Independent scroll of Yuzhiding Memorial Hall by the stream

[Yu Zhiding’s Independent Picture of Niantang Stream]

The Independent Picture of Niantang Stream Volume, Qing Dynasty, Yu Zhiding’s painting, paper, ink, 29.9 cm vertically and 95.7 cm horizontally
The title of the paragraph: “The Sanyi (fork) mouth of the ancient road by the stream side, with the independent setting sun counting people. Mr. Niantang wrote poems on Dongpo, and this gentleman took a small photo at the beginning of the thirtieth. He imitated the method of Li Ying Qiu. He was five years old, five years old, five years old, five years old, and six months old, and the Chang’an guest window. Shen Zhai Yu Ding.” The seal was “Yu Ding” (Zhu Wen), “Shen Zhai” (Bai Wen), and “Drunken” (Zhu Wen). Wu Yin was in the 37th year of Kangxi (1698), and Yu Zhiding was 52 years old
The man standing by the stream in the painting is named Qiao Chongxiu, and “Niantang” is his character. The Qiao family is a famous and scholarly family. Niantang’s father, Qiao Lai (1642-1694), was named Zijing, Shilin, and painted Chuanyilao. He was the author of Yi Yi. It can be seen from the sentence “This gentleman is in his thirtieth birthday” in the title of the painting that Qiao Chongxiu was just over thirty years old. In the picture, according to Su Dongpo’s poem “Three Vertical Pens”, “The ancient road by the stream has three forks, and the independent setting sun counts the number of people”, the ancient wood is painted and the memorial hall is independent at the stream. The characters in the close shot stand on the shore in cloth robes and hats, with a relaxed and comfortable manner, showing a kind of transcendental feelings. In the distance, pedestrians of all kinds come and go on the small bridge. The portrait in the picture mainly uses the method of line drawing, and the clothing lines are natural and elegant. The background of the tree is clear and moist, and the artistic conception is clear and distant.