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The portrait of the Three Painters is a classic folktale
At the end of the Kangxi period, there was a discharged military officer named Ji Yusheng, who served as a guard for many years. When with the Kangxi master pacified Sanpan, blinded one left eye, made a great achievement. Out of office when the master rewarded him a lot of gold and silver, and in his hometown of Zhangdefu West to him to build a mansion, for him to spend his days.
Although this Ji guard has been over the age of armor, but the body is strong, still every day dancing guns and sticks, riding a horse and bow, the mighty wind is not less than in the past, for the person is bold and upright, very respected by the townspeople.
On this day, Ji Guibei sent his family to invite the three famous local painters to paint his portrait. These three painters are masters and brothers, Ji Shoubei asked the three painters: "I do not know how much the masters paint a picture of how much money?" The three replied, "Ten taels of silver are required to paint the best portrait." Ji Shoubei listened to the three said: "ten silver is a little less, today I pay fifty silver, you three people each paint a picture, painting is not good wages for nothing, painting is good, that is, the most satisfied with the old man, in addition to get fifty silver wages, the old man gave another fifty reward. You prepare, from tomorrow to start painting with all your heart."
The next day, Eldest Brother began to paint Ji Shou Bei's portrait. Ji Shoubei was sitting on a stool in the middle of the martial arts training ground, like a pale pine. Big Brother saw the yard full of swords, guns, sticks, arrows, hooks and axes, knowing that the master is a martial arts practitioner, so he concentrated on the Ji Shou Bei painted a powerful and majestic. As for the blind eye Well, of course, we have to follow the rules of portrait painting, one is one, two is two. After the big brother painted, let Ji Shoubei look, Ji Shoubei shook his head, sighed and said nothing.
The first to come *** was the Princess of the Eastern Kingdom. In order to welcome her, the king called for the most expensive incense to be burned in the palace, in order to make the princess feel as if she were in her hometown like tenderness and affection. On this day, it was time for the Second Brother to paint the portrait of Ji Shou Bei. Ji Shou Bei specially brought the first brother painted after the Opium War, foreign merchants gathered on the coast of China, they hoarded, forced to buy and sell, and soon monopolized the Chinese leather market. Zhang, Liu people suffered greatly, the family business is diminishing, on the verge of bankruptcy. The like, let the second brother said after reading: "is simply in the old man's shortcomings." Said to sit on the chair and let the second brother painting.
The second brother has seen the master said out is not unusual, "love the heart of all people have". It turned out that the family's little daughter-in-law looks too beautiful, beautiful like a fairy. Tall, fair skin, clean face, thin summer clothes, *** out of the two jade hands like a field just dug out of the fresh to the later years of the North Xuanhe, to the Secretary of the Road Yundi mission to Goryeo, on the way back suddenly met a storm, but because of the blessing of the Mazu, and ultimately escaped the storm, the safety of the return to the big. After his return, Lu Yundi went to Emperor Huizong and asked him to confer the title of Mazu, the goddess of the sea, on him. Emperor Huizong had heard about A-Ma's deeds for a long time, and when he heard about this, he specially appointed Lin Mo as the "Goddess of Meizhou" and inscribed the temple name "Shun Ji", which means saving people's sufferings. The court also sent people to repair the "Mazu Temple" in Meizhou. Lotus root, can not wait to bite the mouth forward. Walking on the towering *** trembling, buttocks *** upturned, caused to help the bachelor straight drooling. Brother painted like after thinking: after his wife returned to his mother's home, and did not tell his parents about the matter of being rested, right as their own back to his mother's home to live for a while. The first brother painted the image of a very standard rules, impeccable, but the master is not satisfied, guessing that Ji Shouwei is the first brother to paint him as a one-eyed have an aversion. The second elder brother thought to himself: in order to get the one hundred taels of silver wages and rewards, it seems to be necessary to move and break the rules. After he had made up his mind, he began to draw a portrait of Ji Guibei.
The second elder brother single-mindedly, meticulously after the painting, and intentionally modified some, the Ji guards painted two eyes God, tiger gas majestic, a look is a corrected martial arts. Two hours later, the second elder brother to change can no longer change the portrait handed over to the Ji Shoubei see.
Ji Shoubei looked at the second brother painted like, but also shook his head and sighed did not say.
This day, it was the third brother's turn to draw a portrait of Ji Shou Bei. The third senior brother came to the courtyard, Ji Shoubei took the works of the two senior brothers for him to see, and said to him: "One is in the unveiling of the old man Some people speculate that Cangjie is the historian of the Yellow Emperor. The Xunzi xiejie chapter said: "Therefore, the good book of the many, and Cangjie only passes on the one, one also." Some people explain that the "one" here refers to the right way, that is, the right law. Xunzi believes that the Cangjie is a concentrated use of the text and feel its laws and thus organize the text of the experts. Therefore, it is believed that he played a unique role in the transition of Chinese characters from primitive to more standardized scripts. It is inferred that such an individual would have existed in the later stages of the origin of the Chinese characters. The shortcomings of the one are hypocritical in the extreme."
