Calligraphy Collector Leads Renaissance of Wanli Culture of the Ming Dynasty

I was born in 1947 in Sichuan my father is from Jiangxi and my mother is also from Sichuan in 1949 I came to Taiwan with my parents by boat So far I still feel that what I'm doing is exactly what I want to do and coming here might mean I have a purpose Displayed the innovative spirit of late Ming intellectuals Are there any innovative thinkers Of course there are Who are they Zhang Juzheng Zhang Juzheng of course Ye Xianggao also held remarkably progressive ideas Ye Xianggao certainly did You still have Gao Gong you don't know Gao Gong do you His contribution was collaborating with Zhang Juzheng to open up trade Let's move on and take a look I remember studying in middle school The history teacher was incredibly passionate—whenever he spoke about the Eight-Nation Alliance his expression would grow deeply emotional clearly moved by how deeply the nation had fallen and how the Alliance had looted countless Chinese treasures I was just in middle school back then but I always thought someday if I get the chance I’ll definitely get them back Primarily late Ming Dynasty the intellectual milieu of the Ming Dynasty thus related to military and philosophical thought educators and proponents of aesthetic living —initially a historical categorization of late Ming These esteemed predecessors— I hope to preserve their calligraphy what makes me happiest is that the audience has responded so positively he said I had no idea that our Jiaxing had produced so many great figures You see the key point He Qian has collected— actually it's history He often says he saved a person saved a work Someone asked how many pieces has the foundation actually acquired In fact it's not entirely clear— for instance a portrait that opens up later reveals thirty-two scars belonging to Ming dynasty individuals yet in our records it's classified as a single artwork making it easier to count by number of pieces Approximately twelve hundred people Kwok-ho It's been a long time since I've seen you Guohao This is our company 's new employee — a new employee — he's German I'm glad I could come see Teacher Fu today he said this is good hello where 's your teacher Shi Man Peter Simon He studied Fa Ruozhen Fa Ruozhen's works are not numerous Not many Our foundation has relied on Teacher Fu for assistance every week Fa Ruozhen was primarily a painter Yes His books are quite good Recently received a few pieces for you to take a look at large characters These characters aren't recognizable from here not recognizable can't make them out only a faint hint appears by this point this is clearly it's obvious at a glance Originally a car page car page modified modified against luxury watches against watches in Taiwan to that person Lin Huan-sheng Watches plus Pillar Mountain This is rare This is a very long one What is a magnifying glass Indian literary king This is the Indian literary king This is him Is there anything else NoYes Very few exist—this one was written by Zhu Yuming and it's the only one with casting Professor Fu is an internationally renowned scholar who spent nearly thirty years in the United States including time at Yale University At the museum in Washington as the head of Chinese painting and calligraphy he never readily dismisses a work he often says it's like a judge rendering a verdict— you can't afford to mistakenly condemn an innocent man If you believe you have not surpassed Wang Yangming nor Zhu Xi nor Chen Baisha nor Luo Hongxian then you must sincerely acknowledge their realizations These people— It's not something you can casually challenge—these are all great masters with profound cultivation I started collecting relatively early about thirty years ago Back then Chinese paintings and calligraphy—looking at them today— The price wasn't actually high—back then it was just within reach of my salary and I could barely afford to grab one Things like Huangdaozhou and Li Yuan Road to be honest actually cost quite a bit But if you claim you can still afford it by gritting your teeth—now don't talk about gritting your teeth what exactly are you gritting Whether it's your lips or anything else even if you chew it all away you still can't afford it now—impossible We went to a store to buy things together then sat down to chat He had so many items and he bought all these things too He knew a great deal about people from the Song Dynasty and he was well-versed in the Ming Dynasty as well I said this person is truly knowledgeable And so it went back and forth like that These good things—qinse qinse no fault in qinse amazing wish you wish you a bountiful harvest of fish When I finally got my hands on the set featuring Xiong Tingbi I later found out that Yang Rubing had been competing with me all along the moment I remember most vidly was when I came across a single Xiong Tingbi stamp—Xiong Tingbi Because it had never happened before that day happened to be when Guohao and two friends were discussing something and suddenly his phone rang so he said Guohao sorry I need to take this call—almost there Guohao said I'm going to take a phone call in a bit Yang Rubing said I have something too—I need to step out and take a call The two of them ended up calling each other simultaneously as he came in Lips stuck together—whats-his- name—cost me a bid nearly bought In the end it was indeed not me—sure enough it was Mr Ho stepping in Cases like this had happened a few times before so during that period I harbored intense resentment toward Mr Ho How could it possibly make sense Because He Dong was then a construction magnate a boss of a building company clashing with a poor professor over resources the whole thing was so absurd it wasn't even believable which is why our feud was seeded so long ago Because I borrowed two products from him after the exhibition our relationship has remained a unique decades-long bond—part rivals part friends—for over twenty years he said since he couldn't find a reason to be against me he had no choice but to remain on friendly terms The only thing is collecting— because back then twenty years ago he said a poor professor could still afford to buy things He came to do it and he came with me to do it The only difference was that I didn't own it So if I could provide a good idea— Mr He also agrees and supports it since he has so many good resources we can complement each other and I think that's excellent So many of the exhibitions I've organized have been made possible thanks to Mr He's support his work for instance the scale shown in that list actually took me a great deal of time to develop I met Mr He through Horse Racing Street so that's how I came to know him So no institution has ever brought together so many people to conduct research and systematically organize what hasn't been studied making such a significant contribution to Chinese culture that I deeply admire him for it Do you want the book printed No need Then I'll just take a photo That works So when looking at things You need to see what's really there See what's actually there Okay Let's head up You can learn from us too Let's take some photos of young people Why aren't you coming out Hello Let me introduce There are still some that are rarely seen This is one