1. What talents were there in ancient China?
Su Shi: This great writer and artist with the most genius in the history of Chinese culture is really an indescribable miracle in the history of culture.
He achieved first-class achievements in the most important mainstream cultural fields at that time, such as poetry, calligraphy and painting. Anyone who achieves his achievements in one of these fields is enough to be immortal. Su Shi actually relied on the wisdom of one person It’s really impressive to have both! In particular, his prose represents the highest achievement of Chinese classical literary prose, forming a twin peak with the historical and biographical prose of Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty. I think that in the five thousand years of cultural history, there are many people who are more diligent in studying than Su Shi, more experienced than Su Shi, and more miserable than Su Shi. But if they can achieve one-tenth of Su Shi's achievements, they can be called five hundred years old. A genius once in a while.
Therefore, Su Shi’s achievements were 99% due to talent and 1% due to hard work and other factors. This kind of genius has only occurred once in five thousand years, which can be regarded as a once-in-a-million year occurrence. Li Bai: This madman and drunkard, with his unbridled imagination and superhuman talent, became the greatest romantic poet in the history of Chinese literature.
Li Bai and Su Shi are the most childlike geniuses in the history of literature, and Li Bai is even more innocent and free. The word "Poetry Immortal" is really the most correct name for him. He is like an immortal living in space and reciting those beautiful verses, making the five thousand years of poetry become his exclusive paradise.
"The Road to Shu is Difficult", "Sleepwalking in Tianmu", "About to Enter the Wine", "Fifty-nine Ancient Poems" and those heavenly seven-character quatrains, they are all simply picked from heaven by him. of stars. To use Zeng Gong's words to describe Li Bai: "The article of the son is the best.
The earth is opened, the sky is opened, the clouds steam and the rain falls. All things are sown, and they are beautiful and wonderful.
It's a great thing, and it's like a long river. It flows for thousands of miles, and it's extremely powerful at the end. It's like this." p>
Cao Xueqin: This great novelist who wrote the wonderful book "A Dream of Red Mansions", although he is only more than two hundred years old, the unearthed life information is not as good as that of Li Bai more than a thousand years ago. one. However, this does not prevent him from becoming the rarest genius after Li Bai.
It is no exaggeration to say that the novel "A Dream of Red Mansions" is not only the history of Chinese literature, but also the greatest novel in the history of world literature. Taken together, Toon's three masterpieces would not be half as great as "Dream of Red Mansions".
In a hundred or two hundred years, when China has rejuvenated and become the world's most powerful country, Chinese culture has become the world's most prominent culture, and Chinese has become the most popular language in the world, "A Dream of Red Mansions" will reach its peak status as a world novel. It must be recognized by the world. "A Dream of Red Mansions" is simply a complete character spectrum, a complete collection of styles, a life encyclopedia, and a complete history book. Reading "A Dream of Red Mansions" once is equivalent to living one more time in the world.
Cao is the only one at all times and in all countries who has become a prominent scholar with a novel that has lasted for two hundred years. Qu Yuan: Qu Zi did not want to be a poet, but he was forced to become a great poet.
This politician who accidentally became a poet, because he could not realize his political ambitions, made a few complaints and started a great nation's romantic poetry tradition. Many litterateurs tried their best to establish sects, but in the end they were short-lived; but this old man, who was haggard because he worried about the country and the people all day long, wrote a few complaints, a few questions about heaven, and a few sad songs. Become a literary star.
Especially "Li Sao" is still the greatest work in poetry. Five hundred years before and after him, no decent poet could be found, but he was able to write the greatest poem in the entire history of literature during his literary childhood. This skill can only be explained by genius. There is no other solution.
Xu Wei: This is a real mental patient and a real all-round artist after Su Shi. His poetry, calligraphy, painting and opera are as extensive as those of Dongpo.
In particular, the unique style of freehand flower-and-bird painting he pioneered reversed the status of flower-and-bird painting in the painting world, and eventually became the mainstream variety of Chinese painting for more than 400 years. Zheng Banqiao calls himself Xu Wei's "running dog", and Qi Baishi "wants to be alive three hundred years ago, grinding ink and organizing paper for Ivy".
