溥心畬
( 溥
儒 )
Pu Hsin-Yu (Pu
Ru) (1896
- 1963)

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Updated: 2008-04-19

Pu
Ru was born in the royal imperial Manchu family in Beijing in 1896 as a grandson
of Emperor Dao-Guang (1821 - 1851). He was also popularly known by his style
name Pu Hsin-Yu. Originally, his imperial Manchu family name was Aixinjueluo ( 愛新覺羅
). However, after the collapse of the
Ching Dynasty, he gave up his imperial Manchu family name and called himself Pu
Ru in which Pu became his family name.
In 1908, Pu Ru was selected as one of the candidates to succeed the dying Emperor Guang-Hsu (1875-1909) but Dowager Express Tzu Hsi ( 慈禧太后, Pinyin: Cixi Taihou ) chose his younger cousin Pu Yi (1906 - 1967) who became the last emperor of the Ching Dynasty from 1908 to 1911. Pu Yi became the emperor when he was only three years old. He was widely known as "the Last Emperor of China ( 末代皇帝 )" between 1908 and 1924 ruling as the Xuan Tong Emperor ( 宣統皇帝 ) between 1909 and 1911, and non-ruling emperor between 1911 and 1924 under the control of other political powers and the Japanese government.
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| Dowager Express Tzu Hsi | Pu Yi, the Last Emperor of China |
As a child prodigy, Pu Ru was good at calligraphy, literature, poetry, and various subjects. He started learning Chinese calligraphy at age four. However, he did not receive formal training in Chinese painting.
Pu Ru received his undergraduate education from a university in Beijing. After graduation, in 1914, he went to continue his study at the Berlin University in Germany. In 1922, he earned his doctorate degrees both in biology and astronomy there. He then went back to China and lived a secluded life in the Je Tai Monastery at Hsi-Shan ("West Mountain") of Beijing where he further refined his arts in painting, calligraphy and poetry and studied ancient classics and history. He had a nickname of "Hermit of West Mountain ( 西山逸士 ) ". He often proclaimed that his accomplishment in painting came after his study and comprehension of the literature, classics, and history.
He learned his painting skills and knowledge from the art collections of the imperial Manchu family. His works were highly honored by the Chinese people and he became one of the most respected contemporary masters in Chinese painting and calligraphy. Among all the active painters in Beijing in the 1930s and 1940s, including Chen Ban-Ding, Hu Pei-Heng, Chin Zhong-Wen, Xiao Sun, Yu Fei-An, and etc., Pu Ru was widely considered as the most accomplished artist. During the 1930s and 1940s, his fame was on a par with that of Zhang Da-Chian ( 張大千 ). When people spoke of accomplished painters, they often referred to "Zhang in the south and Pu in the north ( 南張北溥 )." He was also recognized as an accomplished poet. His works are collected in most of the museums in China and Taiwan.

Zhang & Pu in Taiwan (1955)
After the communist took over China, he moved to Taiwan in 1949. He taught at the National Taiwan Normal University and privately at his home studio. He traveled extensively around Asia and gave lectures in Chinese Brush Painting during his trips. If it were not for Pu Yi and the overthrown government of the Ching Dynasty, Pu Ru could be the Emperor of China. When Chiang Kai-Shek ( 蔣介石 ) asked Pu Hsin-Yu to teach his wife painting, he refused because of the political and family feud. He asserted that teaching Madame Chiang would be disloyal to his Manchu ancestors. So Madame Chiang Kai-Shek ( 宋美齡 ) turned to learn from Huang Jun-Bi ( 黃君壁 ) and Zheng Man-Ching ( 鄭曼青 ).
When Pu Ru was living in Taipei, his reached the peak of his fame. His calligraphy and painting were sold at extremely high prices and could rarely be bought by the ordinary people who did not have referrals and connections. Unlike Zhang Da-Chian, he could not be easily approached and his works were not easily seen in public. His legends and anecdotes were more known in private circles, and were often told mysteriously because of his royal identity and connection with Pu Yi. Like Albert Einstein, he could eat extraordinary amount of food since he devoted most of his time to focus his thoughts on painting. Some sources say that throughout his lifetime he had created about 680 creditable pieces of calligraphy and painting. He exercised a strong influence over painters in Taiwan.
