Anecdotes about Fan Zengxiang

In the 1920s, there was an unprecedented craze for pictorials in China. Private pictorials founded by three or five fellow enthusiasts who raised funds were the mainstream of pictorials. However, for example, "Beiping Pictorial" was owned by one person from its inception to its final issue. There are not many pictorials hosted by him. On August 5, 1928, newspaperman Li Letian founded the "Peking Pictorial" in Peiping. Mr. Fan Shan (ie Fan Zengxiang) inscribed the title of the magazine, and Li Letian was responsible for the editor-in-chief, editing, publishing and distribution. The pictorial is "purely for business, and is jointly organized by colleagues to raise funds for the unity of literature and art. No party will join, and no organization will contact you." It aims to "eliminate loneliness, increase interest, carry the mission of the God of righteousness, and spread art in the world." "For the purpose of running the journal. The company is located at No. 10 Xisi Shuaifu Hutong, Beiping. Published from about July 1929 to the final issue of the 41st issue.

"Beiping Pictorial" is an art publication that claims to "research literature and art and promote fine arts as its main purpose. As for national politics and social news, it does not publish". Weekly, published every Sunday, 8 folio, four pages, Daolin paper, copperplate printing, mainly pictures, with both pictures and text. During the same period, the first and fourth pages of the pictorial were mostly advertisements, while the Peking Pictorial had almost no advertisements. The pictures include celebrities, famous actors, celebrities, top students in schools, celebrity calligraphy and painting, nude photography, local scenery, comics, printed music, etc. The text is mainly drama reviews, introductions to new films, introductions to movie stars, biographies of painters, and current affairs news. The cover is extremely unique, with appropriate paintings set against popular beauty photos at the time, and an "inscription" explaining the origin and meaning of the painting. Faced with the closure of several short-lived pictorials that year, editor-in-chief Li Letian, who was deeply troubled by financial problems, wrote in the 30th issue of "Farewell" that while bidding farewell to the discontinued pictorials, he also wrote with emotion: ""Beiping Pictorial" 》 is the laggard in the Peking Pictorial. An outdated newspaper, a single person, there is no possibility of existence. The god of death may come to shake hands... I hope you will also welcome me there - "Peking Pictorial". "But judging from the content of the pictorial, the reason why the pictorial has been able to persist for nearly a year is because it has Fan Shan and his son, Wang Junyi, Han Meimei, Li Xiaoxue and other literary and painting circles as regular authors of the pictorial. Various places, even Japan and the UK, have their own special photographers. It publishes comics by Wang Junyi of the May 3rd Cartoon Society, Han Meimei's novel "Battle Traces", Li Xiaoxue's "Banxia'an Juhua", Zhong Ming's "Pengshi Congtan" and Yi Weng's novel "Falling Birds Climbing the Clouds" ", "Eight Weird Opera Bees", "Where to Start" and the seals of Tuisitang in each issue. Starting from the 32nd issue, it began to publish current affairs news, such as "Commemorative Activities for the Fourth Anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's Death", "Lin Sen's Speech", "The Story of Shanghai Acting World and the Crystal News Trend", etc. Fan Zengxiang (1846-1931), who wrote the masthead, was a modern bibliophile, poet, and calligrapher. A native of Enshi, Hubei Province, he was a Jinshi under Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty and was selected as a scholar of the Hanlin Academy. He likes poetry and collects books and ancient paintings. His poetry and prose are rich and colorful, and he is famous for his "Caiyun Song" about the golden flower race. The library is named "Fan Garden" and contains more than 200,000 volumes of books, paintings, calligraphy and inscriptions, as well as more than 10 giant inscriptions. He also formed a poetry club called "Chao Society" with Shanghai veterans. He is the author of "Collection of Fanshan", "Official Letters of Fanshan", "Ode to Ancient Poems of Two Families", "Copy of Ci of Two Families", "Yuefu of Dongbin Thatched Cottage", "Selected Poems of Weiyunxie", "Shi Wen", etc. Almost every issue of the pictorial contains his own poems and songs. On the one hand, readers can appreciate the profound attainments of the "poet sage" in poetry, and on the other hand, they can have a glimpse of the old man's exquisite calligraphy. His son Fan Jirui is a regular author of comic columns, and has appeared in newspapers under the pen name "KD, non-traitor, man of Chu". Shortly after the publication of the pictorial, he unfortunately died of cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 35. For this reason, the pictorial published a "Special Issue in Memory of the Late Famous Artist Mr. KD" to introduce his life and publish his legacy, especially the article "Crying Rui'er" by old man Fan Shan, which connected the full text with eight poems to express his father's love for him. Reading about the deep affection and deep remembrance of my son is heart-wrenching and heart-wrenching. The old man Fan Shan, who was a famous figure in the literary world at that time, once personally wrote a seal and runge for the unknown Qi Baishi: "Commonly used seals, each character is three gold, the stone is measured with a Han ruler, the stone is large, the light is added, the stone is two points, the characters are like millet grains, Ten gold per word. Fan Zengxiang made the best advertisement for Qi Baishi's character and painting skills. It became a legend in the painting circles for a while. Since then, Qi Baishi's poems have also won the essence of the old man Fan Shan. Therefore, Mr. Qi Baishi was very grateful and respected him. Not only did he often visit his home, but he also sent him a warm goose down quilt in the cold winter.

