Chapter 55: Pursuit, Madness, and Autumn
"It's just that there are a lot of celebrity calligraphy and paintings in it, you can see Wang Xizhi's calligraphy in two steps, and you can see Gu Kaizhi's painting scroll in two steps?"
Fu Lehe listened to this, if there was wine in his mouth, it was estimated that it would squirt out directly.
Looking at Chu Feng with almost unbelievable eyes, Fu Lehe stretched out the index finger of his right hand and rubbed his eyebrows, and smiled helplessly: "What do you little guy have in his head, how can you have such a strange idea?" I heard that you are now doing a pilgrimage in the Fan family's calligraphy and painting shop? But even in the calligraphy and painting shop, the real good things of rare books and rare books will not be placed directly in the lobby, right? What's more, the painting academy is an official painting academy, and the collection is also the most precious thing in the whole world. What if all the people in the academy could see and touch it, but what if it was lost? Well? ”
When Chu Feng heard this, he couldn't help but stick out his tongue, feeling a little pity.
But if you think about it carefully, this is indeed the truth, and my own thoughts are still regarded as the Palace Museum...... Today, the Academy is a royal institution, not a national museum.
"That'...... I said, Senior Brother, where do you have to be to really get in touch with those paintings and calligraphy? Chu Feng's eyes flashed with light, and the appearance of his fists made Fu Lehe laugh.
"I finally understand why you were admitted to the art academy." Fu Lehe tilted his head slightly, sighed, and his face was complicated, "I finally understand why Master feels indignant about my admission to the Painting Academy, but he has a different attitude towards you...... Hehe, after all, I'm just a layman, and I just came to the academy to ask for a famous and famous person. And you. He is a real lover of painting, and he worked hard to get admitted to the art academy. Do you just want to get in touch with the legacy of those famous artists? ”
Chu Feng smiled and nodded: "In addition to appreciating the masterpieces, if you can also improve your painting skills." Then I will not refuse. ”
In the days after a thousand years, in those days when he was constantly preparing for the art exam, Chu Feng also thought about many things, the most typical of which is also the question that everyone who has experienced the college entrance examination review will ask, that is: What is the point of doing this now.
Everyone will get a different answer from this question. Some people want a good university and a good job, some people think it is to delineate their social level, and some people want to satisfy their parents. There are also some people who are purely used to the top few exams and hate the feeling of being surpassed by others. Of course, there are also some people whose answer is "meaningless", so they give up this path and embark on another journey in life.
For Chu Feng, the art examination is a stepping stone for him.
Relatively speaking, Chu Feng is a happy person, and he found his life goal early. A clear path has been found for this.
People who don't have a goal always live with the flow. Of course, this is not to say that it is bad to go with the flow, but this kind of life is sometimes too purposeless and too casual. It's also too random, and I'm afraid it's not a very suitable choice for young people.
But purpose in life is never easy to find. For Chu Feng. Painting was something he loved and excelled at, so he picked it up. Put it in front of your eyes and run in that direction. But for most people. It's not so easy to find a combination of "like" and "good at".
Therefore, Chu Feng is lucky.
Not everyone has the luck he has.
After he decided on this goal in life, he thought about it a lot and imagined it a lot. A thousand years later, the teacher at the school also helped him think a lot about what he would study in the future, what he would do to work, and what he planned for his whole life...... Of course, it's just some big frames, and if it's accurate to the details, it's too boring.
Chu Feng's so-called life plan is also very simple, first be admitted to the best school in the country, study hard, then go abroad for further study, find a city you like to settle down, paint, and sell paintings for a living.
If the paintings sell well, his life can be richer and more satisfying. If you don't sell well and are as down-and-out as Van Gogh, just find a way to work to maintain food, clothing, housing and transportation. After all, money is not the most important thing for him.
Of course, for fame...... Artists who don't want to be recognized by the world at all are bound to exist.
People who have gained fame in the world are naturally much happier, and there are actually many people who enjoy fame after death, but these two are actually good choices for artists.
Mr. Cheng Yuan pursues the purity of art, and absolutely does not allow it to be mixed with worldly things in terms of fame and fortune. This kind of pursuit, in Chu Feng's view, is actually somewhat similar to meditation, more like a pursuit that is limited to the individual, and it is the kind of pursuit of Theravada Buddhism.
He didn't dare to say whether this kind of pursuit was good or bad, after all, good or bad things were relative, not an absolute point of view. It's just for Chu Feng...... Maybe it's because he hasn't reached Mr. Cheng Yuan's age yet, so in his heart, there has always been a little bit of ambition stirring.