And his life has been entangled with poverty, illness, intrigues, suspicion, death and violence. His life was rough and his fate was ill-fated. He began to study painting in his middle age, and only began to devote himself to literary and artistic creation after being released from prison for murdering his wife at the age of 53. In those ramshackle houses, a man with a southern accent and a northern accent spent the last twenty years of his life to achieve a towering peak in the history of art.
When reading Yuan Hongdao's "The Long Biography of Xu Wen", I often sigh: Talented people are jealous of others, it has been natural since ancient times! Li Zhi: If China had followed the path of capitalism along with the world during the Ming and Qing dynasties, then Li Zhi would undoubtedly have become the Rousseau of China and the Voltaire of the East. This great thinker who boldly proposed the idea of ??equality four hundred years ago that "lords and kings are equal to common people", pointed out that the essence of "loyalty to the emperor" is "fooling the people", and demanded the free development of human "natural nature" began in the Qin and Han Dynasties. Since the ideological confinement of more than two thousand years, China is the only ideological master who can keep up with the world's ideological trends.
Sima Qian: Traveled thousands of miles, read thousands of books, and collected rich historical materials. Many historians in later generations are not inferior to him. But to write a "historian's swansong, a blank rhyme", one must have extraordinary talent.
When Sima Qian was brutally castrated, he wanted to die to avenge his shame. It is not that he has to write history, but he clearly knows that only his own genius can complete a historical masterpiece that will never be seen in ten thousand years.
Du Fu: Modern metrical poetry finally matured here with Du Fu, and finally reached its peak here, and finally achieved a breakthrough here. When seven-character rhymed poetry became the highest form of classical poetry, Du Fu, relying on his unique talent of dancing with shackles, rose to the highest level of modern rhymed poetry.
Du Fu's genius is the most easily overlooked genius, but literary history has long proven that no one can achieve one-tenth of Du Fu's achievements in the field of metrical poetry through hard work. Tang Xianzu: After reading Tang Xianzu's plays, I then read the translated plays of Shao Weng, and I felt that the language was tasteless.
I do not understand English and cannot read the original works of Shakespeare, but if Shakespeare is the most talented drama master in the English-speaking world, then Tang Xianzu is undoubtedly the most talented drama master in the Chinese-speaking world. If the Shaowen had read "The Peony Pavilion" back then, he might have been so ashamed that he stopped writing it.
Cao Zhi:. 2. Who were the Four Great Talents in Ancient China?
The Four Great Talents, also known as the "Four Talents of the Wu Clan", were four talented and free-spirited intellectuals who lived in Suzhou during the Ming Dynasty. It is generally believed to refer to Tang Bohu, Zhu Zhishan, Wen Zhengming and Xu Zhenqing.
1. Tang Bohu is good at landscapes, figures, flowers and birds. His landscape painting was learned from Zhou Chen in his early years, and later from Li Tang and Liu Songnian. He made changes to the mountains and mountains in his paintings, which were carved with small axes. It is majestic and precipitous, but the brushwork is delicate, the layout is sparse, and the style is elegant and elegant. Most of the figure paintings are of ladies and historical stories, which are inherited from the tradition of the Tang Dynasty. They have clear and thin lines, bright and elegant colors, graceful postures and accurate shapes. They are also freehand figures with simple and comprehensive brushwork, which is full of interest. His flower and bird paintings are good at freehand ink painting, free and easy, and elegant in style. In addition to painting, Tang Yin also practiced calligraphy, adopting the method of Zhao Mengfu, and his calligraphy style is unique and handsome. There are "Riding a Donkey Thinking of Returning", "Mountain Road Sound of Pines", "Shi Ming", "Wang Shu Palace Prostitutes", "Li Duanduan's Settlement", "Autumn Wind Fan", "Withered Cha and Birds". Wait for the paintings to be handed down to the world.
2. Zhu Zhishan (1460-1526), ??whose courtesy name was Xizhe, was born with six fingers on his left hand, so he named himself Zhishan and was born with Zhi Zhi. He was also known as "Zhu Zhishan" and "Zhu Jingzhao" in the world. A native of Changzhou (now Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province). Zhu Yunming has shown various artistic talents since childhood. "At the age of five, I can write big characters with a ruler", and at the age of nine, I can write poems. In the fifth year of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty (1492), he passed the imperial examination and was appointed magistrate of Xingning County, Huizhou Prefecture, Guangdong. In the first year of Jiajing (1522), he went to Yingtian Prefecture (today's Nanjing) as a judge.
