The story of a nuclear-powered ship
[Ming] Wei Xueyi
In the Ming Dynasty, there was a man named Wang Shuyuan, who could make palaces, vessels, figures, even birds, animals, wood and stones out of wood with a diameter of inches, regardless of the occasion. I tasted a nuclear ship and covered the red cliff cloud of Dasu.
The length of the ship is about eight minutes and the height can be two meters. The porch in the middle is a hut, and the canopy covers it. There are small windows on the side, four on the left, four on the right and eight on the * *. When you open the window, the carved columns are opposite. If it is closed, it is engraved on the right with "the mountain is high and the moon is small, and the water comes out" and on the left with "the breeze is Xu Lai, and the water waves are stagnant", which is the same as the stone.
There are three people sitting in the bow. Dongpo is the one with the highest crown and the most beards. Fo Yin is on the right and Lu Zhi is on the left. Sue and Huang have read books. Dongpo's right hand is holding a curly tail, and his left hand caresses Lu Zhi's back. Lu Zhi held the end of the book in his left hand and the book in his right hand, saying something. Dongpo's right foot and Lu Zhi's left foot are slightly different. Compared with the knees, they are all hidden in the folds of the bottom clothes. Fo Yin is a unique Maitreya Buddha, showing her breasts topless and holding her head high. Her expression does not belong to Su Huang. Lying flat on your right knee, punting on your right arm, standing on your left knee and leaning on your left arm, you can count pearls vividly.
The stern is horizontal. There is a boat on each side. The man who lives on the right has a spine bun on his back, his left hand leans against a balance beam, and his right hand climbs his right toe, which makes him scream. The person who lives on the left holds a banana fan in his right hand and touches the stove in his left hand. There is a pot on the stove, and their eyes are silent. If they listen to the sound of tea.
When the back of the ship was slightly reduced, it was engraved with an inscription, saying, "It's the beginning of autumn, and the book of King Yushan is carved far away." As thin as a mosquito's foot, it is painted with a hook and the color is ink. He also used a seal chapter, which read "Chupingshan people" and its color Dan.
A boat, five people, eight windows, a canopy, a pot, a stove, a pot, a hand roll and a rosary; Couplets, titles and seal scripts are * * * with thirty characters and four characters. As far as its length is concerned, it is unprofitable. Cover the peach pit and trim it.
Cabbage finished his detailed prediction, and he said, hey, what a strange skill! In Zhuang and Lie, many people say that they are still scared by ghosts and gods, but who needs to know everything? If you give me an answer, you will doubt it. I saw what i saw. From Sri Lanka's point of view, the end of the thorn is not necessarily a female monkey. Hey, the skills are also strange! After falling in love
-selected from the typesetting edition of "New Knowledge at the Beginning of Jade" by Literature Ancient Books Publishing House.
Full-text translation of nuclear ship story;
In the Ming Dynasty, there was a man named Wang Shuyuan, who had a good skill. He can carve palaces, utensils, figures, birds and animals, trees and stones with wood about one inch in diameter, and all of them are carved according to the original shape of wood to simulate the state of things, so he carved his own interesting expressions. He once sent me a boat engraved with peach stones, which was engraved with Su Dongpo's boating trip to Chibi.
The nuclear ship is about eight minutes long from beginning to end and about two minutes high. The high and spacious place in the middle is the cabin, which is covered with a bamboo canopy. There are small windows on both sides of the cabin, four on the left and four on the right, a total of eight. When you open the window, you can see the carved ship railings, standing opposite each other. When you close the window, you can see the words "The mountain is high and the moon is small, the truth is clear" engraved on the right window, and the words "The breeze is Xu Lai, the water is quiet" engraved on the left window, all painted in azurite color.
There are three people sitting on the bow. Among them, Su Dongpo wore a top hat and a full face of beard, Fo Yin was a monk, and Huang Luzhi was left. Sue and Huang are looking at a hand scroll. Dongpo right hand holding the right end of the scroll, left hand on Lu Zhi's back. Lu Zhi left hand holding the end of the scroll, right hand pointing to the scroll, as if to say something. Dongpo shows his right foot, Lu Zhi shows his left foot, and both sides lean towards his body. Their knees are close to each other, and they are all hidden in the folds of clothes rolled by their hands at this moment. Fo Yin is very much like Maitreya, with an open mind and bare chest. He looked up at the sky and his expression was different from that of Su and Shuang. He straightened his right knee, bent his right arm and supported it on the boat board. His left leg was bent and leaned against his left knee, and a rosary was hung on his left arm. The rosary can be counted clearly one by one.
There is an oar at the stern. There is a boatman on each side of the paddle. The one on the right has a pyramid-shaped bun on his back, his left hand leans against a crossbar, and his right hand pulls the tip of his right foot, as if whistling with pouting lips. On the left, there is a palm leaf fan in the right hand, and the left hand touches the stove, on which there is a kettle. The man looked at the tea stove with a calm face, as if listening attentively to the sound of boiling tea.
