When I was a child, I knew the diligent story of the ancients' "negative salary" and "hanging horns". "Guajiao" refers to the stone rice in the Tang Dynasty. He used to be a residential guard in Yang Di, but later he gave up his studies and rode an ox to find a teacher in other places. He hung his horn with Hanshu, and all his trips and stops were exhibited. After reading the profile of Qi Baishi, we know that this outstanding artist also studied in a corner when he was young, which laid the foundation of ancient Chinese prose.
The ancient prose works left by the old man Baishi are not as many as the poems he wrote, but from his self-report, we can see his ancient prose skill and unique style. He was born in a poor peasant family. 1 1 years ago, he herded cattle and chopped wood. He took time off to study during his work and practiced writing on the ground and on the wall with branches. One day, he was so absorbed in reading on the mountain that he forgot to cut wood and didn't pick up much dung. After dinner, his grandmother sighed and said, "Hey, you voted for the wrong person." For this childhood experience, he wrote this in "Introduction":
The queen mother (grandmother) said, "Since you can chop wood and cook, let's write. As the saying goes,' it's windy for three days and rainy for five days, so read the article and cook in one pot?' There was no rice in the Ming Dynasty. What about my grandson? I'm sorry you were born in the wrong family. "So" The Analects of Confucius "was hung on the loudspeaker, and the daily work has become commonplace.
There are only a few crosses in the above quotation, which vividly describes grandma's oral English at that time, expresses her sadness and regret, and also describes the real situation that Qi Baishi wasted his time when he went out to cut wood every day. Such concise classical Chinese has its own unique style.
He worked as a carpenter for 16 years. At the age of 27, he began to learn from Xiangtan celebrities Chen Shaofan and Hu Qinyuan, claiming to be a teacher at the age of 27. Teacher Hu taught him to draw, and Teacher Chen said that "painting needs poetry" and told him to learn poetry first. The old man recited "One Thousand Poems" before, and soon learned "Three Hundred Tang Poems". I also read Mencius, the ancient prose of eight masters in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and read novels such as Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio and Romance of the Three Kingdoms with relish. Later, Mr. Hu held a poetry meeting and invited him to attend. He wrote a four-line poem for the first time. Teacher Hu read his words "wealth does not envy peonies, but it damages pears and oranges more than sweetness" and praised him for his poor foundation but spirit. In "On Poetry with Wang Jushi", he said: "Anyone who studies poetry knows that he must have his true nature, but he doesn't know his true nature. He doesn't write poetry without drawing." He should always "cultivate and protect every word, and don't take it away from foreign things." After a long time, his true nature can be integrated with body and mind, that is, a word, and this true nature has always been revealed. " Old man Baishi really has this ability. For example, when he was 1 1 years old, his grandfather told him to go up the mountain every day, herd cattle, chop firewood, pick up some feces and take his second brother with him. Grandma bought a bronze bell and tied it around his neck with a red rope. She said, "I waited at the door until noon. When I heard the bell ringing from far to near, I knew you were back. I'll cook a meal and eat with you." This clock was lost in the mutiny. In the early years of the Republic of China, the old man bought a small bronze bell, tied it on his belt, and engraved a seal: "Those who wear the bell think it is immortal." Later, Qi Baishi wrote a poem about cows, which said:
Apricot blossoms in the Tang Dynasty, and yellow calves go west to east; The bell on my body is good for my mother, and now it is also called rattle Weng.
In memory of his grandmother and mother's kindness to him, a short poem of 28 words reveals infinite touching true temperament.
There are also some paintings of the old man Baishi, which have long topics and are very concise and profound, so I won't record them here.
After the age of 30, the old man has written many poems for more than 60 years, more than prose. He once copied Baishi's poem by hand, and another master copied the poem Grass in the Garden. In the 1930s, he also had his own poetry collection in Baishi, but it was not easy to see. Zhang Cixi's Life of Qi Baishi was published in Shanghai Wen Wei Po in the 1950s, and quoted more than seven unique poems of the old man's sincere feelings, which were not printed separately. It is unknown that these poems were later edited and published.