Chapter Eighty-Five: The Clouds and the Mountains

Living in Tokyo City, no matter how prosperous and wealthy you are, you can't dilute the taste of homesickness.

When Lu You wrote this poem, it was already the Lin'an period of the Southern Song Dynasty, and he sighed with emotion about the hot and cold world, looked at the dust in a clothed body, and let out a long sigh.

Among them, it is full of a kind of melancholy and helplessness, lonely and clear, idle and emotional, as if from the silk spring rain, moisturizing things silently infiltrated into the heart, and then turned into a trace of aged puree, even if the rainy season in the future is majestic, it can not be diluted.

It was Lu You's sigh, full of loneliness and helplessness. Chu Feng's sigh was not so heavy, although it was also full of the loneliness of "being alone in a foreign land as a stranger", this kind of loneliness was not the same as the geographical distance alone.

It's not that he doesn't feel homesick, after all, he has lived for seventeen years in the era after the millennium. There are friends, teachers, and relatives...... Even if the relatives are not very close, after all, it is a blood entanglement, it is an invisible and untouchable but heavy thing, and no one can completely break free.

Midnight dreaming back, Chu Feng would still think of his previous life. Memories are a very neutral word, there is nothing painful to look back on, and there are not too many ties that people can't let go.

Sometimes, Chu Feng recalled those days before, those life processes after a thousand years, and in a trance, he felt as if it was a long and long dream, and it almost became no longer real.

It's just that by chance, I was hit by something, and a thick attachment began to condense, flow, and erect in my chest, and it spurted and dissipated in the blood. Like a silkworm chrysalis, it is thickly wrapped.

When Chu Feng wrote this poem. At first, it may have been just a simple scheming, and he wanted to show it in front of Huizong. But to the back. All this becomes a very smooth lyricism, expressed from the bones, and then flows down the blood into the fingers, the end of the pen, with a soft brush on the soft paper outline, but the falling is as heavy as a thousand pounds of heavy words.

Chu Feng finished writing, sighed, and was stunned.

Huizong looked at it and bowed slightly. There was a look of appreciation in his eyes.

Master Li watched from afar, and couldn't see clearly for a while, so he got closer, and the natural aroma of his daughter's body vaguely swirled around and lingered on the tip of his nose.

A casual cry came from Master Li, and Huizong's voice with a smile followed: "Yes, Master, I didn't tell you before, that song 'Wrong Sect Sideburns Suffer from the East Wind' was composed by this Chu Lang." ”

"Ahh Master Li covered his mouth and shouted softly. looked at Chu Feng with an incredible gaze, "That song "Tasha Xing", the slave family has heard of it and has sung it many times. Chu Langjun's name...... Yes. I can't complain that it's so familiar. It's just that the slave family has always thought that the person who wrote such words and sentences was probably a noble son of a famous family...... Ah! Look at the slaves, they can't speak. Chu Langjun, don't misunderstand. The slave family means, always feel. People who can write such words and sentences probably have some literary skills. It's just that this kind of skill probably won't be transferred to other places. ”

"Look at your stupid mouth, won't you praise people?" Huizong listened on the sidelines and couldn't help laughing, "Let me explain it to you, which means that people who can write these words and sentences should not be admitted to the academy, and those who can be admitted to the academy should not be so literate...... Chu Lang has both of them, this is really unfair, it's too hateful, yes or no? ”

"Yes! Or Eleven Lang understands me. Master Li said with a smile.

Chu Feng listened to them praising themselves in a different way, and was somewhat ashamed: "What's good there, it's just graffiti." I just don't know...... The noble man said that if this painting can be eye-catching, he can help me say a few good words in front of the officials. I wonder if this one can get into the eyes of nobles? ”

Huizong smiled slightly, took a closer look again, and nodded: "Chu Lang's skills can't be said to be excellent, but he is decent and quite talented. But the subtlety of this painting lies in the composition and artistic conception, which can be said to be of the best level. Painting skills can be practiced slowly, but the artistic conception and soul are more or less innate, and some people may not be able to realize it after spending their entire lives, but Chu Lang was born with some, which is very good. ”

It is impossible to say that there is no tension at all. Chu Feng thought in his heart, this mood is ...... If he still mixes in the later life and takes the art exam, the teacher comments on his state of mind waiting for the results, which is probably the case.

