2. Explain:
"Don't let spring and autumn be a good day, and old friends are the hardest to tide over the difficulties" means: don't let time pass by in a hurry, but cherish the good times; The most rare thing is that when it is stormy, friends come to visit.
3. Relevant information:
Xiaji Mountain Villa in Nanhe, Yangzhou was the residence of He Zhiqing, a reclusive official during Guangxu period. It turns out that the gate of the mansion is located in Garden Lane. After entering the room, there is a spacious yard with a nanmu hall in the northwest corner. This hall is used by the host to receive guests. In the past, it was called Xu Chun Concert Hall. In recent years, it has been changed to return to the church. It is estimated that neither of them is the old name of He Jia. In the hall, there are couplets hanging on the facing pillars: don't let the Spring and Autumn Festival pass, old friends are the hardest to come. It has always been thought that it was written by Sun Xingyan, a famous scholar in Ganjia period of Qing Dynasty.
As shown in the figure below:
Sun Xingyan was the second official in the fifty-two years of Qianlong (1789), and his official position was in Shandong. Extensive reading, diligent writing, in-depth study of literature and history, intensive study of inscriptions, seal cutting, official seal, seal cutting, proofreading and seal cutting of ancient books are the best.
This paper manuscript of couplets written by him in seal script once appeared on the 20 10 Beijing Jiadechun auction, with a reserve price of 50,000 yuan, which was finally sold for 224,000 yuan. It can be seen that there are many collectors who appreciate this work.
4. Introduction to the author:
Sun Xingyan (1753- 18 18) was born in Yanghu County (now Changzhou City). Born in Guanzi Lane (now Heping South Road), he moved to Shuangguifang. In the fifty-second year of Qing Qianlong (1787), he won the second place in palace examination, and served as editor and director of the punishments department of the Hanlin Academy. Qianlong fifty-nine years (1794), promoted to doctor of punishments. Later, he served as a Taoist platform and acting as a provincial judge, honest and clean. In the sixteenth year of Jiaqing (18 1 1), he claimed to be ill and asked for leave to go back to his hometown. Three years later, I lived in Yangzhou and participated in the school magazine "Quantang Wen". In the twenty-first year of Jiaqing (18 16), he presided over Nanjing Zhongshan Academy. He has given lectures in Taizhou Anding Academy, Shaoxing Academy and Hangzhou Jingjing Society Academy. In order to educate talents. In the 23rd year of Jiaqing (18 18), he died at the age of 66. He devoted his life to Confucian classics, history, literature, and even a hundred schools of thought contend. He is good at epigraphy and seal script, especially at proofreading. The series Ping Jin Ting and Dai Nan Ting are rare books. He was diligent in writing, accumulated more than 30 years' achievements, collected the achievements of ancient and modern scholars, and published Notes on Ancient and Modern Texts of Shangshu, which marked the peak of the study of ancient classics in China in Qing Dynasty. Therefore, Sun Xingyan became an important figure of the dry armor faction. He is also the author of various anthologies, such as Zhouyi Ji Jie, Records of Visiting Historic Sites Around the World, Inside and Outside the Book Catalogue of Sun Shi, and Records of the Poems of the People of Maoshan.