The Celebrity Chongxi Wu’s Artistic And Cultural Friendship And Collection Of Gold And Stone Calligraphy And Chinese Painting In Late Qing Dynasty

As a special cultural commodity,with the progress of The Times and the development of economy,the exchange and collection of calligraphy and painting gradually come into being,which promotes the formation and prosperity of the art market.The accompanying culture of appreciation and collection led a large number of literati and officials to participate in it.With their knowledge and opinions,they got involved in the appreciation and collection and trade of cultural commodities,thus driving the cultural trends of The Times.Especially in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China,under the background of commercial transactions and the development of epigraph culture,as a large number of epigraph tablets were unearthed and the unprecedented prosperity of painting and calligraphy market,the collection of epigraph and calligraphy was a cultural phenomenon that could not be ignored.Wu Chongxi,the subject of this paper,is the second son of Wu Shifen,a scholar of ancient Chinese characters,and a master of appreciation and collection in the late Qing Dynasty.Wu Chongxi painting and calligraphy as a hidden and art friends much affected by father’s inheritance and in their circle of friends,there are many,literati,Ming Xian everybody,including such as Pan Zuyin,Wu Dacheng,Miao Quan Sun,wang yirong,etc,and also of their identity and business,also officer also landed gentry,its activities are also guide also hide,also receive also sale,many roles,Weaves the late Qing dynasty gold and stone collection and calligraphy and painting trade network.After Wu Shifen dies,the home collects wu Chongxi more all,regard as worthy of the name "Tibet 2 generation",its also collects for late Qing dynasty famous home.This paper makes a comprehensive investigation of Wu Chongxi’s family history and life,his art and literary contacts,and the appreciation and collection of calligraphy and calligraphic works,so as to get a glimpse of the world and art market of appreciation and collection in the late Qing Dynasty.