Interesting talk about seal Zheng Xie
Zheng Xie: Zheng Xie (1693- 1765), whose real name was Kerou, was named Ang Lee in his early years, sometimes he was a lay Banqiao priest and sometimes he was a Banqiao Taoist. Xinghua, Jiangsu Scholars, painters and calligraphers of Qing University. When I was a child, my family was poor and I had to take the imperial examination. I am a scholar of Kangxi, a juren of Yongzheng and a scholar of Qianlong. He used to be the magistrate of Fanxian County and Weixian County in Shandong Province, but was dismissed from office for helping farmers win lawsuits and handle relief, which offended the gentry. Before and after he became an official, he lived in Yangzhou and sold paintings. He is good at drawing Zhu Lan. He writes pens in cursive. He has a sparse figure and a strong style. Industrial calligraphy, using official script to participate in running script; He is good at poetry, clear and meaningful, full of true spirit. There is the Complete Works of Banqiao.
Seal of "Kangxi Scholar, Yongzheng Juren, Qianlong Jinshi"
Zheng Banqiao was born in a scholarly family and studied with his father in his early years. At the age of 30, my father died, and later my wife and uncle died one after another. The burden of family life fell on Banqiao. In order to get rid of the predicament, Zheng Banqiao came up with fame several times, but because he didn't like Confucian classics at ordinary times and couldn't pass the exam, he was pessimistic and disappointed, unrestrained, drawing and painting, and didn't plow crops. Later, thanks to Cheng's generous donation of silver 1 0,000 taels, I was able to get rid of the cold fog, get rid of the family burden, and leave home again to study at Bifeng Temple and Shuangfeng Pavilion in Jiaoshan. Finally, in the tenth year of Yongzheng, he was admitted to the imperial examination at the age of 40, and was admitted to the Jinshi at the age of 44 in the first year of Qianlong, thus gaining the opportunity to set foot on his official career. The "Kangxi scholar, Yongzheng juren and Qianlong Jinshi" around him printed his life experience: before the age of 40, it was a period of self-improvement in poverty; 40 years old to 6 1 year old is the official period; After 6 1 year old, it is the last time to return to Yangzhou to sell calligraphy and painting.
Seal of "Boss Bridge Twenty Years ago"
This seal seems to mean that when Zheng was unknown 20 years ago, no one paid attention to him. Now that he is an official, his calligraphy and painting are good, and all the dignitaries come to curry favor with him. This is Zheng's seal, and more than one party, since it is a seal, will be made public as a calligraphy and painting signature, so "Old Zheng Banqiao twenty years ago" became Zheng Xie's nickname.
Mr Banqiao sings paintings.
This seal has another meaning, that is, when Zheng was young, he was poor and addicted to dog meat. Twenty years later, he was still fascinated by this, so he carved the "Boss Bridge 20 years ago". It is said that Zheng Xie lived in his hometown in his early years and was addicted to dog meat, saying it was delicious. After living and selling paintings in Yangzhou, his reputation is getting higher and higher. Generally, vendors cook dog meat for him, and he will give him a small reward, and wealthy businessmen will give him 1000 yuan, regardless. At that time, a salt merchant asked for Zheng Xie's calligraphy. Although he bought several pieces, he was ashamed of money. He was always ashamed. After careful consideration, I have a wonderful plan: to set up a small drum piano in a bamboo forest a little far from Zheng Xie. Another day of sightseeing, I heard the wonderful piano sound and followed. I saw an old man sitting on a drum piano in danger. A boy is cooking dog meat beside him. Zheng Xie was overjoyed and asked, Do you like dog meat? The old man replied, "This is the best taste." So the two men took dog meat as the topic, talked more and more speculatively, exchanged names, and sat down to taste. Banqiao saw that the wall was empty and asked why calligraphy and painting were not hung. The old man said, "There is no good product to hang. Although Zheng Xie is quite famous, I don't know if it is good because I haven't seen his paintings and calligraphy. " Zheng smiled and said, "Thank you, Zheng. How about I draw you some pictures? " "good! Good! " So I took out my pen and paper. Zheng Xie had a good time, and then asked for a large signature. The old man replied, "The word base is so-and-so." Zheng Xie Jing said, "Why did you take the name of the salt merchant?" The old man replied, "When I took this name, the salt merchant was not born. Why not repeat the name? " Clear is clear, turbid is turbid. "Zheng Xie paid the money and left. The next day, the salt merchant gave a banquet and invited Zheng Xie to come. At that time, I saw my paintings and calligraphy hanging on the wall; It's been a long time. It was all made for the old man yesterday. I know that the old man was made by a salt merchant, but I was cheated by the old man, but there was nothing I could do.
