Collect notes, celebrity calligraphy and painting articles, collectors change hands and have a lot of thoughts.

Collect notes, celebrity calligraphy and painting articles, collectors change hands and have a lot of thoughts.

Letters of Huang Zhi and Zhang Mu Shi

Collect ten thousand-character paintings, preferably calligraphy and painting with feelings. There are many stories circulating, and their fidelity is self-evident. Most of the collectors' collections are in circulation, and the risk of taking over is minimal. I have some letters written by Zhang Boju and other famous people to Zhang Mushi, which were given to me by Mr. Mushi. Readers may get a glimpse of the historical value, collection value and artistic appreciation value of celebrity letters.

Zhang Mushi, whose name is Jie 'an, is not an official in Yuelou and Yuecheng. Tianjin people. Born in 1928. Graduated from the Law Department of Tianjin University of Commerce. In his early years, he studied calligraphy, seal cutting and relying on sound from Mr. punctual Gong. Wu Mengchuang in the Southern Song Dynasty. India entered from Qin and Han Dynasties and came out from Lushan Mountain. Until recently, calligraphy has been dabbling in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, ancient inscriptions and famous inscriptions, and finally became its own face. Besides professional arts, Beijing Opera, Quyi, Dance and Wushu are supplemented. He used to be the dean of Oriental Art College and a professor of classical literature at Maolin Institute of Culture. He is currently the executive director of China Poetry Society, a member of China Book Association, a director of Tianjin Book Association and a librarian of Tianjin Literature and History Museum. There are eight kinds of "Cocoon Dream House Series".

As a famous poet and calligraphy seal engraver, Mr. Zhang Mushi keeps close contact with contemporary famous artists such as, Qian Zhongshu, Huang,, and sometimes writes back. The correspondence between them is from heart to book, which is not only the natural expression of true feelings, but also reflects their philosophy of life and value orientation, from which we can see the friendship between literati as light as water.

A letter from Zhang Boju to Zhang Mushi

In the 1970s and early 1980s, Mr. Zhang Boju (1897— 1992) came to Tianjin to see Haitang almost every year when it was in full bloom, and stayed with Mr. Mu Shi for a period of time. In recent years, the two have been writing back. This is a letter from Zhang Boju to Zhang Mushi. The full text of the letter is: "Pastoral ci writers: I received a letter from Hong Kong, and the University of Hong Kong made an appointment to hold a lecture and a painting and calligraphy exhibition in September; Begonia can still go to Tianjin in season. A playwright's dictionary must write the date of birth. If you don't remember, you can write how old you are now. Dante hasn't received it yet. I hope to send more. Zanzi. Bai Bi is the second and 23rd. " Zhong "Bo Ju" Zhu.

This letter revealed three messages. First, Hong Kong invited Mr. Zhang to give lectures and hold exhibitions, which showed that Hong Kong people did not attach much importance to Mr. Zhang at that time, and they already admired him. Mr. Zhang Mushi once told the author that color TV was particularly scarce at that time, and a friend from Hong Kong once sent a color TV to Mr. Zhang. Zhang Lao' s expression is indifferent and there is no surprise. You can also see Mr. Zhang's indifference. Second, I said that I would come to Tianjin to see Haitang. Mr. Zhang came to Tianjin in spring. When begonia was in full bloom, Tianjin poets Zhang Mushi, Kou Mengbi and Chen Jifeng accompanied Zhang Boju to Ningyuan, People's Park and other gardens to write lyrics, sing songs and chant spring. In recent years, Zhang Lao has left many elegant, implicit and well-known poems in Tianjin. Thirdly, as a great dramatist and a famous Beijing opera ticket, Zhang Lao is highly respected by dramatists. Every time I come to Tianjin, people in the Jinmen drama circle will invite Zhang Lao to tell a play and record it live. Ding Zhiyun and other drama predecessors also came to visit. I remember Ding also asked Zhang Lao to write a mosaic couplet for her.

Mr. Zhang Mushi has been in contact with Mr. Zhang Lao for decades. In the early 1960s, when Zhang Lao was the deputy director of Jilin Provincial Museum, he invited some old friends from Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai to write essays on epigraphy, calligraphy and painting, history, anecdotes, customs, sightseeing, textual research and anecdotes in classical Chinese. , and put them into a "spring outing". Among the writers, Mr. Zhang Mushi is the youngest. Because Zhang Lao came to live in Mr. Zhang Mushi's home in Tianjin, the author was able to get to know Zhang Lao and was lucky enough to get the inlaid couplets and orchid fans he wrote me.

