········Beethoven never married (although he continued to fall in love with some wealthy girls), and his loneliness increased day by day. As the guardian of his incompetent nephew Karl, Worrying about his children did not improve his temper. He behaved extremely violently, and his relationship with his publishers became tense. By 1819, he was completely deaf. Towards the end of his life, he produced some of his greatest and richest works. For ideological works: the last five string quartets, the last five piano sonatas, the Ninth Symphony and the "Missa Solemnis". In these works, he transcended the pain of personal life and entered the future realm of art. Although they are of great significance to future generations The influence was huge, but these works were not understood at the time. The Ninth Symphony was one of Wagner's main sources of inspiration; the string quartet influenced Bartók; Michael Tippett claimed that he was indebted to Beethoven's other piano sonatas. In 1826, after his nephew attempted suicide, Beethoven's health deteriorated day by day. He became bedridden the following year, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra sent him a check for one hundred pounds, prompting him to write the Tenth Symphony. Qu, but it is no longer impossible for him to make further progress; the doctor diagnosed that it was edema that killed him.
The Story of Wang Xizhi - The Quick Son-in-law of Dongtang
The Xishan Island is separated from the Weishan Island Facing the water, there is a large tomb on the mountain. There is a stone tablet in front of the tomb, which reads: "The Tomb of Xi Jian, the Taiwei of the Eastern Jin Dynasty", which was written by Wang Xizhi, the great calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. ?
Xi Jian was born in Jinxiang County. When he was young, his family was poor and he could not even afford food. Everyone wanted him to become talented and famous, so they voluntarily donated food and money to support him. So he studied literature and martial arts assiduously and worked hard, and soon he became versatile in both literature and martial arts. When Sima Rui, Emperor Yuan of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, became emperor, Xi Jian was appointed General Longxiang and governor of Yanzhou. Later, Sima Shao ascended the throne and promoted him to the general of Dongqi, overseeing the military affairs of Xu, Yan and Qing states. During the Xianhe period, Xi Jian was ordered to quell the rebellion and made great contributions to the party. He was also granted the title of Taiwei. In the imperial court, apart from the civil servant Prime Minister Wang Dao, he was the military attaché and Taiwei. ?
Xi Jian had a daughter who was twenty-eight years old. She was born with talents and good looks, and Xi Jian loved her like the apple of his eye. The daughter is not yet married and she has to choose a husband for her. For such a precious daughter, she has to find a well-matched family. Xi Jian felt that Prime Minister Wang Dao had a deep friendship with him, and he was an official in the same court. He heard that his family had many children, all of whom were talented and beautiful. One morning after court, Xi Jian told Prime Minister Wang his thoughts on choosing a son-in-law. Prime Minister Wang said: "Well, I have many children in my family, so you can go and choose at home. I will agree with whoever you like, no matter who it is." Xi Jian ordered his confidant butler to arrive with heavy gifts. Prime Minister Wang's house. When the prince's children heard that Taiwei Xi had sent someone to look for his son-in-law, they all dressed up carefully and came out to meet him. I searched here and there, but one person was missing from my count. The housekeeper of the palace led the housekeeper of Xi's house to the study room in the east cross courtyard. They saw a young man lying on his back on the bed against the east wall. He was indifferent to the Taiwei's search for a son-in-law. The housekeeper of the Xi Mansion returned to the mansion and said to Taiwei Xi: "There are more than twenty young men in the palace. When they heard that the Xi Mansion was looking for a son-in-law, they all rushed to be the first. There was only one young man on the east bed, lying with his belly exposed as if nothing had happened." Xi Jian He said, "This is the kind of person I want to choose. Come on, take me to see him!" Xi Jian came to the palace and saw that this man was open-minded, elegant, talented and handsome, so he gave a betrothal gift on the spot and chose him as his quick son-in-law. This is how the saying "a quick son-in-law in the east bed" comes from.
This "quick son-in-law" Wang Xi later became a famous calligrapher and was called the "Sage of Calligraphy" by later generations. ?
Besides, when Xi Jian was seriously ill in his later years, he told his family: "I have always admired the benevolent villain, the wise Zhang Liang, and the military hero Mu Yi. There is a beautiful cemetery not far from their graves." The hill is located between Xu (zhou) and Yan (zhou). It has always been the area under my jurisdiction, and I was buried here after my death. "Wang Xizhi also wrote an inscription for his father-in-law that has been passed down through the ages. Later, this nameless hill was called "Xishan Mountain".
