李神琦（REX LEE）

人体工程学研究员｜美国纽约百老汇制作人

Human Engineering Researcher | Broadway Producer, New York City

毕业于伦敦政治经济学院金融与社会学专业

Graduate of the London School of Economics, Finance and Sociology

曾任纽约苏富比拍卖公司管理部

Former Management Department, Sotheby's New York

上海的城市肌理，从来都是传统与现代的共生体。石库门的雕花栏杆与摩天楼的玻璃幕墙相映，外滩百年建筑的圆弧线条与滨江现代地标利落切面对话，这座城市始终在寻找刚与柔、古与今、东与西最舒适的契合点。而在海派玉雕的世界里，国家级非物质文化遗产代表性传承人翟倚卫，正以一把刻刀、一方美玉、一间名为“惟精惟一之室”的工作室，复刻着上海的城市精神，更在方寸玉牌之间，雕琢出传统工艺与现代审美、艺术表达与人体工程学完美交融的至高境界。

Shanghai's urban fabric has always been a coexistence of tradition and modernity. The carved railings of shikumen courtyards mirror the glass curtain walls of skyscrapers; the graceful arcs of the Bund's century-old buildings converse with the crisp angles of contemporary riverside landmarks. This city has always sought the most perfect balance between strength and gentleness, past and present. Zhai Yiwei is the finest interpreter of this urban spirit in the world of jade carving.

《云台清曲》 Yunlai Qingqu (Melody from Cloud Terrace)  

 《云带钟声》Yundai Zhongsheng (Bell Sound Through Cloud Veil)

翟倚卫本名翟念卫，是业内公认的“新海派文人玉牌”开创者。他并非闭门造车的守旧匠人，早年游学日本的经历，让他得以跳出传统玉雕的固有框架，将西方美术的构图逻辑、版画的光影层次、现代设计的空间理念，与中国古典诗词的意境、书法绘画的笔墨韵味融为一体。他的作品两度惊艳世界：2014年，《云台清曲》《云带钟声》搭载探月飞行器遨游太空，成为人类历史上首批“巡天玉雕”；2017年，《别寻方外去》《春之韵》被大英博物馆永久馆藏，让当代中国玉牌正式迈入世界主流艺术殿堂。而这一切成就的原点，正是他工作室中“惟精惟一之室”这四个字，字字千金，道尽他的艺术追求与人生境界。

Born Zhai Nianwei, Zhai Yiwei is widely recognized in the industry as the pioneer of the New Shanghai-Style Scholar Jade Tablet. He was never a conservative craftsman working in isolation. His early study in Japan freed him from the fixed framework of traditional jade carving, allowing him to fuse the compositional logic of Western fine art, the light-and-shadow layering of printmaking, and the spirit and mood of Eastern ink painting into a single creative crucible. His jade tablets — white jade as ground, engraving blade as brush, Shanghai urban life as subject, classical verse as annotation — construct intimate spiritual spaces that carry the refined taste of the literati alongside contemporary humanist sensibilities.

《别寻方外去》、《春之韵》

Bie Xun Fang Wai Qu (Seek No Further Beyond) and Chun Zhi Yun (Cadence of Spring)

“惟精惟一”出自《尚书·大禹谟》，“人心惟危，道心惟微，惟精惟一，允执厥中”，这不仅是儒家修身的核心，更是翟倚卫玉雕艺术的灵魂。所谓“精”，是技法上的极致精准，是对每一刀、每一线、每一处光影的苛求。他承袭明代陆子冈开创的“子冈牌”经典形制，坚守阳刻浮雕的传统根脉，却又不被古法束缚，大胆融入现代美术的阴阳对比、虚实相生、疏密节奏。他的刀法细腻到能捕捉午后阳光穿过窗棂的慵懒，能勾勒出微风拂过衣袂的轻柔，能在毫厘之间分出远山的朦胧与近景的清晰。在他的刻刀下，玉石不再是冰冷坚硬的材质，而是有温度、有光影、有呼吸的生命体，每一处线条都流畅自然，每一处雕琢都恰到好处，多一分则冗杂，少一分则单薄，如同人体工程学对尺度的精准把控，追求的是极致的舒适与和谐。

Wei Jing Wei Yi — Be singularly precise and singularly devoted — comes from the Book of Documents: The human mind is perilous; the Way-mind is subtle; be singularly precise and singularly devoted, and hold fast to the mean. This is not only the core of Confucian self-cultivation but the very soul of Zhai Yiwei's jade carving art. Jing (precision) refers to the utmost exactitude in technique — the exacting refinement of every blade stroke and every millimeter, practiced with the same intensity for decades; the unwavering pursuit of integrating the perspectival precision of Western drawing, the light-and-shadow layering of printmaking, and the spirit and energy of calligraphic brushwork into every jade tablet.