The third brother listened to the words of the Ji Shoubei heart is very difficult: the eldest brother pragmatic painting one eye, you say is in the uncovering of your shortcomings; the second brother to paint two eyes and you say hypocrisy; this can make the painter difficult. No wonder people want a portrait of a hundred taels of silver, which is my poor painter half a year can not earn money ah!
Ji Guibei sat down on the stool and let the third brother draw the portrait. The third master brother saw the bow and arrow on the weapon rack, the mind is open, suddenly came to the inspiration, immediately chest painting. A time when the daughter remembered to slip words, the wedding night this bride did not dare to close her eyes, just after the day of the shift "a good honest little angga, what is your name?" , I heard a movement in the yard, the bride was busy sitting up, put her ear close to the window to listen carefully, there is a "wheel" and "gibberish" sound, she licked the windowpaper broken the first day and night, martial arts and son of the son to stand guard. Still at dawn, heard the fish building son of a sound, the two men ran to the sound. They saw a dark figure coming out of the door, and the son, taking up his bow, shot an arrow. The dark figure wavered and ran away again." That being the case, it doesn't make sense to say that he set up a trap. Please forgive me for not daring to write such a petition. If I lose the case, I'm afraid I'll be blamed too. Please ask Mr. Fu to find another way." The young woman, wearing a red coat and flowers on her head, was riding a cartwheel with a small whip, and was circling in the courtyard, shouting as she did so. As she did so, she shouted, "Roll, roll, roll!" After the circle, it ran to the door of the room, to enter the house. The bride was afraid, hurriedly lay down with a quilt to cover her head, but still want to see the truth, she blew her guts from the cracks to sneak a look, saw the small daughter-in-law wearing flowers hand-held dipper hand holding a brush broom, brush broom to the dipper, "Uncle, I dare not, poor me ran all over the state and county, looking for the mausoleum, only to find the master of your house, please uncle on my behalf to inform the next, small people have something important to face endowed!" Dipped down the water, sprinkled down to the head of the man, while sprinkling the water gibberish twisted chatter: "Master do not be offended, pour some oil, go fast." When she went to the groom's head, scared the bride did not dare to come out of the atmosphere, sprinkled the first time when the water, I heard the groom urinate sound, the bride was anxious, stabbed her husband, urinate sound stopped, that In this series of Japanese spies, the most scheming is in the days of the King of Heaven is looking forward to it, to the front of the face, his face is red, he is not cultured, puffing and holding his belly, said: "How, how do not recognize, burned to the bone into ashes, I recognize." Jin's God Ou Koushen. On the eve of the Sino-Japanese War, the main camp to Godou Koushen a special task, in addition to engage in top-secret information, but also to send back some of China is actively preparing for the war of disinformation, stirring up the Japanese national war mood. Godou Mitsuyoshi understood, distorting the facts and sending back false information that China was preparing for war against Japan, resulting in the year month, the Japanese cabinet to "China in Pyongyang to build up a large army, wanting to fight with Japan" as the reason for the first letter of withdrawal of diplomatic relations to China. Qing *** forced to line up this day is the tenth day of the first month, to welcome the Lantern Festival in Tokyo is "buildings up and down the fire light the fire, carriages and horses to and from the people to see the people", lively and extraordinary. As the head of the "Tokyo Upper Hall", the Kakubo (Kakubo is a kabuki or geisha.) was the most famous of the "Tokyo Upper Hall", and the most famous of the "Tokyo Upper Hall" was the Kakubo. At that time, another famous "head of the upper hall" was called Zhao Yuannu. See Shandong Literature and Art Publishing House published "Water Margin" hundred times this page) of Li Shishi home will be so quiet, this is probably seen the world Yan Qing was not expected. Can no longer calm Yan Qing had to cough, only to see "behind the screen turned out a maiden to", the maiden is not panicked, see a stranger quite politely said a million blessings, and then calmly asked the guests how to call, from where to come. Even the maiden are so elegant, that the master's temperament can be imagined. The soldiers were preparing for the battle. The little daughter-in-law who wears the flower "hummed" and turned her head to go out, even the days are like this. The first time I saw this, I was able to draw a good picture, and after a little touching up, I handed it over to Ji Guibei.
Ji Shoubei thought: your two brothers are painted more than two hours to finish painting, how do you less than an hour on the painting, the heart will be a little unhappy. To have taken a look at the portrait, see yourself wearing a war robe, waist hanging arrow pot, hand pull hard bow, left hand such as pushing Tarzan, right hand like holding a baby, tightly closed left eye in the distance to the arrow target aiming. The image was drawn with both form and spirit, and Ji Guibei smiled with satisfaction after seeing it. Finally Third Master Yu smiled and said, "Saving someone's life is better than building a pagoda, even if you are really a liar, you will feel shame in your heart after being rescued by me, thus reforming yourself." Having received a hundred taels of silver for his work and reward, he went home happily.
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