Mo Shang Zhiwei

"Zhiwei on Ink" is a modern romance novel with the inheritance of traditional Chinese painting as the core background. It tells the dream and emotional story of Liang Zhiwei, a graduate of the Central Academy of Fine Arts majoring in traditional Chinese painting. Liang Zhiwei decided to join the apprenticeship of the master of traditional Chinese painting Qiu Yi after copying his painting "Autumn Mountain Waiting for Ferry". However, due to the strict rule of the apprenticeship that "only male disciples are accepted", Liang Zhiwei cut off her waist-length hair and hid her daughter's body. She opened the door of the apprenticeship with a long scroll of "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" with lively brushwork. In the Shimen courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing, she carefully concealed her identity and lived and studied with three senior brothers. The cold third senior brother Yu Zhiyuan was the first to notice her secret, but he always guarded her silently: the tree branches handed to her when she was on a crooked mountain road, the warm brown sugar ginger tea during her menstrual period, and the thick quilt given to her in winter. This quiet tenderness made her feel warm on her lonely journey to pursue her dreams. Later, Liang Zhiwei's identity was revealed by her parents and she was forcibly taken back to her hometown in the south. Her dream of traditional Chinese painting was on the verge of being shattered. Yu Zhiyuan promised to help her return to the teacher's school. While sorting out the master's teaching notes and sending them to her, he repeatedly persuaded Mr. Qiu to break the old rules. In the end, Yu Zhiyuan fulfilled her dream of becoming a disciple by "marrying Liang Zhiwei and making her his own." The two stayed together and passed down the style of traditional Chinese painting through pen and ink. This deep love hidden between the inkstone and rice paper has also become a tender story in the painting world. Purpose: 1. Persistence and innovation of traditional cultural inheritance: The work takes the inheritance of traditional Chinese painting masters as the core background. Through the experience of the protagonist Liang Zhiwei as an apprentice, it shows the persistence and inheritance of traditional Chinese painting skills. At the same time, it also breaks the old rule of "only accepting male disciples" through the apprenticeship, embodies the innovative spirit of traditional culture in modern society to accept new forces and keep pace with the times, and conveys the idea that traditional cultural inheritance needs to break prejudice and tolerate diversity. 2. Women's courage and self-realization in pursuit of dreams: The work focuses on women's journey of pursuing dreams in traditional fields. In order to pursue the dream of traditional Chinese painting, Liang Zhiwei broke gender prejudice and secular constraints, and used her perseverance and courage to hide her identity to study. This shows women's independence and tenacity, and conveys the inspirational core of women's ability to realize self-worth in traditional fields and break the shackles of gender. 3. The symbiosis and fulfillment of emotions and dreams: The work integrates the emotional line and the dream line. In the process of chasing dreams, the protagonist and his senior brother Yu Zhiyuan protect and complement each other. Emotions become the support of dreams, and dreams also make emotions thicker. It shows that love and dreams are not opposites, but a warm core that can achieve each other, conveying the beauty of understanding, companionship, and fulfillment between people. 4. Breaking of secular prejudice and self-identity: Through the protagonist's experience, the work breaks the secular prejudice that "women are not suitable for inheriting traditional skills". At the same time, the protagonist also completes self-identity in the process, from hiding his identity to accepting himself calmly, conveying the idea that everyone has the right to pursue their dreams and should not be bound by gender or secular prejudice.