Research Of The Relationship Between Text And Images Of Yongzheng Enamel

Enamel painted porcelain is a set of “poem painting and calligraphy seal”. As one ofthe luxurious palace imperial porcelain, it is burned by Yongzheng about eight years, It iswell known for its excellent “body, style, painting, material selection, colors, words, seal,model year ". This paper attempts to make use of the way of iconology to clarify the artcharacteristics and cultural connotation by analyzing Yongzheng’s enamel paintedporcelain, in aims to promote the Qing court enamel painted porcelain research work.The thesis is divided into four parts as follows (1): the sources of graphic;(2) graphicconstitution pattern;(3) graphic symbol significance;(4) text translation method. Thispaper attempts to reveals Yong Zheng s Enamel ceramics graphic development and byimplication, reflecting Yong Zheng enamel painted porcelain history behind the materialand spiritual history.In the first chapter entitled “the related issues of Yongzheng enamel paintedporcelain”, the author probes into the history, examination of enamel painted porcelain,and the estimation of the quantity of existing enamel painted porcelain from thepublished data, which should be in89to163parts.The second chapter “the poems embodied in enamel painted porcelain” discusses theorigin, classification and selection of the poems. In this part, the author points out that themost poems origin from the compiled Royal selected poems from Kangxi’s period, andmost of the poems come from Shen Shihang, Li Jiao, Xue Hui, Du Mu, Han Cong andother poets. It is the cabinet Secretariat Dai Lin that is in charge of the poem selectionand writes the verse. Yongzheng proposes others to follow his imperial brush. It not onlyestablishes that the private of imperial utensil, also shows that the emperor Yong Zhenghas strong confidence in his own calligraphy.The third chapter “the image of Yong Zheng’s enamel painted porcelain” discussesthe source, classification, and selection of images. As to the source of image, based onthe related archives, it indicates that enamel painted porcelain is influenced by the glasswith carved flowers of December in Kangxi’s period. As to the theme selection,Yongzheng, as the judge of theme selection, prefers flowers, which shows thatYongzheng’s elegant literary accomplishment.The fourth chapter “Yong Zheng’s Enamel Ceramics Graphics” is an essential part ofthis thesis. It discusses the relationship of the painting and poems, mainly from threeaspects which including the graphic patterns, symbolic meaning and graphic translation.First of all, based on the analysis of the graphic mode of Yong Zheng enamel painted porcelain bowl, plate, cup and pot, the author believes that various types of vessels,according to their different shapes and functions, follow different graphic patterns,especially the methods of arrangement and combination in poetry and seals. Secondly,while discussing the graphic symbol significance, the author analyzes the subject andcontent from three parts including flowers, birds and flowers, landscapes. Flowersubjects always represent scholars’ moral integrity; bird and flower themes moresymbolizes fortune and auspicious; and landscape subjects symbolize the spirit ofseclusion. The writer believes that the emperor Yongzheng, while confronted publicopinion of doubts, still become the legal heir of Chinese culture. The creation of enamelpainted porcelain not only provides appreciation for the emperor Yongzheng, but alsosymbolizes the legitimacy of the regime which plays the role of psychologicalcompensation. Finally, the author believes that, on the basis of historical data, Dai Lintakes in the work of poetry and image translation, in order to create a close interactiverelationship with images. Dai Lin generally uses4methods for image translation,including:(1) literal translation (2) metaphor (3) symbolic method (4) polishing method.The analysis of these translation methods have not been studied in previous researches.Therefore, the paper assumes that the collocation between text and images of YongZheng Enamel ceramics are rigorous and precise,not only indicated the ability ofemperor control Chinese traditional culture,but also show the high level mangementfrom Yong Zheng.