Chapter 90 "Biography of Women" painted by Gu Kaizhi

painted by Gu Kaizhi I recently bought a copy from Jiguzhai with illustrations by Gu Kaizhi.This is Daoguang During this period, the Yangzhou Ruan family's publication was re-engraved according to the Yu's publication in the Southern Song Dynasty, commonly known as "Imitation of Song Ben Lie Nu" pass". Such books were easy to buy in the early decades, and the price was not expensive.I also had one Department, and gave it to a woodcarver.In the past few years, I suddenly want to buy another one and keep it close by. Only then did I know that it was no longer readily available, and the price of the book was several times more expensive.It's so easy to wait patiently

I've been waiting for a long time and never had the chance to get one until recently.Although the price is not cheap, but the book quality is very good, And thinking that it will only be more expensive and less accessible in the future, I am satisfied. Whether the illustrations in this book were drawn by Gu Kaizhi is naturally a big question.However From today's point of view, a book with illustrations engraved in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the engraving is so fine, cannot Regardless of whether it is painted by Gu or not, it deserves our attention. The whereabouts of the original copy on which the Ruan family re-engraved have long since disappeared. Now we have the opportunity to

I have seen the pictures of "Biography of Lie Nu" written by Gu Kaizhi, and I have the opportunity to see the works published by people in the Southern Song Dynasty. It can be said that the face with Gu's illustrations is all due to this reprinted edition of Ruan's. The Southern Song Dynasty was originally a well-known Jian'an Yu family publication, except that the upper half of each page is a picture, and the lower half is a In addition to the text, the table of contents is also very finely carved, and some decorations are added.from modern books Judging from the standard of the frame, this book was not only a fine print at the time, but also a deluxe edition.in flow

Among the handed down Song books with illustrations, this can be said to be the most beautifully engraved one. These advantages have been preserved in Ruan's reprinted version, because the reprinted version is "all Imitate the Song style without changing it at all". Therefore, in today's "gone and far away", even if it was in Beijing in the past This reissue of the Daoguang period, which is readily available in ancient bookstores in Shanghai, has its own value. worth paying attention to. These illustrations are said to be Gu's original works, of course, not very reliable, and there is no basis.but,

As the republisher Ruan Fu said in the preface, this is the Tang and Song people based on Gu's painting "Lie It is believable that the picture volume of "Nv Zhuan" has been copied over and over again. The composition of the original picture, the costumes of the characters, the house utensils, etc., are all drawn very primitively.this is exactly The reason why I always liked this book.Therefore, even if it is not Gu Kaizhi's work, we regard it as Song Book illustrations made by people are also worthy of appreciation.What's more, to this day, this important work in the Daoguang period

Publishing a Song book also has its own value. Many Huipai plates in the middle of the Qing Dynasty are engraved in a delicate manner, which I don't like very much.This "column Since "Nv Zhuan" was imitated according to the Song edition, the illustrations and fonts are preserved as they were in the Song edition.this is Among the published books and books in the Qianjia period of the Qing Dynasty, it became a distinctive one.