[Chen Xianzhang’s running script Lanting Preface Volume]
Lanting Preface Volume, Ming Dynasty, Chen Xianzhang’s running script, paper version, running script, 30.7cm vertically and 487cm horizontally
Payment: “Baisha”. Seal: “Shizhai”. In addition, Xiang Zijing, Wang Wu, Chen Juncong and others collected and printed more than ten square meters, and Zhang Wentao’s postscript
This volume is written by Chen Xianzhang at the request of his friend. It records the text of “Preface to the Orchid Pavilion”. It is written in his own style, not by copying. Therefore, the style of writing is unique and not restricted to one style. Due to the removal of the frame and reassembly, the six words “left and right of the reflection belt” were missing in the preface, and the paragraph from “or because of the trust” to “the ancient cloud is dead and alive” was reversed from the paragraph from “the prosperity of the bamboo string” to “the realization of a room”