Hongzhai script on Wen Tianxiang’s running script

[Wentianxiang running script Shanghongzhai script]

Shanghongzhai script volume, Southern Song Dynasty, Wentianxiang script, paper, hand scroll, 39.2 cm vertically, 149.9 cm horizontally, running script, 53 lines, 747 characters
The annotation of Shanghong Zhai Tie volume
The seal of this collection is Xiang Yuanbian, Bian Yongyu, An Qi, Yongyu, Yipai and Mianyi. After the volume, the postscript of Li Shimian, Yongyu, Mianyi, Li Duanfen and Zhu Yifan of the Qing Dynasty
The content of this post is to congratulate the Jin officials of Hongzhai (Bao Hui) and to describe the politics. The book was written in the first year of Xianchun in the Song Dynasty (1265), when Wen Tianxiang was 30 years old. In the first month of that year, Wen’s sentence was raised in Hunan, and he took office in March. This letter is fashionable in the countryside
As for the reason for writing this post, Li Shimianba of the Ming Dynasty said: “When Gaidu Zong took over the throne at the beginning of the reign, he recruited Hongfu as the minister of the Ministry of Punishment, signed the letter to the Privy Council, and granted the marquis of Nancheng County, so Gonghe wrote this letter.” The content of the letter involves the matter that Wen Tianxiang “used tens of thousands of soldiers to punish the Gan bandits during his tenure in Jiangxi Province”, which is of great value to the study of the history at that time
This piece of calligraphy is clear and sparse, has a beautiful style, and is elegant and lovely
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