Lu Zigang's life.

When Lu Zigang made jade articles, he was not very particular about the choice of materials. He mostly uses Xinjiang sapphire and a small amount of white jade. Its main skill lies in clever inlay. All the scenic figures, fishermen, babies, etc. ; There are narcissus, pine, bamboo, plum, lotus, camellia, ganoderma lucidum, pomegranate and peach fruit. Its pattern design is ingenious, vivid, realistic and novel. Cut jade, tea crystal plum blossom, with tea white jade material, dried jade cut brown, plum blossom cut white, inlaid. The jade he made is regular and varied. Hairpins, pot cups, water injection, water washing, printing boxes, incense burners, statues, clothes, etc. They are all neat and elegant. The vertical carving, flower carving, male line carving, bas-relief carving and male and female line carving of jade articles are all smooth and elaborate. Jade narcissus hairpin is beautifully made, and the flower stems are as thin as hair. Many objects are also engraved with poems, calligraphy is cursive and running script, and the font is delicate and powerful. Signature is in the form of seal, which consists of seal and official seal. During his career of cutting jade for many years, Lu Zigang made many exquisite jade articles, which became the preference of literati and collectors. Often as small as a hairpin, the price is as high as fifty or sixty gold. Many of them were introduced into the palace and became the objects admired by the emperor. At that time, he was very famous and could fight with literati. According to legend, when he was making jade articles, he carved his son Gangqian in Longkou (the back of the dragon) for a while, and was reported and sentenced to death for "breaking the law".