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Mr. Zhu Guangqian, a famous contemporary aesthetician, once said: "I am a person from the old era, wandering in this turbulent new era. Although I have made some efforts to appreciate the thoughts and tastes of the new era, I still hold many beliefs of the old era. I firmly believe that the reason why Chinese society is so bad is not entirely due to the system, but mostly because people's hearts are too bad. I firmly believe that emotion is more important than reason. To cleanse people's hearts, it is not enough to say a few moral words. We must start with "pleasure and cultivate nature". We must have higher and purer aspirations besides having enough food, warm clothes, high positions and generous salaries. To purify people's hearts, we must first beautify our lives."

Today, let’s take a look at Mr. Chen Shaomei’s “Book of Springs, Stones and Moods” to feel the gentlemanly spirit of the ancients!

Chen Shaomei's Eight Screens of Springs, Rocks and Emotions

23×7.5cm×8 Color on paper 1942

This set of eight screens of "Springs and Stones Pleasant Feelings" has each piece relatively independent, but the eight pieces combined together also complement each other. The paintings are all composed in a corner style, with poems incorporated into the paintings. The landscapes and figures in the paintings are leisurely and elegant, with ancient and vigorous brushwork, and a refreshing atmosphere blowing in your face!

(a) Shaomei.

(II) A lone traveler in the autumn forest with yellow leaves, his short hair scratching his temples. If he is old and cannot see all of Jiangnan, it is better than riding a horse through the dust of Beijing. Shaomei.

(III) Plum blossom viewing.

(IV) Sitting among the clouds and birds, shaking the shadows of mountains and water.

(V) Sitting alone among the bamboos.

(VI) A drunken old man on the mountain top, in the bright moonlight, remembers last night, the children laughing on the way home. Shaomei.

(VII) Yun Zhang.

(8) On the winter day of Renwu, there was little plum blossom and Chen Yunzhang.