Changfu Xingshu hooks and fills in the poem scroll of Liu Gongquan’s Orchid Pavilion carved in Xihong Hall

[Changfu Xingshu hook to fill in the poem volume of Liu Gongquan’s Orchid Pavilion carved in Xihong Hall]

Changfu Xingshu hook to fill in the poem volume of Liu Gongquan’s Orchid Pavilion carved in Xihong Hall, Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, paper version, running script, 29 cm vertically and 600 cm horizontally
At the end of the volume, there is an inscription “fill in the imperial edict, and the small ministers in the preface class of Honglu Temple are often blessed”. In the front of the volume, the four words “true face can be traced” in the running script of Emperor Qianlong were introduced, and a copy of Liu Gongquan’s Orchid Pavilion poem was printed in the title, with 33 seals. It was once collected by the Qianlong and Jiaqing Inner Mansions
The “Xihongtang Calligraphy” was compiled by Dong Qichang, Guimao, in the 31st year of the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty (1603), and engraved by Wu Zhen, the new capital. It is based on the famous calligraphers of the Jin, Tang and Yuan dynasties. Although Liu Gongquan’s “Orchid Pavilion Poems” was inscribed in the “Xihong Hall”, it has been more than 170 years since the thirty-first year of Wanli to the forty-third year of Qianlong, which can not avoid the abrasion and weathering of the words on the stone carving. In addition, when the engraver was carving, the engraver was poor, and there were many incomplete strokes. The Emperor Qianlong once said, “The engraver may not know the words, but there were broken chapters on the stone”, Therefore, the Qianlong Wuxu (43rd year, 1778) ordered Chang Fu, the preface group of Honglu Temple, to fill in the original copy of Liu Gongquan’s book “Orchid Pavilion Poems” in the “Drama Hall”, in order to prepare for the re-printing of the stone, so as to enhance the victory of the play. This is what people often refer to as the coupled-filled book in the Qing Dynasty. Later on, the writer (Chang Fu) was rarely mentioned, and when he painted the stone, there was no famous inscription. The main function of the preface class is to take charge of the class of the civil and military officials in the court when the ceremony is held in the court, and the rank is from the ninth grade. There is no detailed record of him in the history books. If people only see rubbings and have not seen ink, it is difficult to know who the author is
There are thirty-seven poems in this book. Only Wang Huanzhi’s five-character poems lack the last sentence “Xuanqi ancient and modern”. Basically, it is to fill in according to the original inscription (Liu Ben is missing this sentence), and use a fine pen to outline the damaged words on the stone. Some are half words, some are one word, and some are half lines or one line. From these sketching pens, we can see that the stone carving of this “Xihong Tang Fa Tie” has been seriously damaged by the time of Qianlong, and the poetry of each poem is almost incomplete. Readers can carefully compare with the sixth column, and the difference between incomplete and complete can be seen at a glance. The calligrapher has always been meticulous in the whole process of writing. In the gentle strokes, there are fast diseases, the ink color is relatively uniform, and the flying white of the characters is very lifelike. It can be seen that he has devoted great energy to writing, and he also dare not neglect the instructions of the emperor
It is described in Shiqu Baoji Continuation. In the Qing Dynasty, the eight pillars of the “Orchid Pavilion” were inscribed, ranking fifth