of his later works his later calligraphy this might be a Southern Song dynasty rubbing there are Southern Song dynasty rubbings Southern Song dynasty rubbings might be truly remarkable so you see You can tell just by looking at the brushwork These things aren't fake— he writes so well This is his work genuine I just couldn't recall him being in this play so it's a bit like Moon Jeong -myeong Moon Jeong-myeong wrote it but didn't put much effort into it Wasn't it him on the stone It came from a miracle that was scraped off At the time he stole it He stole This seal It's a genuine seal applied on A real seal applied on "Suddenly Understanding" These are all refined through internal refinement Refined through internal refinement Song Gao underwent Song Gao I believe the highest art in China is calligraphy a tradition that must be preserved by some people immune to the influence of contemporary foreign art As a scholar's motto: to defy the heavens and earth to safeguard human civilization to revive lost learning to open peace for all generations—we cannot claim to revive lost learning But I left behind the handwriting of the passage to the next life Seeing this character is like seeing the person themselves I think we might be able to do something next year the twenty-fifth anniversary so let's first take a look at the works everyone please take your seats good now please teachers take your seats come on sit down What made it particularly unique before was the presence of those hand-clap sounds which were also part of the musical composition The piece I'm about to play "Emotions Drift Like Fallen Leaves " is a melody from the Ming dynasty Li Shizhen's Bencao Gangmu was able to be published because the preface written by Wang Shizhen earned his approval which was of great significance in the literary circles of the time Nex I think if you lack heroes if you' re missing those people then being Chinese just feels meaningless— especially since the Song Dynasty onward You take Zhu Xi Wang Yangming Gao Panlong Xiong Tingbi—then you take these people you remove these figures —Huang Daozhou Zheng Chenggong—just take them out look at it— What meaning does your life hold in such a civilization They are the backbone of our nation He is our backbone There's no doubt about it—they are the backbone that upholds this civilization If you eliminate them how do you expect to raise your children Back in Taiwan we used to be very poor everyone' s pants were made from flour sacks— once the flour was gone the bags were reused and mothers would alter them to make trousers That's how it was One shared memory we both have I left that school because all the teachers were foreigners Back then I thought it was amazing having foreign teachers When I was in college I just wanted to go to America So naturally I lacked cultural confidence You naturally think everyone else is so much higher up So I felt that I wanted to introduce these people to everyone showing what China was like back then and by organizing many exhibitions my real goal was to help people look at those works and feel a sense of cultural confidence Each of these is one of our ancestors and not so distant in time Hey It's definitely already scheduled for Monday Mainly because Japanese people still value calligraphy Yes exactly calligraphy Show him That username of his Six Families Cockfighting Arena Okay Thank you OK good bye I built these houses a long time ago twenty years back Back then with a little 50cc scooter I could go anywhere around Taiping River give me an address and I could probably tell you which way it faced—east or west— and exactly where it was From renting out apartments it transitioned to selling them then selling entire buildings and eventually selling in bulk by 1984 income reached over 20 million New Taiwan Dollars Back then the boy's ideals had long vanished and all he thought about day in and day out was how to make a little more money So back then things like the Eight-Nation Alliance were already forgotten It wasn't until my father passed away that I realized he had left behind many books of his calligraphy and suddenly it struck me that I had never had the time to be with him yet these ancient poets had been with him all along Let him pass on his emotions and memories through writing with a brush and indeed he writes extensively— especially Su Dongpo 's "Jiang Cheng Zi " Ten years of life and death both vast and blank— No need to think yet hard to forget I looked at this and immediately knew what he was thinking Because my mother passed away firs He was actually missing my mother But when he wrote it down with a brush I felt that my father benefited from the ancients benefited from calligraphy —and this benefit you see during the times I wasn't around when were busy with business he could rely on it That way one can maintain balance in life therefore I believe it's possible to promote calligraphy So in 1995 I established a foundation in my father's name to honor his legacy in calligraphy You see the bench here is used for rituals Wang Yangming attended the oath-taking ceremony related to this ritual so he immediately returned Advance disciple Ye Zheng These two disciples are yours—let me find out— these two disciples are from Guizhou—this must have been written in Guizhou —then it must be from an earlier period—around when he was 37 to 39 years old As the farm laborer When serving as a farm laborer Who is this person Named Wang Ji Upon checking Wang Ji's records He is from Suzhou A master of music He happened to arrive in Guizhou at that time and he only stayed there for one year His letter differs from the standard you've collected he wrote his calligraphy in such a reverent manner— extremely respectful and solemn Because he wrote to his superior it required such conduct—Wang Yangming in fact when dealing with worldly affairs appeared so disciplined observing him we find Wen Zhengming along with himself spanning six generations The works of the sixth generation descendants We all have Mr He He places great importance on this the establishment of such family history that sense of family tradition Why is Wenzhengming Such a fine family tradition That his descendants have been able to carry it forward It's always been the case that each generation has someone exceptionally talented We of this generation share a deep bond—first through blood ties and second through our connection to our hometown So when you say "I'm from Jiangxi " what matters most is my roots my origin At the very least this is an inheritance from our ancestors —a priceless asset the entire world lacks yet all it takes is a single brush for a Chinese person to write in brush script and from that emerges literature poetry thought and art When a Chinese person can enjoy such a rich source of wisdom from ancient times it makes you wonder how we should revive this Chinese culture just as I once thought back in middle school Let us revive our nation—inspired at the time by our history teacher determined to think deeply and take action This belongs to the entire Chinese nation I want everyone to have the chance to share in understanding their own heritage So far I feel what I'm doing is exactly what I want to do I came here this time may have been for a purpose