Second, Rong Geng's letter to Zhang Mushi

This is a letter from Mr. Rong Geng (1894—1983)1973 to Zhang Mushi on August 6th. Zhang Mushi studied under Mr. Shou Shigong in his early years, then studied seal cutting with Huang Mufu, a private school teacher, and finally formed his own style. Huang Mufu was an outstanding master of calligraphy and seal cutting in the late Qing Dynasty who was contemporary with Wu Changshuo. His seal cutting is characterized by the flow in the middle of the plane, and the force contains elegance and elegance. There is no suspicion of stagnation, no mistakes. Zhang Mushi cherishes his works very much, but he has never seen Huang's rubbings. Later, Mr. Wang learned about this from Mr. Zhang's letter and offered to provide Mr. Zhang with Huang Tuoben. In this letter, I said to Mr. Zhang, "It's a shame to collect the impressions of Dashan from left to right." Because Huang Mufu came to Guangzhou twice in the eighth year of Guangxu (1882) and the twelfth year of Guangxu (1887), he came to Guangdong for nearly four years for the first time and lived in Guangdong for the second time, which was 14, from 18 in Guangdong to 65438+ in the 26th year of Guangxu. As a Cantonese, Mr. Wang admires Huang and his artistic achievements. He has collected Huang's works for decades. In his letter to Zhang, he said frankly: "I have traveled to Guangdong for many years and left a very rich legacy. His calligraphy, painting and seal cutting are unique, and there are few prints, which people can't see. " My brother (referring to Rong Geng himself) has collected many rare books for sixty years, but he hasn't devoted himself wholeheartedly. I left home for Beijing on 26th, 2006, and today I am running for food and clothes. For more than 50 years, Huang failed to carry forward, and he was very sorry. "Then, Rong admitted in the letter that" the left and right interests are the same, and here are six copies in three kinds of prints and one book in the shogunate ". The printed books are all selected, each with six or seven seals. My brother went to Beijing to cut six books, kept one for himself and gave five to his friends. This is the first printed book, which is different from those who have damaged the books of later generations. "

Shortly after Mr. Rong Geng sent this letter, Zhang Mushi of Tianjin received a copy of Huang Mufu from Mr. Geng. This is a set of extremely precious and rare original rubbings, which embodies the painstaking efforts and love for art of the elderly in Rong Geng. Mr. Mu Shi stroked the elegant and elegant cover of the printed spectrum and was deeply moved by Rong Lao's true feelings. He took the time to tick out all the rubbings on the printed spectrum with a brush for future study, and soon returned the original rubbings to Mr. Rong Geng through double registration. According to Mr. Zhang, every side of Rong Lao's printed spectrum is carefully cut, and then the core is dug on Japanese cotton paper and embedded in it. Its cherished heart can be imagined.

Mutual trust between people is very important in social communication. Once there is a "crisis of trust" in society, people will be wary of each other, which is not only a retrogression of moral concepts, but also a huge obstacle to all social activities such as economy and culture. As can be seen from this letter, Mr. Rong gave his beloved baby to Zhang Mushi without any worries, and Mr. Zhang is ready to protect it and return it in time. In their view, this is just a very normal thing. Behind this little thing, people today can see the honest and trustworthy people and character of the older generation.

Letters from Rong Geng to Zhang Mushi

Third, Huang's letter to Zhang Mushi

This is a long letter written by Mr. Huang (1902-1986)1982, a famous contemporary scholar and poet, to Zhang Mushi. The letter used a lot of space to talk about the problem of poetry clock, which showed the academic exchange and frankness among scholars.

The poem clock is a special form of poetry, and it is also a way for China literati to play. From the formal point of view, The Poem is like a couplet in the middle of a regular poem, so it is also called "two poems". Because it is mostly seven words, it is also called "sonnet", and Fuzhou is also called "change poem". It is called "Poetry Clock" because it is limited to handing in papers in a very short time. Scholars usually get together, tie a copper coin to bamboo incense with thread, and then take a copper coin. Incense burns and the line breaks, money falls, and the sound is like a bell, which is the limit of meaning, hence the name "poem bell". This move also means imitating the ancients' "carving candles to write poems" and "striking bowls to urge poems".

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Tianjin scholars and lyricists Kou Mengbi, Zhang Mushi and Chen Jifeng often knelt by the sea, lit a glass of wine, and used poetry clocks to relieve boredom. It lasted for a long time and accumulated into thousands of songs. Zhang Boju saw it and wrote some songs. Later, Mr. Kou and Mr. Zhang Zhu selected hundreds of poems from their poems, together with Mr. Kou's poems, and compiled an episode entitled "The Bell on July 2nd", which was mimeographed and sent to fans all over the world. This book was given to Mr Tan Jun, who cherished it very much and wrote to thank him.