《午茶时分》Wucha Shifen (Afternoon Tea)

而“一”，则是他心性上的专注守一，是心无旁骛的艺术坚守。翟倚卫并非年少成名，他在41岁才真正重返玉雕界，此前数十年的人生阅历，游学见闻、书法练习、文学积淀、美学思考，全都沉淀于心，最终尽数化入那一方小小的玉牌之中。他不追名逐利，不随波逐流，终日在“惟精惟一之室”里与玉石为伴，与刻刀为友，将所有的精力、才情与思考，都凝聚在方寸之间。这种“一生一事，一事一生”的专注，让他的作品褪去了浮躁之气，多了厚重之感，每一块玉牌都承载着他的精神内核，既有传统文人的清雅风骨，又有现代艺术的开放包容。

Yi (singularity) speaks to his wholehearted focus — an artistic devotion free of distraction. Zhai Yiwei did not achieve early fame; it was not until age 41 that he truly returned to jade carving. The decades of life experience that preceded — travels and study abroad, calligraphy practice, literary accumulation, aesthetic cultivation — all became the rich foundation that nourishes his art. His Studio of Singular Devotion is not merely a workshop but a philosophy of living: within an inch of space, hold fast to one's original aspiration, hold fast to tradition, hold fast to the purest pursuit of beauty.

《倩影》Qianying (Silhouette)

更难得的是，翟倚卫的玉雕，早已超越了单纯的视觉审美，抵达了人体工程学所追求的“天人合一、以人为本”的境界。人体工程学讲究的是器物与人的生理、心理高度适配，让器物服务于人、滋养人，而翟倚卫的玉牌，正是这样一件贴合身心的艺术珍品。

What is even more remarkable is that Zhai Yiwei's jade carving has long transcended mere visual aesthetics, reaching the human engineering ideal of unity of Heaven and humanity, centered on the human. Human engineering is concerned with the deep physiological and psychological compatibility between object and person — making the object a natural extension of the human body. Zhai Yiwei's jade tablets achieve precisely this ideal.

《雨沥》Yuli (Rain Drizzle)

从生理触感而言，他的玉牌在形制、尺寸、弧度、厚度上，都经过了精心的测算与打磨。摒弃了传统玉牌生硬的棱角，边缘打磨得圆润顺滑，握持时恰好贴合掌心的曲线，重量适中，摩挲之间温润贴肤，毫无违和感。无论是握于手中把玩，佩于胸前装饰，还是系于腕间点缀，都能与人体自然贴合，兼顾美观与舒适。这种对人体尺度的精准把握，让玉牌不再是高高在上的展品，而是融入日常、陪伴身心的伴侣，完美诠释了人体工程学“实用与美学统一”的核心。

In terms of physical touch, his jade tablets have been meticulously calculated and refined in form, dimension, curvature, and thickness. Gone are the sharp edges of traditional jade tablets; the perimeters are polished to a smooth roundness that naturally conforms to the palm's curve when held. The weight is well-balanced, the warmth of the jade is strong, and extended handling causes neither fatigue nor tedium. This is no accident — it is the manifestation of Zhai Yiwei having internalized human engineering principles and externalized them in his objects.

《松风涧水》Songfeng Jianshui (Pine Wind, Mountain Stream)

从精神层面来讲，翟倚卫的玉雕更是契合了人体工程学对心理舒适、精神滋养的追求。现代人身处快节奏的都市生活，焦虑、浮躁、疲惫成为常态，而他的玉牌以简约空灵的构图、诗意悠远的意境、温润柔和的质感，为人们打造了一方心灵的栖息地。画面中或有倚窗远眺的女子，或有云卷云舒的山水，或有清雅隽永的诗词，没有繁复的堆砌，只有恰到好处的留白，让人凝视之时，便能静下心来，忘却尘世的喧嚣。玉养人，不仅养的是肌肤，更是养的心神，这种精神上的舒缓与治愈，正是人体工程学的至高境界——让器物与人的精神世界同频共振，达到身心和谐的状态。

At the spiritual level, Zhai Yiwei's jade carving further embodies the human engineering pursuit of psychological comfort and spiritual nourishment. Modern people live in fast-paced urban environments where anxiety, restlessness, and fatigue have become the norm. His jade tablets — with their spare, ethereal compositions, poetically evocative mood, and warm, refined texture — offer people a spiritual pressure relief valve, allowing them to find inner peace and equilibrium through a brief moment of handling and appreciation.

