Preface to the Lanting Pavilion in Wang Xizhi’s running script (copied by Chu Suiliang of the Tang Dynasty)

[Preface to the Lanting of Wang Xizhi’s Running Script (copied by Chu Suiliang of the Tang Dynasty)]

Preface to the Lanting of Wang Xizhi’s Running Script (copied by Chu Suiliang of the Tang Dynasty), Jin, Wang Xizhi’s script, Tang, Chu Suiliang’s copy, paper, running script, 24 cm in length and 88.5 cm in width
On March 3, the ninth year of Yonghe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (353), 41 famous people from Shanyin gathered at the Orchid Pavilion to practice the xi festival and feast on the water. He composed poems on the spot and collected them into a volume, which was prefaced by Wang Xizhi on the spot. This preface is full of emotion and literature, with both hands and heart. It is called “the best running script in the world”. Its beautiful and easy-flowing spirit is regarded as the model and model of running script by later generations. Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, loved Xizhi’s calligraphy very much. After obtaining the authentic work of the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion, he ordered the famous calligraphers of the dynasty, Chu Suiliang, Ouyang Xun, and Feng Chengsu, the book developer of the Hongwen Museum, to copy several copies and distribute them to his subordinates for wide dissemination. According to records, the authentic Lanting was buried in Zhaoling with Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. There are mainly two systems in these Tang Dynasty copies, one is the copy of Chu Suiliang, the other is the ink copy of Chu Suiliang, Yu Shinan, Feng Chengsu, etc., most of which belong to this system, and Feng’s “Shenlong copy” is the closest to the original; The first is Ouyang Xun’s copy. The carved “Dingwu” is the best stone carving copy in the world
This volume was copied by Chu Suiliang, so the title of Xiang Yuanbian in the front of the volume “Chu imitates Wang Xizhi’s Lanting”, which is called “Chu imitates Lanting” for short, is not necessarily accurate. The whole volume contains inscriptions and postscripts of the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, as well as observation notes, as well as 215 seals and 4 half seals. Among them, “Tengzhong” and other two seals of the Northern Song Dynasty, and “Shaoxing”, “Neifu Seal”, “Ruisi East Pavilion” and other seven seals of the Inner Government of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty are true, and the title of Mi Fu’s poem and the seven seals on the first back paper are also true. I know that this volume should be a copy of Mi Fu in the Northern Song Dynasty. However, the texture of the work belongs to paper-cut paper, which was widely used after the Song Dynasty, or can be proved to be a copy of the Northern Song Dynasty. The whole volume is made up of two pieces of paper, with 19 lines in front and 9 lines in back. The lines are arranged loosely and evenly, and are mainly written temporarily, supplemented by sketching. Therefore, the writing is relatively smooth and has certain skills
The circulation and collection process of this volume is roughly as follows: Tengzhong in the Northern Song Dynasty, Shaoxing Inner Mansion in the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu in the Yuan Dynasty, Zheng Shi in the Pujiang River in the Ming Dynasty, Xiang Yuanbian, Bian Yongyu in the Qing Dynasty, and Qianlong Inner Mansion. He has been recorded in such books as Gu Fu of the Qing Dynasty’s “Life is Magnificent”, Bian Yongyu’s “Collection of Paintings and Calligraphy in Shigutang”, Wu Sheng’s “Grand View”, An Qi’s “Collection of Monks”, the “Collection of Treasures in Shiqu”, Ruan Yuan’s “Essays in Shiqu”, and has been carved into the “Orchid Pavilion Eight Posts”.