Wang Qishu

Wang Qishu

Wang Qishu (1728-1799) was named Xiufeng, chen'an and Shenyi. He calls himself "Mr. Yinpi". He was born in Shexian County, Anhui Province, and lived in Hangzhou. His family became rich by doing business, so he donated to the Ministry of industry as a doctor of water department and moved to the Ministry of war as a doctor. He is fond of making friends with li e, hang Shijun and Zhu Zhang. He is fond of ancient seals, and has collected tens of thousands of seals from the Zhou and Qin Dynasties to the song, yuan and Ming Dynasties. In addition, he compiled and engraved seal characters on Juzhu to make up for what was not available.

Achievements and impact

Compilation results

Wang Qishu has compiled more than 20 books, such as Shuikou qingxianlu, Jigu Yincun, Han tongyinyuan, Han tongyincong, jingleju Yinyu, juzhanglu, xiaofanchang Zazhi, Juan Shicun, Chuan Jigu Yincun, feihongtang yinpu, feihongjutang Yinren Zhuan, jiefangji, tuzhaiyinlei, etc. Relying on his strong financial resources, he made extensive contacts with more than 100 famous people in the printing industry, such as Lin Gao, Wu Yan, Ding Jing, Huang Yi, Huang Lu, Zhang Yanchang, Wu Zhaojie, Dong Xun, Wang Hu, Wang Zhaolong, GUI Fu, Cheng Yaotian, Wang Shishen, pan Xifeng, etc., invited seal cutting and printing works, collected more than 3000 works of famous seal carvers at that time, and thus compiled and sealed into 5 volumes and 40 volumes of feihongtang yinpu It was popular for a time in the world, and became a concentrated exhibition of the works of famous printers in Qianlong period. Wang Qishu, the author of feihongtang yinpu, compiled another 8 volumes of feihongtang Yinren Zhuan (later renamed as "continued Yinren Zhuan"), which was published together with feihongtang yinpu.

Famous collection

"Shuikuoqingxianlu", written by Wang Qishu when he was a doctor of Shuiqing, capital of the Ministry of government and industry, is a preface of rich Daxin in front of the book and a postscript of Zhai Huai at the back. Wang Qishu loved poetry. He edited and published 80 volumes of the boudoir poem Jiefang Ji. Wang Qishu made a lot of friends, provided them with convenient living conditions and solved their worries. Zhou Fen lived in feihongtang for many years and carved seals for Wang Qishu. There are 176 seals of Zhou Fen in feihongtang yinpu. Shanghai forced Jianpin to feihongtang school book, he engraved 57 square for Wang Qishu.

influence

With the help of one person, Wang Qishu expanded a large number of ancient seal scores and collected seal cutting works of contemporary people, which provided conditions for the signers to learn from the excellent ancient works and understand the style of contemporary signers, and prospered the seal cutting art creation in Qianlong and Jiaqing periods. Although Wang Qishu is a native of Huizhou, he often lives in Hangzhou. His feihongtang, as a gathering place for Zhejiang people, objectively promoted the rise of Zhejiang seal cutting.

Seal cutting

Seal cutting

He is a famous book collector, epigraphist and seal cutter in Qing Dynasty. The word Xiufeng, the name Chen an, the word Shenyi. He calls himself "Mr. Yinpi". She County, Anhui Province, lives in Hangzhou. His family became rich by doing business, so he donated to the Ministry of industry as a doctor of water department and moved to the Ministry of war as a doctor. He is fond of making friends with li e, hang Shijun and Zhu Zhang. He is fond of ancient seals, and has collected tens of thousands of seals from the Zhou and Qin Dynasties to the song, yuan and Ming Dynasties. In addition, he compiled and engraved seal characters on Juzhu to make up for what was not available. In the 41st year of Qianlong's reign (1776), there were 5 volumes and 20 volumes of feihongtang yinpu, which collected nearly 4000 square meters of yinpu. Together with xueshantang yinpu in the Ming Dynasty and laigutang yinpu in the early Qing Dynasty, it was called "Santang yinpu", which was well known by the seal collectors.

Collection and presentation of books

Wang Qishu's family has a very rich collection of books, including "kaiwanlou" and "feihongtang", with thousands of books and tens of thousands of volumes. There are many printed editions of the Song Dynasty, such as Han Feizi and Jiankang Shilu. In his preface to Shuicao qingxianlu, he called himself a "kaiwanlou" book collector, which was compared with Jiangsu and Zhejiang book collectors Qian Qianyi, Xiang yuanbian, Xu Qianxue, Zhu YIZUN, Ma sizan, Zhao Yu, Niu Wei, Wu Qian, etc. Good poetry, with hang Shijun, li e and other knot for "Nanping poetry society.". When he came back from his book visit, li e once presented a poem that "the snow is pressing on the boat, the waves are sharp, and it's hard to win if the book is heavy.". He claimed to collect "a hundred books and ten thousand ancient seals". The book collection is printed with "Wang Qishu seal, wealth and longevity", "feihongtang Wang collection", "Xin'an Wang", "Qishu private seal", "Qishu seal", "feihongtang collection", "kaiwanlou collection seal", "Xiufeng appreciation", etc. In 1772, the library of Siku Quanshu was opened. It collected the world's posthumous books and ordered book collectors from all over the world to offer them. Only his family offered more than 600 kinds of books (524 in a word). There were 265 kinds of descriptions in Siku Quanshu Zongmu and 199 kinds of entries in Siku Quanshu. The number of descriptions was second only to fan Maozhu, Bao Shigong, Ma Yu and so on. He gave one book collection of ancient and modern books. His son Wang Geng compiled the bibliography of kaiwanlou collection. Shortly after his death, his books were scattered among the shops. In the 13th year of Jiaqing, they were all purchased by jiguzhai bookshop in Chenghuang mountain, Hangzhou. The old collections of Qu's "Tieqin Tongjian tower" and Lu's "shiwanjuan tower" were also purchased. His works include juzhanglu, shuicaoqingxulu, Han tongyinyuan, pocket Yinshang, qiushiyinsheng, Jigu Yincun, feihongtang yinpu, xuyinrenzhuan, Han tongyincun, tuizhai yinlei, jinnang Yinlin, xiaofanchang Zazhi, etc.

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