In the second year of Jiajing (1523), he returned home due to illness. He died in the fifth year of Jiajing (1526) at the age of sixty-seven.
3. Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), whose original name was Bi and whose courtesy name was Zhengming. At the age of forty-two, he began to use the character Xing and changed the character Zhengzhong. Because he was born in Hengshan, he was named Hengshan Jushi, also known as "Wenhengshan" in the world. He once served as an official in the Imperial Academy and was a native of Changzhou (now Suzhou, Jiangsu). He was born in the sixth year of Chenghua reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Ming Dynasty and died in the thirty-eighth year of Jiajing reign of Emperor Shizong of Ming Dynasty at the age of ninety. He is good at poetry, calligraphy and painting. His poets are Bai Juyi and Su Shi, his literary studies are from Wu Kuan, his calligraphy studies are from Li Yingzhen, and his painting studies are from Shen Zhou.
4. Xu Zhenqing (1479-1511), also known as Changgu, also known as Changguo, was born in Meili Town, Changshu, and later moved to Wuxian County (now Suzhou). He was a writer of the Ming Dynasty and was known as the "Wuzhong Poetry Champion". He is one of the Four Talents in Wuzhong (also known as the Four Talents in Jiangnan). He is famous for his quatrain "The articles on Jiangzuo's family are full of jade, and the moonlight is on the trees and flowers in Yangzhou".
Xu Zhenqing was intelligent by nature and was good at arts and sciences at a young age. He was known as "if a family doesn't have a book, they know everything". In his early years, he studied literature from Wu Kuan and calligraphy from Li Yingzhen. In terms of literary schools, he became the "First Seven" together with Li Mengyang, He Jingming, Kang Hai, Wang Jiusi, Bian Gong and Wang Tingxiang. He emphasized the study of Qin and Han Dynasties in articles, praised the Han and Wei Dynasties in ancient poems, and the prosperity of modern style patriarchy in the Tang Dynasty. Wang Shizhen's "Yi Yuan Yan" There is a quatrain quoted from "The article is about the jade of the family in Jiangzuo, and the trees and flowers in Yangzhou are full of flowers in the misty moon". Calligraphy is also a masterpiece. Wang Shizhen said: "The two masters of Xiaokai who are waiting for the imperial edict are extremely fine. The young cursive master Huai Su imitates Su (Shi), Huang (Tingjian), Mi (Fu) and "Ji Wang Shu Sheng Jiao". "Preface" In his later years, he took the "Preface to the Book of the Holy Spirit" and added it to his old age, so he became his own family. "3. What are the characteristics of the four great talents in Chinese history?
There are really four great talents in history. They are not. The Four Great Talents of Jiangnan, also known as the "Four Talents of Wu Clan", who lived in the same period, were four talented and free-spirited intellectuals who lived in Suzhou, Jiangsu during the Ming Dynasty.
It is generally believed to refer to Tang Bohu, Zhu Zhishan, Wen Zhengming and Xu Zhenqing. Tang Bohu and Tang Yin (1470~1523), also known as Bohu and Ziwei, also known as Liuru Jushi, Taohua Temple Master, Tang Sheng of Lu State, Fleeing Zen Immortal Official, etc., are known as "the most romantic talent in the south of the Yangtze River", Suzhou people.
A famous calligrapher, painter and writer in the Ming Dynasty. Painting is as famous as Shen Shitian, Wen Zhengming and Qiu Ying, and is known as the "Four Ming Painters" in history.
Wen Zhengming, Zhu Yunming, and Xu Zhenqing are also known as the "Four Great Talents in Jiangnan" for their poetry, lyrics, and music, and are the first of the four great talents in Jiangnan. Zhu Zhishan Zhu Yunming (1460-1526) was a calligrapher in the Ming Dynasty. His courtesy name was Xizhe, and his name was Haozhishan. He had an extra finger on his right hand and was born from the Haozhi finger.
A native of Changzhou (Suzhou), Jiangsu Province, he was born into a Kui-Ru family that had been officials for seven generations. Together with Tang Bohu, Wen Zhengming, and Xu Zhenqing, he is known as the "Four Talents of the South of the Yangtze River" (also known as the Four Talents of the Wu Clan).
