The manuscript Maoyuan Diary collected by the National Library of China was written in the second year of Jiaqing and the author was described as"Maoyuan Scholar".The characters,locations and events mentioned in the diary were related to Jiading and Suzhou.Referring to the poetry collections,local chronicles and biographical materials,the author of this diary can be verified as Yan Yu,a scholar from Jiading who lived in Shantang,Suzhou.Yan Yu was skilled in painting landscapes and had deep friendship with Qian Daxin,Wang Chang,Yuan Tingtao and Ren Zhaolin.The diary reflects the real life of Suzhou during the Qianjia period in Qing dynasty and the daily creative process of the Loudong School of Painting in the Qing Dynasty
关键词
《茂苑日记》/茂苑居士/严钰/嘉定/娄东画派
Key words
Maoyuan Diary/Maoyuan Scholar/Yan Yu/Jiading/Loudong School of Painting