Qing · Calligrapher

Qian Bokan 錢伯坰

Attested AD 1644 - AD 1911

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Qian Bokan was a Calligrapher.

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 208
AD 1709 to AD 1770 清書家列傳同卷名錄
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 2

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 208

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Associated
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 2
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 208
At Yanghu 陽湖
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 144

Learning and skills

Skill running and plaque script 行及榜書 · Level ranked · Domain calligraphy 書
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 208

Works and attributed material

This is the divine realm of Yang Shaoshi! 此楊少師神境也！
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 147

Events and relationships

Joined Dian attacking Deng after brush dispute
Scholarly · Critic · With Deng Shiru (鄧石如)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 148
placed in capable grade, lower rank for running and plaque script 能品下，行及榜書
Critical · Subject · Ranked · With Shichen (世臣)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 208
Relation Ally of · Person Qian Dian (錢坫)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 148

Assessments and attributes

capable grade, lower rank: running and plaque script 能品下，行及榜書
Assessment capable grade, lower rank · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Shichen (世臣)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 208
Assessment Deng's seal/clerical supreme; running/cursive is Yang Shaoshi's divine realm · With Deng Shiru (鄧石如) · Mode named-person-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 147

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 144
Chapter subject listed in opening roster; biography falls outside owned units
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 2

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 503Volume 503 Biographies 290: Yi Shu Er · 4 passages

鄧石如錢伯坰吳育楊沂孫吳熙載梅植之楊亮 Deng Shiru, Qian Bokan, Wu Yu, Yang Yisun, Wu Xizai, Mei Zhizhi, and Yang Liang

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.

伯坰故服石如篆、分為絕業，及見其行、草，歎曰：「此楊少師神境也！」 Bokan had long admired Shiru's seal and clerical script as supreme achievements; when he saw his running and cursive hand he exclaimed, 'This is the divine realm of Yang Ningshi!'

能品下二十三人，王鐸草書，周亮工草書，笪重光行書，吳大來草書，趙潤草榜書，張照行書，劉紹庭草榜書，吳襄行書，翟賜履草書，王澍行書，週於禮行書，梁巘真及行書，翁方綱行書，於令行書，巴慰祖分書，顧光旭行書，張惠言篆書，王文治方寸真書，劉墉行書，汪庭桂分書，錢伯坰行及榜書，陳希祖行書，黃乙生小真行書。 capable grade, lower rank, twenty-three artists: Wang Duo in cursive script, Zhou Lianggong in cursive script, Da Chongguang in running script, Wu Dalai in cursive script, Zhao Run in cursive plaque script, Zhang Zhao in running script, Liu Shaoting in cursive plaque script, Wu Xiang in running script, Zhai Cilü in cursive script, Wang Shu in running script, Zhou Yuli in running script, Liang Yan in regular and running script, Weng Fanggang in running script, Yu Ling in running script, Ba Weizu in clerical script, Gu Guangxu in running script, Zhang Huiyan in seal script, Wang Wenzhi in small regular script, Liu Yong in running script, Wang Tinggui in clerical script, Qian Bojiong in running and plaque script, Chen Xizu in running script, and Huang Yisheng in small regular and running script.