The friendship between Li (1696- 1755), a famous painter in Nantong, and the leaders of the Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou can be described in addition to the Flower Map and Three Friends Map created by several people mentioned above. First of all, Zheng Banqiao admired Li's painting skills and spoke highly of them. Ink bamboo is the best stunt, but he still thinks that Li's ink bamboo is "Dongpo, awesome", and even Su Shi, the master of ink bamboo, is "afraid of it", which shows his high evaluation. As for the ink plum that Li is best at, the discussion is more specific and the evaluation is higher. In the "Li Hua Mei Long Juan" written five years after Li's death, he said: Painting is not good for everyone. Plum blossom, what the world does not do, is even worse. Only vulgar monks do this. Every time I see a large piece of charcoal propping up my eyes, I feel sick. When Li Sige of Jingjiang is alone on earth, it is difficult to see the work and talk about it. Therefore, his plum painting is the best in the world. Staring at the day, thinking at night, forgetting clothes, forgetting the taste, and then attracting the god of plum, the nature of plum, the charm of plum, and the love of plum, plum also obeys and cannot be cut out. The so-called tailor never cuts, but really cuts; The so-called characterization, never characterization, is the real characterization. It's advisable to stop having fun, and people don't do things. If there are people who don't know, ask Qingjiang. They don't know and can't tell anyone. When I came to Tongzhou to see this volume, my spirit deepened and my interest dropped. Gu Gan, a new branch of this volume, is full of dance, and it is hard to find its ups and downs. I want to sit under it, do my homework for ten days and then go to my ears. On May 13th, the 25th year of Qianlong, Xie was full of questions. In this painting, he also wrote a four-character poem;
Megan's bite, Grandpa Mei Tai,
A few petals of ice soul, ancient snow.
According to the postscript of Zheng Banqiao's "Ding Youyu Portrait Volume on Huang Shen Paintings" in the same period ("Banqiao Painting and Calligraphy Rubbings Collection", the original is hidden in Nantong Museum), "Hao Xiangshan, the servant of Qingjiang Gongli, treasures his master's pen and ink like an arch wall and asks for an inscription for the old man in Banqiao." As we know, Zheng Banqiao's second visit to Tongzhou was in the early summer of the 25th year of Qianlong (1760), when he was 68 years old. Hao Xiangshan, Li's servant, took out the painting of the master he visited in Tibet, and asked for an inscription. Seeing that he had a deep friendship with Li and that Hao Xiangshan was loyal to his master, Zheng happily wrote a poem. Zheng Banqiao came to Tongzhou this time, lived in Qinzao, more than 20 miles north of the city, and visited the Wolf Mountain. In his collection, he left seven wonders to visit the White Wolf Mountain.
This inscription first criticized the plum blossom painted by the layman monk as disgusting; Then, he praised Li Kui Ying's Plum Blossom Picture, which is "hard to see its work" and "the best in the world", and described in detail his artistic experience of painting plum blossoms without cutting or carving, which followed the nature of plum blossoms and did not see artificial carving. Finally, he expressed great appreciation for the plum painting "Gu Gan Xinzhi Impurity Dance", and he was willing to "sit under it and do his homework for ten days before going". This inscription is so specific and profound, full of emotion, and it also reflects that Zheng Banqiao and Liu Yunying have been making friends for a long time, and their contacts are numerous and knowledgeable, which is an important witness to their profound friendship.
In the winter of the sixteenth year of Qianlong (175 1 year), Li borrowed Xiang's garden in Nanjing, and then settled down in the name of borrowing the garden, until he returned to Tongzhou in the autumn of twenty years (1755) due to illness. During this period, he often followed Yuan Mei, a leading literary figure at that time, and talked about poetry and painting, which was very close. In the 20th year of Qianlong (1755), in the early spring of Yihai, Li returned to Tongzhou once and sent poems to Yuan Mei. The eleventh volume of Poems contains three poems, Sending Li Qingjiang back to Tongzhou. There is a cloud in the poem: "Only when the plum blossoms are covered with snow can the people who draw them fly away. An indifferent spring wine makes the four seas rarer. " It is indeed the scene of early spring, and the word "spring" is clearly marked. Li likes painting bamboo. His "Xiaoxiang Wind Bamboo Map" depicts a smelly stone, several bamboo poles, bamboo tips bent and bamboo leaves fluttering in one direction, showing the scene of strong wind.
Draw a poem:
Painting history never draws style. I am good at difficulties.
Please look at Xiaoxiang bamboo feet, full of ears.
Li's "Wind Bamboo Map" has profound implications. He wrote in another title "Wind Bamboo Map":
The waves are floating on the sea, planting bamboo and learning painting behind closed doors.
