Emperor Qianlong’s Running Script Comes to Dong Qichang and Imitates Liu Gongquan’s Script of Orchid Pavilion Poems

[Qianlong Emperor’s Running Script Lin Dong Qichang Imitates Liu Gongquan’s Orchid Pavilion Poetry Volume]

Hongli Emperor Dong Qichang Imitates Liu Gongquan’s Orchid Pavilion Poetry Volume, Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, paper version, running script, vertical 27.8 cm, horizontal 1144.5 cm
The front of the volume is prefaced by Emperor Qianlong’s running script and the four characters “Jin Shen Jian Yi” are inscribed. At the back of the volume, a title is inscribed with a seal of 37 squares
Emperor Qianlong has presented more than one volume of this book, and seems to have a special liking for it. He wrote it once in his lifetime, but now he has only one copy preserved in the Qing Palace. Every time he came to write, he carefully proofread the Que characters and Que sentences with Feng Weine’s “Records of Poetry” and supplemented them with Dong Qichang’s calligraphy. This copy of calligraphy was the most proud and joyful for Emperor Qianlong, just as the postscript said: “When I came to this volume again, I felt that the former’s imitation was not yet within the scope, so I was able to operate smoothly, and it was also enough to verify my achievements in the past and present
From the fourth pillar to the seventh pillar, the first line of the post begins with “Wang Xianzhi’s four character poems in parallel”. In the ninth year of Yonghe’s reign (353), at the Lanting rally, Wang Xianzhi was only ten years old and still a child. Of course, it is impossible to write poetry, and he may not dare to write poetry in front of many elders. “The poems of various people do not have the name of Wang Xian. Emperor Qianlong believed that Liu Gongquan made an occasional mistake when he was imitating the pond, and Dong Qichang did not make a thorough examination when he was imitating it, resulting in such mistakes in writing and engraving on ink and rubbings. In order to correct this, Emperor Qianlong deleted the first line of the eight words” Wang Xian zhi’s four character poems in parallel “.”. In his postscript to Dong Qichang and Liu Gongquan, Emperor Qianlong had discovered Dong’s shortcomings in the “Poems of the Orchid Pavilion” (the seventh column). This volume was completed one by one, such as “Wei Ruo Bao Chong Zhen, Qi Qi Ji Shan He,” “Although the master has no feelings,” “Xuan Qi Gu Jin,” “the title of Cao Maozhi’s poetry,” and “Turbulence,” “Shen,” You, “Ming,” and “Difficulty,” but there is still a shortage of one five-character poem each by Xi Tan, Yu Yue, and Sun Si
His calligraphy is rounded and elegant, with Zhao characters as the main character. The knot characters are plump, and the strokes are skillful and mellow, with a hint of naivety, while regular and regular characters can be seen to dissipate. It’s very carefully crafted. Due to Emperor Qianlong’s lifetime of “bestowing titles on the list” and “embodying famous ancient calligraphy and paintings”, people inevitably felt disgusted and felt that their calligraphy was all “vulgar and unbearable.”. In modern times, Ma Zonghuo’s “On the Painting of Yuelou” once commented on Qianlong’s calligraphy, saying, “The ancestors of Emperor Gaozong Xi are still strong, and the world is peaceful. Due to their love of calligraphy and calligraphy, they visit freely. Every time they arrive, they will write poems and inscribe stones. Their books are round and beautiful, with imitations of pine and snow covered, but their characters are uniform, with slight changes. Although they exhibit the image of Rao Chengping, they end up in the style of Shaoxiong’s martial arts.”. And this book also inevitably has some soft and smooth strokes, lacking some sharp and vigorous style
Described in “The Continuation of Shiqu Baoji”. In the Qing Dynasty, the eight pillars of the “Orchid Pavilion” were inscribed, ranking eighth