What's more, the person in front of him is definitely a figure like Taishan Beidou in the calligraphy and painting world. When I was a child, I learned to paint, and many people spent a lot of money to find relationships and excuses, just to let those famous painters and professors comment on it. Chu Feng didn't expect that he would have such an opportunity.

After Huizong commented slightly, he slightly pointed out a few deficiencies in Chu Feng's pen power. It's all small details, but when Chu Feng heard it in his ears, he couldn't help but hear the sound and suddenly realized.

Huizong only said a few words slowly, often using few words, but he pointed to the problem. As the so-called ********, that's probably it.

In later generations, some people doubted Huizong's calligraphy, saying that some of the calligraphy and paintings signed by Huizong were not made by him, but were written by the edicts of the painting academy and the academy. There are even extreme statements, saying that Huizong is actually not much higher in calligraphy and painting, how to ......

Ghostwriting may not be completely wrong. After all, since ancient times, there have been too many things for the emperor to be written by the emperor himself, which is almost the most natural thing, even the world is the emperor's, only one or two paintings and calligraphy, who dares to compete with the emperor?

It's just that for Chu Feng himself, he believes that most of the calligraphy and paintings signed by Huizong were made by Huizong himself. The reason for this is simple.

A person with amazing talent in calligraphy and painting naturally likes to show this talent. Whether it is to stretch and appreciate it secretly, or to praise each other by calling friends, this desire to express itself is a natural instinct of human beings, and of course, there is nothing good or bad in itself.

There is no doubt about Huizong's own talent. How many more people do you need to ghostwrite for such a character? Yes, maybe there is. But definitely not too much.

What is still hidden in this is probably a kind of self-esteem and glory that belongs to artists alone.

Chu Feng listened carefully to Huizong's instructions. I didn't dare to be a little vague in my heart, and listened to it word for word as if it were a holy decree.

Master Li chatted with the two seriously, then quietly stepped aside, and drove out all the idle people around him, leaving only a girl who played the guqin, where she gently plucked the vast and light ancient tune.

Burning incense is curling, and the ancient sound is clumsy.

"I've always wanted to ask before, I've never seen this kind of painting, where did Chu Lang learn it?"

Huizong instructed Chu Feng on his penmanship. Gradually, he talked about some other famous flowers and birds, how to learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses, and gradually talked about his own views on flower and bird painting...... The topic revolved around Danqing until it came to Chu Feng's "Sunrise? Impression", Huizong asked curiously.

Chu Feng replied: "When I was in my hometown, I once met a man from the West, blonde, blue-eyed and bearded, and he painted such a painting. When I was a child, I thought it was strange, so I followed it for a few days. Indeed, it is as the noble man said. All the brushwork and ink are different from what we usually use, and the color mixing things are also strange, and they have to use a lot of oil to adjust, so they are called 'oil painting'. ”

"'Oil painting'...... You say the man is blonde and blue-eyed? Is it a big cannibal? Huizong raised his eyebrows slightly.

"I've asked before, too. But he said his hometown was a little further west than the Great Food Country. Chu Feng smiled, "On the other side of the clouds and mountains." ”

"The other side of the clouds and mountains ......," Huizong sighed softly. Finger touch of this "Sunrise? Impressions", "Is there such a civilization as it is?" Such a painting...... It's weird. Perhaps it can't be said to be strange. It should be said that 'different' is completely different from the danqing woven by our ink. This modality. Of course, I don't know exactly how much you learned from him, and it's a lot like that. But judging from the one in front of them, they don't pay attention to the lines. You see, when I put pen to paper, there are some very large spots...... Yes, the spots, like light spots, are too far from our paintings! ”

Chu Feng listened and couldn't help but ask: "Noble, do you think that this kind of painting is too ...... Missing a spirit? ”

