Many literati and scholars in ancient and modern times like to name their bookstores (also known as study rooms) to express their ambitions, express their feelings, or to warn and encourage themselves. These interesting room names give people useful inspiration.
The Humble Room is the name of the living room and study room of Liu Yuxi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. The poet once wrote a well-known "Inscription on a Humble Room" to describe the simplicity of his study and express his noble ambitions and his taste of living in poverty and living happily.
Laoxuean This is the name of the bookstore where Lu You, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, lived in his later years. This name expresses the poet's spirit of living and learning until he is old, and never stops learning.
Qi Lu Zhai The famous Ming Dynasty writer Zhang Pu loved reading when he was young. All the books he read would be copied by his own hand. He would recite them several times and then burn them. Then he would copy them again, read them again, and burn them again. This was repeated six or seven times, so he named his study "Qiluzhai".
Liao Zhai According to legend, Pu Songling, a famous writer in the early Qing Dynasty, often set up cigarettes and tea on the roadside. Passers-by only need to come here to tell stories, rumors, or chat, and they can enjoy it for free. Once he heard useful "materials", Pu Songling would go back and compile them into documents, so he named the bookstore "Liao Zhai".
Ping Shui Zhai Qing Dynasty poet Shu Wei was very accomplished in his poems, but he was very humble. He compared his knowledge and creative achievements to a bottle of water in the sea, so he named his study "Ping Shui Zhai". Shuizhai".
Zhang Henshui, the famous writer of Beiwangzhai, was delighted to hear about the victory of Pingxingguan during the Anti-Japanese War and saw the hope of China's anti-invasion. He named his house "Beiwangzhai" to express his hope for the party and his hometown. of remembrance.
Xie Bingxin, a Shanghai writer from Mengcaozhai, read many Chinese classics when she was a student. She admired the "heroes of the green forest" who loved to fight injustice and were kings of fallen grass, so she named her bookstore " Mengcaozhai".
Sibu Zhai Shanghai writer Zhao Lihong got a new home in 1988. The study room was only four steps long, but he was very happy with it, so he named it "Sibu Zhai".
Jiweiju linguist Yang Shuda once said: "Small is the foundation of big, big is the development of small; more is the result of less, less is the accumulation of more. Knowledge is accumulated bit by bit. Come." Therefore, he named the bookstore "Jiweiju".
Mahu Ju The residence of sociologist Deng Weizhi is named "Mahu Ju" because, firstly, his zodiac sign is a horse and his wife is a tiger; secondly, he advocates a simple and sloppy life.
Mud Nest Haoran, a well-known writer who specializes in rural themes, named the farmyard where he lives in Sanhe County, Hebei Province "Mud Nest", which shows his long-term determination to take root in the countryside and his love for the countryside.
Jingxu Village This is the name of the writer Jia Pingwa’s residence. He said: "When I first moved to Xi'an from the mountains, I lived in Xincun in the north of the city. Although the place was small, it was very quiet, so I named it 'Jingxu Village'. Jing means calmness of mind, and emptiness means broad-mindedness and tolerance."
In addition, since ancient times, many scholars and celebrities, while studying knowledge and climbing to the top of their careers, also like to collect treasures to please the eyes and refresh their spirits. When the mood strikes, rooms and studies are often named after the things they hide, which is quite interesting.
The famous Qing Dynasty novelist Liu E named his family "Baocan Shouquezhai" not to discredit himself, but because he was "addicted to the past and became an idiot" throughout his life, and was known as "the one who tried his best" At this time, we do not use it to build fields and houses or manage production, but only seek ancient utensils." He collected "steles from the Yin and Sui Dynasties, as big as a tripod, as thin as a spring treasure, with a wall beside it, and as wide as a poppy tree". These thousand-year-old antiques are inevitably incomplete due to the vicissitudes of life, but Liu regards them as treasures. Therefore, the name of his study expresses his ambition to be with these incomplete cultural relics for the rest of his life.
Zhou Dun, Shang, Yi, Qin, mirrors, Han swords, Tang Qin, Song, Yuan and Ming calligraphy and painting, calligraphy and painting in the building of long objects. Qing Dynasty scholar Li Shengduo loved to collect ancient ink. His study had a collection of cultural relics from all dynasties, all kinds of complete, so he signed it himself The name of the room is "the building of Zhou Dun, Shang Yi, Qin, Mirror, Han, Sword, Tang, Qin, Song, Yuan and Ming calligraphy, painting and calligraphy". The longest name of the room is the longest in the history.
Baimei Bookstore The calligrapher Chen Shutong received a painting of plum blossoms by Tang Bohu from his father's collection, which was regarded as a miracle.