"Seven Official Ears" Seal
This seal is not only a confession of Zheng Banqiao, but also a self-mockery and self-mockery. Zheng Banqiao was the county magistrate of "Seven Products" in 12. When he was an official, he observed people's feelings and always wanted to do something good for the people. Legend has it that when he was transferred to Wei County, Shandong Province as a county magistrate, it coincided with the year of great disaster, and the hungry people wandered around and starved. While ordering the opening of warehouses to help the people, he forcibly seized the grain depots of rich and powerful families and distributed them to the poor. And ordered porridge to be cooked and distributed in many places in the county, saving more than 10 thousand people. Later, they helped them save themselves and develop production. "Biography of Zheng Xie in Qing Dynasty" records that he "tasted a bag, kept it as food, and met an old friend and a poor fellow countryman". Later, because he helped the people win the lawsuit and handled the relief, he offended the gentry and was dismissed. The seal of "Seven Official Ears" shows a humorous attitude towards his unfortunate experience.
Some books record such a thing: when he was a county magistrate in Wei County, there was a barber named Zhang on the street in Wei County. This man has superb skills. Anyone who comes to have a haircut is an "old man who enters the shop and becomes a young man when he goes out after a haircut", so people call him "ten years younger". This man is very poor. He is in his forties and hasn't got married. Zheng Banqiao has been here as a magistrate of a county for more than a year. Every time he gets a haircut, he is called "Mr. Zheng Lao" in Zheng Banqiao because he doesn't wear official clothes, but he doesn't know that he is a county grandfather. Once, the rich man in the county rebuilt the south gate for the county government in order to please the county grandfather. The people named it "Nantianmen", meaning that the grandfather of the county was a living immortal, and asked him to write a plaque. He readily agreed, and immediately the book said "the worse". Without the word "Tian", the rich dare not ask. The next day, Zheng went to the barber shop for a haircut. When he learned that the barber didn't get married because of lack of money, he said, "I'll give you a' golden pole' for your wedding, and then he took a piece of paper and wrote the word' one', saying it was a' golden pole'. Master Zhang was dumbfounded, thinking that Mr. Zheng was joking and threw the paper into the corner. Zheng passed by the south gate and saw someone standing a plaque. He asked why the word "Tian" was missing, and everyone replied that the county grandfather wrote less. Zheng said humorously, "This pole was left in the barber shop ten years younger. "Hearing this, the rich people flocked to the barber shop for a" pole "to flatter the county magistrate. When Master Zhang heard this, he suddenly realized, so he took out a paper ball and spread it out, saying that the county grandfather said that he would exchange 2000 taels of gold. Finally, he took the "golden pole" with 500 taels of silver and immediately added it to the word "big". Master Zhang also has money to marry. It can be seen from the seals of "Qipin Official Ear" and Zheng Banqiao that "I hate not to fill the cosmic hunger debt", "I am straight-minded" and "I don't want to be rich" that a "Qipin small official" who doesn't seek wealth, cares for the people satirizes the dark officialdom in feudal times.
Seal of "Queen Nan Weng"
"Sonam" is the name of Zheng Sixiao, a poet and painter in the Southern Song Dynasty. This man once thought that students should be knowledgeable and ambitious. Wu Song, who lives in seclusion in Suzhou, will sit and lie in the south, calling himself the South, a wooden cave man and a savage outside the three countries. He painted orchids with more exposed roots, or wrote rootless orchids, and did not draw slopes to imply the death of Zhao Song. This man has never been married and wandered around. Most of his poems express national integrity and emotional grief. Zheng Banqiao highly praised Zheng Sixiao's poems, paintings and personality, and specially carved the seal of "Being the Queen of Nanweng".