In 1954, he received an award in art from the Education Department of R.O.C. for his book on Chinese painting. In 1955, he was awarded an honorary doctor degree in art from Seoul National University. He passed away in 1963 in Taipei at the age of 68.
溥心畬,遼寧人,滿族,原名係愛新覺羅氏溥儒,「溥」為其輩份,民國以後改為姓。出生於民國前十六年,光緒皇帝賜名儒,初字仲衡,改字心畬,又自號「西山逸士」,以字行。係清皇室之貴裔: 溥心畬為道光皇帝的曾孫,恭親王奕沂次孫,晚清開明幹練之名臣恭親王奕訢即為其祖父。滿清皇朝倒台後改姓溥,故其有“舊王孫”之印。(乾隆以後的愛新覺羅子孫以“永綿奕載、溥毓恒啟”為世系,具有藝術天才的有永瑆、溥儒、溥伒、啟功等人。)
溥心畬自幼有「神童」之譽。“我生之初蒙召見,拜舞會上排雲殿......”,出生滿五月蒙賜“頭品頂戴”。四歲開始學習書法。五歲拜見慈禧太后,能答其對,慈禧誇曰“本朝靈氣都鐘于此童”。六歲受教讀論語孟子,九歲能作律詩、古詩,十二歲已能為古文。先生自幼即深受傳統中國禮教與文化薰陶,自幼好學,經史子集,無所不窺。
由於先生天資穎悟,個性又內向好學,用功不懈,因此有極高的文采與藝術成就。世人最推重其藝術成就,但先生卻自許生平大業為治理經學,讀書由理學入手及至爾雅、說文、訓詁、旁涉諸子百家以至詩文古辭,所下功夫既深且宏,論述常能至人所不及之精微,國學方面亦足成一家,惜為畫名所掩,不為世人所知。先生則不免視書畫為文人餘事,畢生亦未將全幅精力投注於藝術之中,然而實際上詩文書畫已溶入溥氏生活之中,亦由於這深厚的文化資源與不刻意為之的風度,方使其畫風流露出一種高雅潔淨的人文特質,為一般畫人遠不能企及。
北京法政大學畢業後,留學柏林大學,並獲得天文和生物學博士學位。辛亥革命后曾先後隱居北京西山戒臺寺,前后十二年(一說十五年)。旋遷居頤和園,專事繪畫,宗法宋元,山水畫以澹雅見長,較少烘染,較注重線條臨摹,饒有雅秀俊逸之致。1930 年代與張大千齊名,以他們的山水畫成就分峙南北畫壇,被譽為「南張北溥」。溥儒的畫在北京被譽為"國畫北派青綠山水正宗首座"。又與吳湖帆並稱「南吳北溥」。溥儒的水墨畫淺淡而不繁複,工筆中略帶舒放,比起大筆揮灑的南派張大千,風格完全迥異。兩人在畫壇上素有「南張北溥」之稱,橫掃水墨畫壇幾近半世紀。傳世作品有《溪舟弄笛圖》軸、《秋山樓閣圖》軸,均藏上海博物館。《抱琴訪友圖》軸,圖錄于《中國現代名畫匯刊》。
溥儒自幼飽學,稍長專心研究文學藝術,精通經史和書畫。先生畫風並無師承,加以他出身皇室,早年習畫多係自觀摹皇室大內之收藏入手,清代皇親貴裔大多雅好書畫與鑑藏之道,觀摹體悟並精研古畫的機會自遠過常人,因此他的畫風多從擬悟古人法書名畫以及書香詩文蘊籍而成。溥心畬畫作以山水名世,實則花卉、人物、草蟲、仕女、鞍馬、走獸、神怪、菩薩、翎毛,無不精擅,亦足為當世之宗。山水以「北宗」為基 (受馬遠、夏珪影響較多),筆法以「南宗」為法。注重線條鉤摹,較少烘染。意境雅淡致遠,俊逸出塵,結構謹嚴,筆法挺勁,并喜繪于絹地,染色層次多而淡。其花鳥畫作品亦清逸雅靜,較之山水,筆法偏于柔秀。家中養有猴、犬、蟲、鳥,故對動物之描繪,頗為生動。今之世人常謂藝術創作需求新求變,視文化傳統及古意古法為淺陋保守而無所長進,甚者言中國傳統書畫千遍一律實有改弦更張之要,殊未認知傳統書畫中之精神內涵及其內在風格之多種變化乃需長期靜心虛己方能領悟古人有取之不盡的妙技。藝術文化之開新創進,必先有自身之根源為本,否則終將流離飄盪不知所止。中國近百年來,受困於此頗深。溥心畬先生之繪畫雖貌似皆從古人而來,但其中實具有真精神、大創意。(見張大千畫論 ... 但經過若干年之後,也許我們以為極新的,哪知卻是極舊的;以為是外國人所獨創的,哪知道就是中國古代幾千年前便有而後來被暫時揚棄的!)
