Zhang Ruocheng

Zhang Ruocheng

Zhang Ruocheng (1721-1770), a native of Tongcheng, Anhui Province, was named Jinghe and mengeng. He is the grandson of Zhang Ying, the second son of Zhang Tingyu and the younger brother of Zhang ruoai. Qianlong ten years (1745) Jinshi, change Shu Jishi, granted editing, into Zhinan study. The examiners were the same as the examiners in Sanchong county and Huishi county. One of them was the examiners in Hunan Province. Li official cabinet bachelor, and Minister of rites title. He died in the office. The history of China is attached. He has four volumes of xiaobixuan poetry.

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Zhang Ruocheng had read a lot of poems and books since childhood, and he was skilled in painting and calligraphy. In the tenth year of Qianlong (1745 AD), at the age of 24, he was the 16th Jinshi in the imperial examination of Yichou. In the second year, he was ordered to work in the South study to accompany Qianlong and become a hot imperial official. In the 11th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign, her brother Zhang ruo'ai was on a tour to the West. Unfortunately, she was infected with cold and died young at the age of 34. Zhang ruo'ai, a 21-year-old Jinshi and a bachelor in the cabinet, was one of the most important talents of Qianlong. His elder brother's early death was a great blow to Zhang Ruocheng. He was ordered to walk in the maoqin hall and "know his work in painting, and try to imitate the paintings of the ancients". In this way, he had the opportunity to see all the famous paintings and calligraphy of the past dynasties in the inner court. In his painstaking copying and painting, he calmed his heart, improved his painting skills, and formed a unique painting style. His style of painting is neat and meticulous, his ink is rich, and his composition is peaceful. His paintings are "gentle and impetuous when sitting in the spring breeze". His paintings are rich in color and have royal flavor, so they are very popular with the royal family. Emperor Qianlong praised Zhang Ruocheng greatly. In a poem to Zhang Ruocheng's paintings, he wrote the sentence "the stepbrother of lianxuezhai", which affirmed Zhang Ruocheng's painting achievements. Zhang Ruocheng gradually became a court painter as famous as Dong Bangda and Qian Weicheng in Qianlong period. In addition to Xing'anling axis selected in Shiqu Baoji, his paintings, such as Amitabha Sutra, were included in the sequel of famous paintings of the Xi Dynasty, which was widely spread and became the blueprint for later generations to copy.

artistic characteristics

Zhang Ruocheng can write ink flowers, work landscape, good at painting plum. It has long feathers. The works handed down from generation to generation include "twenty four kinds of Atlas of flowers in the northern wall", in paper and ink, depicting twenty-four flowers outside the Great Wall, with delicate branches and leaves. They are now stored in the Palace Museum; in landscape, the axis, in paper and ink, depicts the poetic style of "monk knocking at the door of the moon", with rigorous composition and profound artistic conception. The title on the left reads: "birds on the moon, mountain monks return to their neighbors. There are no five feet to answer the door, so I knock on the fan to borrow Guyun. Small raspberry moss smooth, low Lin pine bamboo uniform. On the other hand, human rights are outside, and defenders are not angry. Wet cassock dew, with the sound of sleep dust. Weimo is not the second method, but Si Hu has a cause. It is easy to peel and cut the original, and the description is straight and lifelike. Originally, it was very good. I tried to deceive people by pushing words. The imperial Fu monk knocked at the door of the moon. Zhang Ruocheng, a minister, wrote and wrote the book Now, red phoenix in morning sun is in Wutong County, Anhui province. Tongcheng County Museum, the "vertical axis of Danfeng Chaoyang", is the symbol of the fine brushwork and ink painting. The original intention is to appreciate Qian Long and to take the heavy responsibility. His painting of Danfeng is magnificent and magnificent, and the power is soaring. The strokes are clear and vigorous, and the left side reads: "Tanba Cheng wants to fly, and the phoenix trees have been surrounded by hundreds of feet. When he was prosperous, he used to be a Rui, but when Gao Gang was standing there, he became a great power. " He has been living among the people and is the author of xiubixuan collection. The collection of xiangshuzhai, the collection of famous paintings of the Xi Dynasty and the collection of reading paintings.

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