In December 1941, the day Japan invaded Hong Kong, Mei Lanfang (Peking opera actor, 1894-1961) who was living in Hong Kong grew a mustache. Within a few days, his thick black mustache became On the face.
His young son Mei Shaowu asked curiously: "Dad, why don't you shave?"
Mei Lanfang replied: "I have a mustache, can the Japanese still force me to act?" ?"
Soon, he returned to Shanghai and lived in the Plum Blossom Poetry House. He closed the door and thanked guests. He often painted under the lamp in the study and made a living by selling paintings and pawning them year after year. Seeing that his life was getting increasingly difficult, several theater owners in Shanghai rushed to invite him to act, but they were all politely declined.
One day, Chu Minyi, the leader of Wang's puppet government, suddenly broke into Mei Lanfang's house and asked him to lead the troupe as the leader to perform in Nanjing, Changchun and Tokyo to celebrate the so-called "victory of the Greater East Asia War." One year anniversary.
Mei Lanfang pointed at his lipstick and said calmly: "I am already old, and I have already quit the stage without hanging my voice."
Chu Minyi said insidiously. He smiled and said: "You can shave off your mustache, and your throat will recover. Ha, ha, ha..."
Before the laughter ended, Mei Lanfang only heard a burst of sarcastic words: "I heard that you always like to play with tickets, and the big painted face sings very well. I see that as the leader of the troupe, you are leading the troupe to express condolences. Aren't you much better than me? Why do you have to be me?" When Chu Minyi heard this, the fat man His face immediately suppressed his smile, turning red and white. He couldn't say a word and left in embarrassment.
One evening, Qi Baishi was sitting by the pond washing his feet when he was accidentally clawed out by a grass shrimp. So, Qi Baishi became interested in painting shrimps and never stopped. Qi Baishi's shrimp paintings became famous in the world.
In 1867 (the sixth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty). In 1870, Qi Baishi's younger brother Chun Song was born, and in 1870 his third brother Chun Zao was born. Due to the bad times, Qi Baishi had to stop studying at home for three years from 1871 to 1873. Here, at a young age, Qi Baishi can already do many things at home, such as carrying water, growing vegetables, sweeping the floor, doing chores and playing with his two younger brothers, as well as going up the mountain to chop firewood. Among their favorite games is cutting bamboo poles to ride on. This simple game brought a lot of happiness to Qi Baishi in his childhood. No matter how busy or tired he was, Qi Baishi never forgot to study. He had a strong thirst for knowledge and kept his grandfather's words in mind. Reading can be done anywhere, and it should be done. Every day when he went to the mountains to herd cattle and take care of his second brother, Qi Baishi had to carry books with him when chopping firewood and collecting dung. Then I read. Not only did I review the few books I had learned in the Mongolian School, but I also read the Analects by myself. I wrote down the things I didn’t understand and the words I didn’t recognize. After accumulating for a while, I asked my grandpa for advice bit by bit. In addition to reading, Qi Baishi also insisted on writing and painting every day. He secretly determined to be a painter like Wang Mian. In such an environment, Qi Baishi grew up. It became a habit of studying diligently and diligently. Although it was difficult, he was happy and fulfilled. From then on, he was engraved with the seal "My child hangs the horns of books" to commemorate him.
Qi Baishi was frail and sick every day, and he helped the family with work every day. He often read until late at night. His grandmother was worried about his health, so she asked a blind man to tell Qi Baishi's fortune, and hung up a copper bell and a bronze medallion inscribed with "Namo Amitabha". Unfortunately, during the war in the early Republic of China, both the bell and the bronze medal were lost.
Later, Qi Baishi made a copy of a set to hang around his waist in gratitude for his grandmother and mother’s kindness, and wrote a poem:
My grandmother’s heart began to rejoice when she heard the bell.
I also used to hang horns to herd cattle.
The children and grandchildren still plow the spring rain,
The old man is sweating over the plow and hoe.
The Xingtang area is full of apricot blossoms.
The yellow calf comes out of the pen and returns to the east.
