Jade carving craftsmen and sculptors from Jiajing to Wanli in Ming Dynasty. Zuo Zibang. Suzhou (now Jiangsu) people live at the foot of Hengshan Mountain. He is good at jade carving, and once carved daffodil hairpin, which is exquisite and ingenious, and the base branches under the receptacle are as thin as hair. "Suzhou Fuzhi" praised: "Lu Zigang, who skillfully grinds jade, is a narcissus hairpin, exquisite and ingenious, and the flowers are unscathed." There are also Five Poems of Narcissus Hairpins in Xu Wenchang Collection. One of them is "Kunwu front is difficult to the end, and Suzhou Lv Zi is just worried". There is also a phrase "plum blossom tea crystal flower insert". The existing Palace Museum in Beijing. 1962, when the Beijing cultural relics team excavated the royal tombs of the Qing Dynasty, they got a jade cup with the word "Zigang" on the handle, engraved patterns on the cup body and lid, and three round lions on the lid. Exquisite modeling is his masterpiece. Compared with contemporary jade articles, the jade articles he made have many unique features, especially the form of carving, all of which are stamped. There are three types: self-discipline, self-discipline and self-discipline system. It is not obvious or fixed, but it is different on the back, bottom, lower end of handle and cover. People who play with jade can't help but know the "Zigang Jade" in the Ming Dynasty.
Suzhou, Beijing and Yangzhou were the three centers of jade carving in China in the Ming Dynasty, especially Suzhou. Song said in "Tiangong": "Although good workers gather in the capital, they skillfully push Su County." According to historical records, there were four jade carving masters in Suzhou in Ming Dynasty, such as He Si and others, among which Lu Zigang was the most famous. Although he was only a craftsman, his jade carving skills were praised as "Wuzhong stunt", and the jade he made was called "Zigangyu", which was sought after by dignitaries at that time and was very precious. At that time, Suzhou also compared "Purple Harbor Jade" with Tang Bohu's lady paintings.
Lu Zigang was the most famous jade carving master in the late Ming Dynasty, which was recorded in many literati's notes. "Suzhou Fuzhi" contains: "Lu Zigang, grinding jade to record grazing, making daffodil hairpin, exquisite and ingenious, the flower stems are as thin as a scratch." Xu Wei's "Narcissus Hairpin Fu": "There is a subtle and long style, and there is no fireworks. The peak of Kunwu seems to end in the south, and I am worried about nailing Suzhou Luzigang. " To this day, there are still many jade articles engraved with Lu Zigang style. Lu Zigang was born in the first half of16th century, between Jiajing and Wanli of Ming Dynasty. He was originally from Taicang County, Jiangsu Province, and later moved to Suzhou, the center of Zhuolu. The management of handicraft industry in Ming Dynasty was very strict and hierarchical. Even in the late Ming dynasty, when the "principal system" was abolished, there were still legacy attacks. In this case, Lu Zigang, a craftsman engaged in humble jade carving, can be regarded as a guest of honor by scholars, and his superb and ingenious jade carving skills can be seen.