The bottom of the ship is relatively flat, so the name is engraved on the top. The inscription is "the apocalypse is endless in autumn, and the king of Yushan is far away". The strokes are as thin as mosquito's feet, each hook and each picture are clear and the words are black. And use a seal, the text is "early Pingshan people", red.
There are five people in this boat, eight windows, a bamboo canopy, an oar, a tea stove, a kettle, a hand roll and a string of rosary. The couplet, title and seal of seal script have 34 words * * *. But measuring the length of the nuclear ship is even less than an inch. This was originally carved from a long and narrow peach stone carving.
After carefully watching the nuclear ship, cabbage exclaimed, alas, the skill is really fierce! There are many skillful craftsmen recorded in Zhuangzi and Liezi, and they are praised as uncanny workmanship. But who can carve his beard and eyebrows clearly with a knife on less than an inch of material? If there is such a person, tell me what I said, and I must suspect that he is lying. But now, this
But this is a fact that I witnessed with my own eyes. Judging from this work, it is not impossible to carve a female monkey at the tip of a thorn. Oh, the skill is really amazing!
theme
The sculpture written in this paper is made of a peach pit that is not big enough, but it vividly reproduces a famous allusion in the literary world of the Song Dynasty-"Red Cliff of the Great Soviet". Ingenious conception and vivid image show the outstanding achievements of ancient Chinese arts and crafts. After careful observation, the author accurately grasped all the details of this sculpture, and then described the whole nuclear ship according to a certain spatial order, wrote the author's love for nuclear ships, and expressed the author's admiration for the superb skills of artist Wang Shuyuan and the ancient folk art in China.
Writing characteristics
This paper describes in detail and methodically a micro-carving work-nuclear ship which he obtained by using line drawing technique, and it adopts the structural mode of "total-divided total".
First of all, it briefly introduces the "ingenuity" and comprehensiveness of Wang Shuyuan's micro-carving skills, which is not only a summary of the full text, but also a preparation for getting down to business. Although the words are short, they are very useful and indispensable. Then it introduces the story and artistic conception of Su Dongpo's boating on Chibi in detail. From the whole ship to the part, from the bow to the stern, from the furnishings to the characters, it is written calmly and clearly without any confusion. Particular attention is paid to the description of details, such as the couplets on the carved column, the gestures and expressions of the characters at the bow, and the movements of the ship, all of which are vividly written, which makes people admire Wang Shuyuan's carved gods and Wei Xueyi's careful observation. Sculptors and writers can be said to invent each other and complement each other. From the description, Wang Shuyuan not only has superb micro-carving skills, but also has extraordinary insight. His performance on Dongpo's trip to Chibi is not a simple reproduction of history, but a reasonable transformation and processing of historical facts. For example, the couplet on the carved column, on the right, "The mountain is high and the moon is small, and the truth is clear" was written by Su Dongpo in October, and on the left, "The breeze is Xu Lai, and the water is quiet" was a famous sentence written by Su Dongpo in July. Although the season is a bit wrong, it plays an important role in revealing the moonlit scenery of Dongpo boating. For example, the three people carved on the bow are lifelike and picturesque, but they are inconsistent with historical facts. Because Dongpo went boating on Chibi, there was only one guest for the first time, and there were two guests for the second time, both of whom had no names, and neither Huang Tingjian nor Fo Yin attended. Now Wang Shuyuan has dragged them together, which of course reflects his ideological sustenance. Fo Yin will soon embody Dongpo's Zen spirit and let his best friend Huang Tingjian relieve his loneliness.
Finally, the summary explanation of the nuclear boat is to deepen the reader's impression of the great content expressed in the micro-sculpture, and at the same time naturally transition to the author's discussion, and once again express the author's praise for this micro-sculpture. At the end, the number of people, windows and other things carved on the ship and the total number of lettering are counted, and the echo of "its length is never enough" begins to emphasize that the material is small in size and has large carving capacity, and then ends with "hip, skill is also amazing" Make the article as detailed and complete as a nuclear ship, which makes people fondle it.
The language of this article is plain and concise, especially the description of the characters on board. Every sentence comes from the author's examination. Real and vivid, not exaggerated. The combination of painting and painting is not only seemingly but also vivid. For example, write Su Dongpo and Huang, with the shaft end in the right hand and the back in the left hand. Lu Zhi held the end of the book in his left hand and the book in his right hand, saying something. "This is not only the left foot, micro side, knees, hidden bottom part, but also very subtle writing. It is written as "Maitreya Buddha, topless and defiant", which highlights the characteristics of this monk image and does not belong to scholars Su and Huang. After reading it, people have the feeling of seeing the "Red Cliff of the Great Soviet" with their own eyes.
Brief introduction of the author
Wei Xueyi (about 1596—— about 1625), an amethyst, was born in Jiashan, China (now Jiaxing, Zhejiang) in the late Ming Dynasty, and was an essayist in the late Ming Dynasty. He is the eldest son of Wei Dazhong, a famous local scholar and Amin's minister. His life is short, he has never been an official, but he likes studying and writing, and he has written Mao Yan Collection. In Qing Dynasty, Zhang Chao's The Story of a Nuclear Ship is his masterpiece.