清末苏州书法家、书法教育家姚孟起(字凤生,附贡生),对稍有书学知识的人来说应不陌生,其书学名著《字学臆参》为论者所推重。但一般的书画史传文献对姚氏的记述不外记其善书能画,兼工篆刻,以书法教授里中而已。故亦仅能使人了解其艺事方面的某些成就,而对其生平的理解,显然还是不够的。 In the late Qing Dynasty, calligrapher Yao Mengqi, a calligrapher and calligrapher in Suzhou, was not unfamiliar to those who knew a little about book study. However, the general history of painting and calligraphy, Yao’s account of not only remember its good book can draw, and seal carving, calligraphy professor only. Therefore, it can only make people understand certain achievements in their artistic activities. Obviously, their understanding of their life is obviously not enough.