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蔣復璁形容他的風格是「峻秀靈潔、頓挫抑揚、徐徐揮運、逸韻難窮;用墨清幽沉靜,淡而彌厚,濃而愈活;賦色名澈,清麗和雅,莽莽蒼蒼,筆墨所至,有無限生機。」溥心畬之畫,可說處處見古法,卻又別開蹊徑,自成一格。例如他自小受過嚴格的騎射教育,長期接觸觀察,對於馬的神韻自然能掌握得唯妙唯俏。他畫花鳥在形似與灑脫之間,掌握物象的神氣;而工筆花卉主要學習宋朝院體風格,故畫風細膩,高貴典雅,極盡表現出景物自然之美。
他學畫的過程,在《自述》中言之甚詳:"余性喜文藻,于治經之外,雖學作古文,而多喜駢儷之文,駢儷近畫,故又喜畫。當時家藏唐、宋名畫,尚有數卷,日夕照摹,兼習六法十二忌及論畫承,亦無畫友,習之甚久,進境極遲,漸通其道,悟其理蘊,遂覺信筆所及,無往不可。初學四王,后知四王少含蓄,筆多偏鋒,遂學董、巨、劉松年、馬、夏,用篆籀之筆。始習南宗,后習北宗,然后亦不自計。" 從中我們知道溥心畬學畫是無師自通的。他自己又說:"蓋有師之畫易,無師之畫難;無師必自悟而后得,由悟而得,往往工妙。"有師之學,常常無須自己用心思,跟著老師亦步亦趨,依樣畫葫蘆,容易成為某種畫風的延續。而無師之學,就要自己讀書、看畫、悉心體味,把前人如何造成這種高妙效果的方法弄明白,都弄明白了,于是就"悟"了。這種學習,比有師之學要艱難,須要更大的毅力,然而其所會也更為深刻。"悟"本身就常常是不同前人的自家理解,不囿于門派之見,無成規可墨守,因而"悟"是更富創造性的學習。溥心畬從年紀輕輕就能以自家面貌獨立于畫壇之中,完全是隱居西山,面壁求悟,無師自通之功。

溥心畬主張寫實,他以為寫實造型不僅要觀察自然,更要用心思考、深入理解:「畫山水花鳥,如身在畫中,心悟神契,體物察微,如臨其境,慎思明辨,必期一樹一石,無違於理。孟子曰:思則得之。」書畫要憑感覺,感覺得深刻,才能表達得深刻,而深刻的感覺在於理解。浮光掠影式的感覺,在繪畫過程中是靠不住的。理解了才能更深切地感覺到。溥氏作畫筆少而神完,筆簡意不簡,簡而不單,在於他用筆能以一當十。這以一當十的能力,不單是技法的訓練,更在於他善於思考。溥氏的山水畫,能用不多的筆墨,造成工細的效果。筆少不傷于單薄,墨重不害于秀逸,這是他用筆的功力。以一當十,內容豐富,非一般人所能及。一支筆到了他的手裡,輕重頓挫、流暢而有節奏,動中有靜,靈透而又持重,有出神入化之功。
溥儒是清皇室的貴裔,對他而言,那更是一個家國充滿苦難的時代,因此這樣特殊的出身背景,不免給予他一生有決定性的影響。溥氏自幼即受到傳統嚴謹的禮教薰陶,他的個性又內向好學,因而打下了深厚的學養基礎。由於溥心畬的天資穎悟,用功又勤,因此雖然在家國充滿苦難的時代壓力下,他仍有極高的文采與藝術成就展現。溥心畬之所以能夠取得如此成就,正如他自己所說:"未嘗間斷,亦未嘗專習一家也。"實際上他還遵循著一條"不薄今人愛古人"的原則。他深深知道,古人有取之不盡的妙技,而現時的著名畫家也有很多的長處。廣采博取,融會貫通,自然是大有裨益的。
1896 丙申 一歲農曆七月二十四日生於北京恭王府,是恭親王弈訢之次孫。

1901 辛丑 六歲開始跟隨宛平名士陳應策讀四書五經,習詩論文。
1905 乙巳 十歲曾隨父母去西山戒臺寺居住。此時開始學騎馬、習滿文、英文、數學等。並到頤和園叩見慈禧太后。
1908 戊申 十三歲時溥儒受命入宮甄選皇帝,未中選。1908年10月28日光緒皇帝病危,慈禧太后宣召光緒之侄溥儀入宮。光緒於翌日駕崩,年僅三歲的溥儀繼位,其父攝政王載灃和隆裕太后攝政,次年改年號“宣統”。( 據傳慈禧太后甄選皇帝時,溥心畬大哭想家,因而落選,舉家歡騰,因為在慈禧太后底下,皇帝並不是一件好差事。由於有這種皇親國戚的背景,溥心畬個人的生平也蒙上一層神秘的色彩。)
