10. Atlas of the same year

[Ten Same Year Map Volume]

Ten Same Year Map Volume, Ming Dynasty, silk version, color setting, 48.5cm in vertical and 257cm in horizontal
This picture has no print. At the back of the volume is Li Dongyang’s book Preface to the Jiashen Ten Same Year Picture, which is stamped with “Binzhi” (in white) and “Daxue Scholar’s Seal” (in Zhu). After that, there were 10 participants’ singing poems, including Min Yu, Zhang Da, Zeng Jian, Xie Duo, Jiao Fang, Liu Daxia, Dai Shan, Chen Qing, Wang Shi and Li Dongyang. The poems were seven rhymes, or two, or one, but Li Dongyang wrote three, a total of 18, all of which were written by himself, followed by Xie Duo’s “Book Ten in the Same Year” in the following year of the gathering (the 17th year of the reign of Emperor Hongzhi of the Ming Dynasty, 1504), and Liu Dong’s book “Book Zhuang Yi Gong in the same year of Yan Hui” in Jiajing Jihai (1539) The postscript of Wang Shizhen Longqing Jisi (three years, 1569), the postscript of the same year of Jiashen ten written by Min Sheng, the son of Min Xuan, after the death of the Ming Dynasty, the postscript of the same year of Jiashen ten, the postscript of Shen San, the nephew of Min’s family, the postscript of Shen San, who wrote in the fifth day of Kangxi (twenty-seventh year, 1688), the seven-character poem of Shen Han, and the postscript of Tan Zekai in the twentieth year of the Republic of China (1931)
This is a commemorative group portrait depicting the gathering of 10 senior officials in the 16th year of the Meihongji era (1503). According to the preface and postscript of each person at the end of the volume, the 10 participants are all the same list of Jinshi in Jiashen (1464) in the eighth year of Shun tomorrow. The meeting time is March 25, Guihai (1503) in the 16th year of Hongzhi, and the meeting place is at the Da Zuntang Hall of Minyi Mansion. The participants were all important ministers in the court. Min Min was the oldest, 74 years old, and Li Dongyang was the youngest, 57 years old
The characters on the screen are divided into three groups. From the beginning of the scroll, the first group is composed of Wang Shi, the secretary of the Ministry of Household in Nanjing, Jiao Fang, the left servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Xie Duo, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites; The second group is composed of four people: Zeng Jian, the minister of the Ministry of Labour, Min Yu, the minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Zhang Da, the right handyman of the Ministry of Labour, and Dai Shan, the minister of the left capital of the Duchayuan; The third group of three people are Chen Qing, the right chamberlain of the Ministry of the Interior, Liu Daxia, the secretary of the Ministry of the Interior, and Li Dongyang, the senior scholar of the Ministry of the Interior and the Jingshen Hall. The gathering was carefully prepared. Besides the banquets, singing and drawing, the painters painted from life on the spot. Only Jiao Fang left the old manuscript in advance for his business trip to Hunan. Therefore, the appearance of each person in the picture is a true portrait, while the combination and arrangement of the characters are arranged by the painter. The background is set with wutong, bamboo, plantain and pine trees, interspersed with several cases, books, wine sets and children. The scenery is concise and orderly, without too much exaggeration. It is intended to highlight the images of prominent officials of the court, which shows the purpose of creation
In the Ming Dynasty, high-ranking officials held the Yaji, which was different from the previous generation, where most of the participants were officials or celebrities. In addition to admiring the former generation’s “heroes and great virtues”, they also showed their status and political achievements. The praise of “Sheng Shiming Jun” was also frequently seen in the postscript. The top officials in the same year were mainly in the reign of Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty (1487-1505). At that time, there were many upright officials in the central court, eunuchs and factory guards were also more conscientious, and the whole bureaucratic system presented a relatively clear picture. The “Ten Same Years” is like the last portrayal of the officialdom in the prosperous period of the Ming Dynasty. The six ministers used to cherish the Wei Que’s dignified and cautious voice and smile, and the cohesion contained in the noble and elegant atmosphere, which can no longer be found in the dynasties after Xiaozong. It is precisely because of the loss of this cohesion that led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty
At that time, there were 10 copies of this picture, one for each family. This volume is left by the Min family. It was collected by Fa Shishan in the 15th year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (1810). It is the only surviving copy of 10 books and an important historical document.