Chapter Forty-Eight: Appreciating Paintings, Gongmeng

For ordinary people, appreciate a Chinese painting.

It is often judged by whether it can be understood or not, and it is divided into three steps.

What is the painting? Does it look like it? What is the meaning of the painter's painting of this image?

If you can't answer it, you don't understand it.

In terms of technique alone, Chinese painting can be divided into freehand and figurative.

Generally speaking, concrete, authentic and realistic works are easy to appreciate and belong to the category of understanding.

Freehand works are more difficult to appreciate.

The professional field mainly looks at the overall momentum and tastes its 'charm' or 'god-like'.

However, it is not easy to experience a kind of 'verve' from the painting.

It not only requires a certain aesthetic ability and artistic accomplishment, but also needs to have a certain basic knowledge of Chinese painting.

In particular, a kind of 'feeling' that is cultivated through 'painting' requires a variety of talents and artistic accomplishments.

In the six methods of Sheikh, the vividness of the rhyme, the use of the bone method with the brush, the pictogram of the object, the color with the class, the business position, and the transmission and touch are the basic principles of appreciating Chinese paintings.

Before Li Changqing began to practice painting, he had already learned various theoretical techniques in the bamboo forest.

The appreciation of Chinese painting has reached a certain level, and I take advantage of my free time to come and see the works of Shen Ruolin, Pan Yuting and others.

Lu Mei enjoys a high reputation in the Chinese art world, and Professor Gao Xiaojun is also a mainstay.

The works of Pan Yuting, Wang Zhuyun, Sun Qiongyan and others can paint a relatively complete landscape painting, but the composition is simple, the picture is uneven, and the brush and ink are relatively simple.

Shen Ruolin can be more meticulous, and she is more skilled in using techniques such as leaf clipping and dotting trees.

In the composition, the active object-host relationship is handled properly, and the color and ink are coordinated, but there is a lack of artistic conception.

Li Changqing compared Shen Ruolin's sketch of Xijian with his own painting "Yunqi Bamboo Trees and Mountains Full of Orchids".

"Yunqi Bamboo Trees and Lush Orchid Full Mountain" is much better in terms of technique and artistic conception.

"Principal Li, are you also interested in landscape painting?", Gao Xiaojun said when he saw Li Changqing coming over to join in the fun.

"Landscape painting is one of the essences of Chinese painting, and I naturally like it. Li Changqing said.

"Hehe, there aren't many people who like it now. Gao Xiaojun said with a smile.

"Teacher, help me point me out!", Sun Qiongyan said with her own drawing.

"Hmm", Gao Xiaojun nodded.

Li Changqing continued to work hard to make wooden beds, and Gao Xiaojun pointed out the flaws in each student's paintings.

As a representative of young and middle-aged contemporary painters, Gao Xiaojun has a profound understanding of Chinese painting and his explanations are extremely detailed.

Li Changqing can occasionally hear a sentence or two of bright spots, which he integrates into his theory.

At noon, Li Changqing went back to Zhong Nanshan to feed the two weasel cubs and feed the chickens in the chicken coop.

I went back to work at Lijiaao Primary School, and finally finished the three beds when the sun set.

"Teacher Shen, the bed is ready!", Li Changqing said to Shen Ruolin.

"Thank you!", Shen Ruolin said sincerely.

"Principal Li is very grateful for his hard work!", Gao Xiaojun said.

"Hey, I can finally get some sleep!", Luo Xuefang dozed off.

"You don't have a quilt yet, do you sleep on the plank directly?", Pan Yuting said.

"You can go and borrow a little. Wang Zhuyun said.

"Qingwa, your skills are getting better and better, just take over your second uncle's class. ”

Li Jianguo came over and shook the bed frame with his hand, but he didn't move at all and sighed.

"Haha, Uncle Jianguo, you came at the right time. Li Changqing said.

"What, what's the matter?", Li Jianguo asked.

"The bed is fine, but there are no bedding, sheets, and pillows yet!", Li Changqing said.

"Okay, I'll look for it in the village!", Li Jianguo said.

Li Changqing said goodbye to Gao Xiaojun and the others and returned to the cabin at the foot of Zhong Nan Mountain.

The air is filled with the scent of flowers, and the green bamboos rustle in the wind.

One person, one book, one cup of tea, one meal.

Mountain life is so simple, but Li Changqing is used to it.

At night, the empty mountains are silent.

Two candles, a light moon, and a little starlight.

Li Changqing read "Gongmeng" in front of the window of the cabin, feeling his spirit of thinking about the common people in the world.

"Gong Mengzi said to Mozi: It is really good, who does not know? For example, if a beautiful woman does not come out of the place, people will strive for it; Now the son is all over the people, what a hard work!"

Zi Mozi said: "Today's husband and the world are in turmoil, and there are many people who seek beautiful women, although the beauties do not come out, there are many people who seek them; And there are two people born here, good people, one line of people who are people, one person who does not come out, those who act people, and those who do not come out, what is the difference?"

"Gong Mengzi said: Those who do the deeds are many. ”

Zi Mozi said: Benevolence and righteousness, those who speak about people, have many merits. Why can't you talk about people? ”

Gong Mengzi said to Mozi, "Who doesn't know who really does good." It's like a beautiful jade that can't be hidden, and still has an abnormal brilliance. It's like a beautiful woman who can't hide and people chase after her, but if she shows off herself, people won't marry her. Now you follow others everywhere and persuade them with words, why are you so hard!"

Mozi said: "Now that the world is chaotic, there are many people who pursue beautiful women, and even if they are hidden, many people pursue them; now there are too few people who pursue goodness, and if they don't try to persuade people, people will not know." If there are two people here, both good at divination, and one goes out to divinate others, and the other does not hide, and he goes out to divinate and the other does not hide, which one will receive more bread?"

Gong Mencius said: "When you go out, you give a lot of food to people for divination. ”

Mozi said: "He advocates the same benevolence and righteousness, and goes out to persuade people, and his merits and benefits are many." Why don't you come out and persuade people?"

Its essence is the Mohist family's 'love', which prospers the world and eliminates the harm of the world.

Early in the morning, Li Changqing woke up in the infinite spring light.

After reading in the morning, I began to water the bamboo, orchids, tea trees, and leeks, and then took the leeks to Lijiaao Primary School.

More than a dozen private cars have been parked near Lijiaao Primary School, and many adults are consciously standing at the back of the line of primary school students.