2006年9月，江西省九江市舉行隆重的聘請儀式，特聘浙江青年畫家岑其為該市文化顧問，九江市市長親自為岑其頒發(fā)了聘書。

岑其究竟何許人？一位39歲的浙江畫家緣何被鄰近省份的城市盛情聘為文化顧問呢？

九江為江西省的大城市，市區(qū)北依長江，南偎廬山，經(jīng)濟發(fā)達，文化底蘊深厚。正如岑其在《畫廬山記》一文中所言：“廬山為天下美景、避暑勝地，而最能讓我神往的是她所包容的文化，從陶潛到李白、白居易、朱熹、蘇東坡，再有朱元璋、唐伯虎等都與廬山結下了不解之緣。他們所留下的詩篇已成為廬山最美麗的風景線，亦是最誘人的名片，稱廬山為‘中國第一文化名山’實不為過也。”“九江大地因有長江而具生氣，因有鄱陽湖而聚氣，因有廬山而終成大氣。張大千大師未上廬山終生遺憾，晚年創(chuàng)作《廬山圖》而抒心懷。我與九江有緣，與廬山有緣也，揮毫馳墨，摹寫廬山風光，付諸同好，共享神奇之美！”這些文字，道出了九江和廬山的文化特征，也道出了岑其本人對于廬山風光的萬般傾情。所以說這次九江聘岑其為文化顧問，既是九江選擇了岑其，也是岑其多年來傾情廬山和九江的結果。

九江選擇岑其有它充足的理由：岑其雖然年輕，在全國的書畫界尚屬小輩，但他始終以自己獨特的藝術追求獲得了豐碩的創(chuàng)作成果，他在山水、人物、花鳥等中國畫領域都有涉獵，并在海內(nèi)外舉辦數(shù)十次個人畫展；他尤喜畫“觀音”，其觀音畫以親切自然、仁慈雅逸的風格馳名中外；他個人藏畫頗豐，藏有大量宋元以來的國畫精品，所藏的劉海粟作品其數(shù)量為全國第一；他繪畫鑒賞和鑒定功底扎實，著有古畫鑒賞及鑒定著作10余種；他長期堅持詩歌創(chuàng)作，古體詩詞和現(xiàn)代詩歌均擅長，出版過10本詩集，為浙江省作協(xié)會員，省作協(xié)還專為他舉辦專場詩歌創(chuàng)作研討會；他熱心慈善事業(yè)，個人捐獻的繪畫作品價值達百萬元之巨！由于這些業(yè)績，岑其被評為“寧波市第六屆十大優(yōu)秀青年”，“寧波市第七屆十大杰出青年”，并榮獲“聯(lián)合國第十七屆科技與和平周和平使者”和“2005年度十大中華系列英才”等稱號，受到黨和國家領導人賈慶林、韓啟德、萬國權等接見和鼓勵。中國社會科學院原副院長、中國東方研究院院長劉吉欽撰寫專文，稱他為“人才成功的良好范例”。

岑其，名淇，字西橋，其畫室名為大德堂，又號大德堂主。1968年出生在慈溪市逍林鎮(zhèn)橋西村。逍林是座充滿靈性的美麗小鎮(zhèn)，南臨青山，清澈的上林湖緊依著小鎮(zhèn)之旁。幼年的岑其對畫畫極感興趣，他6歲時用極簡單的線條畫了一把茶壺，令外公拍手叫絕。讀小學時岑其報名參加設在慈溪城里的書法培訓班，每晚都騎著自行車來回奔波整整20公里。1983年底，15歲的岑其來到杭州學畫長進極快，后經(jīng)人力薦成為陸抑非先生的入室弟子。

岑其在名師的指點下進步快，漸漸明白了中國畫的精髓，全身心地投入進去，他一次次琢磨，一點點領悟，一步步精通。他的觀音畫就是在經(jīng)年累月的感悟和苦練中日臻完善的。后來，岑其的山水畫創(chuàng)作也得到了長足的進步。此外，他又特別傾情于黃山、廬山，長時期地流連于黃山、廬山吟詩作畫。岑其在他的《畫廬山記二》一文中說：“畫廬山，主要畫廬山的氣韻和精神。廬山將北方的雄渾和南方的秀麗融匯一體，山和水在這里真正的相連，云和樹在這里情韻交融。這里的瀑布有神，泉水有源。紫霞煙云、風霜雨雪都從不同的方向以不同的力度鐫刻著山體和石壁，大自然的丹青妙手，鬼斧神工地塑就了獨特的‘世界文化景觀’”。這對于一個視繪畫藝術為生命的畫家來說，沒有比廬山更能讓他情動心動了。是的，只有這樣的仙山圣地，畫家的想象力和創(chuàng)造力才會達到頂峰。

