Interesting talk about seal Wu Qiuyan
Wu Qiuyan: Wu Qiuyan (1272—1311), formerly known as Yan, was named Zhufang, also known as Zhenbai layman and Buyi Taoist, was born in Quzhou, Zhejiang Province in the early Yuan Dynasty and lived in Hangzhou. He is proficient in calligraphy, seal cutting, temperament and archaeology, living in seclusion, ignorant of political affairs, and teaching students for a living. He is the author of A Brief Introduction to Shangshu, Interpretation of Stone Carving in Zhou and Qin Dynasties, Nine Songs, Music Score in December, Bamboo House Collection, etc. Among them, Xuegubian, a book on Indian studies, is the most famous.
the seal of "Hao Xi Zi"
This seal is related to Guan Daosheng, the wife of Zhao Mengfu in Yuan Dynasty. Guan Daosheng, the word Zhong Ji, Wu Xingren. It is said that her distant ancestor was Guan Zhong, who was famous in the State of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period. Guan Daosheng lived up to his ancestors' reputation, and was intelligent and talented since childhood. Like Cai Wenji, Xue Tao and Li Qingzhao, she is a famous talented woman in history, who can do anything with poetry, calligraphy and painting. When she was in her forties, her husband Zhao Mengfu had the idea of concubinage. In order to influence her husband, she wrote a poem: "You are kind to me, and you are very affectionate. Love is everywhere, hot as fire! Twist a piece of mud, make you, and make me. Break the two of us together and reconcile them with water. Twist another you, and mold another me. I have you in the mud and you have me in the mud; I was born with you and died with you. " Although the words are as plain as the vernacular, they are between the lines, but they are extremely touching, sweet and tender.
Guan Daosheng is good at painting bamboo and plum. She has painted Mozhu and Colored Bamboo Pictures for the emperor. The emperor gave her royal wine as a token of his appreciation. The emperor also personally called her to paint plums in the palace and treasured her works. Once, after she finished painting the bamboo, she asked my Qiu Yan to inscribe it. My Qiu Yan stamped the inscription "Good Play", but the seal was upside down. Later, when I showed it to Zhao Mengfu, I saw Wu Qiuyan's intention: "Good fun" means fun in Wu language, which means that Guan Daosheng's painting is good and attractive. When the seal is reversed, the word "inverted" is added, which means "inverted fun", which is passed down as a beautiful talk for a while.
It is impossible to find out whether the seal of "Haoxizi" exists, but it is true that Wu Qiuyan put forward the aesthetic view that the storytelling is authentic and the printing system is Qin and Han dynasties. In addition, the existing ink mark of Zhang Haohao's Poem by Du Mu is followed by my Qiu Yan's seal script "My Yan Guan in the Nine Years of Dade". Judging from the two seals of the imitation Chinese white seal "My Yan Private Seal" and "Buyi Taoist", it is certain that the seal was written by my Qiu Yan.
Wu Qiuyan is a learned scholar with a taste for high quality. One day, Xu Yan, a cheap visitor, visited my Qiuyan, and the extremely boy sent a message upstairs. Upstairs, he said loudly, "I am a humble person, so I can't afford to be visited by a rich family. Let me pay a visit to the government tomorrow." To refuse to see. Xu Yan came happy and went away disappointed, greatly dissatisfied. As a result, a few days later, Wu Qiuyan was arrested on innocent charges. In yamen, he was unwilling to accept this * * * and threw himself into the water. When Wuzong was a senior (1 3 1 1), he was only 4 years old.
Wu Yan privately printed
Taoist in cloth
Wu Qiuyan's book shadow of Thirty-five Movements
Lan Guan Daosheng.