Jiang Chenying’s Xiaokai Luoshen Fu Book

[Jiang Chenying Xiaokai Luoshen Fu Volume]

Xiaokai Luoshen Fu Volume, Qing Dynasty, Jiang Chenying book, paper version, 24.7cm vertical, 28.8cm horizontal
This small regular script contains the “Luo Shen Fu” by Cao Zhi of Han Dynasty, and the last paragraph is “Jiang Chenying Book”. Seal “Jiang Chenying” and “Ximing”, and seal “Qifeng Pavilion”. A postscript of Huang Yi at the end of the Qing Dynasty is attached to the volume. According to the postscript, this book was collected by Li Hongzhi at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and it was shown in Huang Yi, because it was titled later
There is no specific writing time for this book, but from the style of the book, it should be written by Jiang in his later years. As one of the four calligraphers during the Kangxi period in the early Qing Dynasty, Jiang Chenying was especially good at regular script in his later years. The calligraphy style of this book is beautiful and vigorous. It was taken from Yu, Chu and Ou in the Tang Dynasty, and it also incorporates the meaning of the Han and Wei dynasties. As Huang Yi commented, “Enquiry is the authentic of regular script, which is rare.”

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