Seal of "Four Phoenix Buildings"
Contemporary painters Gao Fenggang, Gao, Pan Xifeng and Shen Feng all carved Zheng's seal, and Banqiao was very proud of it. In order to commemorate the elegant work of "Four Phoenix", he chose his study as "Four Phoenix Tower" and carved it as a symbol.
"Born on the same day as Xue" seal
Most of the seals in Zheng Banqiao have their own origins and are exquisite. "Born on the same day as Grandma Xue" also made some remarks. Banqiao is from Xinghua, Jiangsu. It is a local custom to take1October 25th around the solar term of "Xiaoxue" in the lunar calendar as "Grandma Xue's birthday". He happened to be born on October 25th in the thirty-second year of Kangxi (1693), so he specially engraved the seal of "Born on the same day as Grandma Xue".
Seal of "Running Dog under the Ivy League"
This seal, together with another seal of Zheng Banqiao, "Cattle and horses walk under the Ivy Gate", expresses their admiration for the Ivy Taoist priests. Ivy is Xu Wenchang, a famous writer, painter and Shaoxing master in Ming Dynasty. His name is Wei, not his word, and Ivy is his name. Interestingly, there have been many imitators since Zheng Banqiao's "Running Dog under the Ivy League" was published. In modern Hangzhou, there was a poet named Zhu Tongshan, who carved a seal of "stooge at the door" and took it as the number. The "Qu Yuan" worshipped by this "running dog" is Yu Yue, the grandfather of Yu Pingbo, a famous scholar in Qing Dynasty and a contemporary red scientist, and "Qu Yuan" is the name of Yu Yue.
"Growing bamboo at home is expensive, but buying books at home is poor".
This seal tells the story of Zheng Banqiao when he was an official. Banqiao was bold and unconstrained all his life, and did not value gold and silver. Preface to Banqiao said: "At first, it was extremely poor, then it was slightly rich, and then it was slightly poor." Here, "buying books at home is poor" should mean "having a little money later". When he was an official in wei county, he could donate several hundred taels of silver to repair the city, but after he resigned, this one hundred taels of silver has never been implemented. Although it may be possible to collect some money when it comes to "one big six two", Banqiao naturally lags behind, and "gold avoids me as an enemy." Once you have money, you will give a lot of money to the poor. After resigning, you will only "give me some orchids for spring breeze" and have no money to build a house and buy books. It can be seen that the house here is an official residence, which should refer to the time when Fan County and Wei County were officials.
"Four or five hundred bamboo poles, two or three thousand books" is printed.
This seal is a portrayal of Zheng Banqiao's ideal and real life. Bamboo and Banqiao are predestined friends for a lifetime, and their bamboo painting and chanting are superb and unparalleled. Planting and appreciating bamboo is Zheng Banqiao's lifelong hobby. Since ancient times, there have been no bamboo species in Fan and Wei counties, and bamboo growers started from Banqiao. In his later years, Banqiao returned to Xinghua, surrounded by a small garden named "Green Garden", which was planted with orchids and bamboo, and inscribed with a plaque "Chatting with a Branch". "Four or five hundred bamboo poles" refers to Zheng's garden. The leisure life of the "two or three thousand" shaped slab bridge can be described as "one bamboo and two books" is more important than others. When Zheng Banqiao resigned and left Weixian, there were only three donkeys, one sitting on extremely, one carrying a book basket and the other sitting by himself. He said in Fan County and his cousin Zheng Moxin: "If you want to buy Parrot Bridge South, you want to build eight thatched houses;" In the two study rooms, there are books for visitors to read ... bamboo and orchids are planted in the yard. "But due to lack of confidence after resignation, it will not be realized in life. It can be seen that bamboo and books are extremely important in his mind.
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"Artistic Conception of Painting and Calligraphy" Seal and Border Section
Four or five hundred bamboos
Two or three thousand books
It is expensive to grow bamboo from home.
The family is poor and can't afford books.
I'm afraid others will think I'm real.
"Four or five hundred bamboo poles, two or three thousand volumes of books" originally printed.
Zheng Banqiao painted "Zhu Mo", which was covered with "Bing Chen Jinshi" and "Seven Official Ears".