Wen Zhengming Wen Zhengming (1470~1559) was first named Bi, with the courtesy name Zhengming, later changed to Zhengzhong, nicknamed Tingyun, also known as Hengshan layman, and was known as Wenhengshan. A native of Changzhou (now Suzhou).
One of the founders of "Wumen School of Painting". Together with Tang Bohu, Zhu Zhishan, and Xu Zhenqing, he is known as the "Four Talents of the South of the Yangtze River" (also known as the Four Talents of the Wu Clan).
Together with Shen Zhou, Tang Bohu and Qiu Ying, they are known as the "Four Ming Dynasties". At the age of 54, he passed the imperial examination with the title of Sui Gong and was awarded the title of "Wen Dai Zhao" by the Hanlin Academy, so he was called Wen Dai Zhao.
Xu Zhenqing Xu Zhenqing (1479-1511), also named Changgu and Changguo. He was born in Meili Town, Changshu, and later moved to Wu County (now Suzhou).
Writer of the Ming Dynasty. Together with Tang Bohu, Zhu Zhishan and Wen Zhengming, they are known as the "Four Talents of Jiangnan" (also known as the Four Talents of Wu Clan).
He is famous for his quatrain "The article is about the jade of the family in Jiangzuo, and the trees and flowers in Yangzhou in the misty moon". 4. What talents were there in ancient China?
Zhuangzi: I foolishly think that Zhuangzi should have a status in the literary world, and he should have a very high status.
It is generally believed that the various schools of thought have the most philosophical flavor. But Zhuangzi is not. His literary taste is no worse than his philosophical taste.
The atmosphere of the book "Zhuangzi" is like poetry, the style is prose, the fable has the meaning of novel, and some places also have drama. It is impossible to find another such figure in the history of China and even the world.
The metaphysics of the Wei and Jin Dynasties originated from Zhuangzi, and later Zen Buddhism regarded Zhuangzi and Yi as must-read books. The so-called Zen poetry means that poetry has a Zen flavor and Zen has a poetic heart, and all of this is influenced by Zhuangzi.
Zhuangzi’s influence on the Chinese literary world is definitely the first. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to think that Zhuangzi is the most talented person in Chinese history. 2 Qu Yuan: It can be said that Zhuangzi's influence on the Chinese literary world is at the spiritual level, but Qu Yuan's spirit is not worth mentioning.
"Everyone is drunk and I am sober."? Maybe it's "I'm drunk when everyone is awake."
In short, Qu Yuan's life is destined to be associated with politics, which is a key factor affecting his score. Naturally, he lacks the detachment of Zhuangzi. But after all, "Chu Ci" is a masterpiece comparable to "The Book of Songs". It would be unfair to say that it had no influence. Based on this alone, we cannot forget Qu Yuan.
3 Tao Qian: Tao Qian is Tao Yuanming. Among Chinese literati, there are very few people who do not want to be officials, and among those who do not want to be officials, there are even fewer who are extremely talented.
Zhuangzi is one, Yan Guang is another, and Tao Qian is another. Tao Qian cannot surpass Zhuangzi, but he is more typical than Yan Guang.
Yan Guang's fame was due to political factors, but Tao Qian was not. Moreover, Tao Qian's poems had a profound impact on later generations. Wang and Meng Zong in the prosperous Tang Dynasty belonged to his family. 3 Tao Qian: Tao Qian is Tao Yuanming.
Among Chinese literati, there are very few people who do not want to be officials, and among those who do not want to be officials, there are even fewer who are extremely talented. Zhuangzi is one, Yan Guang is another, and Tao Qian is another.
Tao Qian cannot surpass Zhuangzi, but he is more typical than Yan Guang. Yan Guang's fame was due to political factors, but Tao Qian was not. Moreover, Tao Qian's poems had a profound impact on later generations. Wang and Meng Zong in the prosperous Tang Dynasty belonged to his family.
4 Li Bai: Who doesn’t know Li Bai? Who didn’t grow up reading Li Bai’s poems? In terms of popularity, Li Bai can definitely be ranked in the top ten among Chinese historical figures of five thousand years. Many people say that it is good, although many people do not know what is good about it. It can be said that Li Bai's influence is the greatest among poets in the world. In the minds of Chinese people, his status is higher than Byron's status in the minds of Westerners. .
