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HUANG YI (1744-1802)
Courtesy name Dayi, and sobriquets Xiaosong, Qiu’an, was a native of
Qiantang (present day Hangzhou), Zhejiang Province. Huang inherited
his father’s talent in poetry and seal engraving, and later studied with
the seal artist Ding Jing. Together with Ding, they became known
by their joint surname “Ding Huang”, and were both listed among
the Eight Masters of Xiling. His seals were all styled with a calm and
elegant charm. He excelled in calligraphy, especially clerical script,
which reflected his studies of ancient inscriptions. Huang was also
talented at painting, and his landscape paintings revealed traces
of Dong Yuan and Ju Ran’s techniques, using light ink and simple
brushstrokes to capture the presence of nature with an epigraphic
aesthetic. His flower paintings were inspired by Yun Shouping, and of
prominence were his depictions of plum blossoms. He served diligently
as vice commissioner (Tongzhi) of Jining. He was an enthusiast on
discovering ancient steles and stele rubbings. His notes and sketches
on studying stone inscriptions had fundamental influence on later
epigraphy study and scholars. He published several books, including
The Study of Epigraphy from the Little Penglai Pavilion, Poems from
the Little Penglai Pavilion, and Master of Qiuying’an’s Collection of Seal
Impressions, among others.

黃易（1744-1802）
字大易，號小松，又號秋盦。浙江錢塘（今杭州）人。父樹穀工詩擅
鐫刻，小松既承家學，治印又為丁敬高弟，有出藍之譽，二人並稱
「丁黃」，同列「西泠八家」。印風以工穩閑雅見長。工書，嫻熟隸
法，精於博古，故隸書中參以鐘鼎，愈見古雅。山水法董、巨，以淡
墨簡筆寫取神韻，冷逸幽雋，有金石味。兼工花卉，宗惲壽平，作墨
梅亦饒逸致。官濟寧同知，勤於職事。熱衷訪古尋碑，搨碑，留下訪
碑日記和多幅〈訪碑圖〉，對其後的金石 學家影響頗鉅。著有《小蓬
萊閣金石文字》、《小蓬萊閣詩鈔》、《秋影庵主印譜》等。

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