The Qing Dynasty expanded the Western Han Dynasty to carve stones

[Engraved Stones of Longevity of the Western Han Dynasty]

“Engraved Stones of Longevity of the Western Han Dynasty”, printed in ink, has been mounted on a vertical axis. This picture is 26cm long and 26cm horizontal. In the seal script, a line of 15 characters reads: “In August of the twenty-second year of Zhao’s reign, Bingyin’s officials paid this stone north.”. The original stone was visited by Yang Zhaohuang in Loushan, 60 miles west of Yongnian County (now Yongnian County, Hebei Province), Guangping Prefecture, Zhili at that time, during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, so it is also known as “Zhao Loushan Carving Stone”. Rubbings are rare. It seems that this book is more rare to have light ink at the beginning, rich words and clear strokes
Experts generally believe that this stone was carved by the ministers of the State of Zhao in the Western Han Dynasty to celebrate the birthday of its king Liu Sui. The second year of Zhao was the sixth year of Houyuan (158 BC) of Liu Heng, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty. Stone carving in the Western Han Dynasty is rare, and this stone is the earliest. Moreover, its simple and unsophisticated font and seal script have both official script and official script, which can be regarded as the representative calligraphic work of the transitional period between the Qin and Han dynasties. Some experts also believe that the “Zhao” of this stone is the “Later Zhao” of the 4th century AD, or the “State of Zhao” of the Warring States Period
There is a postscript of Zhao Zhiqian in small script in this rubbings. The right side is framed with Shen Shuyong’s autograph and Wu Guangpei’s postscript. Two letters (three pages) and one postscript by Wu Guangpei (two pages) of Yu Yue’s notes on the age of this stone are mounted on the left side. The seal for identification and collection includes: “Shen’s Jinshi”, “Junchu’s Treasure”, “Ji Chuan Hu Shu, Chuansha Shen Shuyong, Ren He Wei Xizeng, and Kuaiji Zhao Zhiqian simultaneously approve the seal”, “Han Xiaoting’s approval of Jinshi script in Wulin”, “Wu Tongyuan’s father’s approval of Jinshi calligraphy and painting seal in Xuyi”, “Danghu Zhu Shanqi Jianqing’s father’s collection”, etc
The descriptions of this stone mainly include: Zhao Zhiqian’s “Supplement to the World Visit Stele Record” in the Qing Dynasty, Shen Xiqian’s “Notes on Jiaocuixuan”, Zhang Derong’s “Two Ming Thatched Cottage Gold and Stone Gathering”, Lu Zengxiang’s “Supplement to the Eight Qiongshi Gold and Stone”, Yang Shoujing’s “Commentary on the Hormone Feiqing Pavilion”, modern Zhang Yansheng’s “Good Book Stele Record”, Sha Menghai’s “Atlas of the History of Chinese Calligraphy”, etc.