Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 670 Three Painters and Three Emperors
The small courtyard is covered with grape vines, not because they are greedy to eat grapes, but to let the grape leaves effectively block direct sunlight and protect the orchids below.

Gently pushing open the door of the study, the comfortable temperature of the air conditioner and the smell of fruity incense come out, which makes people feel even more comfortable.

"Elbow is back? Things are going well?" Fourth Aunt looked up at him and asked.

"It's going well. This trip to the capital has opened up a lot of horizons." Zhou Zhi smiled.

The fourth uncle was painting on the cardboard wall, and said, "This time he went to the capital, but he encountered a great opportunity, and he also picked up a big leak."

"You know all of this?" Zhou Zhi hurried up, took the water brush and replaced the fourth cousin.

"I know a general idea." The fourth cousin was noncommittal: "I heard from your godfather that you helped the Forbidden City and the National Museum recover two economic losses?"

"Yes, I did encounter a lot of things when I went to the capital this time." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "I will report to the elder slowly. Is this Ma Lin's picture about to be repaired?"

"It's about to be repaired, but it's not just Ma Lin." The fourth aunt smiled: "Your fourth cousin named it 'San Ma Tu'."

"Three horses picture?" Zhou Zhi looked up and down: "There are no horses on it?"

Zhou Zhi looked at it, but it was a regular script in the style of Erwang, inscribed with a poem.

"Maybe it's also a restoration of the fragmented copy." The fourth uncle nodded: "It's not bad to be able to decipher so much content in such a short period of time."

"Ma Yuan's name is Yaofu, and his name is Qinshan. The painting academy of the Guangzong and Ningzong dynasties of the Southern Song Dynasty waited for an edict. His great-grandfather, grandfather, father, uncle, brother, and son have been painters of the painting academy for five generations."

"In the poem, there is a sentence of Five Dynasties Xuan Ang Shao Zuqiu, which means that the five generations inherit the ancestral business from generation to generation. Combined with the fact that the five generations of the Ma family are court painters said by the fourth aunt, this painting should be Song Ningzong in Ma Lin's time. It is a continuation of the paintings of the ancestors, and then cleverly stitched together."

"Really?" Zhou Zhi was shocked by the thin gold inscription and the weird monogram before. It was the calligraphy and monogram of the absurd emperor Song Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, but the content of the inscription was very simple, only the word "Siyuan".

"This painting is actually a splicing of three paintings."

"Good at painting landscapes, figures, flowers and birds, and landscapes. I follow the method of Li and Tang. The brushwork is vigorous and broad, and the texture is tough. The leaves are often clipped, the trunk is thick, and it is often horizontal. The pavilions are exquisitely painted, and they are dyed. I like to make borders Jiao Xiaojing, known as 'Ma Yijiao' in the world."

"This painting not only hides three painters, but also hides three emperors."

"Hey hey..." Fourth Cousin laughed complacently as if he had been scratched.

After speaking, he pointed to the monogram on the picture: "This is the monogram of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, and the 'Royal Book' seal of this gourd. I seem to have seen it before. With the thin gold calligraphy, this painting should be It is an 'ancient painting' from Huizong's Xuanhe period."

"The last sentence, you have explained clearly just now, the meaning of the creation of one generation and the fourth generation of Ke Shao Jiqiu."

"Three emperors?" Zhou Zhi thought there were only two.

"His great-grandfather, Ma Ben, was good at painting flowers, birds, figures, and Buddha statues. After forming the style of the 'Ma family', he was appointed by the Xuanhe Painting Academy of Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty."

"That was reminded by my fourth aunt." Zhou Zhi was very ashamed: "Fourth cousin, please tell me the result."

"The second sentence is very obvious. Ma Yuan's word is Qinshan, so the sentence "Qinshan Biye Follows the Wind" is written about the river in the middle of the painting and the river beach at the left corner, which is the third sentence. The "Jiang Se" part should be written by Ma Yuan."

"But there are only three painters here, but not three emperors."

"It won't." The fourth cousin laughed and said, "Here is the answer."

"Sanma means that this painting was not painted by one person." The fourth cousin looked at the wet picture and admired it, or he might be thinking about a repair plan: "This painting should be Ma Lin, Ma Kui and his father. The three of Ma Yuan collaborated."