Letters of Huang Zhizhang and Mu Shi (1)

Letters of Huang Zhi and Zhang Mu Shi (2)

Shi Zhong, Ting Anne and Knife and Scissors were all written in Fujian, which delighted Lin Zexu. As a Fujian native, Mr. Tan Jun knows the origin and characteristics of poetry bells in Fujian like the back of his hand, every time. In his letter, he talked about a lot of knowledge about poetry clocks, such as "famous scholars in Hunan and Guangdong don't make poetry clocks of Guangdong school, but work together with the classics", "Poetry clocks of Fujian school are very strict with real words", "There are also restrictions on the names of male and female allusions, so they can't be men and women", and so on. In this letter, he "recorded the old poems of singing poems and ringing bells, and outlined the story of Fujian school's poems ringing bells". At the end of the letter, he said that he had received two volumes of "The Bell of July 2" from Mr. Zhang Mushi and said, "Thank you!" "Another book has been given to Ping Lao (that is, Mr. Yu Pingbo). Attached are some old poems about things written by the poetry club, just to help. I sigh that no one has played this game since Bi died.

From the pen is Mr. Zhang Boju. Indeed, in the eyes of these people, the poem clock is just a "small skill", but it is not easy for people today to make it. As Mr. Zhang Boju said in "A Talk on a Spring Tour", the poem clock "is a small skill, but it is not easy to work, or obscure, or mediocre."

Thirty years later, the poetry bells of Mr. Kou Mengbi and Mr. Zhang Mushi, who sell water, have gathered into the shadow of Meng Shan. This long letter of Mr. Huang is difficult for many people to understand now, but its style and charm are like a spring sail to show the world. As a taste of literati, the poem clock can also be played by lovers like a riddle.

Letter from Huang to Zhang Mushi (3) Collection of the author

Huang Zhi Zhang Mu Shi's Letters (4) Author

4. Postcards written by Qu to Zhang Mushi

This is a postcard from Mr Qu (1894— 1968) who lives in Shanghai to Zhang Mushi. Written in 1965 March 18, it involves the communication between scholars, especially the matters related to "subject".

The "genus" here is the "persuasion" of "lotus", not the "genus" of "genus". In the old days, when calligraphers and painters inscribed the preceding paragraph on their works, they often wrote "genus" rather than "trust", such as "genus", "genus" and "genus painting". Some scholars ask people to draw a work that shows their poems, songs and other past events, and then ask many people for a title. The other party accepted the host's request, chanting "a topic" or "a sentence". One way is that everyone writes according to the owner's requirements, and everyone uses the same size and size of paper. After carving, send them to the owner separately, and the owner will frame them into album pages or hand scrolls. The other is that the owner will frame the picture in advance, leaving a space, and then let the inscription people write on it in turn.

Mr. Zhang Mushi wrote lyrics for Wu Wenying, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty. Wu Wenying, the dream window, is euphemistic and beautiful, and quiet with a pen. Mr. Zhang borrowed the beauty of the dream window and the strictness of the form, and named himself "Dream Edge". In order to show his respect for Wu Mengchuang and make a thorough study of Dream Window Ci, in 1960s, he specially invited Pan Su, the wife of Mr. Zhang Boju and a painter, to draw a poem beside a dream, which was widely inscribed. The first method mentioned above was adopted, that is, the poems were recited separately and then collected. At that time, people from Beijing, Huang, Chen, Shanghai, Xia in Hangzhou and Lu in Tianjin answered the questions one after another. Calligrapher Wu Yuru prefaced the inscription. Mr Qu Tuiyuan and Zhang Qian are friends of Ci. After receiving Zhang's poem letter, they wanted to reply immediately and were invited to write a poem. However, due to illness, they failed to do so. Therefore, they said on the postcard: "I am particularly sorry for the delay in editing the manuscript in spring, and it is even more necessary to inherit the topic sentence another day." However, according to Mr. Zhang, his condition improved slightly, so he wrote a poem for "Bamboo Shadows Shake Red" and gave it to Mr. Zhang. With the inscription of Mr. Butterfly Garden, there are more than 50 words in the picture of the lyrics beside the dream.

This postcard of Mr. Qu Tuiyuan also mentioned: "I don't know how to repay you for giving me a small seal by reciting words, which is elegant and thick." It can be described as "a friendship between gentlemen is as light as water", which embodies the traditional communication way of China literati.

A collection of postcards written by Qu to Zhang Mushi.