In order to commemorate his father's hobby of plum blossoms, based on this Tang Dynasty painting, he searched in every possible way and purchased a hundred plum paintings by famous artists in the past. Finally, he obtained Gao Danyou's "Hundred Plum Books", which he treasured. It is very special, so it is named "Baimei Bookstore".
Pingfutang calligrapher Zhang Boju purchased "Pingfutang" handwritten by Lu Ji, a writer and calligrapher of the Western Jin Dynasty. When he knew that it was the earliest authentic calligraphy in the world, he was so happy that he inscribed his own name on it. "Pingfu Hall".
In the 1930s, Mei Lanfang, a famous Peking opera actor from Meihua Poetry House, obtained an authentic frame of "The Rice Sweeping Monk" painted by Jin Nong, one of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou", a Qing Dynasty painter, and later obtained a copy of Jin Nong's book "Plum Blossom Poetry House" regarded them as treasures, and hung the books and paintings on the wall of the room, copying them day and night. Later, he simply named his bookstore "Plum Blossom Poetry House".
In the corner of the Fuchun Mountains, the painter Wu Hufan once exchanged ancient bronzes from Shang Yi and other people for the famous painting "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" (also known as "The Remaining Mountains") by the Yuan Dynasty painter Huang Gongwang. I treasured the fragments of the scroll very much, and from then on I called myself "the big idiot's family in the corner of the Fuchun Mountains".
Yuanyang Qizhizhai Calligraphy master Yu Youren likes to collect epitaphs. He has collected more than 300 epitaphs from the Northern Wei Dynasty. Among these epitaphs, there are seven types of Yuanyangzhi, and accordingly Yu Lao named his study "Yuanyang Qizhizhai".
Ten Thousand Volumes Study It is not uncommon for ancient people to designate a study room with "Ten Thousand Volumes", but many of them are just for show and decoration. The famous foreign literature translator Ge Baoquan's "Ten Thousand Volumes Study" lives up to his name. His collection of books accumulated over more than 50 years includes about 20,000 volumes of Chinese and foreign books. He said: "There is an old saying in China: Reading thousands of books means traveling thousands of miles. If you don't read, you won't get knowledge; if you don't read, your knowledge will not be broad. Traveling thousands of miles can expand your horizons and enrich your perceptual knowledge." Therefore, he called his study "Wanjuan Study".
Qian Juntao, a famous contemporary calligrapher and painter of Wujuan Kuzhai, collects hundreds of paintings from three famous calligraphers and painters of the Qing Dynasty, including Zhao Zhiqian "Wu Meng", Bao Shichen "Juan Weng" and Wu Changshuo "Kutie". Fang Jiayin then took a word from each of the three people to form the "Wu Tiang Ku Zhai" and ordered it to his studio. "No tiredness and suffering" contains philosophy. Naming a house with this name can not only express admiration for the predecessors, but also encourage one's ambition to study knowledge.
Living with Stones The famous patriot Shen Junru was born in a family that has collected stones for seven generations. He has been friends with stones throughout his life. He wrote in a poem: "I fill my house with stones, and I will be safe with stone eyes." It can be seen that he Living in a world of stones, even when friends come and go, they still use stones as a gift. There is a dark black stone that is more than a foot long that is now in the Chinese Revolution Museum. It was picked up by Mr. Shen on the stone beach of Laohekou in 1900. The name of his room is "Residence with Stone", and its connotation is deeply enlightening.
The famous Shanghai collector Chen Yutang's house is named "Baiyu Zhai" because he devoted his life to collecting more than 300 water bowls dating from before the First Emperor to after the Republic of China. The reason. Chen Yutang once said in "Zang Yu Xiaozhi": In the past, the old man Baishi used to store stones and called himself the "Three Hundred Stone Rich Man". After many cold and summer days, I had more than three hundred stones stored in the Yu. Therefore, I jokingly said to my friends: I It can be called "three hundred men's well-off", so it is named "one hundred men's house".
In addition, such as the "Biqiao Pavilion" of the bibliophile Mr. Fu Xihua, Mr. Yan Jiaxian's "Siyu Inkstone Studio" which collects ancient inkstones inscribed by Emperor Qianlong from all directions, and the collector Mr. Lan Xiang who is famous for his collection of chopsticks. The "Chopsticks Room", the "Ancient Mao Xuan" of Mr. Yu Yaoqing, a famous Liyuan artist who specializes in collecting ancient jades, the "Three Ink Room" of Mr. Zhu Qizhan, a century-old painter, and the "Paper Room" of Mr. Zheng Yimei, a literary and historical writer who collects miscellaneous items "The Copper Bottle Room" and Mr. Xu Sihai's "Hutian Pavilion" which specializes in purple clay teapots all have wonderful stories hidden in them.