Qian Zhongshu said, "A person is not crazy when he is twenty years old, this person is unproductive." If you're still crazy at the age of thirty, it's useless."
Chu Feng has not yet reached the age of twenty, and he can still be frivolous for more than ten years.
People don't take young people lightly, that's probably what it means.
Chu Feng's madness actually lies not in the pursuit of fame and fortune, but in the pursuit of aesthetics. However, this pursuit is not quite the same as the purity of Mr. Cheng Yuan's art.
His goal was extraordinarily simple, with no more than three points.
The first is to read the famous paintings and calligraphy. Second, draw something in your lifetime. The third point is that this is an idea that gradually formed after coming to the Northern Song Dynasty, that is, to learn from Li Qingzhao back then, and try to save the calligraphy and painting of these famous artists in the war.
As a painter himself, he naturally understands how much effort and energy is contained in these paintings and calligraphy on a piece of white paper or silk, and how much old things and prosperity can be seen from the ink color one stroke after another.
It would be too sad for such a thing to be destroyed in the long course of history if it were to be destroyed in war.
A thousand years later, in the world of calligraphy and painting, how many people have spent their lives in poverty, just to piece together a shaped picture from the scales and claws of the old documents. How much reminiscence and distant thinking are implemented in it, how much hard work and gray hair are consumed in it, and now for Chu Feng...... Although it is not easy to say, it is much simpler than spanning a thousand years.
For these three goals, entering the Academy of Fine Arts is the first step towards this threshold.
Simply told Fu Le and his senior brother what he thought, of course, it was impossible to say that it was so majestic and grand, just a simple revelation of three points, which was enough to make Fu Le and shocked.
Fu Lehe looked at the lights that occasionally flashed at the front door when he passed by the courtyards outside, and his heart was surging like waves crashing on the shore, and falling again, leaving only bits and pieces of white sprays and droplets, and he felt inexplicable in his heart.
"It's just a simple night, and I'm a little frightened." Fu Lehe smiled a little tiredly and sighed slightly, "I haven't really seen your painting skills yet, so it's hard for sure whether you can pass the exam at the painting academy or not." But no matter what, your reputation is enough, after all, whether it is the matter of Fan Lou or the matter of He Junhao before, it has made you famous. Oh, yes, and that little poem "Tasha Xing", "Xiaolou Mingyue Town Mayor Leisure", tsk, how can you condense such a sentence......"
Chu Feng smiled when he heard this, raised his hand and touched his nose.
"There's only one month left...... It's not a long time, but it's definitely not a short time either. If you're sure you're going to paint landscapes, don't touch anything else for a month. Although the painting skills are similar, after all, the mentality of painting each thing is different, and if you go back and forth between various types of paintings, it is likely to have an unnecessary impact on the autumn hair. Fu Lehe said earnestly.
Chu Feng nodded hurriedly and listened carefully.
The other party is a senior who has been admitted to the art academy, which is like listening to the experience of the examination, and it must be taken seriously.
Fu Lehe thought for a while and said, "I've been copying the dossier this month, but it's a pity that it's a house or wood, otherwise you can refer to it...... Hey, not really. You yourself are in the calligraphy and painting shop, right, and Fan's calligraphy and painting store also has a lot of books, you can choose the same style of painting scrolls, one by one. Don't be greedy, don't be greedy, you must be careful, you must study and study carefully, and eat it thoroughly to the bones. What genre of landscapes did you study before? ”
"Qingbi, ink, Jinbi, and Qianjiang have all been exposed to some."
Fu Lehe frowned slightly: "It's too miscellaneous, although it's good to have more contact with it usually, but for Qiuyu, it must not be so messy." Choose one that you are good at and study it, and talk about the rest after the month passes. ”
"Okay." Chu Feng immediately responded, nodding like pounding garlic.
Seeing him like this, Fu Lehe couldn't help laughing: "I'm just talking about my own experience, when I was admitted to the Academy of Painting, I only passed the exam, and I couldn't say that I was great." I don't know your level yet, so I can only say these superficial things...... Well, so be it. In the past month, I am afraid that I will be busy every morning, and in the afternoon I will copy in the art academy, but there is no major thing to do in the evening. If you don't mind, why don't you come to my house once in a while with your homework and let's study it together? ”
Chu Feng was overjoyed, and hurriedly agreed: "Then bother Senior Brother!" ”
Fu Lehe smiled: "Since you call me senior brother, I can't always admit it plainly, right?" Since they are their own brothers, what is there to bother about? (To be continued.) )