The ringing of bells on my body has the meaning of a mother,
Now I am also a bell-listener.
On March 9, 1874, 12-year-old Qi Baishi married Chen Chunjun, a fellow villager, as a child bride. Child brides are mostly children from poor families with a large population and poor family background. Chen Chunjun was born on February 13, 1863, one year older than Qi Baishi. The living conditions of her natal family were similar to those of Qi Baishi's. She had been used to working at home since she was a child. After marrying into the Qi family, despite her young age, she was a housekeeper. Take good care of yourself. Qi Baishi's whole family liked her very much.
Unforeseen circumstances occurred. Qi Baishi’s grandfather passed away just three months after his marriage. That day was the Dragon Boat Festival. For Qi Baishi, this was like a bolt from the blue. This was the first unfortunate thing he encountered in his life.
After his grandfather passed away, Qi Baishi felt that he was much older. Apart from his father, Qi Baishi is the only labor force in the family. As the eldest son, he has to help his father shoulder the burden of life.
After this incident, Qi Baishi's family's life became even more difficult. Seeing his father working so hard in the fields, Qi Baishi really wished he could grow up faster.
At the turn of the spring and summer of 1875, the rain in Hunan was particularly heavy and there was no rain. Qi Baishi's family had no choice but to dig some wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger. Life is really miserable!
In 1876, Qi Baishi’s fourth brother was born, named Chunpei and Fanglin. This year Qi Baishi was 14 years old and began to go to the fields to help his father farm. Qi Baishi's family grows paddy fields. When transplanting rice seedlings, they have to soak in water all day long and bend over. After working all day, they don't even bother to eat.
All beautiful and vital things in life have infinite attraction to Qi Baishi. He often squats beside flowers and plants, carefully observing the shapes of stamens and petals, and comparing the different petals between flowers. He observed the growth of the leaves, branches, and trunks of the trees, and even understood the veins and texture of the leaves clearly. The collision at the farmhouse dinner table⑺anti-rare①cool gap edge pry twilight manganese 獠gP inlaid defamation forest orangutan?ぷPenji 嘤昪⑿?⑾hai?3RHuan Lingsu?谔 Curtain Yo catch up with Fu 乜湜⒛?丶Just?
One evening, Qi Baishi, who had been working all day, was sitting by the Xingdou Pond washing his feet when he suddenly felt a heartbreaking pain. He hurriedly pulled his foot out of the water and took a look. It turned out that a grass shrimp had pinched his toes and made them bleed. This aroused Qi Baishi's great interest in grass shrimp. After careful observation of grass shrimp, he drew the first shrimp in his life. The painting was so lifelike that he never stopped painting. The shrimps painted by Qi Baishi became world-famous starting from this time.
Qi Baishi once painted a small picture of a fish. After the painting, he wrote:
"This fish is commonly known as a silverfish, and its tail looks like it. There is a big green spot on the gills." , with red at the end. "
In Qi Baishi's eyes, everything has its own characteristics, and the rules should not be messed up when painting. For example, a rose: "Most of its thorns grow downward, so they often get caught on people's clothes." Another example is a wisteria: "The wisteria in the south has flowers and leaves blooming together, while in the north the flowers bloom first and then the leaves, which is interesting."
Qi Baishi, who later became a master, largely benefited from his strong feelings about life in his childhood for the touching images of small lives and unpretentious images of mountain flowers and wild grasses.
In Qi Baishi's paintings, flowers, birds, insects, fish, especially the ink shrimps and ink crabs he painted, are not the reproduction of objects on paper and pen, but give them a unique meaning from an artistic point of view. Their joyful and prosperous character endows them with infinite nostalgia, infinite vitality and magical charm, making people feel friendly, excited and imaginative.
Everyone has a lovely hometown and an unforgettable childhood. Qi Baishi has formed an indissoluble bond with these most familiar little lives from his hometown and childhood. Even though he lived far away in Beijing, he kept some shrimps and crabs in a glass tank and carefully studied and observed them, so he could draw them easily and with just a swipe of his brush.
The language of painting is the same as the language of poetry, both expressing emotions through scenery and expressing emotions. The painting of grass and insects expresses his love for the countryside, which not only reflects the artist's undiminished childlike innocence, but also reflects the artist's strong local flavor.