Research On Sun Chengze’s Identification And Collection Seal

This paper adopted the method of literature research and image research to conduct in-depth research on Sun Chengze’s collection seals,in order to construct a more reliable set of standard seals of Sun Chengze.Firstly,without considering the authenticity and attribution,the author collected 52 seals related to Sun Chengze in many surviving calligraphy and painting works,and analyzed the meaning of some seals according to ancient books.Secondly,the author analyzed the authenticity and attribution of the above 52 seals.Starting with Sun’s description,by comparing the seals in Sun’s old collection works,the author established 23 standard seals that can form a mutual evidence relationship and 2 "suspected genuine seals" that are isolated but similar in style to the standard seal.For the seals that have only appeared once or that are not from Sun’s old collection works,due to the lack of evidence,the author temporarily listed them as pending seals,totaling 18 seals.In addition,the author made an in-depth discussion on the nine seals named “Changyizisun” that appeared in ancient calligraphy and paintings to clarify their attribution,and determined that only one of them was the standard seal of Sun Chengze,and others were the seals of other collectors.Therefore,there are a total of 26 reliable seals of Sun Chengze（23 standard seals,2 "suspected genuine seals " and one seal named "Changyizisun"）.Finally,starting with the Sun’s standard seal constructed above,this paper analyzed the style of Sun’s standard seal,and discussed Sun Chengze’s habit and combination rules when stamping seals.In addition,the author used the standard seals and its style and rules,combined with the description of Sun’s calligraphy and painting,to identify whether these works really existed in Sun Chengze’s collection.These works include Du Qiong’s “South Lake Thatched Cottage”,Xia Gui’s “Thousands of Miles of the Yangtze River”,Li Song’s “Itinerant Pedlar”,etc.