Ren Renfa, a painter and water conservancy scientist in Yuan Dynasty, has a brief introduction, and his representative works include Ermayina Map.

Song Xianchun was a juren in the third year (1267) and was appointed as the assistant envoy of Shuiyongtian, the official capital of the Yuan Dynasty. Learn water conservancy, and learn to be precise and specialized. With the deputy envoy of Zhedong Road as an official, he built a brothel and took the pavilion on Qinglong River and died. Calligraphy, learn from Li Yong. He is good at painting, figures, flowers and birds, especially horses. I tried to draw a picture of Wowa Tianma, a picture of its happiness, a picture of its spring horse, and Renzong summoned the secret prison. Strong enough to compete with Zhao Meng. There are several paintings of horses in the collection of paintings in the Forbidden City, all of which are extremely fine. Ren Renfa is also an accomplished expert in water conservancy. He has presided over the regulation of Wusong River in western Zhejiang and Tonghui River in Dadu (now Beijing) successively, and his works on water conservancy projects have been handed down from generation to generation, making beneficial contributions in the history of water conservancy in China. At the age of 74.

1953, a batch of Yuan Dynasty cultural relics were unearthed in Qingpu County, Shanghai. One of them is Ren Renfa's epitaph. Although the handwriting was corroded and many words were illegible, we still learned from it that it happened in Bao 52 (A.D. 1254) in the Southern Song Dynasty, the same age as the famous painter, and died in Thai for four years (A.D. 125).

1953 1 month, unearthed in Gaojiatai, Zhangyanbeimiao Village, Chonggu Town, this county. The epitaph is 90.5 cm long and 49 cm wide, and it is stone. Text *** 1 1 line,1line. The lower half of the regular script is 5 squares, because it is buried underground, the font is still fresh, and the part near the ground is about 5 squares. Although the font is vague, it can also be vaguely detected, which is an important part of epitaph writing. The upper part is about 9 squares, and the word 1 10 is missing. Today, it is in Shanghai Museum.

Epitaph of Ren Yuan Renfa

(1) (Exam) (Ren) (Male) (Taboo) (Ren) (Fa) (Zi) (Ming) (No.) Moon Mountain. (World) Living in Jiahe Qinglong (Town) (East). (Father) (), (therefore) is a (middle) (smooth) (big) husband, riding a captain (seal) (music) (an) (county) in Gao (postal) mansion (knowledge). (From) (High) (Chasing) (Sealing) Le (An) (County) Jun First of all, I died in the winter of four years, when I was in Zhong (Xian) (Da) (Fu) (Zhe) (Dong) (Xuan) (Comfort) (Deputy) (Ambassador). Woo-hoo! (male) (born) (in) (insurance) (5) (2) (year) died at noon on July 12 at the age of 73. Married Gao's first deceased, (following) (Huang) (Shi) (Zi) (IV), eight women, twelve grandchildren, and grandchildren (female) (human). Yitaiji is the ninth day of March (An) (Tomb) (Yu) (New) (Jiang) (Township) (Song) (Ze) (Li) Guo (Township) (Jing), the ancestor of South China. (Terrier) (Almost) (Na) (Zhu) (Tang)

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The silk edition of Ermatou, the representative work, is colored, with a length of 28.8cm and a width of 142.7cm. This work adopts the method of replacing people with things, which profoundly reveals the unreasonable present situation of society at that time. From the shape, color and line treatment of Ermatou, it is not difficult to see that the author's ideological understanding is very profound, satirizing those corrupt officials who are "fat and thin" in a metaphorical way.

In the postscript, he first described the fat horse he painted: "The fat man has a strange bone strength. He stands on a steep slope with a rope. Although I hate beans, I would rather not be embarrassed. " Infertile people shed their fur, gnawed hay and stood on the wind and frost. Although there is a lifelong rejection, there is no job sooner or later. "After writing Erma Review, the author changed a pen and further demonstrated:" Scholars in the world are honest and extravagant, but what is fat and barren? "A country's poverty and obesity are cheap; If you fatten yourself up and make everyone barren, wouldn't it be muddy and not stained? "

Ren Renfa borrowed two horses to comment on the pros and cons of officialdom. He compared the fat horse in the painting to a dishonest corrupt official. They are fat because they eat people's fat and paste. The thin horse in the painting is likened to an honest and diligent official. Because he is busy with government affairs, he is too tired to take off his fur and is skinny. If you look closely, you will find that the author also arranged a little-noticed detail in the painting, that is, the fat horse led the halter first, but the reins were loosened and dragged on the ground; Thin horses not only have halters, but also reins around their necks. A horse without restraint is a runaway horse. If it is out of control, it will be lawless and fatten itself. The other is a tied horse with a reins. Only restraint can achieve the best, thrift. Ren Renfa seems to have further expounded his views on official management here, which can be described as very good intentions.

On the evening of February 4th, 2065438, the most expensive China artwork of 20 16 was born with the sound of the auctioneer's gavel. Ren Renfa's painting "Drunk with Five Kings" appeared in the autumn auction of Poly 20 16, and was finally sold for 303.6 million yuan. Zhao Xu, executive director of Poly Auction, said in an interview that this work "is the highest transaction price of art in China this year".

On the evening of February 4th, 65438, Beijing Poly 20 16 Autumn Auction "China Ancient Painting and Calligraphy Evening" was held in Beijing Four Seasons Hotel. A large number of buyers poured into the scene, which was not only packed, but also the standing area in the backcourt was almost empty. This night show is undoubtedly the highest specification of ancient calligraphy and painting night show at home and abroad in recent years. The turnover of only 50 lots was as high as 672 million yuan, especially in the second quarter, the theme of "EMI bidding" only included 6 works, with a total turnover of more than 500 million yuan.

The starting price of Ren Renfa's "Drunk Five Kings" in the Qing Palace is 68 million yuan. After nearly an hour and hundreds of rounds of fierce bidding, the auction price was finally 264 million yuan, and the transaction price was 303.6 million yuan, which set a new record for the auction of personal works and set a record for the global China art transaction in 20 16 years.

After the special auction, Zhao Xu, executive director of Poly Auction, said in an interview that Ren Renfa was a figure recorded in Twenty-four History, a "minister of water resources" in the Yuan Dynasty and a senior official at the ministerial level. At that time, such a senior literati official could draw pictures. Emperor Qianlong collected 9 works by Ren Renfa, which were recorded in Shiqu Baodi, and 8 of them were in the museum. Only this one, The Drunk Return of Five Kings, is the most beautiful, and it is a very important work in the Song and Yuan Dynasties all over the world. It is really very rare and unique.

Handed down from generation to generation, the works are as follows: The Map of Leaving the Earth, the Map of Two Horses and the Map of Zhang Guo Seeing the Emperor in the 17th year of Zhiyuan (1280), which are kept in the Palace Museum; "Autumn Water and P Map" Axis, Shanghai Museum; The Eight Immortals of Drinking, Ma Gong Tu, Qin Heng Gao Shi Tu and Qiu Lin You Shi Tu are now in the National Palace Museum in Taipei. Maps of the gods, Sanma and Jiuma are in the United States; "Feed the horse" in Britain; Wen Wei Po and Painting Horse are in Japan. He is the author of ten volumes of Notes on Water Conservancy in West Zhejiang. Book History Society, History of Calligraphy and Painting, Liu Yanzhai's Essays, Huang Du Town Records, Mohlin on the Sea, and Ink Painting Collection.