For this reason, Mr. Fanshan wrote a rhyme poem "Old Man Fanshan Thanks to Mr. Qi Baishi for the Goose Down Quilt" in the 26th issue of the pictorial, expressing his joy and gratitude to Qi Baishi:

“The white geese chirping on the sand are blowing wildly, and the snowy feathers are suddenly flying over people.

Sacrificing oneself for a goose feast, the neck velvet and abdominal hair are so soft,

The materials produced by heaven and earth must be useful, eating meat and sleeping on the skin can be done by humans, the felt hair is given to the hand that plays flowers, and the long bow and mallet make the sound of thunder,

The net selection is as white as poplar flowers, the thick accumulation is as light as lamp grass, the short hair is four from the dragon racing girl, the cloth shirt is seven pounds of beautiful monks,

The length can be eight feet, the width is five feet, and the sixty The four bahts are still not full, the chess piece cloth does not crack when I step on it, and the dough must be made with a single silk silk.

The people of Baishi Mountain take pity on my old age, and cherish the scroll and give it to me like a jade treasure. Gunan has been so single-minded in his life. People who are not warm are just in vain.

If you get this, you can withstand the heat. The mink and fox would rather know that there is frost and ice. On a snowy night, a bird's salary is worth ten thousand dollars, just like white clothes and wine.

This evening is as warm as cotton wool, like a baby stretched out from a pupa in an orchid. The body is clothed in forest and the skin is as soft as face. I lie down and listen to the sound of laughter, which is very sweet.

The rope bed paper tent is better than cotton wool, thanks to the gift from you. The love of a Taoist priest, I dreamed of borrowing a mountain under the plum blossoms, waiting until I woke up at the red sun. ”

This poem witnesses the deep friendship between old man Fan Shan and Mr. Qi Baishi. (“□” in this article is to replace the unidentifiable words in the literature)

A discerning eye recognizes pearls, and Fan Zengxiang is The full text of Qi Baishi's custom-made runge

Written by Fan Changxiang, a native of Qishan

With a preface from Qishan, a native of Xiangtan. Mr. Wang Xiangqi saw his seals and admired them. He taught him how to read and write poems in the style of the Sixth Form of the Kingdom. He also painted landscapes, figures, and birds. Insects, flowers and fruits are as thick as the hair, and have the strengths of the "Four Kings and Five Yuns", Zhu Da, Daoji, Jin Nong, and Luo Pin; especially Gongmeiren, who has collected more than a few stories and modified Qi and went up to Gu Luo and Fei in modern times. Danxu is not qualified to be a servant. He is lonely in Shanren and is in cold Xiangfu. A certain public servant knows each other well, so he sends a talented official to hire him with a hundred gold. When he comes to the door, he asks Mr. Qi whether he has short cloth clothes. The guest said: "The mountain man has not returned from his trip; he has never been in the government; he did not dare to receive money. This is the man in short clothes." In Yangxia, the Five Yi people lived in Guanzhong, and they invited people from the mountains to visit Guanzhong to seek paintings and seal engravings. They met Yu Yi as before, and now they are going to the capital together with the Five Yi people. The capital asked for paintings and seal engravings, which were worth ten times. Qin and Chu were deeply closed and refused, so it was better to wait for him at a higher price. The fragrance is more than orchid and millet. Now I will list the prices as shown on the left: white stone grass cloth painting, freehand landscape banner, twenty gold for each painting, and freehand beauty banner, twenty gold for each painting, fine workmanship. Each scroll of freehand flowers and birds is worth sixteen gold, and each handle of the folding fan is worth eight gold. Guanghan ruler, one foot is the base, increase it by this amount, and the workmanship is this time. If the hand scroll is as long as the chi, then add four gold pieces, and the workmanship is more than one hundred gold, which is three zhang. This is three hundred gold. If the volume exceeds two feet, the price of the seal will be one hundred gold for each facsimile, and the painting will be handed over ten years later. Over an inch, each word is worth two gold. The diameter of the stone is two cents. Each word is worth ten gold. The finely carved white bamboo fan bone is priceless. The remaining post has the word "Crane", which is easy to measure rice; the word "口" is easy to count gold; the word "dead wood, bamboo and stone" on the east slope is worth five dendrobiums of rice and several liters of wine. In ten years, it takes six hundred stone meters. , it is easy to draw. However, Huangfu Zhengzheng's three thousand words and three thousand pieces of silk are still honest. The rest of the people in the mountain base their evaluation on this. I am not surprised if there are people in the world!

The first day of the third lunar month in Guimao, Guangxu, was decided by the layman Tianqin.

Qishanren’s Biography Written by Fan Changxiang Jinling Tiandulou Collection