How about a famous book, Bai Jiantong?

Among many collectors who collect letters from celebrities at home and abroad, Mr. Peng Changqing of Shanghai should be regarded as a "senior" collector. He comes from a family that collects letters from celebrities. His father Peng Gusheng (1909— 1945) is from Liyang, Jiangsu. I worked as a small official in Suzhou in my early years and was obsessed with collecting letters from ancient and modern celebrities. Since ancient times, there have been many prominent families in Jiangnan, but by the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, nine out of ten families had fallen behind, and property and cultural relics had changed hands one after another. Especially in the form of letters and documents, just like waste paper. Peng Gusheng tried his best to find gold and sand, and accumulated over time. Since Sima Guang in the Song Dynasty, the income has reached more than 100,000 yuan, ranking first in the country in terms of Ming, Qing and people. There is also a collection of teapots, porcelain, calligraphy and painting, and coins. Later, because of the war, he died in a foreign land and took refuge in Xiqiao. He is only 37 years old. Everything hidden in my life was stolen. Peng Changqing, the son of Peng Gusheng, is from Yixing, Jiangsu. He was influenced by his father since childhood, and he also loved collecting letters. He once learned that his father's legacy was about Wantong, but most of it was in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. After liberation, the situation changed, and celebrity letters suffered bad luck again. Peng Changqing abandoned me and got a lot of money. Unfortunately, he encountered the "Cultural Revolution" again, and his collection was completely wiped out. It's embarrassing that father and son have the same thing. After the "Cultural Revolution", although some of them were returned, they were all the embers of the survivors, leaving only a thousand passes. Most of the letters were "acquired" by the relevant cultural relics management departments at the price of one yuan each. In the past two decades, Peng Changqing has made unremitting efforts, and thousands of letters have entered Tibet through various channels, some of which were purchased by himself, some were presented by friends from his predecessors, and some were exchanged by peers. But as far as the overall "quality" of the letters hidden in it is concerned, it is not as good as before. But in terms of its number, it can still be called the first person at sea. Peng Changqing is a scholar-type letter collector. I answered more than 1000 letters to him that year, and he patched them up and regarded them as life and food. After Shanghai Publishing House published the book Zheng Ji's Notebook in 1989, President Lei Qunming knew that Peng Changqing had the same hobby and asked him to compile a collection of letters similar to Mr. Zheng's. That is, in the summer of 1993, Peng Changqing chose a collection of famous books, adding understanding, punctuation and explanation; There are also biographies of the author of the letter and biographies of all the characters involved in the letter. The first draft took about half a year to make, and was published in June of the following year with the title "A Simple Note of a Masterpiece". Attach a photo of each circular. Please ask Mr. Zheng to make a preface, and Mr. Zheng will write the title. The most difficult part of compiling a collection of celebrity letters should be the interpretation of words and sentence breaks between contexts, because many celebrities' handwriting is very scrawled, and there are many typos, other words, borrowed words and archaic words. Some letters are almost as difficult to identify as "gobbledygook". Therefore, a word difference may be a thousand miles away. However, Peng Changqing made almost no mistakes (except for a few punctuation marks) in the text interpretation and sentence breaking of Baitong Letters, and his skill was admirable. It was a rare classic of its kind at that time. Compared with him, today's recipients are more than three miles apart. Among these hundreds of celebrities, many are not familiar with them today. Nearly half of the "big names" are famous artists, such as Lin Shu, Zhang Jian, Wang Guowei, Liu E, He, Wu Dayou, Yu Yue, Zhang Yuzhao, Pan Zuyin, Zhang Zhidong, Hong Jun, Liang Dingfen, Kang Youwei, Weng Tonghe, Yang Shoujing, Wu Changshuo, Huang Shiling, Kuang Zhouyi and Fang Er. Among them, the famous writer wrote 19 letters to Liu, 13 letters to Ye and 8 letters to Ye. It can be seen that this kind of letter should be purchased from the original recipient as a whole. The style of the letter is almost like a diary, that is, it has a certain degree of "privacy" and is written for some specific people. Therefore, most letters can read the true meaning of the writer, which is very