徐悲鸿1895年生于江苏省宜兴县一个教书人家,早年生活甚为艰苦。1942年,他在一幅作品题诗中曾说:“少小也曾锥刺股。”以此来形容他年轻时的艰难生活。徐悲鸿的父亲是位半耕种半教书的村塾老师,同时也是位乡间画师。徐悲鸿6岁开始跟父亲读书识字,7岁时对画画产生兴趣,就想跟父亲学画。他父亲认为7岁的孩子年纪太小,不肯教,于是他就偷偷地求人画了 Xu Beihong Born in 1895 in Yixing County, Jiangsu Province, a teaching person, his early life was very difficult. In 1942, he said in a poem titled: “Little has also been a conch stock.” In order to describe his tough life when young. Xu Beihong’s father is a half-taught village teacher Shuji Shu, is also a rural painter. Xu Beihong started reading literacy with his father at the age of 6, interested in drawing at the age of 7, wanted to learn painting with his father. His father considered a 7-year-old child too young to teach, so he secretly asked for painting