Chen Mo

Chen Mo

Chen Mo

The word Yide, Taihe people. He was born in the ninth year of Dade, Emperor Chengzong of Yuan Dynasty, and died in the second year of Jianwen, Emperor Huidi of Ming Dynasty, at the age of 96. (Yan Bi wrote a preface to the collection of Hai sang in the seventh year of Yongle, which is called "twenty years after Mo's death", then he should have died in the 21st year of Hongwu. He lived in seclusion and was not an official. At the beginning of Hong Wu's reign (1368 A.D.), he went to the capital to discuss rites. He was a professor at home. He has repeatedly applied for the position of Jiangguang examiner. Taste that learning will dunben, Mo Jia in ethics, Mo first change temperament. At that time, he was called Mr. Hasan. Mo wrote ten volumes of Hai Sang's collection, and the general catalogue of Siku was published.

Personal life

two, the word ancient motto, Nanchang Jinxian people. The official is in the middle of the matter. Good books. Master of Chen's memorial archway, a national protected cultural relic in Jinxian County, Nanchang city. He was born in Shunde, Guangdong Province. For Zhan Ruoshui's disciples, he built the Yangzhi pavilion from the Yanxia cave in Xiqiao, and gave lectures. Landscape painting, pen close to Wen Zhengming. Chen Mo, a native of Shunde, Guangdong Province, was praised for his visit to Xiqiao and essays on zhuotang. For Zhan Ruoshui's disciples, he built the Yangzhi pavilion from the Yanxia cave in Xiqiao, and gave lectures. Good at landscape painting. The main activities were in Jiajing period of Shizong in the middle of Ming Dynasty. This work is a vertical scroll made of silk, 181 cm in height and 112 cm in width. It was signed: Xu Shen and Dong Yue copied Li's ancient method as Mr. Qin Weng. Yiting, Chen mo. Seal: the seal of Chen mo. In this picture, there are many pavilions, and the fairy mountains are undulating, a pure and peaceful atmosphere. The style of painting is like Li Xigu's (Li Tang, Xigu, Jingshan painting, one of the four masters of Southern Song Dynasty). The style of painting is exquisite. Although it is a study of ancient, it still has its own style. It uses the method of boundary painting. "Boundary painting" is a landscape painting that uses the boundary ruler to accurately depict the pavilions and buildings. It is a magnificent flower in the hundred flower garden of ancient Chinese painting. The pavilions and buildings are exquisitely painted. The brackets on the pavilion are all meticulously and exquisitely painted. The layout of the pictures is meticulous, and the trees, stones, houses and boats are meticulous. The characters are also vividly depicted. The picture is mainly composed of mountain buildings. The composition is rigorous and the composition is unique. The background is high cliff and huge stone. The trees are green and the structure is reasonable. If you look at this work, the fairy mountain pavilions are faint, the pine trees are lush, the clear water and streams are surrounded by clouds. The pavilions and pavilions are hidden among the green hills, in a well arranged arrangement. Surrounded by mountains, there is a sailing treasure ship. Although there is no ink on the river, it gives people a sense of vastness and momentum. Chen Mo's teacher was Zhan Ruoshui, a famous Minister of Neo Confucianism in the middle of Ming Dynasty. He left more than 400 volumes of works, such as Chunqiu zhengzhuan and Xinxing tushuo. He developed and established his own unified philosophical thought system of "recognizing heaven everywhere". His philosophical thought still has a certain impact on today's academic circles. Under the influence of such a teacher, Chen Mo will also have a deep research on the book of changes. This work really contains a deep mystery and integrates the beautiful imagination of the Chinese people. If you look closely at the composition of this work, you will find that in the middle of the picture is the head of the dragon flying high and hovering from the sky. The tail of the dragon is indistinctly visible. It is the weather that the dragon is flying in the sky and the dragon can't see the head without the tail. At the bottom of the picture, there are three groups of pine trees crisscrossing and echoing each other, which also coincides with the idea of "three living things". It is the foundation of the existence and operation of all things, full of vitality. Clouds in the mountains, fog in the clouds, fog hidden dragon, Dragon Pavilion, precious and unattainable; people in the dragon, dragon in the people; and water in the mountains, water does not overflow, water can have money, money in the life. The layout of the pavilions is natural and harmonious. This style of pavilions is also commonly known as the official hat Pavilion. It has a beautiful meaning. The Dragon comes here carrying the official hat. It organically combines painting and easy learning. The picture is ingenious and commendable. It can be seen that the painter has a profound foundation of Neo Confucianism. the silk version of the work is a Ming Dynasty silk version with beige color, which is a natural change. This is the original one. The ink color is old and deep, and the ink gas is old. It's as old as paper. The style, brushwork and seal of the painting are consistent with Chen Mo's authentic works handed down from generation to generation. This work is indeed Chen Mo's work of Ming Dynasty. It has been five or six hundred years since the Ming Dynasty. It's rare to see Chen Mo's real work in the society. As we know, Hubei Provincial Museum has a set of color vertical scroll of the silk version of the painting of Baiyun Qingzhang. Occasionally seen among the people, this work is huge in size, has a long history, is well preserved, and has profound implications. It is still very precious.

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