It is brave to laugh at yourself, but still love the wind.
Strange stone poems in pine trees
Don't you see, this year's cold,
Where to ask for grass.
Goodbye, Joe pine,
Where is the correction?
Heaven and earth are unintentional, and everything is true.
Tall and strong, Sichuan and Guangdong, beautiful and incomparable.
After thousands of years of ice and snow.
Support Tianjue high and firm,
Under the dry spring breeze and blue sky.
He has been a local official for thirty years and suffered several heavy losses. In the eighth year of Yongzheng (1730), when he was in Le 'an County, he was impeached because he didn't have time to ask his boss for relief. In the tenth year of Yongzheng (1732), when in country-specific ones, Governor Wang Shijun blindly ordered land reclamation, and officials took the opportunity to blackmail the villagers. He resolutely resisted, but was thrown into prison, where he suffered a year's unjust lawsuit and finally spent 14 years in prison. These are what he called "waves floating on the sea". The officialdom was too dark. He abandoned his official position to learn to paint bamboo and became a "painter". His character remains unchanged. "Self-mockery is brave", he despises tradition, despises authority, and loves to paint violent winds to pin his indomitable spirit of resolutely fighting against harsh environment. In Li's works, gale is a symbol of indomitable spirit, but it is only one aspect of the painter's character, reflecting his struggle with evil forces. On the other hand, his concern and sympathy for the lower class people made the weathering in his works become a spring breeze that made everything flourish and made the working people get a warm breeze. He wrote in the poem "Painting Plums":
The ink mark on the paper is new, and the plum blossom is the cutest.
I am willing to ride the wind to the distance, and my hometown will be a spring.
He hopes that the lovely plum blossoms will be blown to every household by the wind, so that every household can enjoy the fragrance of plum blossoms and feel the warmth of spring. The wind on this day is a warm wind and a breeze completely different from the strong wind. It can be seen that Li's love for writing style is the full embodiment of his distinctive personality.
Wang Mian (1287- 1359) was a famous painter, poet and calligrapher at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty. His name was Zhushi Shannong, Cowherd Weng, Huiji Waishi, Plum Blossom Master, Mr. Jiuli, Jiangnan Guke, Jiangnan Savage, Yinshan Yeren, Duckweed Zi Xuan, Bamboo Crown Grass Man and Mei Cuo. Zhuji, Zhejiang. Born in a farmhouse. He lost his father when he was young, herded cattle in the Qin family, painted lotus flowers every day, and studied under the ever-burning lamp of the temple at night. He is knowledgeable, poetic and green. Living in seclusion in Jiulishan, selling paintings for a living. Plum blossom painting takes rouge as the plum blossom bone, or the flowers are dense and numerous, which has a unique style and is also good at writing bamboo stones. He can also carve and use Elaeagnus as printing material. According to legend, he initiated it. He is the author of "Zhu Zhai Ji" and "Poem on the Mystery Map".
[Edit this paragraph] 1. Life summary
I like studying since I was a child, herding cows during the day, sneaking into school to listen to students, returning at dusk, forgetting his cows and getting angry with Qin Lao. Mother is willing to listen to what she does, because she goes to a monk's temple every night and sits on the Buddha's leg, reading with the ever-burning lamp. Later, Han Xing, a scholar from Huiji, eventually became a Confucian scholar. But when I failed the exam again and again, I set the article on fire. Act differently from ordinary people, wearing a top hat, green hemp fiber, wooden teeth and a wood blade, singing loudly and going back and forth in the city. Or riding a scalper and reading with Chinese books, people regard it as madness. The writer Li Xiaoguang wants to be recommended as a government official. He declared: "I have fields to farm and books to read, so I can't stand in court every morning and evening for slavery!" " Then I went to Wu Dong, Huai and Chu, and visited famous mountains and rivers. I traveled to most places, and my old friend's secretary, Qing Taihua, recommended me to work in the library, so I resigned and went back to my hometown. He lived in seclusion in Jiuli Mountain, planted thousands of plums, and built three huts called "Plum Blossom House". He became the owner of the plum blossom house and made a living by selling paintings. He made a boat and named it "Duckweed Pavilion" and put it in Jianhu Lake. Also widely planted plum and bamboo, playing the piano and composing poems, drinking and whistling. Zhu Yuanzhang pacified five states, captured Yuezhou, stationed in Jiulishan, heard his name, searched for it, set up a shogunate, and granted him advice to join the army, but failed. In the 19th year of Hui Zong in Yuan Dynasty (1359), Zhu Yuanzhang sought the crown by official. Guan refused to become a monk and expanded his room into a Baiyun Temple. Melodic death metal Yu Lanting Zhang Tian Temple.