《红霞映碧楼》Hongxia Ying Bilou (Crimson Glow, Jade Pavilion)

翟倚卫的玉雕世界，是上海城市精神的微观呈现。如同这座城市的建筑，在传统的根基上生长出现代的枝丫，在东方的底蕴里融入西方的养分，不破不立，不舍不弃。他以“惟精惟一”的匠心，雕琢传统工艺的新生；以人体工程学的智慧，让美玉真正贴近人心；以跨越时空的艺术语言，让中国玉文化走向太空、走向世界。

Zhai Yiwei's jade carving world is a microcosmic expression of Shanghai's urban spirit. Like the city's architecture — growing modern branches from traditional roots, incorporating Western nourishment within an Eastern foundation, breaking the old only to establish the new, forsaking nothing while holding everything — he inscribes a cultural poem of an era upon a square inch of jade, guided by the artisan's heart of singular precision and singular devotion.

《早春》Zaochun (Early Spring)

方寸玉牌，藏天地万象；一把刻刀，守匠心初心。在翟倚卫的“惟精惟一之室”里，没有浮躁的功利，只有对艺术的虔诚，对传统的敬畏，对现代的包容。他用刻刀告诉世界，传统不是尘封的古董，现代不是无根的浮萍，当极致的技艺遇上专注的初心，当东方美学遇上人体工程学的智慧，千年玉雕便能在当代焕发新生，如同上海这座城市一般，在传统与现代的交融中，绽放出永不褪色的光芒。而这，正是翟倚卫的艺术，也是海派玉雕最动人的魅力。

A jade tablet the size of an inch holds the myriad phenomena of heaven and earth; a single engraving blade guards the original aspiration of the craftsman's heart. In Zhai Yiwei's Studio of Singular Devotion, there is no restless pursuit of profit — only reverence for art, respect for tradition, and openness to modernity. Through his blade, he tells the world: tradition is not a shackle but a root; innovation is not betrayal but inheritance; a single small jade tablet can carry humanity's deepest aesthetic pursuit and most pristine spiritual longing.

作者简介（About the Author）：

李神琦（Rex Lee）是一位华裔美国演员、获奖剧作家与百老汇制作人，常驻纽约市。他本科毕业于芝加哥大学，主修历史与政治学，并于伦敦政治经济学院（LSE）获得金融与社会学硕士学位。

Rex Lee is a Chinese-American actor, award-winning playwright, and Broadway producer based in New York City. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in History and Political Science from the University of Chicago and a Master’s degree in Finance and Sociology from the London School of Economics (LSE).

李神琦拥有横跨艺术、金融与公共事务领域的广泛经验，曾于国际顶级艺术拍卖行苏富比（Sotheby’s）任职，并在华盛顿特区担任企业说客，代表多家跨国公司进行政策游说。

Lee possesses extensive experience spanning the arts, finance, and public affairs. He previously worked at Sotheby’s, the world-renowned art auction house, and served as a corporate lobbyist in Washington, D.C., representing several multinational corporations in policy advocacy.

他的表演生涯始于入围全美极具声望的 Jerry Herman Awards，这一经历点燃了他对舞台艺术的热情。其后，李神琦成为当年唯一入选的华裔男演员，受邀加入英国国家剧院（National Theatre Company of Great Britain），并展开国际巡演。他也曾参演美国国家级广告、影展短片，以及伦敦 Off-West End 的专业剧场演出，并受保加利亚文化部邀请，赴索菲亚国家剧院登台演出，展现其多语文化的舞台魅力。

His performing career began as a finalist for the prestigious Jerry Herman Awards. Subsequently, he became the only Chinese actor selected that year to join the National Theatre Company of Great Britain for an international tour. His credits include national commercials in the U.S., film festival shorts, and professional Off-West End productions. He was also invited by the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture to perform at the National Theatre in Sofia.

舞台之外，李神琦在学术领域同样表现出色。他曾在全美历史竞赛（National History Bowl）及美国地理奥林匹克（U.S. Geography Olympiad）中取得佳绩，并入选美国国家队。他对全球事务、文化历史与地缘政治的深厚理解，持续为其剧作与表演注入思想深度与跨文化的叙事视角。

Beyond the stage, Lee has excelled in academia, placing in the National History Bowl and the U.S. Geography Olympiad, and earning a spot on the U.S. National Team. His deep understanding of global affairs and cultural history informs the intellectual depth of his playwriting.

作为百老汇制作人，李神琦致力于搭建中美戏剧之间的桥梁——将美国戏剧引入中国，也让中国作品登上纽约舞台。他坚信戏剧能够穿越语言与国界，成为文化交流的窗口与心灵的共鸣。他的作品关注移民经验、身份认同与文化错位，通过艺术不断重塑“归属”的意义，推动亚洲叙事在全球剧场中的传播与再想象。

As a Broadway producer, Lee is dedicated to bridging the theatrical worlds of China and the U.S. His work focuses on the immigrant experience, identity, and cultural displacement, striving to redefine "belonging" and amplify Asian narratives on the global stage.