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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 20, 2018 | China Guardian | Beijing | Grand View: Chinese Painting Highlight•modern | 319 | $****** - ****** | Calligraphy In Seal Script |
Works on Paper
215 x 27 cm (84.65 x 10.63 in)
ink on paper
Signed Wu Changshuo, dated 1915, with three artist seals
Signed Wu Changshuo, dated 1915, with three artist seals
释 文 仲子于陵之居非夷非跖，坡翁晚年所学成佛成仙。
上款人 “须曼先生”为杨兆鋆。杨兆鋆（1854-？），字诚之，号须曼居士、须圃，浙江湖州人。精通书法和算术。同治十年（1871）由两江总督曾国藩送到京师同文馆英文馆学习，毕业后升迁出馆，任苏松太道公署翻译。光绪十年（1884）随许景澄公使出洋。归国后，被以道员身份发江苏补用，担任过金陵同文馆教习、江南储材学堂督办、出使比利时钦差大臣。撰有《杨须圃出使奏议》和《须曼精庐算学》等。
《篆书十言联》系吴昌硕为其儿女亲家杨兆鋆（1854-？）所书。杨兆鋆是清末外交官，字诚之，号须曼居士、须圃，吴昌硕曾为其篆“须圃”匾额。与吴昌硕同为浙江湖州人。光绪十年（1884），杨兆鋆随许景澄公使出洋，归国后被以道员身份发江苏补用。曾担任过金陵同文馆教习、江南储材学堂督办、出使比利时钦差大臣。杨精通书法与算术，吴昌硕曾为其小楷《金刚般若波罗蜜经》题端。
辛亥革命之后，作为前朝遗老的杨兆鋆一直赋闲在家。吴昌硕时有书画相赠。此篆书十言联句系杨兆鋆所撰：仲子于陵之居非夷非跖，坡翁晚年所学成佛成仙。仲子当是陈仲子，本名陈定，字子终，是战国时期齐国著名的思想家、隐士。陈仲子因见其兄食禄万锺，以为不义，故避兄离母，又先后坚辞不受齐国大夫、楚国国相等职，迁居于陵，后隐居长白山中，终日为人灌园，以示“不入污君之朝，不食乱世之食”，最终饥饿而死。“夷”、“跖”分指伯夷与盗跖，古谓前者清廉，后者贪暴，常以喻善恶迥异之人。苏东坡学佛，不图成佛，也不为来世，只是想在佛教中求静与达，最终成佛成仙。此杨兆鋆联似乎是其晚年生活的写照，不求闻达，但得心安。杨兆鋆晚年处于一种归隐的状态，吴昌硕在为他题“须圃”时，就在跋中有所提及：“须曼先生于屋后辟小圃，名之曰须，乐樊夫子之所学耶？亦英雄韬晦之时耶？”
为郑重其事，吴昌硕特地以“冬心手制墨”书写此联，字写得神完气足、力可扛鼎，是为缶翁经意之作，纸、墨俱佳，一气呵成，务求尽善尽美，以不负亲家所望。
