Chapter 1,482: The Most Learnable Person in Han Li
Zhong Yao's original calligraphy was lost by the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and what people see today is either a copy or a forgery.
Generally speaking, there are "five tables", "six posts" and "three steles".
The "Five Tables" refer to the "Declaration Table", "Recommended Season Table", "He Jie Table" (also known as "Ronglu Table"), "Tiaoyuan Table" and "Li Ming Table".
This is the most artistic work of Zhong Yao's calligraphy in existence, but it is not Zhong Yao's original work.
Chu Suiliang's Bibliography of Wang Xizhi of the Jin Youjun said that "Xuanzhi Biao" is the version of Wang Xizhi handed down in the Tang Dynasty.
Because Wang Xizhi was also a master of calligraphy, he was very successful in copying Zhong Yao's original works, from which we can see the state of Zhong Yao's calligraphy.
According to Wang Xizhi's great-grandson Wang Sengqian's "Shulu", the authentic copy of the "Declaration Table" says: "The ink mark of the Taifu's "Declaration Table" was treasured by Prime Minister Shi Xing (Wang Dao). When he was mourning and embarrassed, he still used this table to put his clothes and belts across the river.
Later, at Youjun's place, Youjun borrowed the help of Wang Xiu, and Xiu died. His mother put the love of her son's life in the coffin, so she did not pass it on. The person who passed it on was Youjun Linben."
The three tables of "Tiaoyuan", "Liming" and "Hejie" are also based on later generations, but their achievements are also higher.
"Jian Ji Zhi Biao" is the most reliable. It was collected by the palace during the Tang and Song Dynasties, and was surrounded by the "Zhenguan" jade seal of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty.
Later, imperial seals such as "Xuanhe" by Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, "Shaoxing" by Zhao Gou, Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty, and "Qianlong Zhenshang" by Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty were displayed on it one by one, which shows that it had been visited by the above emperors.
After several changes, it was destroyed in the 13th year of the Republic of China (1924), and only its photocopy remains today.
"Jian Ji Zhi Biao" has a high artistic achievement. Lu Xingzhi of the Yuan Dynasty praised this watch as "ancient and simple, superb and enchanting, without the beauty of flower arranging in the Jin Dynasty or Tang Dynasty", and called it "the supreme ancient Dharma book and the most wonderful work in the world".
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"Six Tie" refers to "Bingtai Bingtai of Tomb Field" (referred to as "Bingshe Tie"), "Huanshi Tie" (referred to as "Huanshi Tie"), "Baiqi Tie", "Changwen Tie", "Xuehan Tie" and "Xuehan Tie".
"Changfeng Tie" (its second half is also called "Ancuo Tie").
All the "Six Tie" are Linben. "Bingshe Tie" and "Huanshi Tie" have higher achievements and are closer to Zhong style. They are superior works.
As for the "Bai Qi Tie" and other four types, they have been copied by many people and have been far away from the bell body.
Next is the "three steles". The "three steles" are the "Han Yiying Sets Up Hundreds of Stones to Lead the History Stele" (referred to as "Yiying Stele"), the "Wei Shangzun Name Stele" and the "Shou Zen Stele".
These are all engravings, and it is impossible to verify whether they were written by Zhong Yao.
Especially in the "Yiying Stele", there is a stone inscription by Zhang Zhigui from the Song Dynasty that says: "The Book of Taiwei Zhong of the Later Han Dynasty".
But now there is a stone stele, which is called "Yi Ying Stele", but it was erected in the first year of Yongxing in the Eastern Han Dynasty (153).
According to research, Zhong Yao was only three years old at this time, which is obviously a misinformation.
However, the ancients in the past couldn't see such an obvious mistake?
So, did Zhong Yao later imitate a piece of "Han Yiying Sets Up a Hundred Stones to Rate History", or was there another reason?
No matter what the reason is, there should be a stone tablet similar to Zhong Yao's original work, right?
"Yi Ying Stele" is also known as "The Stele of the History of Hundred Stones", "The Stele of Kong He", "The Stele of Kong He", etc. It has no author's name. It is a work of official calligraphy and is now in the Han and Wei Stele Exhibition Hall in Qufu.