自擔任了九江市文化顧問后，岑其有相當多的時間是在九江和廬山度過的。迄今他已十余次臨九江、八次上廬山揮毫潑墨，在五老峰、含鄱口、三疊泉等處創(chuàng)作了20多幅有關廬山的畫。他還利用在北京全國政協(xié)禮堂舉辦慈善畫展的機會，向中國青少年發(fā)展基金會捐助了20萬元售畫所得，并計劃在江西省援建一所“岑其希望小學”。

談及今后如何為九江的文化事業(yè)作出貢獻以及如何推介廬山，岑其透露說：目前他投資1000余萬元、計870平方米的“九江市中國書畫交流中心”即將使用，并計劃在交流中心首先舉辦一次宋元明清名人書畫珍藏展，以后他將組織九江的畫家去外地參展，還將邀請全國的知名畫家到九江參展進行交流，以把九江的書畫推向社會、走向市場，為九江的文化建設做些實實在在的事情。在推動九江文化的同時，他將畫300幅有關九江及廬山的畫，并創(chuàng)作有關廬山的詩作，將通過自己的努力，以詩書畫的形式增加九江知名度，讓更多的人了解九江、熱愛廬山。岑其認定，文化與經(jīng)濟的發(fā)展是相輔相成的，文化事業(yè)的蓬勃繁榮會有力促進經(jīng)濟的發(fā)展。

一位成長成熟于浙江大地的青年畫家，如今到了外省擔任文化顧問，這也是一種深層次的文化交流，岑其以畫為媒推介著九江和廬山，也推介著自己和浙江年青一代的藝術家。

Artist Advises For Scenic River City

By Sun Kan

In September， 2006， the 39-year-old Cen Qi， a Zhejiang-based landscape artist， was engaged as a cultural advisor by the government of Jiujiang City， Jiangxi Province. At an official ceremony， the mayor issued Cen a letter of appointment.

The artist and the city come together for good reasons. Jiujiang is a city on the Yangtze River and sits at the foot of the picturesque Mount Lushan. A commanding look from the peaks can reveal the breathtaking beauty of the river and the distant Poyang Lake extending as far as the horizon. Moreover， the mount is steeped in history and closely connected with big names such as poets and emperors. Some people who love Mount Lushan even go so far as to boast that it is the number one mount in the country in terms of beauty and history. Naturally， the gorgeous mount is a favorite destination and attraction for landscape artists all the country around and Cen Qi is one of those fascinated artists who paint a lot of landscape there.

Not just fascinated. Cen Qi is an accomplished artist. Though the 39-year-old probablycounts as one of the young artists in the country， he has successfully held dozens of sole exhibitions at home and abroad. What is more， Cen is a well known collector of Chinese paintings， including some ancient masterpieces of the Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1271-1368) Dynasties. He has authored a dozen of books on appreciating and authenticating ancient paintings. As a poet， he has published 10 collections of poems. And he has donated paintings worth more than a million yuan to various charity programs.

Cen Qi comes form Cixi， Ningbo in eastern China's Zhejiang Province. He started learning how to paint at an early age. He came to Hangzhou for further studies at the age of 15. He studied under the tutelage of Lu Yifei， a master of Chinese painting.

Mount Lushan is one of his favorite destinations for landscape painting. In an essay about his painting tours in the mount， he comments， “The best way to depict the mount is to highlight its verve and essence. The mount is a perfect combination of the magnificence of the north and the grace of the south. Mountains and waters meet here; clouds and trees merge; waterfalls are magic and you see the sources of streams flowing away; the elements of the nature reveal different perspectives of the mount， making it a world-class cultural landscape.”Since he became a cultural advisor to the city， Cen Qi has spent a lot of time there and taken eight painting trips to the mount. He has donated over 200，000 in cash， proceeds of his painting sales in Beijing， to the Chinese Development Foundation for Youth and he plans to raise money to build a Hope Primary School named after himself.

As for plans for further promoting the cultural undertakings of Jiujiang， Cen reveals that he has invested 10 million yuan into an exchange center for Chinese painting and calligraphy in the riverside city. The 870-square-meter center will soon be staging an exhibition displaying rare ancient masterpieces from private collections. And he will organize a trip for local artists of Jiujiang to travel to other parts of the country and invite art masters to Jiujiang for further exchange activities. Meanwhile， he has an ambitious plan to create 300 paintings about the Mount Lushan and Jiujiang and compose some poems in the hope of promoting the city across the country.

That a Zhejiang-based young artist is now engaged as a cultural advisor for Jiujiang in Jiangxi Province is another sort of cultural exchange at a higher level. His paintings not only promote Jiujiang and Mount Lushan， but also promote the new generation of artists like himself.

(Translated by David)