[Stele of Confucius Temple in the Northern Song Dynasty]
“Stele of Confucius Temple”, written by Yu Shinan of the Tang Dynasty, and written by Li Dan, the king of the Tang Dynasty. It was established in the seventh year of Zhenguan (633) of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. The inscription is in regular script with 35 lines and 64 characters. The monument is 400 cm high and 150 cm wide. The inscription records that Li Yuan, the Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty, established Confucius’ 33rd grandson, Confucius Delun, as a honoring marquis in the ninth year of Wude (626) and rebuilt the Confucius Temple. It is said that this tablet was only developed in the years of Zhenguan, and it was given to close ministers. It was destroyed by stone after spinning the fire. In the third year of Chang’an in Wuzhou (703), Li Dan, the king of Empress Wu’s life, carved and wrote the inscription again, and was later burned by fire. There are two existing heavy inscriptions: one is the overweight inscription of Wang Yan in the early Song Dynasty. The monument is located in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, commonly known as “Shaanxi-Ben”, “Shaanxi-Ben” or “Ximiaotang”; It is said that it was carved again during the period from the Yuan Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty. The tablet is located in Chengwu County, Shandong Province, commonly known as “Chengwuben” or “Dongmiaotang”. The former is fatter and the latter is thinner
This rubbings is the bound edition of the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty, and the paper-bound edition is cut and mounted, and the thick ink is refined. A total of 17 and half openings, each of which is 28.5 cm in length and 16.3 cm in width. The last line, “Emperor’s virtue, Confucianism and wind forever proclaim gold and stone”, did not sound. There is an inscription by Jue An, six paragraphs of the postscript by Bao Shichen, Sun Xingyan, Song Baochun, Chen Qikun, and six paragraphs of the observation notes by Yao Nai, Zhao Huaiyu, Wu Rongguang, and Zhang Weiping, and 31 copies of the postscript are sealed, including “The Imperial Scholars Song Quan Gong Ji”, “Quan”, “Zhong Mufu”, “Bao’s Secret Play”, “The Scholars Learn from the Ancient”, and “Huaiyu’s Private Seal”
The calligraphy of “Confucius Temple Stele” is handsome and round, with a slightly long shape, especially beautiful. It is horizontal and vertical, with a stretch of strokes, which is calm and moderate. The calligraphy of this tablet has been valued by the epigraphy calligraphers of the past dynasties, and is called the masterpiece of Yu Shu, the masterpiece of the Tang Dynasty’s regular script, and the regular script is extremely good. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Shen commented on this tablet: “The beauty of calligraphy and painting can only be combined with the bell and king, and it has made people’s top priority in thousands of years.”
Song Ouyang Xiu’s “Collection of Ancient Records”, Zhao Mingcheng’s “Jinshi Records”, Sun Chengze’s “Records of the Geng’s Selling the Summer”, Gu Yanwu’s “Records of the Stone and Gold Characters” and other books.
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