Chen Wenzhe naturally knew about such a stone tablet.
"Yiying Stele" is the first stele of Fang, with a height of 198 centimeters, a width of 91.5 centimeters, and a thickness of 22 centimeters. It has no forehead and 18 lines of inscriptions, each line containing 40 characters.
The inscription records that Lu Xiang Yiying wrote a letter requesting that a person with a hundred stones be appointed to the Confucius Temple to take charge of the rituals and rituals in the temple.
It is a chronicle temple stele, and is collectively known as the "Three Steles of Confucius Temple" together with the "Ritual Vessel Stele" and the "Historical Stele".
In terms of calligraphy, its calligraphy style is square, rigorous in structure and vigorous in strokes.
The calligraphy is vigorous, with characters in a horizontal position, alternating between thick and thin.
The long strokes are curved, the tail of the wave is large, the corners are rounded, and the wave potential is soft.
The center is gathered together and the sides are free, free and easy, full of charm.
Therefore, this stone tablet is regarded by modern people as a representative of the Qili calligraphy school of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and is one of the symbol tablets of the mature Han Dynasty.
So until now, it is the most learnable method among Han Li.
However, there is no historical basis for saying that "Yi Ying Stele" is a calligraphy work by Zhong Yao.
As far as Chen Wenzhe knows, there are more than 200 Han Dynasty steles that have been unearthed, with different styles. None of the steles have the name of the person who made the calligraphy.
It is just people's guess that "Yi Ying Stele" is a calligraphy work by Zhong Yao.
Although Zhong Yao was good at calligraphy in five styles, later generations have only seen his "Declaration Form" in small regular script.
As for other calligraphy works, later generations have never seen them. How can we say that "Yiying Stele" is Zhong Yao's calligraphy work?
There is also the "Xia Chengbei", which experts say is "according to legend" to be Cai Yong's calligraphy work.
But whether "Xia Chengbei" is Cai Yong's calligraphy work or not is difficult for relevant experts to confirm.
In the end, they just used the word "according to legend" to explain that the author of "Xia Chengbei" was Cai Yong.
Whose calligraphy work is "Yi Ying Stele" in Han Dynasty? So far, people have not even seen the word "chuan".
Why is it said that "Yiying Stele" is a calligraphy work by Zhong Yao? Chen Wenzhe originally thought that this statement was untenable!
However, now that he saw such a piece of "Yiying Stele" written in block letters, he didn't know what to say.
To be able to put it here, it must have been purchased by Li Tianqiang at a high price.
With Li Tianqiang's current family connections, it is certainly impossible for him to be easily deceived.
Then it must have been appraised by an expert. Since it was appraised and it was bought, there must be a reason.
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Not to mention anything else, just looking at the weathering marks on the stone tablet, you can tell that this stone tablet must have been around for a long time.
With this kind of appearance and the handwriting on it, even if it is a fake, it is still worth a lot of money!
When appraising antiques, you need to be suspicious of everything.
Therefore, Chen Wenzhe did not think it was genuine, but he could not find any flaws.
This is amazing. If you don’t think it is the real thing, you can’t see the flaws of the imitation. If it is really a fake, it must have been made by a master.
You must know that the reason why imitation tablets are precious is that their stone materials are limited.
For example, if you want to imitate some stone carvings, such as cliff carvings, it can be said that it is relatively easy to do.
If you really want to imitate the cliff carvings, it is not difficult to find similar natural stones near the original site.
After the imitation handwriting is engraved, alkali solution is used to corrode the word opening to form a long-term weathered and peeling appearance, and you are done.
The biggest difficulty in forging epitaphs is that it is almost impossible to find stones that are exactly the same shape and age as the original ones.
The shape can only be chiseled, and the marks of the chiseling are very easy to identify.
Real masters first polish the shape of the stone, carve the characters, and then soak it in alkaline water to make it old.
But the soaking time needs to be controlled extremely accurately.
If it takes a long time, it will be corroded excessively. If the time is short, it will only corrode superficially, which can easily reveal flaws.
If it was Chen Wenzhe who was doing something old, he would not agree with this method of forgery, because in the end, if he was not careful, all the hard work in the early stage would be in vain.