1909 己酉 十四歲其父載瀅去世。
1910 庚戌 十五歲入讀北京滿清貴冑法政學堂。
1911 辛亥 十六歲辛亥革命。恭王府 (http://www.pgm.org.cn/4_l_002a.htm#) 抵押給某銀行,奉母項太夫人及弟溥德遷出恭王府,移居清河二旗村,後遷西山戒臺寺。
1912 壬子 十七歲清帝遜位,滿清皇朝宣告終結。隨滿清貴冑法政學堂併入北京法政大學學習。
1913 癸丑 十八歲畢業於法政大學。在兄溥偉的作主下,與宗社黨大將升允的女兒羅清媛結婚。入讀德國人辦的禮賢書院學德文。
1914 甲寅 十九歲因德國亨利親王之介紹而到德國遊歷,並考入柏林大學就讀。
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1917 丁巳 廿二歲畢業於柏林大學。回國省親。五月與羅清媛女士完婚。六月回北京西山戒臺寺居住。
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"山居十五年"是他取得藝術成功的關鍵。也正是他在西山住了這一時期,才有"西山逸士"之號,才有這一方印章傳世。研究他這一段的成就,也就是探討他的成功之路。他自己說:"居山十五年,日夕吟誦,自課四百余首。古風習漢魏六朝,近體則師法唐人。" |
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宣南畫社每周雅集一次,或即興揮毫,或議論畫學,形式自由,后來梁啟超、姚華、陳師曾、林紓、蕭俊賢、姚茫父、溥雪齋、溥心畬、沈尹默、陳半丁、郁曼陀、王夢白等也時來參加。
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1918 戊午 廿三歲女韜華出生,八月再度赴德國。入柏林大學研究院深造。
1922 壬戌 廿七歲獲德國柏林大學頒天文、生物博士學位。奉母命赴北京西山戒臺寺居住讀書。
1924 甲子 廿九歲長子毓岦(溥孝華)出生。是年遷回故居恭王府萃錦園居住。
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1925
乙丑
三十歲次子溥毓岑出生。出版《西山集》百冊,與滿族畫家組織「松風畫社」。
(組織「松風畫社」一說1932年
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1926 丙寅 卅一歲其兄溥偉將恭王府賣給輔仁大學。
1927 丁卯 卅二歲春,在北平與張大千會面。
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據《花隨人聖庵摭憶》記:“師曾以癸亥病歿金陵,自後十年間,畫家派則分歧,諸子亦風流云散。惟有溥心畬自戒壇歸城中,出手驚人,儼然馬夏。”從此張大千與溥心畬常在一起談書論畫、吟詩作賦,結下了深厚的友誼。他們的畫經常一起在北平的琉璃廠展出,銷路甚暢。有鑒于此,當時琉璃廠集萃山房經理周殿侯提出“南張北溥”之說,得到于非闇的響應,並在《北辰畫刊》、《北京晨報》著文倡言提出 “南張北溥”。從此“南張北溥”之說傳遍大江南北,聲名日隆。 張大千對溥心畬非常敬佩,認為“南張北溥”之說不妥,中國當代畫家“只有兩個半”﹕一位是溥心畬,另一位是吳湖帆,應稱“南吳北溥”,半個是謝稚柳;另半個已去世,是謝稚柳的哥哥謝玉岑。 張大千在1956年創作的“大千狂塗”雪景上題到:“并世畫雪景,當以溥王孫為第一,余每避不敢作;此幅若令王孫見之,定笑我于無佛處稱尊矣”。張大千在晚年的《四十年回顧展》“自序”中還在說“柔而能健,俏而能厚,吾仰溥心畬”。 兩人的一次合作還被傳為佳話。一次,張大千到北京拜訪溥心畬,恰遇大風。張觸景生情,隨手畫了一棵被風吹倒的大樹,樹上還纏繞著青藤。溥心畬未走出“七步”,即在畫上添詩一首:“大風吹倒樹,樹倒根已露。上有數枝藤,青青猶未悟。”從一個封建王朝的沒落王孫,他開始了他人生的旅程;在一座感傷孤島的青山成為他人生的終點。在那些瀟洒雅逸的書畫之中蘊涵著的是溥心畬無限的惆悵和感慨。 |
