Yang Shangwen

Yang Shangwen

Yang Shangwen, male, from Qing Dynasty, was born in 1807.

Yang Shangwen (1807-1856) was a calligrapher in Qing Dynasty. Zhonghua, Molin. Lingshi people in Fenhe, Shanxi. He studied in a private school, but failed to win. He served his mother at home and read extensively. He lives in Beijing and makes friends with famous scholars in literary circles. He has close contacts with celebrities he Shaoji and Zhang Mu. He is fond of collecting books, calligraphy and painting, and is enthusiastic about publishing books. He is famous for his collection of books, calligraphy and paintings, among which there are many rare and precious secret books. The name of the library is Lian Yunzhen. The valuable books collected at home were collected in Daoguang room, and the manuscripts of literati were invited to be published by Zhang Mu in 15 kinds and 111 volumes of lianjunzhen series, which were signed by he Shaoji. The catalogue of Yongle Dadian compiled by Yao Guangxiao is the only complete catalogue of Yongle Dadian. In addition, books on phonology, epigraphy and geography are of high value, especially those on Mathematics and optics. For example, Jing Jing Chi is a book about physics a hundred years ago. Pythagorean section, Hebi arithmetic and ellipse are the early books on geometric mathematics. Qunshuzhiyao is a long lost secret book. He invited a famous craftsman to make engraving. He edited and corrected carefully, printed well, and printed well. It is of great value in history and local chronicles to publish such books as yunbu, a brief account of history reading, secret history of the Yuan Dynasty, Guisi manuscript, journey to the west of Changchun Zhenren, fangkao of the two capitals of Tang Dynasty, and Jinshi poems of Hubei Province. He once founded Mo Lin calligraphy and painting pen and ink house. The old records called it "Mingdong capital". In his later years, Geng Wenguang collected more than 500 kinds of books. He has compiled a brief history of the school journal.