Yan Cheng

Yan Cheng

Yan Cheng, or Yan Shu, was born in Changshu, Jiangsu Province. The ink handed down from generation to generation includes the preface and postscript of Wang Chong's self written poem volume, the preface and postscript of Yu Shinan's Princess Runan's epitaph volume and the axis of painting poem.

He lived from the 26th year of Jiajing (1547) to the fifth year of Tianqi (1625). That is, Yan Shu, the second son of Yan Na (see the first list of variant characters, Shu is the variant character of Cheng). He went to Shaowu (now Fujian) magistrate and Zhongxian official. He was proficient in the study of Qin and had profound attainments. He joined the Qin society in Qinchuan and made up for the shortcomings of the Qin school with the strength of Shen Dashao, the capital. The performance style is "quiet and distant". The author thinks that the performance of Qin music often breaks through the limitation of words, and the songxianguan Qin Pu has music but no words, which is the most recent reason. Because the Yanji diagram is adapted to the shape of sentence unit, and the triangle is staggered, the shape is like butterfly wings, which is called "dieji Pu", which is more skillful than Yanji, so it is "pushed as the right voice, and Yushan Qin school is famous all over the world", and it is the founder of Yushan Qin school, which has a great influence on later generations. After returning home, he amused himself with Qin books. Poetry and prose, fine appreciation, like collection. He is good at calligraphy, especially at running calligraphy. His pen is elegant and elegant, and his rhyme is as light as the sound of a piano. He has two volumes of songxianguan Qinpu, twelve volumes of yunsongchaoji and yunsongchaotan guibian. The ink handed down from generation to generation includes the preface and postscript of Wang Chong's self written poem volume, the preface and postscript of Yu Shinan's Princess Runan's epitaph volume and the axis of painting poem.