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Chapter 38 Four Great Calligraphers of the Qing Dynasty

Lao Zhou turned to the last one, "There is no name here, only the year and month and the word 'Father'. The key point is that the family letter did not write his son's name on the header, only 'My son is like a face'! This, if It would be nice to have a seal for the signature."

Yu Yao responded, "Since it's a letter written by Lao Tzu to his son, how could it be stamped?"

"That's true, that's all I said. The main reason is that it's troublesome to find the right owner." Lao Zhou nodded.

When a father writes a letter to his son, except for extremely special circumstances, of course he will not affix his seal.If you get a seal, wouldn't it be equivalent to saying: Son, this is a letter from your father, add a seal to prove it.

In the Water Margin, in order to save Song Jiang, the hero of Liangshan forged the family letter written by the grand master Cai Jing to his son Cai Jiu. As a result, the military master Wu Yong made a mistake and asked someone to add a seal, but Huang Wenbing, the general judge under Cai Jiu, saw the clue. Cai Jiu immediately ordered Song Jiang to be beheaded, and finally the heroes rescued Song Jiang by robbing the court in four directions.

"I can't find the right master, can I buy it?" Yu Yao smiled slightly, "If there is this calligrapher's name, even though it happened to be included in the book, I'm afraid it won't be dusted all the time."

"Huh? This calligraphy is not bad, but you can tell who it is? The key is that there were many calligraphers in the Qing Dynasty. You can be sure by looking at it this way? Isn't it amazing?" Old Zhou knew Yu Yao's eyesight, But he couldn't help but gasped.This is not just a matter of eyesight, if this kind of extensive knowledge is memorized by force, it would be too scary!

"Of course not so magical."

Yu Yao told the truth, "I have a vague impression, but what can be judged in the end is the content of the letter. His son's name was not written on the header, but there were a few words of emotion in the letter, but his name was added instead. It said: You I have read the book "Quanbi Kao" for my father, and Shupei has made great progress."

"Shu Pei?"

"Weng Shupei is the son of Weng Fanggang, a calligrapher in the Qing Dynasty. He is especially good at writing on bells, cauldrons and coins. This sentence just makes it clear!" Yu Yao explained, "In addition to the content of the letter, and the writing on the letter paper Based on the paper quality, style and year, we can basically tell that this is Weng Fanggang's family letter to his son!"

"Weng Fanggang? The leader of the four great calligraphers of the Qing Dynasty!" Lao Zhou couldn't help shouting.The taxi driver he provoked stared back at him, wondering, Weng Fanggang?never heard of that.Guo Degang is not as famous yet.

The calligraphers of the Qing Dynasty really couldn't compare with the top masters of some previous dynasties.In the history of calligraphy in China, before the Qing Dynasty, no matter the real grass, official script or seal script, there were many famous masters, and they were developed to an extreme, which is difficult to surpass.

However, there are no top masters, but there are also famous calligraphers.Weng Fanggang was one of the four great calligraphers of the Qing Dynasty.

These four people, besides Weng Fanggang, also included Liu Yong, Aixinjueluo Yongxuan, and Tiebao, known as "Weng Liu Chengtie" (Cheng refers to Yongxuan).

Weng Fanggang is a cabinet bachelor, Liu Yong is "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo", and Tiebao is also an official.

As for Yongxing, he was Qianlong's son, Jiaqing's elder brother, and Prince Cheng.After her mother died, she was posthumously concubine Shujia, and she was a concubine during her lifetime.There are concubines in Yanxi Palace. However, in history, concubines not only were not strangled to death by Concubine Xian, but also gave birth to several children and lived to die of illness in their 40s.

The so-called "Four Great Calligraphers" are either officials or kings; moreover, everyone has a different vision for the art of calligraphy; so some people feel that this title is not fair.For example, He Shaoji, who is known as "smelting ancient and modern times, the first in the Qing Dynasty", was not selected?
But in any case, it is definitely impossible to have this title without a certain level and achievements.

In Weng Fanggang's regular script, he first learned from Yan Zhenqing, later learned from Yu Shinan and Ouyang Xun, and mainly learned from Mi Fu and Dong Qichang in running script.His calligraphy has been learned from many ancient people, emphasizing the origin of the brush strokes.

Because Weng Fanggang and Liu Yong used to be officials in the same dynasty, and they were both famous scholars, the two were dissatisfied with each other, and there was a little joke.

Weng Fanggang's son-in-law is a student of Liu Yong. Once, Weng Fanggang said to his son-in-law: "Ask your teacher, which one is from the ancients?"This son-in-law really asked.Liu Yong replied to Weng Fanggang's son-in-law: Ask your father-in-law, which one is his own?

This little joke made Weng Fanggang stick to the rules and not seek innovation.However, it also shows that his basic skills are particularly solid.It can be said that his handwriting is beautiful and appealing to both refined and popular tastes.

At the same time, the prices of Weng Fanggang's calligraphy works are not low today.

Lao Zhou finished reading what Yu Yao said, and gently handed back the seven pieces of letterhead to Yu Yao, "I'm just puzzled! How come you can pick up the leaks wherever you go?"

Yu Yao said with a smile, "It's really lucky this time. I didn't take the top one, but picked one from the inside and flipped through it, only to find that there was a piece of letterhead between them, and then I looked for it in a stack of books. After searching, I found all of Weng Fanggang's family letters!"

Lao Zhou sighed, "Although this complete letter from home is not a calligraphy work, there must be someone who is willing to ask for a hundred thousand and eighty thousand."

"Put it away first, we can't rush to sell everything."

Lao Zhou smiled wryly, "I ran over in a hurry, but you missed it. How do you say those two lines of poetry? I bitterly hate pressing the golden thread every year to make wedding clothes for others."

Yu Yao looked at Lao Zhou, and joked, "I seem to be hated by others?"

"You boy!" Old Zhou patted Yu Yao's shoulder, and said solemnly, "He who is capable lives! All trades are the same. This antique business, in the final analysis, relies on eyesight."

"After all, he was born as a great reporter, so let's sum it up!" Yu Yao took advantage of the situation.

"However, you really have to thank me today!" Lao Zhou said again, "Without me, you wouldn't have come!"

"That's right, I've invited you for dinner today." Yu Yao said, "It just so happens that we have a total plan, except that Lao Huang wants to buy porcelain pieces in batches, and we are going to visit the antique market. Now that we are here, do you want to see the famous antique porcelain here? ?”

Lao Zhou nodded, "Luanjiajing is an antique street, and it's all about this."

"So you are antique dealers!" The taxi driver suddenly turned his head, "The Luanjiajing is not good, they are all high-end goods! The real imitation is in Jingzidian!"

"Oh? Is this also a market?" Yu Yao asked.

"Jingzidian is a village. There are no street gates. There are many workshops and porcelain kilns in the village. Ordinary goods are also sent directly to the antique market in the porcelain capital. But the real high-end goods have their channels."

"If you say that, isn't it useless for us to go? There is no guide!"

"That's true. But since you are antique dealers, you should ask your acquaintances first."

Lao Zhou coughed, "We have never done anything fake."

The driver laughed and said, "You're still doing antiques! As a layman, I know it's old, not fake!"

PS: Because real place names cannot be used, and porcelain is rather special, Chenguang Road Antique Market, Luanjiajing Antique Street, etc. have all been "processed".

(End of this chapter)