different from that kind of "open letter" Bai Tong's famous letters and bamboo slips involve various contents, some of which are of great historical value. For example, in "Xu Qi Shen Smart Tiger", the chaotic situation after Eight-Nation Alliance entered Beijing was described in detail, which was really shocking. "Pan Zunian to Ye Chichang" recorded the dissatisfaction of the upper-level officials with Kang Youwei at that time: "Kang Youwei is a unique person, which can be called an anomaly. Ceng Yun, the younger brother of Wen Qin (note: Pan Zuyin), said:' If this man had lived in the Warring States Period, he would have talked to Qing Xiang immediately. In fact, in less than ten years, in the Warring States period, Kang had to do whatever he wanted, but it was just a sigh! "But I am more interested in writing about calligraphy, painting and collection, and I have the pleasure of reading. For the sake of brevity, I now choose three links from them. (1857- 1920) wrote in a letter to Liu Zhisi (1890- 1937): "Fu has two kinds of calligraphy since ancient times, but he can't distinguish seal script from official script. However, the use of turn is only Fiona Fang's second method. But there are ways to play with stone drums and Han monuments. Later it changed from seal script to official script, from official script to official script, and from official script to official script. Therefore, Liang Hu, Shi and Zhong You at the end of the Han Dynasty were all workers, and later they became true, so their books all used folding pens. Later, the tablets of the Northern Dynasties all inherited their laws, and today's Weibei will know. When the right army came out, it changed the seal script into a real book, so it used more pens. Later, the Southern School accepted it, such as pavilion posts. One turn and one fold are the two paths for calligraphers. In the Tang dynasty, it was a turning point. For example, Europe came from the north, so it was good to use a discount. Yan is from the south, so make good use of it. However, these two methods are just like today's yin and yang, and we can't neglect them. Moreover, you must use the fold first, and then use the fold to be beautiful. For example, Song, Huang, Mi and Cai are all folded and used. Dong Siwen carved "Xi Hong Tang Tie" and copied it into the European word "Qian Wen", so that scholars can first understand the bookshelf structure. Then the gods change', all this means. Therefore, if you want to learn to be king, you must first learn from Europe. This is a certain method. Not only calligraphy, but also painting. For example, in the Tang and Song Dynasties, people used the front to indicate a turning point. Yuan people use side pens, which are also folded. Nowadays, people paint and don't understand this at all. How can they draw with words? [omitted] "Tang Yan surprised, the word in the pavilion. Manchu, surname Guarga. In the eighth year of Guangxu, he served as a Taoist priest in Shaanxi and general manager of Jiangning Eight Banners School. 19 1 1 years later, he settled in Shanghai, wrote many books, worked as a seal cutting official, and also painted. Among them, Tian Zhi Owen is the most famous. Liu Zhisi is from Guichi, Anhui. The son of bibliophile Liu (word onion stone 1875- 1926) likes epigraphy and calligraphy, and is especially good at collecting ancient seals. Zhang Xun (1861-1949) wrote a simple letter to Liu Zhisi: "I have learned calligraphy on the 18th. It's true. The brushwork is like the South China Sea. There is a story: Pan lived in Mi Shi Hutong. When he was an academician, he learned the word Mi Fei and wrote the word "Mi Shi" on the envelope. When the number turned into paper, he sent it away, meaning that Wen Qin would be rewarded. After a few days of silence, I went to ask the old-timer myself,' Didn't you see me in Mifei?' Wenqin was at a loss. The reason is to reward the envelopes in the pile of Chinese characters and talk about Chinese characters. Zhang Ximi, the younger brother is well-off, and the literati's tastes are often the same. There is another solution. In Shanghai, Zhong You likes to learn the words Fangbo from the Soviet Union, saying that people in the city learn Fangbo, so you should give your father's son a name. Why? There are many bachelors in ancient Chinese characters, and teenagers must learn the law. Su Qi Fangbo, the top scholar of that year, was highly respected for his ambition and words, but scholars always learn from the ancient sages; There were no wise men in ancient times, but they still needed to be selected. Zhong Xun seemed to understand this at that time, but he didn't. How do you think? The years of death are precious. When you strive to be a great person, a distant person and an important person, you are determined to seek a thousand-year name, not a temporary reputation. Cut off many branches and leaves and you can become a big tree. Ordinary people do not have enough words. [Part II] "Zhang Yi is a mountain, a famous scholar in modern times, who is good at opening patterns and writing evening scenes. 