Qing · Calligrapher and Scholar

Qian Dian 錢坫

Qián Diàn

Attested AD 1644 - AD 1911

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Qian Dian was a Calligrapher and Scholar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1736 to AD 1820 乾、嘉之間
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 144
AD 1644 to AD 1911 清一代
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 211

Career and standing

calligrapher 書
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 144
calligrapher 書人
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 211

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Lived under
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 144
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Lived under
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 211
At Jiading 嘉定
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 144
At Mount Jiao 焦山 · Relation Traveled to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 145

Learning and skills

Skill seal script 篆書 · Level ranked · Domain calligraphy 書
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 211
Skill seal script claiming direct descent from Li Yangbing 篆直接陽冰 · Level self-regarded
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 145

Works and attributed material

Biographies of Confucian Scholars 儒林傳
Relation Has biography in
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 149

Events and relationships

Attacked Deng Heart Sutra on Six Scripts grounds
Scholarly · Critic · With Deng Shiru (鄧石如)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passages 145-146
placed in fine grade, upper rank for seal script 佳品上，篆書
Critical · Subject · Ranked · With Shichen (世臣)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 211
Relation Ally of · Person Qian Bokan (錢伯坰)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 148

Assessments and attributes

fine grade, upper rank: seal script 佳品上，篆書
Assessment fine grade, upper rank · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Shichen (世臣)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 211

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 144

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 503Volume 503 Biographies 290: Yi Shu Er · 5 passages

當乾、嘉之間，嘉定錢坫、陽湖錢伯坰，皆以書名。 During the Qianlong and Jiaqing reigns, Qian Dian of Jiading and Qian Bokan of Yanghu were both renowned for calligraphy.

坫自負其篆直接陽冰，嘗遊焦山，見壁間篆書心經，嘆為陽冰之亞。 Dian prided himself on a seal script that descended directly from Li Yangbing; visiting Mount Jiao he saw a wall inscription of the Heart Sutra in seal script and declared it second only to Yangbing's own work.

復與論筆法不合，遂助坫詆之尤力。 Yet when they debated brush technique and fell out, he joined Dian in attacking Shiru with redoubled vigor.

坫見儒林傳。 Qian Dian has his own entry in the Biographies of Confucian Scholars.

佳品上二十二人，沈荃真書，王鴻緒行書，先著行書，查士標行書，汪士鋐真書，何焯小真書，陳奕禧行書，陳鵬年行書，徐良行書，蔣衡真書，於振行書，趙知希草書，孔繼涑行書，稽璜真書，錢澧行書，桂馥分書，翁方綱小真書，張燕昌小真書，康基田行書，錢坫篆書，谷際岐行書，洪梧小真書； Fine grade, upper rank, twenty-two artists: Shen Quan in regular script, Wang Hongxu in running script, Xian Zhu in running script, Zha Shibiao in running script, Wang Shihong in regular script, He Chao in small regular script, Chen Yixi in running script, Chen Pengnian in running script, Xu Liang in running script, Jiang Heng in regular script, Yu Zhen in running script, Zhao Zhixi in cursive script, Kong Jisu in running script, Ji Huang in regular script, Qian Li in running script, Gui Fu in clerical script, Weng Fanggang in small regular script, Zhang Yanchang in small regular script, Kang Jitian in running script, Qian Dian in seal script, Gu Jiqiao in running script, and Hong Wu in small regular script;