Chapter 118: Pine Body
Li Ruian is an alcoholic, this is Fan Jianxin's first impression when he sees him.
Fan Jianxin carried a box of foreign wine sent by Ye Zhen's old uncle, and when he entered Li Rui'an's house, he smelled a strong smell of wine. When I saw Li Ruian again, I was sure that the smell of wine emanated from him.
Reliving a lifetime, Fan Jianxin does not like tobacco and alcohol.
In his previous life, he was riddled with "three highs", destitute, and finally left alone, losing his purpose and fun in life.
Although he co-founded an auction house for painting and calligraphy collections, the business volume is limited, and the time spent drying the nets is always much more than the time fishing.
Usually mainly rely on framed calligraphy and paintings, imitation characters and fake paintings, to earn some silver taels of life, but most of the income earned is wasted on selling alcohol and buying cigarettes.
At the beginning of the new life, life is turned upside down......
On the day of the Lantern Festival this year, I drank too much wine at Hua's house. In front of Hua Wei's sisters, he was open-mouthed, and he didn't know how many things he shouldn't have said, almost exposing the old bottom of rebirth.
Since then, he has never been willing to drink or associate with alcoholics.
Li Rui'an's first impression on him was not good, and it was too far from the image of Li Ruian in his heart.
When the unpleasant smell of wine wafted from him, Fan Jianxin couldn't help frowning.
The old drunkard in front of him, in his early fifties, has gray hair, but he still stands erect, more like a hedgehog than a young man.
His figure is quite strong, and the green tendons on his arms are exposed, like a laborer who has been working all year round.
If he hadn't understood it earlier, Fan Jianxin wouldn't have believed that his rough hands would have been able to write the sentence of "The Biography of Yu Xia" engraved on the cultural stone at the school gate: "The clouds are rotten, and the clouds are entangled; The sun and the moon are glorious, and the sun and the moon are ......";
Fan Jianxin saw that the wall of the living room was covered with his various calligraphy and painting works, and he had to believe that the person in front of him was the founder of "Songtao Style" - Li Rui'an.
Li Rui'an's calligraphy has two major characteristics, one is that the strokes are vigorous and powerful, the structure is calm, and the brushwork is dignified and hearty.
The evaluation given by later generations "looks like a pile of pine branches up close, and looks like pine waves from a distance." ”
The second is that the strokes between the words are mostly connected, as if they are carefully designed.
"Sadako, is this the classmate you were talking about? ……”
"Well, cousin. How is it, is the literary atmosphere on him very strong? ”
"Uh...... No, I don't see it. ”
Professor Li Rui'an's drunken and red-eyed eyes widened, and he looked at Fan Jianxin for a while, and said, "I can see a copper smell from his body......
"Huh? ……”
Ye Zhen was a little surprised, as soon as she entered the door, she found that the two seemed to be at odds with each other, and she was thinking about how to resolve the embarrassment, but when she heard her cousin say this, she had to smile awkwardly: "He does have a talent for business, he ...... He set up factories in both Mizhou and Shanghai......"
"If he has an industry, why did you bring him to my burrow? ……”
Li Rui'an's meaning: I am a holy place for art here, Moxiang Elegant Room...... How can you allow people who smell copper to stop?!
"I, I've seen his calligraphy and painting, and I......'m very skilled."
"Hmph, joke! The art of calligraphy and painting, how can any cat or dog be learned? ! ……”
"Huh? ......" Ye Zhen was shocked and speechless.
Fan Jianxin knew that he was a little out of shape, and the full eyes of Li Rui'an's works were hung on the wall, and in later generations, these were bundles of banknotes! As a person with an obsession with collecting, it's no wonder that his eyes don't betray him.
Since his rebirth, the most important thing he can't let go of is the collection of calligraphy and paintings.
As a childlike person with two lifetimes of experience, Fan Jianxin quickly adjusted his mentality.
I thought, even you, an old drunkard, dare to learn from Liu Yuxi to call your residence a bad room?
But the person was not ambiguous, bent down and bowed deeply to Li Rui'an, and said:
"Elder Li, forgive the student for being a little out of shape...... As soon as I entered your home, I was shocked and lost by the exquisite paintings and calligraphy.