19 1 1 years later, he settled in Shanghai and sold words and articles. (1879- 1940) wrote in a letter to Liu Zhisi: "If you look closely at Dong's paintings (note: Dong Qichang's paintings) today, there is no doubt that they are authentic. But unfortunately, I can't show it because it's dark. I don't know who changed "Area 1" to "Area 9", which made it impossible to proceed. Coupled with these two shortcomings, the number of Mao's poems is too much. I'd like to leave 200 yuan. Can I get rid of the future? Recently, I saw a painting by Dong, which was faint with a pen, like a cloud forest, and the price was not high. "Zhou Dazi Meiquan, a native of Anhui, was born today and studied in Japan. He is the brother of Zhou Shutao, a famous industrialist and bibliophile. Sexually fond of collecting stamps, he was called "the king of collecting stamps" at that time. The so-called "number of Mao poems" in the letter refers to 300 poems in The Book of Songs. Therefore, "Mao Shi Shu" should mean "300 yuan" (maybe a silver dollar). According to this, we can understand the market situation of "Donghua" in the Republic of China. Wu Hufan's Ugly Diary (Wu Hufan Manuscript, China Academy of Fine Arts Press, September, 2004)1March, 939 13 also has a cloud: "In the afternoon, Wu brought a picture of a fishing boat in the snowy river, a copy, an original, and a Mao poem as the value, that is, take it. "It should be the same price. In addition, some letters and bamboo slips have a strong charm of essays in the late Ming Dynasty. In fact, from the end of the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Ming Dynasty in China, the style of letters written by literati (letters) became increasingly prosperous, becoming a fashion for literati, and began to appear in the anthology. Full of energy, famous artists come forth in large numbers and the stars are bright. There are also such elegant essays in Bai Tong, and two of them are selected below. Zhang Yuzhao (1823- 1894) wrote a simple cloud: "On a cold night, when the moon is in the sky, the boat is moored at the Maple Bridge, listening to the underwater sound, pushing the awning window and looking out the window. This scene is quite picturesque, and it is a commemoration of other years. The next day, I went to Shinohara Village, a thatched cottage, and felt that Wulingyuan Wonderland was not far away. Yesterday, I made a "life-saving" voyage, and Buddhism was merciful to relieve my distress. So what? "Zhang is a master of Confucian classics in the late Qing Dynasty, giving lectures in major academies. It is rare to have such prose as "Famous Confucians". Bai Jiao (1907- 1969) wrote a letter to Ye Gongchuo (1880- 1968): "Old Jade Man: He has come. As a northerner, it is really a great comfort. In order to sort out the local documents and historical sites here, someone talked about Mo's tomb, because it was recalled that the tomb site announced that year was the site of Jingu Village, but the sign was hard to find. What was the situation then? If the old man can recall the notice, he will be very lucky! There was a snowstorm here yesterday, but today it's sunny and the cold is terrible. Please have a safe stove. Evening Bai jiao. "Mo Shilong, a famous poet, calligrapher and collector in the late Ming Dynasty, was born in Huating (now Songjiang, Shanghai). In addition, there is a short message written to Liu by Fang Erqian (1871-1936), a celebrity of the Republic of China. Fang's words are mountainous and angular, so don't be generous. Rich collection, especially in Gu Quan. Homebooks are like "children's bodies". He is good at making couplets, which people call "Lian Sheng". Don't choose paper and pen in a brothel. When writing a book, people hold paper and write in the air. Wrist, elbow and paper hanging are called "three hanging". You Xi made a famous couplet for prostitutes. When there was a couplet, you could become a "famous prostitute". Jian Mo, who is reading this book today, can vaguely see the charm of "Mizi" in his brushwork, which is smart, generous and colorful. I wonder if it is also a "three stops" and the book is not? When 1994 was published, 3,000 copies were printed. Now it is out of print, and there are people bidding nearly 100 yuan online (original book price 13 yuan). Japanese collector Fan Luge visited Mr. Peng Changqing's apartment last month. I asked him about the book, but there was no book. This book in my hand was recently presented by Ms. Lu Shaolan, the daughter of Mr. Lu (1895-1972). On the title page, Mr. Peng's pen was signed and sealed, 19991October. Lu and Mr. Peng are friends who have forgotten each other, and they are like father and son. Write it here for this book.