Li Bai was a fan of officials, but fortunately he never served as a serious official in his life, so he maintained his innocent character. But I also believe that Li Bai is definitely not an official.
5 Han Yu: It is undeniable that as the head of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, Han Yu had considerable influence. There is nothing to say about prose, but poetry is a little worse, barely passable.
He initiated the classical prose movement, which influenced at least several generations in the Tang and Song dynasties. It's just that this person's words are a bit out of tune, both true and illusory.
It is said that he is true because of this poem and this incident: "A letter is written to the nine heavens in the morning, and eight thousand people are demoted to Chaoyang Road in the evening. If you want to eliminate evil things for the sage, you are willing to cherish your decay and your remaining years. .
Where is my home in the Qinling Mountains? The snow embraces the blue gate and the horse stops moving forward. I know that you have come from afar, so that you can take me back to the miasma of the river. ”
Han Yu said it because he told the truth. Those who are demoted do not lose their loyalty. But Han Yu seemed to have a tendency to flatter others, such as Pei Du, who he had flattered.
However, this man has been involved in official circles all his life, so it is inevitable that he will have some social talk, which is no wonder for him. 6 Liu Yong: Compared with Li Bai, Liu Yong's popularity is not that great today.
But thinking about those days, who didn’t know Liu Qi? "Wherever there is well water, one can sing willow lyrics." "Who sings the music of Qiantang? The lotus flowers are ten miles away and the osmanthus is three autumns.
Grass and trees are ruthless things, affecting the sorrow of thousands of miles along the Yangtze River." This poem by Xie Chuhou , it is unclear whether Liu Yong's influence is greater or Qiantang Fengya's influence is greater. In short, a war started from this.
People say that Liu Ci has a strong market flavor, but I always feel that there is a lot of haze in it. "The moonlight has faded, the clouds are light and frosty, and the sky is dawning. The travelers from the Western Expedition are in a state of bitterness at this time. They send them off to Linqi and rush to Zhuhuhu, but they are sentimental. They are speechless and tearful, and they look back with heartbreak."
It is vivid and colorful. , as if you were on the scene, more like a movie shot. "Outside the cold river, there are two or three smoke trees faintly visible." "
The ending is particularly wonderful. Qin Shaoyou did not learn from Dongpo, but instead studied Liu Yong. Li Qingzhao was also deeply influenced, so it is probably controversial to list him here.
7 Tang Yin: Tang Yin is another one. Tang Yin is Tang Bohu, also known as Liuru Jushi, the master of Taohua Temple, and the most talented person in Jiangnan.
Tang Bohu's poems are very unique. Sentences are his identity card, making it difficult to confuse his poems with other people's poems. But the good thing is that they are shallow but not rough, and close but not vulgar.
“Peach Blossom Temple in Taohuawu, Peach Blossom Fairy under Peach Blossom Temple. The Peach Blossom Fairy planted peach trees and picked peach blossoms in exchange for wine money. "
"I will not board the emperor's ship, nor will I go to sleep in peace. There is a thatched cottage outside Gusu City, with thousands of trees and peach blossoms filling the sky. ”
“Good flowers are difficult to grow and never bloom; young people are easy to grow old and never come back again.” If you don’t get drunk in front of flowers in life, life will be dull even if flowers laugh at you. "
All these sentences are catchy and easy to understand, which is Tang Yin's true character. To be honest, Tang Yin's influence in history is not very big, but among the people, he will always be The cutest one 8. Luo Ben: Luo Ben is none other than Luo Guanzhong.
Luo Ben's greatest achievement seems to be only one "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but don't underestimate this book, this book is extraordinary. Sexually speaking, "Three Kingdoms" is not inferior to Jin Yong's martial arts novels, but in terms of ideological realm and artistic level, Jin Yong cannot compare with it.