A few days ago, as soon as I arrived at the gate of Fudan University, I was fascinated by the stone carvings of the sentences and chapters of "The Biography of Yu Xia" written by you. That day, I lost my temper even more than I did today...... I couldn't suppress my affection, so I stood in front of the stone carving and copied the words on it more than a hundred times.
Every time I copy it, it's like doing a session of aerobics, and the muscles and bones of my body are exercised and stretched...... The joy is indescribable! That's why I beg Ye Zhen to bring me to visit you. ”
Fan Jianxin's words, Li Rui'an, who listened to it, was shocked and embarrassed. He also has the habit of seeing good paintings and calligraphy works and copying them with his hands out of thin air.
What he didn't expect was that his work could make this copper-eyed junior obsessively copy it a hundred times, and he didn't believe it?
But after all, he is already at the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, and he is very suspicious that this money-loving boy is complimenting himself.
"You said that you copied the sentences of "The Biography of Yu Xia" out of thin air, no less than a hundred times, so you must be able to remember the order of the strokes of the words? ……”
"Of course."
"In that case, then you can use a brush to copy the sentences of "The Biography of Yu Xia" and show me ......"
Li Ruian's eyes were full of doubts, he wanted to see if this kid with calligraphy and painting in his niece's mouth was lying and coaxing his niece.
"Okay."
Li Ruian saw that Fan Jianxin agreed happily, and he didn't grind, and led Fan Jianxin to the study.
Ye Zhen on the side, hearing this, became nervous in her heart.
Cousin, isn't this difficult for a strong man?!
I want to see people look like foreigners!
She tugged at Fan Jianxin's clothes and wanted to stop Fan Jianxin. Who knows, Fan Jianxin smiled at her.
Of course, Fan Jianxin understood that Ye Zhen was afraid that he would look foreign, but he secretly thought in his heart: This is according to my script, if I don't show some calligraphy. Basics, where can you get your cousin's calligraphy and paintings?
Fan Jianxin did not know how many times he copied the sentences and chapters of Li Rui'an's "The Biography of Yu Xia" in his previous life, although he copied the pictures in the publication, but they were no different from the original handwriting, whether it was the order of strokes, the structure, or the use of ink.
Fan Jianxin came to the desk, laid out the rice paper, and then grabbed a brush that was obviously the most commonly used by Professor Li Rui'an, stained with thick ink, and wrote the sentence of "The Biography of Yu Xia" in one go: "The clouds are rotten, and the mans are entangled; The sun and the moon are shining, and the sun and the moon are shining" was written on paper.
This not only stunned Ye Zhen, but also stunned Li Ruian.
Li Ruian couldn't help but move, took out the sentences and chapters of "The Biography of Yu Xia" written by him from the bookshelf, and spread them out next to the words written by Fan Jianxin.
"Cousin, this ...... This copy is too similar?! When Ye Zhen said this, her voice trembled a little.
"Yes, if I don't look closely, I'm afraid I'll be blinded......"
Li Rui'an's hands were also a little trembling, he felt and searched for a bottle of wine from the cupboard, unscrewed the cap, put the bottle directly in his mouth, rinsed it violently, and asked, "You, how did you do it?!" ”
"Elder Li, with all due respect, I found that your old calligraphy is very individual, and it is obviously absorbed from Dong Qichang's techniques. When I was copying the stone carvings at the school gate that day, I found that your pen and ink seemed to be fighting, scuffling, and fighting against an invisible force...... This makes the whole text look like a pine forest with the wind and waves; Up close, it looks like a strong pine branch, standing in the cold wind...... I'm fascinated by what I watch. ”
Fan Jianxin not only has his own collection of Li Rui'an's works, but has also auctioned no less than five or six Li Rui'an's works, and has also read many articles on the art appreciation of Li Rui'an's works by later generations.
Although he had never seen the original "Biography of Yu Xia" written by Li Rui'an, and had only seen the pictures printed in the books and periodicals, it did not affect his research and imitation of the characteristics of Li Rui'an's calligraphy in the slightest.
In his previous life, he also came to Fudan University and begged Mrs. Li Rui'an. I bought the authentic work of "The Biography of Yu Xia", but I couldn't achieve my wish.
