The Legend of Zhang Daqian

Author: Wang Yafa
Publisher:
Publishing Date: 2005-07-01
Features: The cover title inscription by He Haotian, Preface by Father, I will dry my tears and laugh for you / Zhang Xinqing / 1
Chapter 1: He Haotian sets up an art stall on the street with his mother, while Chu Zhengquan paints peonies in public / 1
Chapter 2: Climbing over the school wall, classmates become travel companions, camping overnight in a bandit den / 7
Chapter 3: A Confucian scholar becomes a black pen master, a rogue thief steals poetry to learn elegance / 12
Chapter 4: Bad news arrives, brothers leave for Japan, the younger brother drowns in the Yangtze River / 15
Chapter 5: Arriving in Shanghai, Li Zhengwu hosts a welcome banquet for Qin Xixi, Zhang Baodi changes his name / 19
Chapter 6: After suffering, he becomes a Buddhist monk; unable to endure any more, he punches the boatman / 24
Chapter 7: A chance encounter with a classmate, playing tricks; after persuasion, he returns to Sichuan for marriage / 30
Chapter 8: The Taoist priest of Xiaoyoutian generously donates paintings; Qiu Ying meets Zhang Daqian, facing a dilemma / 34
Chapter 9: The reckless Zhang Daqian shocks the audience with his brushwork; the fake Shi Tao is mistaken for the real one / 39
Chapter 10: A pretentious man named Cheng Mazi asks for a transfer of the imperial seal; Zhang Daqian fakes paintings / 44
Chapter 11: Setting a trap, he succeeds in ridiculing the vulgar; the twin lotus paintings fail to come true / 55
Chapter 12: Meeting by chance in Tianjin, recognizing Fan Shi, following the clues to track out Gu Mou / 60
Chapter 13: Disguising himself as a Japanese businessman, he visits Puyi at night; receiving a letter, he leaves Tianjin quickly / 66
Chapter 14: The talented couple swears their love; the brothers face difficulties but enjoy life together / 72
Chapter 15: Dian Chunyu by Ye Gongchuo discusses Dunhuang; Xie Yucen visits Changzhou and heads to the underworld / 78
Chapter 16: He Xiangning visits the Netscape Garden at night; Xu Beihong hires Zhang Daqian / 87
Chapter 17: At Yan Chao’s home, Zhang Daqian discusses companions; in the Qinhuai River, Zhi Liu talks about the Six Dynasties / 92
Chapter 18: He leaves Nanjing without saying goodbye, and in anger, heads to Beijing / 98
Chapter 19: Baogu Zhai buys a fake Shi Tao painting; Xu Yunsun buys and sells anonymous / 105
Chapter 20: Yu Youren settles the lawsuit over the phone; at theListening Sparrow Pavilion, the sound of gunfire is heard / 113
Chapter 21: Pitying the innocent daughter who is imprisoned; the guest is actually there to extort paintings / 120
Chapter 22: Exhibiting tiger paintings, lamenting the chaotic times; seeking refuge in alcohol, using a golden cicada escape / 127
Chapter 23: Crying for the ancestors at the Wen Gong Temple; in Fan Shi’s living room, meeting the shipowner / 133
Chapter 24: The eighth gentleman throws his brush and gives up painting tigers; the third young mistress cooks to seek calligraphy / 139
Chapter 25: A hundred crab banquet at Zhang Daqian’s; Shen Yinmo sings and drinks at the Wuyang and Hunan pavilion / 149
Chapter 26: The German doctor cannot distinguish between real and fake; the tabloids spread rumors and slander / 156
Chapter 27: In the backyard of the melon seed store, lamenting the catastrophe; in the small cave heaven, narrating high friendship / 166
Chapter 28: Welcoming the eighth gentleman with great respect; sending the white crow, the woodcutter shows deep affection / 177
Chapter 29: Watching the magic lamp, Yan Jiyuan talks about science; the painting inscription by Xie Wuliang causes trouble / 188
Chapter 30: Huang Ningsu kneels down to apologize; Zhang Shanzi leaves for the mountain / 199
Chapter 31: Ma Wenyan writes to Fan Zhenyu; Xiong Fuxi visits the Shangqing Palace in the rain / 210
Chapter 32: Zhang Daqian goes to Dunhuang; the good son returns to the Taoist mountain / 221
Chapter 33: Painting Buddha images in the Ta’er Temple; remembering the mother in the Nianci Hall / 229
Chapter 34: Visiting Wenshu Mountain, exploring the caves for the first time; passing through Jiayuguan, talking about the former dynasty / 246
Chapter 35: Changing to a mule cart and leaving Anxi; camping in the Gobi at night, hearing wolves howl / 257
Chapter 36: Meeting high guests at Liu Dingchen’s home; visiting old monks in broken temples / 267
Chapter 37: Editing caves earnestly; celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival noisily / 282
Chapter 38: Ma Bufen attends a banquet at the Special Mission Office; Zhang Daqian sketches in Rusal Town / 296
Chapter 39: A sharp eye can distinguish truth from fiction; painting is to save a close friend / 308
Chapter 40: Since fame is bound to attract slander, life is fated / 323
Chapter 41: Rescuing a lone swan by the Yulin River; the military headquarters checkpoint is searched / 334
Chapter 42: The first exhibition in Lanzhou is a success; fame spreads to Shanghai, paper is expensive / 344
Chapter 43: Visiting Huangze Temple in Guangyuan, lamenting the past; staying in Zun Garden, Yan Gusheng talks about family history / 354
Chapter 44: Painting two swallows at Xu’s field; the labor-intensive flying map; the third celebration performance of two cranes in harmony / 364
Chapter 45: Painting Buddha in Zhaojue Temple; planting lotus near the pool / 374
Chapter 46: The old family in the Summer Palace talks about the turmoil; Zhang Daqian buys a treasure map in the old mansion / 386
Chapter 47: A close friend comes to beg for help; teachers and students meet to talk about the present / 395
Chapter 48: A beauty entrusts with pain; famous actresses laugh and play / 407
Chapter 49: Teaching people tirelessly, the teacher-student bond; high mountain and flowing water, the friendship of friends / 419
Chapter 50: Unexpectedly, parting becomes forever; the memory of those who love lasts a thousand years / 434
Chronology after 1949 / 443
Afterword: A playful note as an afterword / Zhang Zhixian / 462
Author’s Afterword / 464