"Three Kingdoms" is a tragedy. In "Three Kingdoms", you will know that. It has the flavor of ancient Greece and Shakespeare, but "Three Kingdoms" is far more profound than these two, and its expression method is more plain and realistic than "Oedipus the King" and "Hamlet". What is shown is only the helplessness of an individual with his fate, but "Three Kingdoms" is about the people of the world, the leaders like Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Quan, the assistants like Kong Ming, Guan, and Zhang, the soldiers on the battlefield, and the massacred cities. Or the people who are forced to flee are all helpless, and they are all tragic characters. How generous is "Three Kingdoms"? In comparison, you can't help but laugh at Shakespeare for being too small-minded.
"Many things in ancient and modern times are all made up of jokes. "The more he joked. 5. Talented emperors in Chinese history
1. Li Yu, the later master of the Southern Tang Dynasty
He was the most talented emperor in Chinese history. His poetry works are popular . However, he could only write lyrics, but he was a complete weakling in politics.
2 Song Huizong Zhao Ji
The earliest art academy in Chinese history. The prototype was the painting academy established under the leadership of Zhao Ji. He also invented the "thin gold style" calligraphy, which made him unique in the calligraphy world and gained a small status. As for his calligraphy and painting works, he even set a record for Chinese works in auction houses in Hong Kong and Europe. .
3 Chen Shubao, the Empress of Chen
is also a poet and romantic scholar. Entering and exiting the curtain, you are greeted with a smile. The face of the enchantress is like a flower with dew, and the jade trees are shining brightly; the flowers bloom and fall, but they will not last long, and the ground will be red and fall into silence! "Although it is the sound of the country's subjugation, his talents are fully revealed.
4 Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty
An outstanding musician, it is said that even the ten fairies, the gods of music, admired his talents and came to earth in person. Taught him the Immortal Ziyun Song.
5 Wei Wendi Cao Pi
This position should have belonged to his father, Cao Cao, but Cao Cao did not actually claim the title of emperor, so he gave it up. Cao Cao, the father and son of the Cao family, was majestic, and Cao Zhi was very talented, so Cao Pi's talent was often overlooked. In fact, Cao Pi's articles were quite good, and his poems were also very famous in the literary world at that time.
6 Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties
This was a Buddhist, classics scholar, historian, writer, and all-around talented man. But unfortunately, these should not be necessary for an emperor. Possessed.
7 Xiao Yi, Emperor Yuan of the Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty
The fairy boy Yuannu is talking to her heart while rowing the boat; the bird's head slowly returns, and the feather cup is passed on; the boat is about to move and the algae is hanging, and the boat is about to move. And Pingkai. Her waist is slender and her clothes are tied tightly, and her steps are delayed. At the beginning of summer and after spring, when the leaves are tender and the flowers are blooming, she smiles for fear that her clothes will be stained, and she pulls back her clothes for fear of capsizing the boat. . . . . . "Ode to Plucking Lotus"
What is this? It is the sound of decadence, the sound of country subjugation. He has outstanding attainments in romantic poetry.
8 Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty Yang Guang
Yang Guang was a tyrant, but he could also be regarded as a poet. His famous poem "Drinking Horses on a Journey to the Great Wall Grottoes" "The autumn wind blows solemnly, and I travel thousands of miles leisurely. Where can I travel thousands of miles to build the Great Wall across the desert? How could it be the wisdom of a young man, the camp of the sages. This is a plan for the ages, and it will be safe for hundreds of millions of miles." Zhaosheng..." is considered by later generations to be "a bit like Wei Wu".
9 Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty Aixinjueluo Hongli
Qianlong loved to write poems, but his writing was really not very good. The problem was that the old man was quite conceited and put several The allusions and allusions stack up to form countless rhymed poems; Emperor Qianlong also had a major hobby, which was to like inscriptions. He wants to ask questions when the tree grows strangely, when the house is built, he wants to ask about it, when an important person dies, or when a wife is married, he wants to ask about it, and when he encounters some auspiciousness from the sky during the new year, he wants to chant first and then later. question. That's all, he also wants to show his face in the poems and paintings of the ancients. Among the countless poems inherited from the past generations collected by the Forbidden City, there are almost no poems that he has not inscribed. What's even more terrible is that Mr. Qianlong's artistic appreciation is really good, and the calligraphy and paintings he inscribed are all of the highest value for collection. Let's take Zhan Ziqian's "Spring Outing" as an example. It was originally a lively, natural and unrestrained painting, but the old man insisted on marking his name behind the distant mountains, which makes today's people dumbfounded when they see it.