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Xu Chenghua
Xu Chenghua
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Xu Shi Chenghua, also known as Nan Zhi, is the master of Zhenquan Pavilion; born in 1963, a native of Pukou, the ancient town of Jinling.
I have been fond of painting since childhood, and have never ceased to this day. Living by the mountain and by the spring, with cranes calling and fish playing, it is an elegant pleasure. "To warn and encourage, to record rise and fall, for thousands of years of silence, one can see through the map." This is the meaning of learning to paint.
Painting values the Six Principles. However, "if bound by objects, one will not see the essence; if taken from outside, one will be satisfied with the richness." I am fortunate to have glimpsed the works of Master Dong Xinbin, and after being taught by Mr. Zheng Qi and Mr. Ju Hui, I realized that the atmosphere and rhythm of landscape paintings cannot be understood by the common people; the use of brushwork and bone method is not the result of a single day's effort; matching the form with the object is only possible through personal insight. To follow the heart rather than the ancients, to focus on the idea rather than the trace, is what a scholar should do.
Painting should be dark rather than bright. Brightness is to please the vulgar; darkness is to be indifferent to fame and fortune, reflecting one's inner state. To gain is not to rejoice, to lose is not to grieve; to remain calm in honor or disgrace, and to be indifferent to departure or stay, one's mind is peaceful and broad-minded. As the saying goes, "Not startled by honor or disgrace, watch the flowers bloom and wither in the courtyard; without a care for going or staying, look at the clouds gather and disperse in the sky."
Painting is also talk. All thoughts and feelings are expressed in brush and ink; your words and discussions are merely the conversation of scholars. To gain even a little from it is indeed joyful.
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