Auction Information

Description

Fan Zeng (1938.7.5-), also known as Shiyi, was a contemporary Chinese scholar, thinker, master of traditional Chinese culture, master of calligraphy and painting, literary figure, political and diplomatic figure, and poet. He is a renowned academic figure both at home and abroad, proficient in poetry, calligraphy, painting, literature, history, philosophy, Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and the West. He has written more than 200 books on art and literary theory, and 157 of them are collected by the National Library. Mr. Yang Zhenning commented that Fan Zeng's artistic achievements have reached the level of a millennium. Guan Yu was a famous general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty of China. He followed Liu Bei's uprising in his hometown and was one of his most trusted generals. After Guan Yu's death, his image gradually became deified by later generations, and he has always been the object of folk worship, revered as "Guan Gong"; After experiencing praise and titles from various dynasties, he was revered as the "Great Emperor of Loyalty, Righteousness, Divine Martial Spirit, Benevolence, Courage, and Mighty Appearance" during the Qing Dynasty, and was revered as the "Martial Saint", on par with the "Literary Saint" Confucius. The long historical novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" also extensively describes and exaggerates the deeds of Guan Yu. In "Romance", Guan Yu is portrayed as the leader of the "Five Tiger Generals". In addition, there was a place name called Guan Yu in ancient times, but its exact location is unknown.