The Research On Feng Chenghui And His Theory Of Sphragistics

This paper is the first to research on feng chenghui and his theory of sphragistics.Feng Chenghui 's sphragistics writings not only include Yin Xue Guan Jian,but also Yin Zhi which records the people for the seal cutting,We can sort out the two aspects to explore the theory of sphragistics.This paper mainly explores from four aspects: First,starting with Feng Chenghui 's life,by clarifying Feng Chenghui 's family relationships,family atmosphere,and contacts,we can know about Feng Chenghui and his art of seal cutting from the side,and research on Feng Chenghui 's place of origin.Through the search of literature and field visits,he was finally identified as Lou county(Songjiang District,Shanghai at present);Second,textual research about the written time of Yin Xue Guan Jian and Yin Zhi.Yin Xue Guan Jian was written in the Jiaqing twenty-second year of Qing dynasty,and Yin Zhi was written in the Daoguang ninth year of Qing dynasty.While making textual research on Feng Chenghui 's sphragistics writings,analyzed the background of the Times and version circulated and the author who wrote the epilogue,put forward his personal opinions;Thirdly,Feng Chenghui's theory of sphragistics as the research on the subject,makes a discussion on Feng Chenghui's the aesthetic viewpoint of sphragistics,the creation viewpoint of seal cutting,and the critical viewpoint of sphragistics in Yin Xue Guan Jian and Yin Zhi.From "praise Wen Peng,criticize He Zhen" and "Remove the current bad climate",we can see Feng Chenghui's evaluation of seal cutting method.At the same time,in the evaluation of advocating "nature" and "elegance",as well as expounding the content of the differences of the predecessors' theory of sphragistics;Fourthly,the author evaluate the significance and limitations of feng chenghui's Yin Xue Guan Jian and Yin Zhi.