Today, he is not only forced but also purposeful, to show his skills in copying, and to comment on the characteristics of Li Rui'an's calligraphy.
"Oh? …… Young man, my words really have such an artistic conception as you say? Li Rui'an was thoughtful, and his face had become amiable.
His attitude towards Fan Jianxin has been judged to be like two people.
"Yes, Elder Li, if I want to classify and name your old calligraphy, it is most appropriate to call it 'Songtao Style'......"
"Haha...... 'pine body'? Well, that's what I want......"
The name of "Songtao Body" is after the millennium, when Li Ruian has been dead for many years.
Now Fan Jianxin proposed it, which inevitably makes the founder of this font refreshing and very useful.
Li Ruian looked at Fan Jianxin's eyes again, and he had become gentle and kind.
"How do you classify and name my paintings? ……”
Of course, Fan Jianxin knew the classification and name of Li Rui'an's paintings in later generations, but he couldn't say it, otherwise it would ruin his purpose.
"Elder Li, although I like to collect, but this is the first time I have seen your paintings, although there are a lot of them on the wall, but I haven't looked at any of them carefully...... How dare you comment casually? ”
"Ah...... Ha ha. ”
Fan Jianxin thought to himself, an old drunkard, I can't deal with you?
"Cousin, did I say that Fan Jianxin is very talented in calligraphy and painting......
Ye Zhen seemed to have walked out of the state of social death at this time. Just now, her cousin didn't like Fan Jianxin, which made her fidgety and embarrassed to death.
"Your name is Fan, and you are cheap...... What's going on? ”
"Cousin, his name is Fan Jianxin. Exemplary 'fan', 'building new' ...... building a new country"
"Oh...... Fan Jianxin, good name. Don't you like collecting? …… In this way, I will send you 10 paintings of mine from different periods, and you can take them back and study them carefully, and then write me a classification and evaluation, which must not be less than 5,000 words......"
Li Rui'an's meaning is to use 10 paintings as a pen for Fan Jianxin to write a review, and listen to Fan Jianxin's little heart "banging" and beating...... He secretly pinched his thigh with his fingers and warned himself, "You have to calm down, you must calm down!" ”
"Mr. Li, it is impossible not to mention your calligraphy in the evaluation of your paintings, calligraphy and painting are a family, and you will also give me 10 calligraphy works, right?"
"Okay, you can pick whatever you want, but try not to take the framed one, I paid for it. Oh, by the way, I heard Ye Zhen say, you know how to frame......"
"Well, my mother used to work as a framer, and she was a must-have in Jinzhou. I learned a little from my mother, and I contracted all the calligraphy and paintings you need to frame when you get old......"
Fan Jianxin didn't dare to delay, so he really selected Li Rui'an's calligraphy and painting works, and Li Ruian was also choosing his paintings.
Fan Jianxin is not stupid, he searched the memories in his brain and specially selected Li Ruian's works that were hyped by later generations.
He turned to the long scroll "The Burrow" that had been auctioned by his hand, and the auction price at that time exceeded a 100-square-meter house in Shanghai, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
"I heard that you are going to Fudan? ......" Li Ruian quickly selected 10 paintings, and saw that Fan Jianxin was still selecting calligraphy works, and asked.
"yes."
"Then you can just be my student."
"I'm here to study in the Department of Finance and Finance of Fudan University, I must be your student?"
"It's not for you to learn economics with me, but to learn calligraphy and painting......"
"This ...... I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. ”
"Oh, you think my calligraphy and painting attainments are not high, and I can't be your master?"
"No, no, Elder Li. My ambition is to be in business, otherwise I wouldn't be preparing to apply for your university's finance department. As for calligraphy and painting, I am at most at the level of collecting......"
"Huh...... It's a shame too. ”
Li Ruian shook his head as he spoke, but Fan Jianxin was worried about whether he would be dizzy, and he had already drunk a lot of wine.
"Elder Li, I heard Ye Zhen say that you have Dong Qichang's works in your collection, I take the liberty of asking you, can you let me take a look? ……”
"Huh? …… Okay, let's go, go to my bedroom......"
"Bedroom? ……”