1928 戊辰 卅三歲應聘日本京都帝國大學教授,不久返國,1934年任教北平國立藝專。
1930 庚午 卅五歲在北平中山公園水榭與夫人羅清媛首次辦畫展。出版《上方山志》十卷。畫展成功被公推為“北宗山水第一人”。
1931 辛末 卅六歲九一八事變。
1932 壬申 卅七歲日本策動「滿洲國」獨立,請宣統皇帝溥儀當皇帝。溥心畬的兄弟都投奔滿洲國去了,唯有他拒絕擔任日偽滿州國官職,並寫了一篇「臣篇」以表心志,斥責溥儀“九廟不立,宗社不續,祭非其鬼,奉非其朔,”又說其“作嬪異門,為鬼他族”。然而溥心畬畢竟只是一個被廢黜的"舊王孫",雖能自己保持氣節,卻無力改變國家民族的命運。
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1933 癸西 卅八歲在柏林中德美術展覽會上展出《寒巖積雪圖》,獲很高評價。
1934 甲戌 卅九歲任教於北平國立藝術專科學校。
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1937 丁亥 四十二歲 其母項太夫人逝世。
1939 己卯 四十四歲 遷居北京頤和園介壽堂。
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1946 丙戌 五十一歲在南京舉辦溥心畬、齊白石聯展。
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溥心畬、齊白石 |
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1947 丁亥 五十二歲定居杭州並至藝專講學。
1949 己丑 五十四歲中華人民共和國成立。與李墨雲夫人到臺灣,應聘師大藝術系。
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一九四九年,溥心畬從舟山去了台灣,給老蔣寫信說:"我清心寡欲,生活上流離半生,但精神上從來沒有顛沛過,現在,我跟著你來了台灣,連個栖身之處也沒有 ..."于是,老蔣給了他一套平房,同時分配給他個國民政府考試院委員當。他又寫信說,政府給我房子,我要,給我個委員,我不敢當;我是有過榮華,好不容易榮華盡褪的人,我還是去教師範吧。 據說宋美齡本來想拜溥心畬為師,但溥拒絕。溥是滿清遺族、王爺之後,他以個性古怪、氣節剛烈聞名,他表示滿清就是被中華民國推翻的,一旦教宋美齡成何體統,豈不愧對祖先。宋美齡聽了之後忍俊不禁,只有求教于黃君壁、鄭曼青。 |
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“渡海三家”中,張大千、溥心畬成名甚早,渡海前就負盛名。溥心畬和張大千,張大千和黃君璧早在抗戰時期就訂交,成為藝友。渡海后,三家在藝術創作和台灣國畫藝術的傳播和推廣上,貢獻甚巨。藝術史家以時代為界線,稱這三位畫風在20世紀40年代左右基本已經確立,然后從大陸移居台灣的國畫家為“渡海三家”。
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1950 壬辰 五十五歲 在臺灣省立師範學院及東海大學任教。蟄居台北市臨沂街,闢畫室,作育門徒。

