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拍品專文
Yan Gusheng was Zhang Daqian's friend from Chengdu, Sichuan. Native of Shaanxi, Yan was a studious and politically astute individual who assisted in the cataloguing of books in the Benyuan, the literary repository of the scholar Zhang Linkai. During this time he developed a taste for old prints and old literary works, so familiar was he with them that he could identify the books according to their covers and material, subsequently amassing a large collection of old books as well as art pieces.
Of sociable nature, Yan was friends with authors and artists alike, such as Xiang Chu, Lin Sijin, Xie Wuliang, Tao Liangsheng, Yu Youren, Shen Yimo, Ye Qianyu, Zhang Daqian, and often visited the Benyuan garden to discuss literary theories and other affairs. In 1938, Zhang visited Chengdu and lived in the residence of Yan. Zhang's inspiration to visit and document the Dunhuang caves were in part from having heard the adventures of Yan Jingqi (Yan Gusheng's nephew) at Dunhuang. During the war Zhang also lived at their residence for nearly two years - in 1943, it was Yan who helped organise Zhang's exhibition of his Dunhuang paintings.
Of sociable nature, Yan was friends with authors and artists alike, such as Xiang Chu, Lin Sijin, Xie Wuliang, Tao Liangsheng, Yu Youren, Shen Yimo, Ye Qianyu, Zhang Daqian, and often visited the Benyuan garden to discuss literary theories and other affairs. In 1938, Zhang visited Chengdu and lived in the residence of Yan. Zhang's inspiration to visit and document the Dunhuang caves were in part from having heard the adventures of Yan Jingqi (Yan Gusheng's nephew) at Dunhuang. During the war Zhang also lived at their residence for nearly two years - in 1943, it was Yan who helped organise Zhang's exhibition of his Dunhuang paintings.