When Huizong heard this, he smiled: "If you let ordinary painters evaluate it, ha, especially those old stubborns in your painting academy, how can it be described by the words 'lack of divine soul'?" It's probably some more terrible remarks and criticisms, haha, I can imagine it now! What kind of graffiti, lack of style and bones, etc. ”

Huizong shook his head and said with a smile: "Once people are old, they can't help but be stubborn when they look at things, and many things are imprisoned in one box. It's like the scroll itself, the size is fixed, so when they see the painting, they can only see what is in the painting...... For example, if you make this picture now, in their eyes, all they see is the leaves, the fruit, and the chicks, but there is nothing else. They can only see the things in the scroll, only a little bit, so they just squint at the lines one by one, look at these brushes, which lines are not strong enough, which places are too light, only these, superfluous things are difficult to see again. Those outside the picture scroll, those blank spaces, real blank spaces, do not exist in their eyes. This is the vision that is confined to the rules, and at their age, it becomes something in their bones, and they can't break free...... This is just like what Confucius said, seventy and do what you want without exceeding the rules. Do you think Confucius is really 'not out of line'? No, his 'not exceeding the rules' is just because he has long been accustomed to all kinds of roads and barriers, so even if he closes his eyes, it is impossible to surpass the thunder pool by half a step. It's not free, it's sad......"

This is too bold a remark, even Chu Feng, listening to it at this time, he can't help but be stunned.

Huizong didn't care, and only continued: "Naturally, there are many such constraints between calligraphy and painting. From the initial stroke of the book, detached from the line of calligraphy, line letters, and regular scripts, this is actually transcendence, jumping out of the scrolls, picture scrolls, and touching things other than the silk on the paper. Initial this behavior...... Oh, that's interesting, too. If you are a calligraphy and painting person, occasionally make some so-called innovations, you will not say anything, and even take a very serious look at it, and then carefully study and understand, so it will slowly spread rumors, and even become a very high-end thing, so that the vast majority of people worship it. But if it's just ordinary people who make such innovations, such as Chu Lang, you...... It may be a harsh remark, but I can see that you're not the kind of person who is careful and conformist in art, so I'll just say it casually, and you can just listen to it. ”

Chu Feng knew it in his heart, and nodded hurriedly.

Huizong smiled slightly, and continued: "Actually, even if I don't say these words, you can understand them yourself." It's just that there are many things that you may not understand when you are in them, but I, an outsider, can see it more clearly. Let's put it this way, the freehand painting during the painting exam may indeed have a lot of flaws, but it is definitely tasteful and meaningful, there is no doubt about this. But if other people look at it, their first reaction will definitely not be appreciation, because it is too different from the ordinary so-called masterpieces, people are always very strange, and everyone will find it interesting to have some differences, but once this difference is too strong, it will eventually be repulsed. Obviously, the freehand you are painting is something that is too far apart. ”

Chu Feng nodded and said with a smile: "I have already experienced some in the morning. Fortunately, there is Zhang Fengzhi and Lord Zhang to help solve the siege. ”

"Oh? And such things? Huizong raised his eyebrows slightly, and bowed his head, "You are young, because the things of Fan Lou were famous in vain before, and the twenty highest names moved the city, which has long been the focus of everyone's eyes, and the things in the painting exam have added fuel to the fire, and it is naturally very normal to be concerned." But after all, you are of a humble background, and you don't have a great reputation in the art world, if you continue to go on like this in freehand or this kind of Western brushwork, and insist on going your own way, I am afraid that you will not be able to go far and hit the south wall. ”

Huizong smiled faintly and looked at Chu Feng: "You are indeed a talented child, I don't want to see you embark on this path." ”

Chu Feng was slightly moved in his heart, and bowed deeply to Huizong.

Huizong helped him for a moment and said, "During this time in the painting academy in the future, if you paint a painting, you must make a landscape in a decent manner." Other things can be painted, but they must be sought after the things within the rules have reached a certain level. If you want to break the rules, you must first feel the rules clearly and understand. This is the rule of calligraphy and painting, and it is also the rule of being a human being......" (To be continued.) )