"Really? How can you tell?"

Then there is the words "Chen Ma Lin is ashamed to continue" pointing to the lower right corner next to "Jixi Temple Treasure": "Here is the inscription of Ma Lin, which means continuation, indicating that only part of this painting was painted by him."

However, Song Huizong himself was also a painter, so Zhou Zhi raised doubts: "Is it possible that Song Huizong painted it himself?"

"Historical records show that Ma Ben was good at landscapes, especially at painting birds and beasts, and he was the founder of the sect. Therefore, the first sentence of the poem, "A school of frost breaks the geese and autumn", is written on the top part of the painting. Made by Ma Ben of the era."

"Ma Yuan is even more serious. Together with Li Tang, Liu Songnian, and Xia Gui, they are called the 'Four Masters of the Southern Song Dynasty'."

"Uncle Ma Gongxian and his father Ma Shirong were all skilled in figure, landscape, flower-and-bird painting. During the Shaoxing period, they served in Shaoxing and were awarded a gold belt."

Qinshan Biye continues to be romantic.

"I seem to understand a little bit." Zhou Zhi was a little confused, but the meaning of the poem was almost understandable: "Ma Lin is the son of Ma Yuan, a famous painter in the Southern Song Dynasty.

There is also a line of small characters on the edge of the seal, "Chen Ma Lin is ashamed to continue".

"There is also this poem, the font is not Song Huizong's, but there is a 'Yushu' seal on the side, and a 'Jixi Dianbao' seal below it, indicating that it must be another emperor's calligraphy."

There are two seals on both sides of the poem, one is the "Bingwu" square seal, the other is the "Yu Shu" gourd seal, and there is a "Jixi Palace Treasure" seal in the lower right corner of the painting.

Gongmei Runxiu adds to the beauty of the river,
Xuan Ang Shao Zuqiu of the Five Dynasties.

"The third sentence says that the plum tree on the right side of this painting is the style of the Ma family's best 'Gongmei', and the history books commented on Ma Lin's painter's "round vigor with the brush, and the style of the painting is more than that of his father", which is not the same as the poem. The statement is exactly the same."

"Here, there is an inscription and monogram."

"Grandfather Ma Xingzu was a painter during Gaozong's Shaoxing period. He was good at identifying ancient cultural relics, crafting flowers and birds, and was also good at painting figures."

A frosty sky breaks the geese in autumn,

"The gourd imperial book seal, the monogram of one person in the world, and the word 'Siyuan' in thin gold style is the inscription of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty. At that time, there was only one painter in the Ma family, and that was the first ancestor Ma Ben."

"His elder brother Ma Kui is also good at landscapes and figures, especially in flower and bird painting, and has profound attainments. His son Ma Lin works in figure painting, landscape, and flowers, and was once a master of the painting academy."

This is also related to the ancient calligraphy and painting habits. The paintings before the Northern Song Dynasty did not have the habit of leaving seals with inscriptions. Song Huizong was able to inscribe words and leave monograms, which has already shown Tianda's face.

Zhou Zhi couldn't help being shocked when he saw it: "Skinny golden body?! The world is the only monogram?!"

The fourth aunt said with a smile: "In the historical records, Ma Lin was quite praised by Zhao Kuo in the forest, and was praised by Queen Gongsheng Yang. Every time he mentioned a sentence in the painting of father and son. For example, the "Laminated Ice Silk Map" hidden in the National Palace Museum in Taipei has left Poetry "It's like a cold butterfly in a flower house, embracing the heart of sandalwood and remembering the old fragrance. It is especially lovely when it blooms in the cold shoots. This must be the makeup of the Han Dynasty.""

The fourth uncle said proudly: "We have compared the handwriting in the album, and the poem on this painting is exactly the same as the calligraphy style of "Layered Ice Cream Picture", so we can conclude that this poem was written by Song Ningzong."

"Then there are only two emperors, Huizong and Ningzong?" Zhou Zhi asked strangely.

"You missed this seal." The fourth aunt said, "Jixi Dianbao is the appreciation seal of Song Lizong's calligraphy and painting collection."

(End of this chapter)