three wonders of poetry, painting and calligraphy". At the same time, he personally loves and is good at the identification of ancient calligraphy and painting.
The 93-year-old man left this world forever with all his talents and 70 years of touching love and marriage.
Without the glory of royal descendants, I met my wife in an arranged marriage.
1965438+In July 2002, Qigong was born in Beijing. As the ninth grandson of Yongzheng, Ai Xinjue Roche was born in the year when the Republic of China was proclaimed, although he didn't want to call himself a descendant of the Qing royal family at first, even though he even changed his surname to "Qi".
The contradiction between feudalism and innovation born of belt also laid the groundwork for his future experience.
His boyhood was hard, his father died young, and his family was supported by his grandfather's meager salary.
/kloc-at the age of 0/0, grandpa's death made the family worse and completely cut off their financial resources. They even had to rely on donations raised by grandpa's students to make a living.
He/kloc-entered school at the age of 0/2, but his studies were really out of reach, and he even dropped out of school. But he met several famous teachers in middle school, and his experience of studying painting outside school laid a solid foundation for his later life.
The first teacher studied calligraphy and painting appreciation from Jia Ximin, and then studied "Expert Painting" from Wu Jingting. Then the two painters he met had a profound influence on his literary path.
One is Xinyu Pu, who not only directed painting, but also directed poetry, which probably benefited from his wife's poetry in the later period of Qigong.
The other is Qi Baishi, a famous painter. He is very optimistic about Qigong and often talks about it. Under the famous teacher's door, his painting skills have been obviously improved.
With the growth of skills, his age is also growing slowly, and he will soon reach the age of marriage. 1932, his mother and aunt found him a date. The other is a country girl who is two years older than him, a bad girl whose biological mother died young.
Although 20-year-old Qi Gong doesn't want to marry a girl who has only met him several times, he should get married out of filial piety. 70 years of love began.
Attachment to his wife turned into love, which lasted for 43 years.
At first, Qigong had no feelings for marriage and this wife, which was like a routine for him. After all, they are almost incomparable in age, family background, knowledge and even appearance.
But with the passage of time, especially a few things that happened, he gradually found that the girl's kindness, thoughtfulness and confidant fit together.
Slowly, the two people became more and more tacit, and their hearts became closer and closer. Because Zhang Baochen was several years older than Qigong, he later affectionately called her "Sister".
The first thing that attracts Qi Gong's attention is one thing. At that time, the literati was despised for selling calligraphy and painting, but his family was in a particularly bad situation and needed to rely on his calligraphy and painting to support this big family.
Although he didn't say that he wanted to start work, Zhang Baochen felt his dilemma sensitively and delicately, and took the initiative to say, "From now on, you just paint and I'll sell it."
Such a move undoubtedly protected his self-esteem and literati feelings, so that he could devote himself to his creation and eliminate worries.
Two other things happened after work. The first is trust. For a time, he became a professor at Fu Jen Catholic University. He is very serious and responsible for his work, and he is also very attractive.
At that time, the society was more open and allowed women to go to college, so he often needed to take female students to exhibitions to explain knowledge.
This was seen by a willing heart and gave birth to some rumors, and even once evolved into an absurd rumor of teacher-student love, which was said to have a nose and eyes.
This means that the speaker has no intention of the listener, but when it comes to Zhang Baochen, it becomes that the speaker has intention and the listener has no intention. But she trusted her husband so much that she even warned those who spread rumors. For her reaction, Qigong felt that his wife knew herself very well.
Another thing is Zhang Baochen's concern for her family, which makes Qi Gong trust and care for her more. As soon as she got married, she quickly entered the role and took on the responsibility of taking care of the family. She is generous and hospitable. When he calls his friend, she doesn't care about all the proper arrangements.
What impressed Qi Gong most was that 1952, he was an associate professor at Beijing Normal University, and his work was very busy. Unfortunately, his mother and aunt stayed in bed one after another.
It is said that there has been no dutiful son in bed for a long time, but Zhang Baochen is extremely patient with the two old people. One person takes care of two people and never says he is tired. Even his own son and nephew are ashamed of their success.
Qigong is also a soft-hearted person, knowing how difficult it is to meet someone who knows, trusts and is so kind and considerate, not to mention that the other person is also a bad karma. Thinking and living in this way, the attachment to each other has gradually evolved into deep affection, and they have gone hand in hand for 43 years.
"You must find someone to take care of you."
1975, probably the saddest year to start working, because that year, my beloved "sister" left forever.
In fact, Zhang Baochen has been ill for some time, and he was still struggling before. He just wants to spend more time practicing qigong.
After all, with her gone, they have no children and only one person is left. But that year, she no longer had the strength to struggle.
Before she died, she called Qigong to her side, and what she said to him surprised him. He hurried home at once, picked up a shovel and walked to the backyard. He found the location described by his wife and began to dig deeper.
After digging for a long time, he finally saw a big vat containing four big sacks, each of which was bulging and full of his early paintings, manuscripts and books, each of which was well preserved under layers of thick paper.
Seeing his early works in the past 30 years, he opened them carefully, surprised and happy, and even felt reunited after the robbery.
He lamented that the woman who accompanied him for half his life spent most of her life preparing such a thick and affectionate gift for him.
So when Zhang Baochen said to Qi Gong, "After I die, you must find someone to take care of you." He jokingly said, "You are so old, how can anyone follow me again?"
In fact, his inner words are: "You live well with me, and I have to suffer more to deserve you."
Because he really can't imagine that in those turbulent years, he was at the forefront, but she held a kind of courage to protect these works at all costs.
Therefore, in addition to being moved, all he can do is to live a good life, have her expectations for life and have her ideas.
The deepest thoughts remain in Heartache.
In the life of Qigong, there are countless literary and artistic achievements. Poetry, calligraphy, painting, calligraphy and painting appreciation ... everything happens for a reason, and for his wife, he left his deepest thoughts in the most familiar poem "Regret for the Past".
"Married for forty years, never quarreled. An old couple loved each other when they were young. Forty years together, half poor and half sick. Although two people, only one life ... "
For more than 20 years after his wife's death, he was in a good mood because no one was around all the time, but after his death, he had to turn this hundred into words and melt it on this paper.
After the turbulent years of 1978, when he cleared his grievances, many people bridged the gap for him, and even a female painter took the initiative to visit him and offered to stay and take care of him.
He refused all of them, because he didn't want to marry again, and he just wanted to leave his heart and position around him to his only wife.
In 2005, 93-year-old Qi Gong died in Beijing due to illness. According to his last wish, his friends buried him with his wife, and he was finally reunited with his first wife.
It is said that behind every successful man, there is a great woman, and this sentence is perfect for them. Zhang Baochen has done her best to spare trouble back at home for Qigong, so that Qigong can't miss her.
It is said that companionship is the longest confession, and so is the relationship between Qigong and Zhang Baochen.
In today's society, people are trapped by the rapid economic development and have to move forward quickly, and everything has become a "fast food". Fast food and fast food culture, even watching dramas, are going up at a speed of 1.5 times. The appearance of words such as "flash marriage" and "flash away" can also be seen.
It is precisely because slow life is rare that we will envy and pursue it when there is an online celebrity like "Li Ziqi".
So don't worry when you move forward, stop occasionally and pay attention to people and things around you. Maybe what you've been pursuing all your life is actually around you.