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Before Pu Ru accepted disciples, he always tested if one can write a good poem to be qualified. When he taught brush painting, he spent more time in lecturing on the Thirteen Confucian Classics and other literatures and classics. As a result, many students were "lectured away" (disappearing) eventually. He asserted that to be a good painter one must have good personality and character ( 氣節 ) and this cannot be learned from the painting techniques. It has to be cultivated from one's personality and spirit. Among his four major achievements of Chinese classics, poem, calligraphy, and painting, his painting was better known than the other three. However, he deeply resented to be called a painter. He proclaimed in public that his study and achievements of Chinese classics were better than his poems, his poems were better than his calligraphy, and his calligraphy above his painting. He is a Master of Chinese Classics, not a mere painter. He further pointed out, "Even if you are good at Chinese brush painting, if you cannot inscribe a poem with good calligraphy on the painting, it's far from perfection." 世人推崇溥心畬詩書畫三絕,但他寧可被視為學者,教導學生強調必須先飽讀詩書。溥心畬延續北京恭王府的齋名,將其書齋名為「寒玉堂」,設塾受徒,大批學生慕名而來。學生包含蕭一葦、江兆申、吳詠香、傅佑武、劉河北、梁秀中、羅芳、王懋軒等多人。 |
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岔曲是清代形成的一種民間小曲,其旋律據說是乾隆時,阿桂在平定金川回師途中,軍隊中唱的“鞭敲金鐙響,齊唱凱歌還”的得勝歌。其詞曲由寶小岔(一說名文小槎)所編,因此名為岔曲。據崇彝所著《道咸以來朝野雜記》載:“文小槎者,外火器營人。曾以征西域及大小金川,奏凱歸途,自制馬上曲,即今八角鼓中所唱之單弦雜牌子及岔曲之祖也。其先本曰小槎曲,簡稱為槎曲,后訛為岔曲,又曰脆唱,皆相沿之訛也。”岔曲詞句雅馴簡潔,以述景抒情為多,曲調活潑,風格獨特,雅俗共賞,流傳至今 ,還活躍在曲藝舞台上。 溥心畬身為八旗子弟,又具有深厚的文學素養,詩畫之余,曾創作了為數不少的岔曲,但因全自娛自樂,不甚經意,保留下來的作品不是很多,現在所能見到的就更少了。 他曾作過一首名為《歷史》的岔曲,從三皇五帝到元明,把中華五千年朝代興衰更迭,用岔曲這種通俗的小曲娓娓道來: |