Bao Shichen (包世臣)

Overview

Bao Shichen was a Calligrapher and Critic.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1805 to AD 1855 包世臣書學活動
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 503, passages 175-176
AD 1808 十三年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 343, passage 130
AD 1800 to AD 1855 後包世臣極推鼐書
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 56

Key source chapters

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 503 Volume 503 Biographies 290: Yi Shu Er 9 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 343 Volume 343 Biographies 130: Shu Lin Younger Brother: Guang Hou, Jue Luo Ji Qing, Jue Luo Zhang Lin, Fei Chun, Bai Ling, Bo Lin 1 passage

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Active in
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 56
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 159
At Anhui 安徽 · Relation Native or registered
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 343, passage 130
Organization Bao school 包氏 · Relation Founder of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passages 184, 198

Learning and skills

Held
Credential licentiate / government student 諸生
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 343, passage 130
Skill regular, running, and draft-cursive script 真、行、藁草 · Level accomplished
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 181
Skill river works 河事 · Level versed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 343, passage 130

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 188

Events and relationships

Championed calligraphy
Critical · Advocate · With Yao Nai (姚鼐)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 56
Clarified Northern Dynasties calligraphic school
Scholarly · Founder
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 176
Viewed the estuary with Zhanglin; his view led to abandoning the channel change plan
AD 1808 十三年 · Inspection · Adviser · With Jueluo Zhanglin (覺羅長麟)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 343, passage 130
Relation Drew on teachings of · Person Deng Shiru (鄧石如)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 177
Relation Teacher of · Person Shen Yongxi (沈用熙)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 198
Relation Teacher of · Person Mao Changling (毛長齡)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 184

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Relation Teacher of · Person Yang Liang (楊亮)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 184
Relation Teacher of · Person Yao Peizhong (姚配中)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 184
Relation Teacher of · Person Yang Chengwang (楊承汪)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 184
Relation Teacher of · Person Wu Xizai (吳熙載)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 175
Relation Adopted doctrine of · Person Wu Yu (吳育)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 161
Relation Drew on teachings of · Person Wu Yu (吳育)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 177
Relation Teacher of · Person Huang Xun (黃洵)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 184
Relation Drew on teachings of · Person Wang Liangshi (王良士)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 177
Relation Drew on teachings of · Person Zhu Angzhi (硃昂之)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 177
Relation Teacher of · Person Mei Zhizhi (梅植之)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 184
Relation Drew on teachings of · Person Huang Yisheng (黃乙生)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 177

Assessments and attributes

Assessment especially praised Mei Zhizhi's calligraphy · With Mei Zhizhi (梅植之) · Mode named-person-judgment Speaker Bao Shichen (包世臣)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passages 187-188
Assessment ranked Yao Nai's calligraphy with Liu Yong among the finest · With Yao Nai (姚鼐) · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Bao Shichen (包世臣)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 56

References in the histories

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 343Volume 343 Biographies 130: Shu Lin Younger Brother: Guang Hou, Jue Luo Ji Qing, Jue Luo Zhang Lin, Fei Chun, Bai Ling, Bo Lin · 1 passage

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長麟至清江浦，聞安徽諸生包世臣習河事，親訪之，同視海口，實不高仰，用其說罷改道之議。 At Qingjiangpu Zhanglin heard that Anhui licentiate Bao Shichen knew river work. He visited Bao in person, inspected the estuary with him, found it was in fact not elevated, and adopted his advice to drop the plan to change the channel.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 503Volume 503 Biographies 290: Yi Shu Er · 9 passages

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後包世臣極推鼐書，與劉墉並列上品，名轉出文治上。 later Bao Shichen championed Yao's calligraphy, ranking it with Liu Yong's among the finest, and Yao's reputation eventually eclipsed Wenzhi's.

與包世臣、李兆洛遊，能文，工書。 He associated with Bao Shichen and Li Zhaoluo, wrote well, and was accomplished in calligraphy.

世臣取其說。 Bao Shichen adopted this doctrine.

熙載為諸生，博學多能，從包世臣學書。 Xizai was a licentiate, broadly learned and accomplished in many arts, and studied calligraphy under Bao Shichen.

世臣創明北朝書派，溯源窮流，為一家之學。 Shichen clarified the Northern Dynasties calligraphic school, tracing its sources to their limits and founding a school of his own.

熙載恪守師法，世臣真、行、藁草無不工，嗜篆、分而未致力，熙載篆、分功力尤深。 Xizai adhered strictly to his teacher's method; Shichen excelled in regular, running, and draft-cursive script but, though fond of seal and clerical script, had not devoted himself to them—whereas Xizai's mastery of seal and clerical script was especially profound.

與熙載同受包氏法者，江都梅植之蘊生，甘泉楊亮季子，高涼黃洵修存，餘姚毛長齡仰蘇，旌德姚配中仲虞，松桃楊承汪挹之。 Others who studied under the Bao school alongside Xizai included Mei Zhizhi Yunsheng of Jiangdu, Yang Liang Jizi of Ganquan, Huang Xun Xiucun of Gaoliang, Mao Changling Yangsu of Yuyao, Yao Peizhong Zhongyu of Jingde, and Yang Chengwang Yizhi of Songtao.

通經，以詩鳴，世臣尤稱其書。 He was versed in the classics, won fame as a poet, and Shichen especially praised his calligraphy.

畢生守師法，最為包門老弟子。 He observed his teacher's method to the end of his life and was the senior surviving disciple of the Bao school.