Fan Zhongyan’s praise volume of regular script and Taoism

[Fan Zhongyan’s regular script and praise volume of Taoism and clothing]

The praise volume of Taoism and clothing, Song Dynasty, Fan Zhongyan’s book, paper, hand scroll, 34.8 cm in length and 47.9 cm in width. 8 lines in regular script. There are many postscripts on the back paper, such as Wen Tong, Wu Lili, Dai Meng, Liu Guan, Hu Zhu, Liu Kui, Dai Ren, Sima Yan, Wu Kuan, etc. Seal seal: “Gaoyang Book”, “Shou Guogong Book Seal”, “Eastern Han Dynasty Taiwei Sacrifices to Restaurant Studies”, “The Sixteenth Grandmaster Bones Yousheng to Collect Books”, “Huaizhou Military Kangji”, and many other seals. In addition, seal the seals of Qing Liang Qingbiao, Anqi, and the seals of Qianlong, Jiaqing, and Xuantong
This post is an article of praise written by Fan Zhongyan for the Daofu made by his friend “Xu Brother, Secretary of Pinghai” in the same year. He said that the Daofu made by his friend was “to clear his mind and clean his body”. In the Song Dynasty, literati and doctors liked to associate with Taoists. “Taoists are elegant and well dressed. A gentleman’s clothing is the same as a gentleman’s clothing.” Wearing Taoist clothing became a fashion for the time. The strokes of this scroll are clear, strong, thin and hard. The knot is square, upright and upright. At that time, it was said that this post was “both beautiful and proverbial”
This volume has been recorded in books such as “Tiewang Coral”, “Qinghe Calligraphy and Painting Boat”, “Qinghe Seeing and Hearing Table”, “Shigu Hall Calligraphy and Painting Collection”, “Life’s Spectacular”, “Grand View Record”, “Moyuan Huiguan”, “Shiqu Treasure Collection · First Edition”. Carved into the Mingwen Zhengming “Stop Cloud Pavilion Calligraphy” and “Sanxi Hall Calligraphy” in Qianlong’s inner mansion
It was once collected by Song Fan’s Manor, Qing Anqi and Qing Neifu, and later returned to Zhang Boju. In 1956, Zhang Boju and his wife donated it to the Palace Museum.